Investment Q&A

Q: Would you please suggest 2 or 3 US balanced funds, available in Cdn$ and hedged. Thanks

Q: 'Buffered ETF'
What do you think of these products? I just listen to the last Bloomberg 'Trillions' podcast on ETF and I found them compelling (very good podcast BTW). I hold about 10 % cash and 15% in PSA and PSU in my mothers account (she's 63). I felt I needed to reduce the risk in her portfolio from a sudden downside but would like to capture some of the potential upside. I would considered to use the 10% cash and buy buffered SP500 ETF in October and November lets say.

Would be great also to have a more detailed analysis in about these products in your ETF and mutual fund update.
PSEP:
I understand that the MER is 0,79% and I will not get the dividends. On the other hand, this protect the investment for the first 15 % (or what ever is remaining of the buffer) until next September and a chance to get a few % upside. Am I getting this right?

Q: Hello,
I would like to know if there is an easy way to find ETF's which provide dividends on a monthly basis. Is there a list out there I can use or would you have a short list of such dividend payers? I do own XDV which is a monthly payer. I believe that using a DRIP in my account with monthly dividends should grow my portfolio faster over the long term.

Thanks for all your help.

PS: I love the portfolio analytics feature you have added.

Q: What are your thoughts on this ETF as a buying opportunity?

Q: Are there any ETF that cover Germany, India, China
Thanks for the help

Q: I have heard a number of analysts talking about a rotation into cyclical stocks. What is your opinion? What are your recommendations in that space? Is there an ETF that tracks the space, either in CAN or US?
Thank you,

Q: For my fixed income side of my portfolio I've just been keeping cash in a high interest savings account (Achieva Financial in Manitoba). It pays 2.3% interest. I just checked the yield to maturity of BND the US Vanguard bond ETF and it's 2.3%. The YTM for ZAG the Canadian BMO bond ETF is 2.2%. Hardly seems worth paying an MER and risking price fluctuations. What do you think, am I missing something here?

Q: Hello,
I ma looking for adding more exposure to US. What would be a good healthcare/Pharmaceutical ETF for RRSP. I have about 10K to invest for 10 years. I also own VUN, ZQQ and ZIN as part of US exposure.

Thanks

Q: Last week, I asked for a few suggestions to diversify outside Canada. One of you suggestions was VXUS. I already have ZDM in my portfolio and I find that it outperformed VXUS over the past 8 years by a substantial margin (84% vs. 38%) However, ZDM has one possible major disadvantage: it is thinly traded (does that matter for a small investor?). ZDM tracks MSCI but I couldn't find the info for VXUS; their Canadian website doesn't recognize VXUX (vexatious that). Do you see any other problems and are they similar?

Q: Is there is a Canadian ETF which would cover Financial sector but inclusive not only Canadian companies but also inclusive of global financial sector? Or alternatively a global ETF covering financial sector trading on TSX ?

Q: Given the uncertainty surrounding Boeing - and given this company is one of DIA's largest holdings - would you advise replacing DIA with VTI or another broad-based US ETF? Thank you.

Q: Hi. Given the current market and economic situation, what is your opinion of ZWC as part of an income portfolio for the next 12 months. I had thought of using both ZWC and XDV to generate some income. Thanks

Q: 5i team: looking forward to the possibility that the us $ may be or approaching to be overvalued. Would at this time with new money to be deployed to a global etf such as xdg. Would 5i recommend hedged or unhedged? Also question 2 could you comment on the last year for performance of xdg verses xdgh? thanks for great service Larry

Q: Is there ETF covering communication sector which trade in Canadian currency and on TSX which you would recommend?
Buying US ETF after converting Canadian to US dollars would give the purchase ~ 30 % premium which would be not cost effective

Q: please give me your assessment of this ETF - risk, suitability, and likely performance compared to what Dynamic suggests might happen

Q: Good day 5i,
XAW is a all world ex Canada etf. However, on their website it has Canada at a 31% exposure of the overall portfolio? I'm confused, eh!

Must be a glitch?
Thanks

Q: Hi, Which specific country ETF's would you say has the best growth prospects over the next five years, thanks?

Q: Which stock or ETF would you recommend to buy in Health sector for TFSA? Need 11.4%. Used to own GUD but sold awhile ago with small loss. Don’t mind USA exposure but prefer to buy in CAN dollars.

Q: it seems to me that a good place to have bond ETF is in an RRSP. do you agree? currently I have about have of my wife's RRSP in VSC and the rest is in cash right now. i was thinking that I would place the remainder in another bond ETF with low management fee and with perhaps a more aggressive posture. Does this make sense and what other bond ETF would you recommend? thanks.

Q: My ETF portfolio is 30% SPY, 20% VIG, 10 IWO ( 50% USA exposure), 20 VE and 20% VEE. You seem to have switched to recommending VSP and VUN as your USA ETF. What are the advantages of VSP/VUN over SPY. VSP and SPY have similar mers, VUN is a bit higher at 0,16. I assume I started buying SPY on 5i recommendation at some point in the past... Balanced portfolio follower, nearing retirement so shifting more towards income/div aristocrats over pure growth plays.