Investment Q&A

Q: Good morning. I was wondering if you could recommend an ETF that is conservative with some growth and also having a world wide focus.

Thank you for all your outstanding investment information. I couldn't invest without you.

Q: Hello 5i,
I am a 75 year old value investor for dividends and some growth with a balanced mix of ETF's and individual stocks. I hold ENB, FTS, TRP, BCE. I see that ZWU is at an attractive price point with 7% yield. As it holds others that I do not have would this just be a duplication of what I have and leave it as not needed. or go for the value and dividend?
thank you
Stanley

Q: Do you see a need to hold both these ETF's. If not which is your preference.
Thanks

Q: I am looking for an ETF that contains Google, Amazon and Microsoft bought with US dollars. My goal is to have both market and currency appreciation.

Q: I own XEI, ALA, and TOUr but little oil.

I'm hoping to buy base metals and oil in an CDN etf. Do you think this is a good idea and what would you recommend?
I'm hoping to buy base metals and oil in an US etf. Do you think this is a good idea and what would you recommend?

Q: I need more fixed income in my RRSP portfolio and my son's RESP. I bought bond funds (VSC, XBB, XRB) but they can (and have) lost money, so I struggle to see how they help me with safety. Am I better off to just buy GICs or stay in cash? Should I hang onto the bond funds I have already?

Q: Please provide a symbol for this ETF in Portfolio Analytics.
Would also like your opinion on this ETF for a portion of my RRIF fixed income.

Thanks

Q: I understand that if a bond ETF has an average duration of 3 years, the value of the the ETF will fall by 3% if interest rates rise by 1%. Let's assume the ETF has a portfolio turnover rate of 100%. Is it correct to assume that, all other things unchanged, after one year the portfolio will have been replaced with bonds that yield 1% more, and therefore after another 3 years the 3% loss would be offset by the extra interest income earned?

Q: Hi: Not a question, just a comment. Albert asked about ZPAY yesterday and the recent weakness in the performance. It is a US$ based holding and when the Canadian $ has been gaining it affects it adversely.
Thanks, BEN.

Q: Hello 5i,
I have $10,000 of ZEM and am looking for income. Would it be O.K. to switch to DVYE? 75 years, value investor for income with some growth ( LSPD, LNF).
Stanley

Q: 5i team.

To compliment your offerings, would you consider creating three ETF versions to mimic your Income, Growth and Balanced portfolios. Any chance this is on your radar, or possibly partner with and ETF provider to achieve this?

Heres hoping!!

Q: I own a fair amount of zpay for combination of yield and exposure to the US market. Can you explain why it has been weak while US markets have continued to rise?

Q: Hello,
I am nearing retirement. I have CBO, CPD, VAB and XHY at 20% of my fixed income portfolio. All these ETF's exist in my unregistered account. I wanted to add XBB in my RRSP account. Any concerns about too much overlap by adding this position? This will add 7% to my fixed income position. Portfolio analytics recommends a 30% position.

Thanks for all your help.

Q: Cryto/bitcoin/ethereal
Just wondering what your thoughts are on this sector. If u wanted to invest with a small position what would u recommend? Thanks as always. Clare

Q: Thank you for the reply to my recent question. Unfortunately the question pertained to the 5i balanced etf portfolio not the balanced equity portfolio. May I please have to top five etf positions to add new money at this time.

Q: Good evening, would your team be able to recommend a growth oriented ETF for purchase in TFSA, either Canadian focused or internationally focused?

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Q: Can you provide a few companies or ETF's, that you think will be a good way to be involved in Copper, and for these stocks/ETF's would you suggest U.S. over Cdn?
Companies for a 3-5 year hold?
Companies for 8+ years?
Thank you.
Grant

Q: what value / cyclical suggestions do you have ETF wise?

Would one play a DOW ETF or the Russell?
or Canadian ETFs ?

Thanks

Q: How does an unanticipated interest-rate rise in the US or a serious deterioration of the corporate debt market affect these two ETFs? Can you roughly estimate in % the impact compared to that of the stock market in each case for each ETF?
Thanks,

Q: I have balanced stocks in RRSP (mainly from your BE portfolio) and growth companies in TFSA (mostly our picks). Its very well diversified in different sectors. Thank you for your help

I still have ~50 K Cash (from recent clean up) in RRSP which I would be investing in this summer. Since majority of my stocks are Canadian, to balance out I am looking to add mostly US ETFs.

These are the ETFs have got my attentions from your questions answers. I am looking for maximum growth and also a hold and forget for 10 + years. This question applies to RRSP

Please provide me with 3-5 suggestions from below. Would you add anything else here or suggest otherwise?

IWO, IWM, VB, VUG, VFV, VGRO, QQQ, ARKK, ARKG,SPY

Thank you for your excellent service!