Investment Q&A

Q: I own some individual rate reset preference shares which pay dividends. I also own some ZPR/HPR shares which pay interest. Why are the payments classified as interest when the income comes from underlying pref share dividends? I can’t seem to find an explanation on any of the websites. Can you clear this up for me. Thanks as always.

Q: Hi:
Would you kindly give me a critical view of Advisor Shares ETF FANG
FNG-N. Holdings, Returns, MER, and anything else that you and your
team believe to be pertinent. I have missed out on the high returns in the sector, because quite frankly it scares me. Maybe I am late to the sector?
This ETF seems kind of small? Comments.

Thanks for the wonderful help,
BEN.

Q: Hi Peter, which of these would be less volatile?how would you rate them? Thanks. Alnoor

Q: Hi 5i,
In Jan 2018, I added mtum to my mom’s tfsa as her us $ holding. It would represent the most risky part of her holdings in the Tfsa
Since then, I have read that momentum stocks/strategies do not do well in a bear market. Is there any truth to that claim? With a pb over 4 and a pe over 26 should I stay the course, or purchase 2 or 3 value stocks in her account with that us $?. If the latter, any suggestions?
Many thanks,

Q: 1)Can you recommend a CDN ETF for the US consumer discretionary index?
2) Should it be hedged or unhedged?
3) Is there another Canadian ETF that is a more general reflection of the US market that you recommend for a long term hold?

Q: A question in regards to the question from Kelly.
MFT uses bank loans, what exactly are those and how risky?
does a bank make a loan to a company then sell that loan to the market ?
many thanks

Q: Good Morning. In addition to my Canadian holdings, I have a well diversified of large cap US equities, most of them return a small dividend, all of them highly are highly affected by the news of the day, hour, minute.
As this ETF, returns a decent dividend, year after year increase in value & would diversify my holdings into small-cap stocks in sectors less available in Canada, do you think it may be a wise investment, as an alternative to IWO? I think, perhaps unreasonably, that small cap companies may be less subject to "news", because if these politicians mention CAT or say FB, as examples, everyone has an opinion, however small caps daily fly under the rhetoric radar.
I am not trying to hide from volatility by selling large caps to take a position in small caps, just trying to reduce it overall, in my holdings.
Do you know of any other US EFT, that is similar in nature to this one?
Thank you so much in advance.

Q: I am thinking of selling my position in IBB and replacing it with a position in IHI. What is your opinion ? Thank you for your valuable advice.

Q: Greetings 5i team,

I am not sure i fully understand the risks associated with this floating rate ETF. Can you explain to me how they are paying out such a high dividend when the the underlying assets do not. In addition, is there an equivalent US ETF you would recommend. I need income in both Canada and the US!
Cheers

Q: What stocks would you suggest for the cyber security space in Canada and/or US? Thanks again.

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.