Investment Q&A

Q: The Roundhill China Dragons ETF (DRAG) is not in your system but recently commenced trading on AMEX. It is a basket of the 10 largest tech stocks in China such as BYD and BABA. MER just 0.59% and low AUM for now I know but please give your assessment of this, including Roundhill as manager.

Q: This is not a criticism, but simply a point I am making.
When comparing covered call ETF's, quite often you do not compare the percentage of holdings that the ETF is writing covered calls on. In particular, QMAX only writes calls on 30% of it's holdings, leaving the other 70% to go up and down with the market.
When you wrote your last answer about QMAX, it left me with the impression that they were writing calls on 100% of the holdings, which is wrong, and a bit misleading.
I realize that I am somewhat splitting hairs, but I feel that the percentage the fund is writing calls on is quite important, especially a tech ETF that will swing more, than say a T-Bill ETF.
Thanks for all you do!

Q: Hi,
I'm looking to park some Cdn funds in a high interest savings ETF, and use TD as my bank. I found HISA, but don't know anything about the .NE exchange - if you could enlighten me on that - and let me know if there are better products that this, I would appreciate it!
Thanks for all your consistently great advice!
Dawn

Q: Hi Team, I'm a 65 yr old dividend investor and I have been investigating BMO Covered Call ETF (ZWT) and Hamilton's QMAX.
The only pure holding I have in Technology right now is DCBO (for growth) with <1% holding and I'm thinking of selling that and dumping into either of the above.
I'm really intrigued with QMAX yield of ~ 12% and MER of .65% compared to ZWT with a yield of ~3.57% and higher MER of .71%.
I understand that both could be very volatile (ZWT -30.9% in 2022 and up 64.5% in 2023). QMAX isn't a year old yet so no stats but I assume will be comparable?
Anyway, looking for your thoughts on which is better, is QMAX yield of 11.9% (too good to be true)? With QMAX, AUM of $374,505,060 some people like it? Thanks Bill

Q: Repeating a question from Dec 2021 from Mike. At the time he asked: I would like to gain some more exposure into areas outside of Canada and the US, specifically China and India. I think ETF is the way to go. Would you suggest a couple? Any concerns with these areas currently? Would you suggest denominated in C$, US$ or any other currency for diversification?

What would your answer be today ?

Thank you.

Q: I’m considering setting up a TFSA for a spouse who is not interested in selecting stocks/managing investments.
Should I stick to ETFs or mix ETFs with a few conservative stocks?

Q: I have $800,000.00 from the sale of a house, and am looking for a safe place to park it. There is a possibility of further interest rate cuts, so would a long term bond ETF be a good place?

Q: What is the percentage weight of each of the 11 stock market sectors in Canada today? Thank you

Q: As a follow-up to my previous question, why would higher inflation / interest rates in the USA cause the price to go down of XBB shares which hold 100% Canadian government, provincial, and corporate bonds?

Q: Any particular reason why the India market has seen declines recently? If North American stocks saw a 5% decline, people would be freaking out.

If this a good opportunity to take positions into India ETFs like INDA or INDY?

Q: Hi 5iTeam,

May I please have your comments on the above ETFs. If you have to choice one out of these 2, which one would be your choice and why?

Also, in your opinion, are there better options on the market right now.

Thanks and deduct as many credits as you deem fit.

H

Q: Is there an Industrial ETF that you would recommend for the Canadian and the US market?

Thanks for your service!

Q: Hi, your opinion: ETF Fidelity High Dividend
Vanguard Equity Income
thanks Jean Guy

Q: Please explain the difference between these put option funds, and which one you prefer.

Thank you

Q: Looking to invest additional US dollars into a high interest ETF. Currently invested in UCSH.U, but are there others ones I should be considering as better options.

Q: In a C$Cash account, Is there an advantage buying HXS or VFV? Which one do you recommend and why?

Q: Hello 5i
I notice that you have often mentioned Harvest etf’s in relation to tax efficiency. I haven’t paid too much attention to this in the past. But, now I am interested. I have searched the questions but don’t seem to find what I am looking for. Currently in a non-registered account I hold some vbal. I don’t like the taxes i will pay, though. I want to switch to something more tax efficient.

How exactly does Harvest manage not to require to pay taxes on dividends? I know they re invest the money but i don’t know how that works.

What would be the downside? Higher mer, i imagine. Anything else?

I would be looking for a general market etf, either Canadian or US, or both, if available. I would greatly appreciate your recommendations.
Thankyou

Q: Peter, as ETF go you seem to like ZWB and ZWU. Do you think it is better than Harvest funds and why?? I have had HHL and are very with it.Thanks for your oninion Ken

Q: Why is XBB dropping in price over the last few days? I thought bond prices would rise with the prospect of lower interest rates.

Q: Good morning,

I would like your opinion on these Purpose Yield ETF for an TFSA

Long term hold

Thank you

Carl