Investment Q&A

Q: Can you please give me the reasons why this ETF has been losing ground recently.
Merci
Ronald

Q: This ETF has recently broken out. Do you like this ETF and space in general as part of diversified portfolio?

Best, Don

Q: is it time to sell after 22.8% growth???
Art

Q: Utilities seem to go parabolic since December 2018 with no sign of slowing down. Since interest rates seem to remain low for a foreseeable future, is this a new secular trend emerging from improved interest in green energy. ZUT in particular includes many renewable power generator companies. So I basically have 2 questions: If this is a new secular trend should one increase their utility allocation ? 2: Is there still life for oil and gas companies ?

Q: Contemplating acquiring Pharma ETF with world wide exposure with emphasis on diabetes for long term hold, Obviously management fees & performance, size for liquidity a concern. Currently own 5 -6 % position in "GUD"

Garry

Q: What would be your suggestion or suggestions for an etf in Cloud computing.
Thanks Wayne

Q: I am looking for an international ETF that trades in us dollars has a good proportion of its investments in technology, what would you recommend?

thanks, Jean

Q: Hi
I am looking for a good Canadian REIT ETF and a US REIT ETF from the US. I understand that the Canadian REIT will have less diversification but am interested anyways. Thanks, Len

Q: I purchased XBB and am looking for another fixed income etf to compliment it. Thanks, Len

Q: I have purposely maintained my non-registered foreign holdings (principally US) below $100K simply to avoid the hassle of reporting to Revenue Canada and completing a T1135. I now find that continuing to do so will leave me underinvested in US markets. Is there a way to get broad US exposure (i.e. S&P 500) with an ETF that would not be deemed as foreign property? Would HXS or HXS.U accomplish this? If yes is there an equivalent Nasdaq ETF?

Q: Hi, There are so many new ETF's are coming in the market every month. Mutual funds sales is declining. what kind of companies are benefiting from this kind of shift?

Thanks,

Q: Peter, I hold these S&P hedged ETF's in different portfolios. The total fees for HXS are about twice that of XSP and VSP probably due to the swaps. When I look at the performance of these ETF's, XSP and VSP are almost identical, but HXS sometimes lags and sometimes outperforms the other two. I am not sure why that is, can you comment. Due to the higher fees on HXS, does it makes sense to own this ETF in a registered account?

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan and 5i,
Could you please give me a list of at least 5 US Listed ETF's (Total Market) for a Lira account with at least 10 year hold.
Thanks as always for your expert advice. Ivan

Q: Hi, I previously asked about PH&N Global Equity Segregated Fund to which you used the F Series as a proxy, and felt it was a good fund. How would you compare this to the Black Rock US Eq Index Segregated Fund (Reg)? Both are offered through Sunlife and have a similar 5 yr return of 12.5% - 13.0%. If it helps, it says the 'underlying fund' is BlackRock CDN US Equity Index Non-Taxable, Class D. The 'underlying fund' for the PH&N fund is Phillips, Hager & North Global Equity Fund, Series O.
Thanks

Q: What is the best way to invest in physical gold without actually buying a brick and having to store it? i.e. is there a mutual fund and how does doing this investing strategy compare with investing in a streamer like FNV?
Thank you.

Q: Hi Peter

Yesterday Horizon launched HULC and HXCN total return ETF's. Will appreciate your expert opinion on them against available ETF options from other providers.

Q: I have a general question on the Energy sector. To state the obvious this has been a very weak sector to invest. More recently, we had Jim Cramer come out and say investing in energy stocks is no longer attractive and fund flows are coming out of them as it does not "look good" to have these stocks in a fund. The extreme opposite is a well known Canadian manager who touts 2020 is the start of a new bull market in energy. However, when looking at performance of this fund it has a negative compound over 10 years and since inception.

I like taking a contrarian view, and can be patient, however, I am going back and forth on this but continue to side more with the view of Cramer as you can almost "feel" the shift in sentiment away from energy.

What are your views, and is it worthwhile to have any exposure here?

Q: Hello, are HXH and HXCN identical? Any idea why HXH is so thinly traded? Would you prefer one over the other if you are only looking for capital gains?
Thank you

Q: This seems like a small ETF. The yield is good and they seem to hold the large players in the energy sector. Just wondering what you think of this one for a multi year hold.

Q: Hello. Wondering what you view as the best way to play the overall market in Japan as it appears cheap on valuation? ETF or other investment vehicle recommendations for Japan?