Investment Q&A

Q: Team. Is there a solar energy play, that you recommend? All of the solar companies recommended by others, 6 months ago, are crashing,

Q: What do you recommend is the best way of gaining exposure to the Indian stock market? In the past I have purchased Excel India mutual fund and I am considering Fairfax Indian fund. I am a long term investor and plan to hold my position for at least 5 years. I welcome your comments.

Q: Good morning Peter and Team,

In our accounts (Margin, RRIF, RRSP, and two TFSAs), we have no health care stocks or ETFs per se, but we do have a 1.8% position in Chartwell. In my sector breakdown, I classified Chartwell as "Real Estate", and notice that in your answers to other 5i members, you refer to Chartwell as a health care stock. Would I be correct in re-classifying CSH.UN as health care? If I wish to further reduce my overweight real estate holdings which contain AP.UN, CIG, CSH.UN, FCR, FSV, and TCN, would there be any that I should "let go" or reduce? What "additional" health care stock or ETF would you recommend at this time, using the cash that the sale/reduction of the above stocks would provide? Please feel free to deduct as many credits as this lengthy question entails, and thanks for the great help your service provides.

Q: Hi 5i Team,

Is FEZ a keep for the next 3 years? I have a full 5% position and down 28% since 2014 in my RRIF. What is a good ETF replacement for stable income?
Thanks

Q: Hi: can you name your top three financial etf's for long term hold.

Thanks

Q: Bonjour, I own ZWB. Is it a good idea to also own individual banks such as RBC, TD, etc?
Merci
Ronald

Q: What equity investments do you like in the category of emerging markets?

Thanks

Paul

Q: Would you comment on the advantages and disadvantages of using covered call ETFs like ZWU, ZWB and ZWH to increase your yield? Are these covered call ETFs offered by other institutions other than BMO? In a down market does this type of instrument reduce your risk?

Thanks for your advice!!

Q: Your opinion on etf : DTD (Wisdom Tree Total Dividend Fund) for a long term , and in RRSP portfolio.
Thank you.

Q: What ETFS or mutual funds do you like for European exposure?

Thank you

Paul

Q: Im interested in buying more healthcare equities. Im a medium risk investor. What do you think of the two equities mentioned and do you have a better choice?

Q: I own the following Canadian small caps.
RRX, QST, XCS, BIP 191, SIS and GUD. I am considering selling BIP 191. Any other recommendations including ETF, mutual funds or individual stocks to purchase or sell any existing holdings ?

Thank You

Paul

Q: I have about 50K US to invest. Which do you think best MSFT or... HON or... should I just buy XSP Can hedged OR.... SDY the S&P div ETF.?
Any other suggestion welcome. I want growth without crazy risk. Helen

Q: Hi 5i
I know heu is a speculative commodity tied investment. I've owned it since $9.00, now it's over $12 in just a few months. Do you think oil is going to keep climbing a driving heu up especially with these new potential OPEC deals? Or do you think I should sel it off and put the money and profits into some other oil/energy investment?

Thanks!

Q: In the current interest rate environment would you prefer a corporate bond etf like cbo or a preferred share etf like zpr or hpr?

Jason

Q: Good day 5i!

I am looking for a high quality ETF in regards to renewable energy. I considered XEN but see that there are several oil companies listed and I am already heavy oil/gas.

I am looking at PDB as a global ETF with most of its coverage being the US and 5%CDN. I wanted an ETF with more Canadian coverage but can't seem to locate any.

Any suggestions? Do you think there will be big global growth in renewables over next ten years? Which ETF would you suggest to capture growth in this area?

Thanks again for your valuable service!

Q: Hi,

Is now a good time to invest in a preferred share etf? It is a non-registered account that is focused on income. How safe are preferred shares in a rising rate environment?

Thanks,
Jason

Q: What is the difference between ZUT anx ZWU? Which would be better for income for a retiree.

Q: How does XLK Technology SPIDER and FDN US First trust internet compare to QQQ in Resu;ts and cost? Thank you for your guidance Anne

Q: I am interested in buying an ETF that would cover the S&P 500 index. From looking at previous questions, I see 2 that are talked about, namely VFV and VSP. I was planning on buying VSP but I find the volume is very low compared to VFV and also VSP is CAN hedged(which I don't quite understand).

Can you give me a brief idea of the difference between the 2 and which would be the best to purchase long term?

Or are there other S@P 500 ETFs that you would suggest with a pretty good dividend?

Thank You,
Andrew