Investment Q&A

Q: What your opinion of PID at these levels? Would you add to a position here? Good dividend but a horrible looking long term 10 year chart. Thanks Ron

Q: Many months ago, everybody and their brother was predicting interest rate increases, so I sold the bond funds in my RRSP (primarily ZAG) and bought short term bond funds like ZST and XFR. And for some fun /an experiment, I bought some TBF. I try not to time the equity market (as per your sage advice), but I could not resist with bonds (because it seemed like everyone was convinced about the interest rate direction). Good news is that TBF is up 22% YTD; and ZAG is down 13% YTD, but I do not understand why I do not hear anyone promoting TBF as a solution for this rising rate environment. What am I missing? Is there a liquidity risk for sellers when the rates start to flatten out; or is there a significant and quick price plunge risk; or...??? Thanks in advance for your comments.

Q: Hello everyone at 5i!! Would you consider ZPR to be a reasonably safe investment in a recession? Cheers, Tamara

Q: With minimal tax payable on small gain , would it make sense in your view to swap HACK for IHAK today?

Q: Is the time for buying longer term bonds, like SHY or even TLT coming closer?
Thanks

Q: Hello 5i research
On BNN yesterday one Guest recommended Rinf -Proshares inflation expectations ETF for this market conditions.What are your thoughts , appreciate your guidance.
Thanks

Q: Can you recommend your favorite Cad Hedged Nasdaq ETF and also Cad Hedged S & P 500 ETF?
My reason for hedging is with Canadian Energy companies picking up, unless we have a housing correction, the Cad dollar should eventually rise.

thanks,

Paul

Q: Good morning,

All the emerging markets ETFs seem to be weighted roughly 50% to China and Taiwan. I would like to re-balance the EM weighting using Canadian-listed securities to one or two dynamic regions or countries (not sure, India or SE Asia maybe). Are there good ETFs for dynamic regions or countries that could balance things out a bit for a more globally weighted exposure? ZID caught my eye; 0.67% fee.

Would you do this or would you stick to the one-stop-shop EM ETFs like VEE/XSEM?

Canadian products only, please. I'm aware the US has greater selection. Many thanks for your help.

Q: hi, with military spending increasing globally, which companies do you see benefitting and worthwhile investing in? is there a time frame or just slowly building a position? thks

Q: There seemed to be quite a large performance spread on June 21 between XQQ and the underlying Nasdaq index. This etf is currency hedged. Do you have any insight on this discrepancy? Thanks

Q: Hi Guys
What do you think of the underlying Holdings in this disruptive Technology ETF.
The symbol is DTEC
Thanks Gord

Q: Dear 5i
If i have a sufficient amount of ZSP in my portfolio is there a need to buy AMZN , AAPL . MSFT and GOOG stock individually , within an RRSP account ?
Thanks
Bill C

Q: What is the risk in owning BANK other than volatility correlation to financials?
Will the distributions be reliable?
What about EBNK?

Q: Can you compare ZDI vs VXUS and rate which you prefer?

Q: Quick follow up to my CWW Q.

I see a response to another question on CWW immediately following mine. In the answer, you mention FIW as another Water focused ETF to consider and that it has had better performance over time. So should I sell CWW and buy FIW? If I bought FIW and kept my CWW, is there too much overlap?

Thanks again for your prompt responses.

Cheers.

Q: I'm looking to add a defensive element to my RRSP account and would appreciate a recommendation or two for an income generating consumer's staple ETF.
Also, if holding just one, would you suggest a CAD, US or global fund?
Thanks, Rick

Q: I have held CWW for some time, believing that water issues are becoming a more critical global issue and that the diversification of an ETF would be a better approach. I realize the market, including industrials, has been difficult this year but have been somewhat surprised at the extent of the drop in CWW's share price. I note that you had rated it only as "Good" in a question asked by another member recently. In your opinion, are there better ways to approach investing in the water theme ?
Thank you, as always.

Q: Greetings 5i team.

Is there a reason for the recent decline in CWW other than market weakness? Closing in on time to add to ones position?

Thanks for your help.

Q: I heard to a podcast recently talking about natural gas being the key to reducing coal use. I'm curious if there any Canadian names that are primarily involved in natural gas with little involvement in crude oil? Pipeline or gas transportation companies?

Can you recommend an ETF to play natural gas in either the US or Canada?

Thanks!

Q: I am considering investment in HHL primarily for the Dividend but it has also pulled back in this market, so potential growth as well. Is Healthcare and Dividend ETF's fairly safe in this current market? Is there another ETF with good income and some potential for growth. Thanks