Investment Q&A

Q: With the demand most likely increasing for rare earths and other precious metals, especially as more EV production will be coming on line, do you see this ETF as a good way to have some interest in this sector. It seems to have diversified holdings. with approximately 46% of the holdings in the Chinese companies that currently are the dominant market players.. I like that Australian companies are also well represented. Is this a worthwhile, growth oriented investment ?

Q: Could you comment on Emerge Ark Geonomics Biotech etf? Is it a buy at this time?
Thank you for your consistency in answering all the questions you receive. It keeps me from not impulse buying or selling.
Jim

Q: I sold DXJ and DXJS a year ago and have had seller’s remorse since the day I sold. Do you think buying these back at their current multiyear highs would be dumb? If you like Japan, would you today buy the same ETFs or do you have other ETFs (trading in US$ only) to suggest for my further study? If buying would you buy hedged or unhedged versions? I would be thankful for whatever number of symbols of Japan ETFs that you think might be fine for 3 to 5 years.

Q: Hello,
I have some holdings in the Sun Life Granite Balanced Growth Portfolio class F as a "steady" fund for a blend of growth and safety. Thoughts on this fund please and any funds in your view that could be better in the space.

Thanks.

Q: I currently own ZEM AND ZSP. Is adding XAW good? If one is going to buy US stocks most likely us tech stocks would one need to buy the ETF XQQ?
Thanks

Q: Hi group is there an Etf that covers both Canadian + Us banks /financials. Thanks PS favorite way to play Financials in the present environment?. Thanks for your guidance

Q: Hi Peter and Team,

Ark Investments has many interesting and high performing ETFs. Are you particularly excited about any of them?

Thank you for your great service. Thank you.

Q: Do bonds rise when interest rates rise? If so, can you recommend a few dividend paying bond funds for a RRIF.

Q: For the fixed income portion of the portfolio, do you have any recommendations / suggestions (ETF, private fund, mutual fund, specific bonds). Realistically, hoping for a return between 3 and 6%. I am ok to take some risk. Looking for a decent risk/reward investment. Long term hold.

Q: Hi guys!

Can you please recommend some alternatives/additionas to XTR? I'm looking for high dividend with also an (as high as possible) degree of diversification. Essentially, a couple choice income picks if I were to only choose 1-3 ETF for an entire dividend-based portfolio. This is in relation to my previous question where I was looking to do something relatively safe with ~60k over 2-3 yrs. Thanks!

Q: Do you recommend a China specific ETF as part of an RRSP portfolio, and if so, which Canadian traded ones do you prefer?

Q: Greetings,

We're looking for 5 very low cost ETF's for our new RRSP. The idea behind it is to hold it for a long time and let compound interest do its thing.

1) Can you kindly peruse our "portfolio" and comment on our strategy:
S&P index fund
TSX Index fund
Emerging market Index fund
"Moat" characteristics fund (Global)
Momentum characteristic fund (Global)

2) Can you suggest specific ETF names?

Many thanks!

Q: Hi Team,
A couple different parts to this question. The "Geno" sector has exploded this year. Different hot names in the sector seem to be moving 10-20% daily. I have buddies now piling into these names now, so am wondering if maybey there's a "top" coming here soon? Or if you think this Euphoria will continue in the sector? To me it almost feels like gambling to try to buy in to these things right now. Also on this topic, can you briefly give your thoughts on what has made the Geno sector suddenly start to move this year? Its not like geno work is a new thing...or is it just hitting some major progress this year? Same can be said for the EV sector. For fear of "missing out" I am tempted to sell KXS out of my rsp for a slight gain as I hold this name in 2 different accounts to raise funds to buy EAGB (the canadian version of ARKG). My portfolio is currently heavy weighted tech and I currently have no Geno exposure. Is EAGB the best way for me to play this sector long term, or do you have any explosive individual GENO names you would recommend buying for a multi bagger possibility? I have heard BNGO has some good things coming its way? .....Or should I wait for a pullback in the massive run up before I think about doing this...or not at all? If I did buy EAGB I would probably buy and hold it for years as a way to play the sector. It does seem like there could be some major breakthroughs down the road in geno technology.

Q: Hi
Presently have SKYY, thinking of changing to DATA a new Evolve ETF.
I have done very well with my other Evolve funds.
Your comments please.
Thank you for your time.
Mike

Q: I am trying to increase my international / US stocks allocation with 1 of a few ETFs. I don't need income but some yield would be nice.
How do you feel about emerging markets for the next few years?
Can you please provide suggestions. Would you recommend a large position say around 15% to be meaningful in the portfolio. Long term buy and hold. Thank you for your help.

Q: Peter, I have finally got organized and opened us accounts for each family members' registered plans - rsp, tfsa, lira. With the current strength of CAD relative to USD, it seems like a good time to increase US equity exposure. I am using Norbert's gambit to transfer funds from CAD to USD accounts. I have a couple general questions:

- do you see this as a good time to increase us equity exposure both from a currency and market perspective?
- would it be best to concentrate us holdings in the rsp accounts to avoid/defer us withholding taxes (or does this matter)? I will be holding some equities (tech, biotech) and some index funds (e.g. ARK)
- on a related note, is there any disadvantage to holding ARK etfs over their Canadian counterparts offered by Emerge (apart from the latter's higher MERs)?

Thanks in advance and also thanks for your great service.

Best wishes,

David

Q: Would this portfolio held in RRIF have withholding tax on dividends. Does this look like a good portfolio?

Q: Hi,
Which is the best way to get some exposure to Bitcoin? If its through stocks and ETF’s, could you suggest the best possible names?
Thanks

Q: Hi 5i, Thanks for all you do.
I would like to put some money in in the Asian markets and was looking at AIA for diversification.
What are your thoughts on this ETF and is this a good approach. If not what would you recommend.

Thanks
Joe F

Q: I thinking of adding QQQ.US to my TFSA. I know there is a withholding tax for US dividends however the annual Dividend/Yield is only $1.74 or .055%. It appears the tax consequence would be minor in terms of dollars and cents. Is this reasonable . Thanks