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Q: Ignoring any crypto implications (I am decently invested in that area), do you think liberalizing the financial regulations in the US is likely to produce outsized short to medium term gains in that sector? If so, can you recommend a couple of solid names, a couple of speculative names and a couple of ETFs. Thanks again for the great service.
Read Answer Asked by Alex on February 07, 2025
Q: Everyone, if you had a small amount of money, less than $50,000 how many ETF’s (no individual stocks only ETFs) would you have in your portfolio? Some question for amount of money above $100,000. And what sectors would they be in? Clayton
Read Answer Asked by Clayton on February 07, 2025
Q: Based on today’s environment is NTR a sell? The materials sector is pretty diverse, are there two or three CDN companies that you would have a high degree of confidence would outperform just holding XMA for materials exposure? Or would you steer clear of Canada altogether, and if so, applying the same criteria suggest two or three U.S companies that could outperform XLB in the near term.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen R. on February 07, 2025
Q: I have $100,000 of cash in an investment account, am looking for some conservative ETF’s with 1/3 going to fixed income, same to Cdn Equity and balance to Global. Any suggestions? Given the trade war with the USA, I might sit on the sidelines for a few weeks so ny thoughts on best way to invest the cash with good liquidity. I was looking at HISA ETF’s but they are very low currently.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on February 06, 2025
Q: Hello
Considering , tariffs and the impact that they have on the financial sector, what sector and which company stocks/etfs would you consider that are paying similar yields

Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Tim on February 06, 2025
Q: Hello, for a 25 year old with $ 500.00 to invest in the TFSA, which of the above would you suggest?
Also, how about for a 27 year old with $ 100K, which one(s) would you suggest? Finally, does BMO have a S&P500 unhedged?
As a quick calculation the Unedged has retuned ~ 6% more with BMO (ZQQ /ZNQ) and ~ 12% with the ishare ( XQQ/XQQU). Right?
Thanks
Carlo
Read Answer Asked by Carlo on February 05, 2025
Q: I have a question about investing in physical gold. Can you please explain the differences between the MNT and PHYS? I noticed that MNT outperforms PHYS and it trades at a premium to NAV while PHYS trades at discount. The expense rates 0.35% vs. 0.41% seems to be close enough to justify the differences in performance and discount..?
Read Answer Asked by bernhard on February 05, 2025
Q: Which one do you prefer for international exposure?
Read Answer Asked by David C. on February 04, 2025
Q: Hello 5i Team, Happy New Year! I have a diversified portfolio with plenty of tech exposure and S&P. We are looking into Sector based ETFs. Based on this environment, which one would you recommend out of these - XAD, HBGD, TECI, CHIPS, TEC, XEXP, FOUR, RBOT. Or, would you recommend any other sector ETF?

As always, thanks for your valuable insights.

Best, AJ
Read Answer Asked by Alka on February 04, 2025
Q: Any reason for Etherum [ETF] drop close to 20% on monday?
Read Answer Asked by Denise on February 04, 2025
Q: This ETF seems to have a long/short strategy of low volatility. 2 questions please:

1. including dividends are they keeping up with the the TSX index total return since inception?
2. is there a guaranteed market maker to keep the shares of PFMN.TO in line with its NAV or is it possible a premium or discount could happen in the future?

thanks
Read Answer Asked by Tony on February 04, 2025
Q: Good day,

For exposure to gold, I'm looking at getting into an ETF or two. Would you suggest both a gold bullion ETF and a gold producers ETF or would they move in tandem and only one is needed?

Can you recommend some gold ETFs?

Thanks,
Robert
Read Answer Asked by Robert on February 04, 2025
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