Investment Q&A

Q: Two separate questions on the same theme I guess. First, Can you comment on CAE’s ability to deal with an inflationary environment, especially if interest rates were to rise? Thinking of their balance sheet, “pricing power” and so on, as well as their current P/E versus historic. Second, wondering how XHY might fare in the near term as well? Looking at the last number of years it has held up pretty well considering the yield, but it seems like a fair number of storm clouds gathering on the horizon that make me wonder about defaults etc.
Thank you,

Q: Hi 5i,
Thinking of selling VXUS and buying VEA, VWO, DIM, DLS in its place to gain wider exposure to international stocks, what do you think of this idea. I will be able to control percentages in various market cap. companies too.

Q: Hi 5iResearch team
I am in the process of doing re-weighting. I know the above etfs. The US bond etf (VGSH) has very low interest yield compared to the CAD ones (XSB, ZCS, and ZCM).

1. Are there other US bond etfs that are similar to the above CAD ones in terms of yield and risk?

2. ZUP is in CAD$ and US$. Can you please recommend two more (CAD or US) etfs that are similar to ZUP in terms of yield and risk?

Thank you for the great service.

Q: Have some US$. Thoughts on the Zero Coupon product from Pimco.

Q: In a tax free account, between these two, which would you recommend for a long term hold? Or is it a wash?

Thanks.

Q: Best energy ETF for a 12-18 month hold?

Q: The above ETFs represent my current holdings for Intn’l Equity exposure and are held in my RRSP. I am able to add to my Intn’l exposure in my RRSP and would like your recommendation for a C$ ETF that might fill in any gaps that my current holdings don’t cover or alternatively I could just add to my current holdings.
I do not need to RIF for 8 more years but some dividend yield would be preferable as I do draw out my div/int earnings annually.

Q: Hi,

If one would want to start with 1/3 position in a small cap value etf or mutual fund in tsfa, which ones would you be inclined to buy?

I did a fast scan and IJS looks pretty good, your thoughts?
Are you aware of any mutual fund that's worth a look? And lastly, are there any cons in holding US etf's in a tsfa?

Thank you
Rino

Also,

Q: Do you think it is a good time to look at this ETF?

Q: Please give me your opinion on Multi-Factor investing, in general, and the Manulife Multifactor ETFs for long term investing.
Thanks.

Q: Hi Team,
Could you suggest Canadian ETFs of the following sectors for Senior incomes :
1 /Reit 2/ Utility 3/Prefer 4/Bank/Financial 5/Energy.
Please deduct as many question credit as needed.
Thanks as always,
Tak

Q: Is there another good Canadian-listed ETF similar to VGG? I need another one or two so I don’t exceed exposure in a single ETF. Anything based on the S&P is not ideal as I already have a fair bit of technology exposure.

Thanks.

Q: Portfolio construction is important so how would you treat DON, DES, DIM from wisdomtree in percentage's of a equity part of a portfolio for a conservative investor. Its easy enough to build a world wide equity portfolio out of large cap stocks the mid/small cap, is more difficult. Further is wisdomtree the best choice here or are there others.
Thanks

Q: Hi guys

I am a steady eady dividend investor and have almost no healthcare exposure. I am looking to buy a ETF that gives me an exposure to the various healthcare sectors (not just pharmaceuticals), I am looking at overall growth for the units - capital gains and dividends - not just dividends. Wondering what your best ETF ideas would be for this sector. I saw Harvest Healthcare leaders recommended by Gordon Pape - don't know if you have some thoughts on that one - eg. how they squeeze such a high dividend out of it?

Thanks

stuart

Q: Ntoing it is at a 52 week low. What are your thoughts on this one ...I am mostly interested in a safe income generator over 6% ...if not this, another ETF suggestion ??

Q: I own ZUH and XHC and am thinking of selling them to buy HHL for the big dividend that HHL pays (8.61%) . Is this a good idea? Or am I trading growth potential for dividends and could I actually be making a mistake?

Q: As retirees we hold XEI and XTR for the Cdn income generation portion of our portfolio . Recently I discovered that there is also XDIV which has a much lower MER. Would you endorse moving completely out of XEI and XTR to XDIV instead?

Q: Hi Peter and Team

I am looking for a growth ETF, 80% stocks and 20% bonds, for my kids RESP, with a 10 year horizon.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Cam

Q: I'm intrigued by these new slightly leveraged ETF's HCAL and HDIV . HDIV has only been around for a few months but HCAL has a year under it's belt going from $15 to $23 . Could 5I give me the percentage of return for each in that time period of HCAL, ZWB, and ZEB { dividend plus capital gain } ? So I can do a little comparing ....And would it be safe to assume any deviation would indicate the effect of the leverage used ? And can I assume that the construction of HDIV { I'm a sucker for high yield } will react similarly ? I am considering what for me would be large positions { 5%-7% } as part of the relatively safe equity income part of my portfolio ? Would you endorse my thesis that they are relatively safe among their unleveraged peers ?

Q: What is your current thinking regarding “clean” energy? Would you go with an ETF like ICLN (or other) or individual stocks that have good long term prospects?