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Q: Good morning 5i
Thank you for the new website. Its great.
I bought VXUS... thank you. I am well diversified with equities and will have some Canadian dollars to spend after I shave some of my winners (which there are many..thank you) in my RRIF. What would you suggest in the form of an ETF? Europe? Japan UK Australia??? etc??? VXUS being international may cause an overlap but perhaps there is one area that you are particularily in favour of?? Do you expect more growth in the near to medium term (3 to 5 years) in any of these areas? Or should I plan this as a long term (5 to 10 year) investment. Thank you for your timely and priceless answers.
Read Answer Asked by El-ann on November 22, 2017
Q: Hi Peter, Ryan & Crew,
Is there an ETF in Canada that covers Tech companies in the US, and another one for Health Care also.
Thanks. Love your new website.
Ivan
Read Answer Asked by Ivan on November 22, 2017
Q: I'm increasing some sector weightings in my RRIF portfolio, and wish to use up some US$. Could you suggest a couple of industrial names - and perhaps an industrial ETF? Thanks, Roland
Read Answer Asked by Roland on November 22, 2017
Q: Hi 5i: Two questions - please deduct points as appropriate.
(1) I'm looking for a good telecom stock to complete a sector allocation. I hold BCE and Telus in another portfolio, so am considering Rogers. Can you suggest any others, preferably US, or perhaps a US Telco oriented ETF?
(2) As above, for the utility sector of the portfolio; a US utility, or a US utility ETF.

Your advice would be much appreciated. Regards Roland
Read Answer Asked by Roland on November 22, 2017
Q: Which would you expect to perform better in a rising rate environment? PR slightly (by about 1%) outperformed HPR over the past 2+ years (since inception of PR), has a higher MER and both are actively managed.
Read Answer Asked by Robin on November 21, 2017
Q: A Money Saver Magazine had a interesting article (Richard Morrison, July August 2017) regarding that you should invest in places that you would be willing to live and places with low corruption. Denmark #1, New Zealand, Singapore,Sweden and Switzerland were among countries with the higher scores ahead of Canada #8 and the United States #18. Dividend yields are over 4% on the New Zealand and Switzerland etfs and company holding appear solid.

Are there any countries around the world that you are most bullish on and would you comfortable investing in the above etfs say 10-20% of a portfolio of a 30 something year old?
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on November 20, 2017
Q: Hi!
I'm a new investor who is interested mostly in ETFs and mutual funds. I'd like to diversify my portfolio by region (e.g. Canada, US, global, international, emerging).
I have some cash on hand that I would like to invest. However, given the ongoing bull market, I'm concerned about an imminent correction. I was wondering if you could suggest some places to invest. Is it safe to invest in international or emerging markets at this moment? Or should I keep my money in cash and wait for a correction?
Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Jason on November 20, 2017
Q: I hold googl cgi full positions over longer term recently added csu nvda shopify sis gud half positions all doing good

nvda did best l for the shortterm.i held . AS s its likely the most volatile should I trim it?
my real question is should I add facebook Microsoft amazon as they all appear to have steady runway. if it makes sense I could add two half positions (which two ?}
or buy an fang etf ?if I buy etf that has googl I will sell half my current googl.
hope you can make sense out of this-
Read Answer Asked by thambirajah on November 20, 2017
Q: My daughter wants to start a TSFA with $5000.00. This will be a long term investment with nothing else added for at least a year or two. She is 24. Would you recommend a couple of stocks or would etf's be the way to go? Which stocks or Etf's would you suggest? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Lois on November 20, 2017
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