Investment Q&A

Q: Doing some house cleaning of the portfolio. I hold 1% each of XLF and XLP. Sitting on the fence as to add or sell. Looking for your prospective and if add what would be a recommended %.
Regards

Q: 1st question on ENB , I see lots of recommendations on ENB. I understand that this co. has mostly take or pay contracts (I am also aware of their investments in renewables etc.) however, it looks like there is a possibility of oil storage filling to capacity, if this does happen many pipelines will have basically slow to a trickle or even stop for a while, if this were to happen would this not give energy cos. stuck with take or pay an out as their contracts wouldn't be honored, it seems like a very risky situation to me for all the pipelines, what is your take on this?
2nd question would you endorse buying ZQQ for a 1 stop tech exposure ( I like the idea of being hedged) or would you prefer something else. I was also looking at the ARK etf's F W K ( tesla seems heavy in some of these) which of these would you prefer in combo with a ZQQ or instead of? dock as many as needed as I don't use many, lol. Thanks for your perspectives and all the work you do.
Tom

Q: Would you sell xuu etf and replace with zqq etf? Looks like zqq has outperformed xuu over the short and long term?

Q: I would like to purchase QQQ but in Canadian funds and not hedged. I think that QQQ.F.CA or XQQ are options. But I notice that QQQ shows about 10% better price increase over the last 3 years than the CDN options.
Are there other pros and cons of purchasing say XQQ instead of converting my cash to USD and buying QQQ?

Q: Currently have ZQQ. Is there a more concentrated hedged ETF with just the FAANG stocks & a few others?

Q: I have shares it both of the these Income funds. FIE-T is down 24% and XTR-T is down 12. 42%. in my registered portfolio. I'm thinking of selling the entire position in XTC-T and purchasing more shares in FIE-T . The later has a much higher yield in FIE then XTC-T . Your thoughts ? Is this reasonable. Thanks

Q: I presently hod these 2 ETF's and was looking for your opinion. They are approximately 1.25% each of portfolio. Being a small amount do I add or sell.

Regards,

Q: Which etf’s would I use to cover my u.s. and cdn stocks on the short side. I like my stocks, but would like to cover for a while thanks Ken

Q: Do you still like this ETF VA or would you suggest another one?
Thanks

Q: Please review the current environment on this ETF and would it be worth selling and moving money to higher income geared ETF. If so, what would you recommend?

Q: I currently owned XHY and CPD in my LIRA account and have funds to increase these holding from 2 to 4 % weight. Would you be a buyer of these 2 ETF or wait ?
Thanks

Q: What are fees for these?

Thanks,
Milan

Q: Does PHYS buy and store actual gold at a facility that they control? How do they make their money on this fund? I'm seeing comments on paper vs physical gold, and wondering which I own in PHYS.

Q: Is PHYS:CA best held in a TFSA or RRSP, advantages or disadvantages please?
Thank you

Q: you recently ranked XEI more highly than CDZ. Could you offer a comparison between the 2? I have read elsewhere that CDZ, which I own, holds too many high yield/high risk
stocks. Would substituting XEI address that, or would it create its own issues?

Thanks

Q: In a recent question you said that CDZ could not do well because of dividend cuts, so, i am asking whether or not you would consider XEI to be the same or not as it has a larger amount of companies that pay dividends...Gene

Q: I have been beaten up badly with this stock. Assuming I want continued general exposure to the REIT market would you cut ties and move onto something else such as ZRE.TO to reduce some risk but maintain exposure?

Q: What’s going on to cause the jump in remx, or is it an error. I can’t find a news release to explain it.

Q: I recently sold CDZ, XEI and ZDV for a tax loss and would like to re-purchased equivalent ETF's. Can you recommend appropriate replacements?

Q: I would appreciate your views about the Global Dow Index (GDOW). Would you recommend this index for individuals seeking global and sectoral diversification, but with more conservative, stable companies? Or, do you recommend other indexes?

Can you please also recommend both a Canadian-based and a US-based ETF which tracks the GDOW (or other international index if you so recommend).

Thanks again for this wonderful service!