Investment Q&A

Q: In my daughter's RESP I hold TD(39%)up 13%, PBH (39%)up 110%, GUD(17%) down 20% and 5% cash.
I still have 9 years to go before the first withdrawal.
I was thinking of diversifying TD and/or PBH. Which dividend ETF (with growth potential) would you recommend?

Q: Is there a Russell 2000 ETF hedged to Can.$ or one in Can$ ?If not,is there a close alternative?Thanks for u usual great services & views.

Q: Would there be a better selection than CDZ with regards to an ETF that tracks the so called dividend aristocrats?
Thank you

Q: Currently which ETF's would you prefer purely for income? Thanks. Peter

Q: Hello,
Do you prefer own ZSP over ZDJ now? or should we buy both?
Thanks
Victor

Q: My children (early 30s age) have $25,000 each in their TFSAs. What might you recommend for them? Thanks.

Q: Re: Walter's question today. I have owned BSV in a non-registered account for about 18 months. 15% withholding tax is always deducted.

Q: On BNN this morning Larry Berman made a comment about ETFs that are sold in Canada and are essentially repackaged ETFs from the US. He stated that there is some double taxation going on. I believe related to withholding taxes although he didn't explain in detail.
I hold VGG and VEE which are repackaged holdings of VIG and VWO, respectively.
Is this in fact true and how much of an impact would this mean to the rate of return?

Q: I understand the WH has authorised only partial bank regulatory reform, with the associated benefits denied to the larger institutions. Could you please comment on the implications of this announcement and provide one or two suggestions. Thanks.

Q: I am looking for some guidance regarding a retirement plan for someone who is mid 40's; doesn't work for various reasons and has been using an expensive investment advisor. She doesn't know or want to learn about investing for herself. She requires Canadian monthly income and what I think makes sense is to invest her funds in a CDN hedged fund that tracks the S&P 500 such as VSP. The average annual return for this fund is 13.9% since its inception date of Nov 2012 and it pays total dividends of 1.5% annually. I guess I could look at the US website to see the longer term investment returns for the S&P 500. I was thinking of suggesting an ETF REIT for monthly cash flow but the investment returns are much less than the S&P 500. So my thoughts are to invest fully in the S&P 500 and take out money when needed either on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. Its a simple plan to understand and should work. Of course the S&P 500 will go down at some point in time in the future but with 40 years to be invested I don't think this should be a problem as long as the funds stay invested in the ETF. Your comments would be greatly appreciated.

Q: I have a sizeable position in the Mawer balanced fund in my non-registered account from the sale of house a couple years ago. I have treated this as a standalone portfolio so that should I decide to use the funds for a large purchase such as another house, I do not need to make a larger number of trades to rebalance my main portfolio.

As I do not anticipate using the funds for a number of years, I have been considering replacing MAW104 with Horizon's swap based ETFs to defer any taxable income and create a balanced portfolio from the 5 funds. My thought is that over a number of years the tax savings and reduced MER may outweigh the potential returns of the actively managed fund.

My main reservations in proceeding are the liquidity of these ETFs through an economic downturn or major market sell off, and with the solid long term returns of the MAW104 fund, is there really much upside in making the switch?

Appreciate your thoughts.

Q: Hi Team,
Is there any ETF that SHORT the whole Canadian Stock Market ?
My reason to short the Canadian market - because I have pretty good unrealized Gain on all my portfolios.
Thank you as always,
Tak

Q: Good Afternoon,
I'm looking for a US ETF which includes high dividend payers , also please is USD.
Thanks

Q: ZWU pays about 7% currently. Is there a potential risk of a noticeable distribution drop (other than if the ETF price rises)? Thank you.

Q: I do not have much exposure to oil & gas industry, which has been rising nicely in the past few months. I would like to use an ETF to invest on this theme. I was wondering if I should invest only in Canada or if I should go US or international. Could you suggest an ETF? Thanks.

Q: Hi- my husband and I would like to put some of our RSP money into ETFs for long term growth. We are interested in US ETFs but not sure if you cover US ones or not. If not, are there some Canadian ones you would suggest? I already have XIC.TO and CDZ.TO
Thanks, Jill

Q: Gents,
I am interested in the Beutel Goodman Canadian Dividend Fund BTG875. It has had a bit of a rough go over the last 6 months perhaps due to interest rate increases. As more rate increases are anticipated do you think that this fund will continue to suffer? Are there other funds in this space that will fair better?
Thanks Chris

Q: Home builders have been punished as of late. Please give me your thoughts on the group. Would you pick up this etf today? Please provide your rationale( buy sell hold)
Thx
Karim

Q: Of my bond holdings representing 5% of my portfolio and want to increase to 10%; I'm wondering if anyone listed that I should eliminate/increase in this market environment. Would appreciate any other suggestions. Thanks.

Q: I hope everyone had a good long weekend!

May I please have your opinion on this relatively new ETF, as a way to play the US consumer sector.

Thank you so much!