Investment Q&A

Q: Can you comment on this new Van Eck fabless semiconductor ETF…apparently trying to avoid the heavy capex and cyclicality costs of manufacturing

Q: If u were to buy only one all in one etf what would you suggest - for longer term 3-5 years growth

Q: What is it mean by Evolve Leverage Dummy in its portfolio ?

Q: Morning. As always your analysis is greatly appreciated.

Are there any generalizations you have on what sectors would benefit from a Harris win in the US election and what sectors would not benefit from a Harris win. I assume the answers would be opposite for a Trump win.

Q: What is the best s&p 500 etf?

Q: Recently I have found the TBIL and ZMMK ETFs to be a safe place to keep my cash and earn a half decent return.
However, the upcoming US elections, the upheaval in the Middle East, Ukraine, and the ongoing threat to global oil prices, is increasing the possibility of a sudden spike in interest rates, and a complete reversal of the current narrative of lower rates.
How would TBIL and ZMMK be affectted by such a turn of events (i.e. a spike in interest rates) and more generally, what investment asset classes would you recommend that would best mitigate such risks.
Thank You
John

Q: For someone who wants physical exposure to gold, is it better to buy Sprott Physical Gold Trust or Sprott Physical Gold Trust Unit? I understand that the former trades on the TSX and the latter on the NYSE. What is your preference? Thank you

Q: I noticed in your ETF and Mutual Fund newsletter service (which is excellent by the way) that you reduced the technology weighting in the Growth ETF Portfolio from 11% to 4%. This is a fairly significant shift. Can you please explain the reasoning behind this reduction and, for the reallocation of the proceeds.

Regards

Phil

Q: Hello, ICSH which is a short term bond fund from Ishares does not seem to be in your database. https://www.ishares.com/us/products/258806/ishares-liquidity-income-etf
Would you consider it a safe-ish storage for US funds while trying to decide where to invest ?

Q: I have recently read that actively managed bond funds or etfs, unlike equities or the same, have a better outperformance history. Can you please comment on this? Would you recommend buying into any and if so could you recommend some?
Also do you think there is more room to run from dropping rates?
Those referenced here are general passive funds.
Thanks

Peter

Q: Hello
I’m sitting on a fair amount of cash in Canadian dollars that I want to protect from falling against the US dollar without going through cost of conversion to US
Any instrument that I can use to earn some interest and hedge against an expected drop…I own a lots of ZSP.
Cheers
Peter

Q: Hi,

This is a follow up to a question by Danielle, While XGRO sounds like a growth oriented ETF, can you please review it to see if it actually is. By my quick review it holds almost 20% in bonds and treasuries and its actual stock holdings (via ETFs) are run of the mill, not really leaning towards growth. Or am I missing something? Thanks.

Q: Hello 5i,

Could you recommend 3 ETFS that you would consider for a 70 years old retiree. My portfolio is currently 95% in Equities both in Dividend ETFS (VDY, ZEB, XEI and XDIV and individual shares (ENB, RY, TELUS, and BMO.)

Thank You,

Q: Hello. What are the best ways to own actual bitcoin in Canada? Via a digital coin exchange/platform or via an ETF?

Can you recommend a platform and some ETFs?

What do you think about BTCC?

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Q: Hi gang ,
Looking into buying TAN . It’s 52 weeks low. Any reason? Would you buy at this price? Any thoughts ?
Thanks. Alnoor

Q: Hi, retired 68 and living off my investments. No pension except CPP. Cannot collect OAS. Portfolio is stocks and fixed income about 70/30. Getting tired of worrying about individual stocks. Spouse not familiar with managing investments and simplification would be good if I passed. So was thinking of selling all and buying VBAL or similar. Leaning to XBAL due to better yield and returns. Questions:
1. in one of your posts you said you prefer to limit exposure to single ETFs. Please elaborate why. Would some protection be obtained with a 50/50 mix of VBAL and XBAL?
2. With North American markets at all time highs would this be a good time to do this or would some other time, such as a market downturn be better. Most of the funds are in registered funds so tax is not really an issue.
Thanks

Q: Building the bond part of my investments. What proportion would you allocate to each of the four indicated. 2-What is the difference between XSB and XBB? 3- Do you consider OK to allocate some XHY as a bond equivalent?

Thanks for your great service.

Yves

Q: good morning - I'd like to increase my US ETF exposure and already have IWO and VOO. Do I just add to one of these (which?) or add a third? Thanks for your ongoing good work. Al

Q: Would like to invest in the Chinese market, is there an ETF that you recommend. Thanks Clare

Q: Would you consider Guardian Ult-Shrt US TB USD ETF (US $ denom) to be one of the safest ways to hold USD? Last monthly interest payment was 5% annualized which is quite favourable … seems others may not offer higher rates.

Initially the plan was at sub 4.5% level to put this cash elsewhere but with declining US Bond prices I am now wondering how quickly rates may move lower and am wondering if we may experience a diverging interest rate environment between Cda n US rates. What’s the likelihood we could see such divergence n is there a point where the effect of a weakening Canadian dlr would limit further divergence (we are weak at 72.5 exch now but recall a lo of 68 many years ago).