Investment Q&A

Q: Will these 2 ETFs have the same performance? Or will one direction better?

Q: My wife has set up a small non registered account. She has chosen the above ETF's. She would like to add an ETF that covers the Dow Jones. Long term hold. Your suggestions. Thanks

Q: Hi 5i team.
Looking for at least 3-5 year and likely longer hold on cybersecurity stocks or ETF. Would invest about 2 % of my equity funds in this.
Need high conviction for longer term capital preservation though I am quite OK with volatility. (A lot of tech stocks currently are relatively on sale.)

What would be your top 2 stocks and/or ETF recommendation? What price would you consider buying in at for your top recommendations.
Thank you so much.

Q: Good day and Happy New Year,

What do you think of XQQ? Do you have a different preference for that scope of ETF?

Thanks,
Robert

Q: I have the following bond ETF's: HFR,VSC, ZAG and XHY. They total 22% of my portfolio. My question is do I move out, reduce or shift into different bond investments. I am 70 and they are split evenly in registered and non registered accounts.
Cheers and thanks for your great work. Bob

Q: Looking for a Canadian version of the RSP, equal weight weight S&P

Q: Happy New Year!
As a broad-ish generalisation, could one substitute 'structured notes' as an asset class in a portfolio with one or more covered call ETFs?

Q: Hi Peter and Team, Happy New Year!

The portfolio Analysics tool suggested me to add 20% of fixed income instead of 100% equity. Can you suggest any fixed income name that I can invested on? Does CVD can be considered as fixed income?

Thanks,

Q: With the recent shift from growth to value I was hoping to add a bit of Canadian Tech with XIT, instead of picking away at CSU, GIB.A etc individually, as these are all held within the fund. Can you let me know your thoughts on this or a proxy to XIT? XIT seems quite expensive with Management Fee's 0.55% and Management Expense Ratio (MER) 0.61%

Q: For diversification purposes, which non-US ETF will be better VE or ZEQ?

Q: Re: the previous year's total return for the TSX, XIC the i Shares ETF says 25.06% and I have seen other numbers close to that. But the yearly performance without dividends is said to be 21.07%. So two questions: 1. What is the correct number? 2. If it is 25.06 or close to it how can that be so much higher than 21.07? The composite dividend yield was not 4%, correct?

Thank you!

Q: Do you still like this stock? It seems that it is not holding its own in the bitcoin space. If you do not like this stock ,would you suggest an alternative? I realize that the bitcoin space is speculative. Thank you for your reply. cheers

Q: Hello,

QYLD ETF has recently raised their dividend from 0.22 USD to 0.50. I am confused whether this is in lieu of paying out two consecutive months or is it a their dividend/share going forward? I am looking forward to your comments.

Q: Hi, I hiope that you had a nice holiday. I would like to add an ETF that provides a diversified health care focus. I am also desiring income / over growth. One such
ETF is HHL - Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF. Questions:

1. Are there others that could be considered and if so how would you rank each, including HHL?

2. If I were to purchase HHL, which version should I consider HHL, HHL.B or HHL.U and why.

Thanks Len

Q: It’s my understanding that Chinese ADRs listed on the NYSE are in the process of being delisted. I don’t hold any directly but I have ETFs that hold them [IEEE. KGRN]. I’m assuming they will be directly affected. Am I best selling them, or holding them and waiting. How are the ETF companies likely to deal with any Chinese ADRs they hold. I’m sure they will appear in a number of ETFs that are not directly tied to China, for example BYD and BABA. I’d appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for the great service.
Bryan

Q: I was looking for a similar US etf to CWS. I like this etf but 5i seems to feel that the fees are too high so I would like your opinion on an alternative.
Thanks James

Q: Hi,

Do you think we're in in a 'commodities super cycle' - and if so - which CDN and US stocks/etfs would benefit from that?

Also, I know what carbon eta's GRN and KBRN do, but do you think they are good, safe investments for the long haul?

Q: Hi, Happy new year!!

When looking at the long term rates of return of Emerging markets, developed INTL markets, Canadian and US stocks, the US has outperformed by a mile. I hold mostly stocks that are Cdn and US and I have global international and developed exposure through the mentioned ETF's, which only account for around 6% of my total portfolio. My questions are:

1. What is the simplest way to break down portfolio exposure without getting too overly complicated and detailed? Currently I break it down by where they trade. But for example, I hold stocks such as BAM, SLF, GOOG, JPM, V which are more global. How would I go about classifying some of these stocks? Would I allocate some % of these towards international exposure based on the company revenue breakdown, etc? any other metrics? Any good sites that easily summarize this info. or do I need to go looking through the companies financial statements?

2. Is there any mean reversion long term between CDN, US, INTL, and EE markets? So since INTL and EE has underperformed so much lately, is it time to rebalance equities from US to CDN/INTL/EE? Or for a long term growth investor, is the US still the best place to invest for growth whereas INTL/EE look cheap and have better value, although slower growth? Thoughts?

Q: What is the difference between VTIP and STIP? Is there an advantage of owning one over the other?

Q: My 25 years old son is starting a portfolio by buying all equity ETFs XSP (30%), TEC (30%), and XWD (40%) in Canadian dollars, which he intends to hold for a long time. 1. Is the selection of ETFs OK ? 2. Are there better alternatives in performance and fees? 3. Is the allocation OK? 4. Do you have any suggestion? Thanks.