Investment Q&A

Q: In what order would you rate the following U.S. equities
I am considering adding to a well-diversified portfolio?
IHI IWO XLK XLF KRE VISA
Thank you.

Q: What are your thoughts on VX.US as a means of further diversifying ones portofolio?

Q: Good morning,

Looking for your insights on fixed income strategies in this environment of potentially rising rates. I have reviewed a number of etf 's which have shown negative returns over the last couple of years. Are they any etfs, bond funds or strategies ( ladderred gic's?) that you feel are suited to what may be a new era of gradual interest rate creep.

thank you

Q: Have read websites,(don't rehash) ,your insights into sector and stocks

Q: What are your views on these ETFs? Would this be a good time to buy these ETFs? Is one safer than the other in a broad market downturn?

Q: What would you consider good weightings in a portfolio for the above ETF's? If you were building a fairly aggressive growth portfolio with these as your base what other ETF's would you suggest to get a start on diversifying a bit?

Q: With a large portion of VBAL in fixed income why is the dividend only 1.03%. Is this simply due t the ratio of equity to fixed income or does this fund reinvest some
income or dividends within the fund?

Q: I am thinking of switching a high fee low performing global mutual fund to a lower fee ETF to try to improve performance while maintaining global exposure for the long term.

Do you have any suggestions?

Doug

Q: Can you provide a general opinion of the following 2 potential longer terms holds:

CYBR Cyber security ETF)
ECI (Enercare)

Q: Hi there,

I read an article in the globe a few days ago mentioning that this was one of the top performing Canadian listed ETFs. What are your thoughts on this sector and this ETF particularly? If one were going to purchase, would a hedged or unhedged version perform better in the long term?

Thanks!

Q: On Berman's call yesterday he suggested holding Horizons Active Floating Rate Bond ETF (HFR) as an alternative to cash. What would be your take on this, pros and cons?
Thank you for considering my question.

Q: Hi Peter and Team,
I am thinking of taking a position on IHI and would like to have your thoughts on this etf. Also for US medical industry and for the foreseeable future, does the medical device segment presents a better potential than pharmaceuticals?
Cheers,

Q: I would like to add a China Dividend ETF and a China Growth ETF to my portfolio. I would prefer Can$ ETF's. Can you recommend some?
Thank you
Kevin

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.