Q: how safe is HDIV in a recession? It uses leverage but also has covered calls to make income.
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Q: What is your top Canadian REIT ETF?
What is your top Canadian preferred shares ETF?
Is this is a good time to add these to a portfolio?
What is your top Canadian preferred shares ETF?
Is this is a good time to add these to a portfolio?
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PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ESG Exchange-Traded Fund (EMNT)
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PIMCO Active Bond ETF (BOND)
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Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF (VUSB)
Q: Can you recommend 2 or 3 Canadian and US bond ETF's (or any other fixed income) that have higher yields (5+%)?
Q: Hi there. With the recent uncertainty in the markets, what is your opinion on HYLD.CA?
Does it make sense to be more diversified when deploying new money in this current environment and have a larger amount of investable capital in ETF type funds that pay higher yields- as opposed to individual names? Do you see the Canadian dollar gaining some strength as we head further into 2025?
Thank-you as always!
Does it make sense to be more diversified when deploying new money in this current environment and have a larger amount of investable capital in ETF type funds that pay higher yields- as opposed to individual names? Do you see the Canadian dollar gaining some strength as we head further into 2025?
Thank-you as always!
Q: I see that CNDI trades exceptionally thinly and CNDD trades more, but is leveraged. Do you know of any better non-leveraged inverse ETFs for the Canadian market? Thank-you.
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BMO Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD Index ETF (ZDJ)
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BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (ZSP)
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iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF (XIU)
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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
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iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (IYY)
Q: Can you please share your favourite ETF for Dow Jones, S&P500 and TSX
Please share in CDN dollars hedge and unhedged. Plus in USA dollars
Thanks for the great service.
Please share in CDN dollars hedge and unhedged. Plus in USA dollars
Thanks for the great service.
Q: I am seeing higher yields on HISA ETFs vs bond ETFs. Is this right? If so--it seems like unless you want to bet on bonds going up, HISAs are the better option right now for conservative money. What do you think?
Q: I'm debating about this one. On the one hand, useful diversification but, on the other, growing uncertainty about U.S. market and possible tariff-induced inflation. What is your assessment of risk vs. reward over the next couple of years?
Q: Hello 5i
Thank for your detailed reply to my question re: QQQI. As a follow up question, can you give me an indication of how much variability is in the dividend and what would cause this.?
IE: In a large market decline the fund will still decline a lot but it will pay a healthy dividend while I wait or maybe it won’t?
Thank you so much!
Dave
Thank for your detailed reply to my question re: QQQI. As a follow up question, can you give me an indication of how much variability is in the dividend and what would cause this.?
IE: In a large market decline the fund will still decline a lot but it will pay a healthy dividend while I wait or maybe it won’t?
Thank you so much!
Dave
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iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETF (XEI)
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iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF (CDZ)
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Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY)
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iShares Core MSCI Canadian Quality Dividend Index ETF (XDIV)
Q: I sold my individual dividend stocks and am replacing them with an ETF for simplicity. How would you rate/compare these dividendETFS? Which two do you prefer? I'll put 1 in my rrsp and a another in my TFSA. I am diversified in other countries already. I'm thinking XDIV and XEI might be the safest?
Q: Hello 5i, QQQI, IQQQ
Could you please explain 1. The difference between these two ETFs and 2. What are the pro and cons of each?
Thank you
Dave
Could you please explain 1. The difference between these two ETFs and 2. What are the pro and cons of each?
Thank you
Dave
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iShares Canadian Select Dividend Index ETF (XDV)
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Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY)
Q: Looking to buy a canadian dividend etf as one of my core holdings. Do you like VDY or XDV? What are the differences? Or is there another canadian dividend ETF you would recommend?
Q: Pleas recommendation 4 ir 5 Cdn ETFS wuith a good yield and moderate risk. Thanks
Q: (1) Can you suggest an ETF similar to FEZ but that includes companies outside the Eurozone (i.e. includes Swiss, Swedish and UK companies). I am looking for an ETF that favors large caps, preferably holds not more than a hundred companies. IEV is the closest I could find but it holds over 360 companies. And VGK has over a thousand (>1200).
(2) Am I wrong to think that holding hundreds of companies tends to dilute an ETF’s performance?
(2) Am I wrong to think that holding hundreds of companies tends to dilute an ETF’s performance?
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AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV)
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iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)
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Global X Defense Tech ETF (SHLD)
Q: How would you invest in the Defence sector at this time? And would you? On that theme what do you think of BAE in comparison to others in the sector? And are there ETF’s which would be appropriate?
Q: Can you give me the two best ETF’s in the US that you would invest in that hold the best Ai stocks. Two ETF’s to hold for three years. Much too hard to pick the individual winners. It would be my first time buying ETF’s.
Q: Hi 5i
Thanks for all your great work, as always.
What would be your recommendation for a covered call international etf . I am looking for income and diversifying to outside of North America. I would appreciate a couple in CAD and a couple in USD if possible.
Thanks!
Murray
Thanks for all your great work, as always.
What would be your recommendation for a covered call international etf . I am looking for income and diversifying to outside of North America. I would appreciate a couple in CAD and a couple in USD if possible.
Thanks!
Murray
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BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (ZSP)
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Vanguard U.S. Dividend Appreciation Index ETF (VGG)
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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
Q: Hello 5i Team,
Currently building out a small portfolio for my son, with a VERY long time horizon (30 years +). Looking to add U.S. exposure, but instead of picking individual names, I thought I would do this through an ETF or two. Was considering putting 50% of the US exposure into SPY, and the other half into VGG. An alternative to SPY would be ZSP, which I can buy in Cdn. dollars in Toronto. Your thoughts on this strategy and the allocations?
Thanks very much!
Currently building out a small portfolio for my son, with a VERY long time horizon (30 years +). Looking to add U.S. exposure, but instead of picking individual names, I thought I would do this through an ETF or two. Was considering putting 50% of the US exposure into SPY, and the other half into VGG. An alternative to SPY would be ZSP, which I can buy in Cdn. dollars in Toronto. Your thoughts on this strategy and the allocations?
Thanks very much!
Q: This morning in an answer to Heather you quoted JEPQ as having a yield of 12.50% ..... My sources say 9.50% .... I'm interested at 12.50% but not the latter. Could you confirm the dividend yield ? Thanks for your terrific service .....
Q: Looking for your take on this ETF to determine if better alternatives exist?