Investment Q&A

Q: What are your thoughts on this ETF for income in a non-registered account? The security seems relatively young, if you have an alternative you are more comfortable, with, please suggest.

Q: Could you please suggest 2 or 3 dividend ETFs that I could look at to increase the amount of dividends in my account.

Thank you
Paula

Q: Could you recommend 2-3 fixed income ideas for both in a registered and non-registered situation.

Q: Templeton's recent bad PR reminded me of my previous interest in their Templeton Dragon fund. Any idea whether the fund's recent poor performance can be reversed? Thanks!!

Q: Can you please share your opinion on Xdte and qdte ETFs from round Hill?
Is there any benefit of having these in rrsp account for the long term and let that weekly distribution drip buy weekly. Would you choose Xdte or qdte if you have to choose one of them?

Q: Why did both companies prices drop Aug 2022? Interest rates had started going up well before, in Feb 2022.

Q: Do you consider the conservative ETFMU Portfolio to be structured for investors primarily interested in income, low risk and stability ? Could you clarify what the 7.01 total is on the July 31/24 dated Conservative Portfolio and can you please provide the total average % for the Dividend yield column.
Approximately, how frequently would you expect positions in the Conservative Portfolio to be adjusted ?
Thank you

Q: I am a conservative income oriented investor and currently interested in investments that are USD denominated, pay a good dividend, provide some growth and most importantly will benefit from a reduction in the USD, for example the Ishares International Select Dividend ETF (IDV).
Based on my criterial can you comment on IDV specifically and provide alternatives?
Many Thanks for all your help
John

Q: For a conservative income oriented investor looking for some growth, what ETFs would you recommend to increase my international exposure, and take advantage of lower rates.?
Many Thankls
John

Q: May I please have your top two emerging market ETFs?
With appreciation,
Ed

Q: FCTE is a Warren Pies portfolio managed July 2024 inception ETF with an active strategy holding 21 large caps. The MER is .85%. It has had a good start for its limited existence. Mr Pies seems like a deep thinker. Could you opine on the published holdings and any other thoughts you can share regarding the manager, his history and the strategy. Obviously too new for a strong recommendation but your preliminary sense on this one would be great to have. Thank you.

Q: What do you think about this fund in terms of performance, risk and cost? Is there a better alternative?

Q: Can you pls recommend a hedged fund following the US S&P 500 but with low / no high tech content. Something like TPU.TO but without tech? looking for 10% return over first year including both yield and capital appreciation. Tx.

Q: Hi Everyone at 5i!
I have a 27 year old nephew who would like to open a TFSA. He is putting $5000 in to start which he will gradually add to. He is looking for a growth ETF concentrated on the US market. Would VFV suit his needs, or should he consider something else??

Cheers,

Tamara

Q: Value investor with some growth, 78 years old with good pension. I am slightly overweight in financials as above. I now see that I own both BKCC and HMAX. I do not seem to need both. I intend to sell BKCC and buy AW.UN to take advantage of its current situation. Does this sound like a plan or are there pitfalls?
Thank you

Q: How would you rate this bond fund? Is there a better alternative in terms of performance, risk and cost?

Q: Following up on your excellent article comparing CASH & XBB.

I like the current 4.95% rate on CASH. '

As interest rates come down would the yield on CASH drop at the same rate ?

Thanks.

Q: What 5 market industry sectors do you recommend for investing in now, ranked in descending order, in the USA, for ETFs that will yield 10% per year including both dividends and capital appreciation please? Same question for ETFs in Canada please?

Q: In an investment account that does three cash transactions per month would you park the cash in TDB8150 or the CASH etf? Thanks Ron

Q: EDGE was mentioned on BNN the other day. It seems interesting as it offers substantial diversification compared to the mainstream equities I typically invest in. I have some questions for you:
1. What is your overall view about this ETF?
2. AUM is about $46M...is that too small for the fund to have much promise?
3. With $46M, is it too risky to take a large position, or is there protection from how ETFs operate?
4. It is perplexing to me....the average volume shows at about 600 on one trading platform I use and about 1,000 on another, yet there are bids and asks in excess of 2,000; why would there be such large bid / ask when the volume is much lower?
5. The quoted fee is 0.40% but about 1/2 of the holdings are other Evolve ETFs; is the real cost of the fee more than the 0.40% quoted (do they stack)? Would it be less of a fee if one simply bought the other funds?
Sorry if some of these are dumb questions, I don't often invest in ETFs. Many thanks for your excellent service.