Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, I notice there are no covered call ETFS in the income portfolio, is there a specific reason for this, and is there any of the many out there that you would consider.
thank you,
James.

Q: Hi, I like to get your opinion on Pimco Monthly income as part of an income portfolio. Is the distribution stable or is there a large fluctuations between each years? Thank You

Q: I'm leaning towards emax in a cash account to diversify with the US holdings even though encc has a higher yield.

What are the tax implications of emax vs. encc.

emax writes in the money options on 30% of the holdings
I cannot find this data for encc

Thank you

Q: I would like to buy a US small-cap ETF
Can you suggest the best two at this time with ranking and suggest an entry price if possible
Would you advise to also purchase XCS the Canadian small cap ETF
Thanks

Q: What happened to the price on Aug 8-9 it seems to have dropped 60 some odd %. I am hoping for a share split. I have not received any notification. Thanks

Q: Good day,

I am selling some positions and want build up cash. I have put it into TDB2914 Premium MMF at 4.52%. Is there any bettter options? How about a bond ETF?

Thanks,
George

Q: I am retired and invested in the following corporate class ETFs in an effort to reduce income from non-registered accounts: HBB, HULC, HXCN, HXDM, HXQ, HXS, HXT and HXX which I do not plan to tap into over the next five years.

I have allocated roughly 9% to HBB, HXCN, HXQ, HXS and HXX and 18% to HULC, XDM and HXT.

How would you revise these percentages for optimal allocation in terms of diversification in view of the current and anticipated market conditions?

Any suggestions in terms of other corporate class ETFs I should be looking at ?

Q: Hello
I did read about MAGS
are there any ETF that trace the magnificant 7 in tech stocks that you would recommend?
what would be a good entry price for a 3 years hold? thanks
Michael

Q: VI and VEF have been suggested as Canadain dollar alternatives to VXUS. Both VI and VEF are hedged to the Canadian dollar. Is it better to be hedged or unhedged to the Canadian dollar? I was considering VIU which I believe is the unheadged version of VI.

Thanks

Q: This is a similar question to Craig’s question on August 8, regarding several mawer funds
I have held the above funds for a few years, and they are all positive still
Do you see underperformace of these funds in the past five years and if so would you advise replacing them with an ETF?
can you recommend etf replacements in Canadian dollar
Much appreciated

Q: Hi...kinda laughing right now. Lately XST has been trading over $100/share. Today (Aug 09/24), it is trading $50.87....three different sources...ditto. I checked the main 4 co's in the ETF...all normal, no big drop. To me, it is obviously a glitch of some sort?

Agree?

Q: I have a sizeable amount of my Retirement savings invested in Mawer Global Balanced fund and have been a big fan of Mawer over past years. YTD this fund as well as many other Mawer funds have underperformed their benchmarks. A 3rd Party Advisor suggested over the Long run I would do better to avoid the fees and utilize either VBAL or XGRO on a Passive basis thus avoiding Management fees and the eventual underperformance of Fund Picking vs Passive investing.

What do you think of Mawers underperformance recently and which strategy would best serve the needs of a moderate knowledge investor to maximize Performance?

Q: Can you recommend a list of safe dividend income ETFs with high steady monthly distributions? Thanks.

Q: For ETF’s there are a number of variations of a given index such as market capitalization weighting vs equal weight capitalization vs capped weighting and for Canadian versions of US ETF’s hedged vs unhedged. I’m sure I’m probably missing other differentiating options. For someone who wants to invest in Canadian (rather US) dollars, and given all these different options, I’m wondering what your preferred funds would be for S&P500, NASDAQ100, and an international ex-US ETF and a brief comment for each as to the rationale why? For coverage of the TSX do you prefer a fund that tracks the TSX60 or the entire index and which one would that be? Would these suggestions differ depending upon whether the funds are held in a non-registered account vs an RRSP vs other registered accounts (TFSA, FHSA and RESP)? Thanks.

Q: I’m looking to diversify the fixed income portion of my portfolio. I don’t have any bonds/treasuries so was looking at TLT and XLB. Can I get your thoughts on these and others you could recommend?

Q: My daughter is investing about $1500/month into an FHSA until the yearly $8000 max contribution is reached and will repeat this process for the next four years until the plan max of $40,000 is reached. What suggestions would you have in order maximize growth of the contributions given the relatively small $40k amount and short timeline (15 years from plan opening but only 10 years after the full $40k has been contributed) involved? Many thanks.

Q: 2 questions:
In a taxable account what would you suggest to play the role of Bonds if any? I need to beef up my bonds allocation and need to keep cash and cash equivalent in my taxable account where I have new funds.

For a young retiree with a comfortable portfolio what percentage would you allocate to cash and bonds? Volatility is not a problem for me with a long term view.

Thank you
Yves

Q: First of all, thanks for Market Update of Monday, hope it settled some people.
I was reading a rather mind boggling history on ETF’s and one thing that stuck in my head was their findings that market cap ETF’s were a momentum play with buying the winners and selling the losers while a cap pegged ETF was more of a sell the winners and buy the losers approach. Never thought of it that way. Have I got this right ? Thanks. Derek

Q: Not sure if you received this question before:
Pls recommend both hedged and unhedged ETF focused on US high tech and AI, which will generate about 10% yield including both dividends and capital appreciation in the first year. Thank you!

Q: What is a decent high-interest ETF that trades in the US? Also, are there any where the returns are capital gains instead of interest?

Thanks.