Investment Q&A

Q: Let's assume I am ready to bet that the stock market will provide me 7-10% CAGR over the next 20 years. I could buy an index that tracks the market. But is there an ETF that could provide me with 2x or 3x leverage on this bet (with the help of derivatives or any other tool/tactics that I have no chance of understanding), hence providing me with 20%-30% CAGR ?

That would be too easy right ?

Q: Let's assume that I am convinced that canadian banks will remain an oligopoly over the next 20 years and provide me with 10% CAGR.

Should I buy a basket of canadian bank stocks, or should I place my bet on HCAL or CBNK to obtain leverage ?

Thank you !

Q: ZWB vs T for a combination of growth and income in a recession and or inflationary times that we are facing. 3-5 year hold. Thnks

Q: Does GDX rebalance their holdings of mining shares? If so, how often and when? Thanks

Q: Artificial intelligence and cyber security. What are your 2 favourite etfs in each of these areas of investment ?
Thanks ,
Philip

Q: Retired, dividend-income investor. I own LIFE as my proxy for healthcare, with a current 6% weighting of my equities. I have money set aside to top it up a bit, but I wanted to check on two things first.

#1 = regarding where we are at in the overall market cycle is now a reasonable time to add to the health care sector? I have read that HC should be "ok" during a downturn. Would you agree?

#2 = is there any seasonality to healthcare? It doesn't appear to my eyes, but wanted to ask.

Thanks for your help...Steve

Q: Structurally what is the difference between CBNK and HCAL ? One yields 6.95% and the other 8.84% ..... If they are more or less the same product I can't see any reason not to opt for the higher yield .....

Q: Dear 5i,
COWZ is a US listed ETF which attempts to select the highest FCF Yield companies from the Russel 1000 index. The reported ETF Operating Expenses are 0.49% and the latest reported portfolio turnover is over 100%.
It seems that US listed ETF's do not provide TER fees in any of there documentation. I would like to know the impact of excessive trading has on the overall Total Return for an ETF. Am I correct in that US ETF's are not required to disclose TER fees?

Q: I would think that with todays cpi numbers , and expectations of at least a .75 increase in the fed , that tlt would react very negatively. As I type tlt is just down .19%
Why is it not down more

Q: Retired, dividend-income investor. Not a market timing question...ok maybe it sort of is.

Looking to potentially add to ZRE and just wondering where we are at in the investment cycle and if now is a reasonable time to be adding to ZRE?


Also, is there a seasonality to REITs? When looking at a 10 year chart, it appears to my amateur eyes that the last portion of the year looks to be trending down most of the time? It looks like the January to early fall period is usually positive?

Thanks for your help....Steve

Q: do you recommend Canadians buying US bond ETFs? Is there a Canadian hedged version of TLT?

Q: Hi,
Is there a small cap focused ETF that trades in Canada that you can recommend?

Thanks
David

Q: How do you determine what the total holdings are of this and other etf's above and beyond their top 10 holdings. Also is their an easy way to determine whether an etf's payout is partly return of capital. Thank you

Q: I am a retired income investor. All my income except CPP comes from my investments. Right now I am quite well diversified and I did not go to much cash so far nor do not intend to. However, I am now thinking that I should make some changes to be underweight some sectors and overweight others. Right now I am overweight ENB (I consider it a utility), BEP.UN, T, SLF, the Cdn banks and BCE. I also own a lot of the various BMO covered calls ETFs. Two areas I am light is Consumer Staples which the gurus say will hold up well now and I hold no US stocks. One can argue whether we are now in recession or it is coming but I am sure it is or will be real especially since our government says it does not think about economic policy. I am thinking of reducing the covered calls and increasing my exposure to stocks because I believe the stocks will perform better during and as we come out of this. This will further skew my diversity but these are not normal times.
I would like your thoughts on this and a recommendation for "safe" income producing Consumer Staples and a US ETF.
Many thanks

Q: Can you explain the extreme volatility of KRBN in recent months. Is this a safe long term investment? Your thoughts please.

Q: Can you recommend a diversified etf with a high dividend that targets canadian market. Looking for sectors that are not to voltile.
T Steve

Q: Own both ZDI and PDI to cover international divs, Was going to sell PDI as a tax-loss and put proceeds into ZDI. Do I need both ZDI and PID or does ZDI provide enough diversification? Thanks Ron

Q: It pays monthly distribution. It works out 7.41% at the current market price of 17.81. Is it considered as good income generating holding? If not then can you suggest a name? I hold ENB and ALA.
Thanks

Q: Historically, how important has investing outside of North America been for portfolio performance? Could one do just as well or better by ignoring international markets?

Thanks.

Q: Hi 5i team.
about 6 weeks ago sold AQN for a tax loss and increased position in FTS and bought some BEPC on top of BEP.UN as I am thinking of switching to BEPC to make life less complicated tax wise.
Problem (and a good one to have) is that I have a large capital gain in BEP.un.

Utilities portions as total of all portfolio.
BEP.UN is about 2%
BEPC about 1%
Fortis about 2%
Polaris about 1%

Question is what to sell or reduce to add in AQN back at about 2%?
Would you suggest a different mix?
I like the dividends and am OK w slow to moderate growth - retiree and looking at conservative ongoing investment. (I like all of these stocks.)

I am willing to pay some taxes as I worry about the capital gains tax rate rising at some point under our current government.
Subtract as many questions as needed.
Thank you.