Investment Q&A

Q: Under current conditions would you comment on FAP. Buy/sell/hold. Thanks as always

Q: Can you discuss the differences between dlr.i.ca, dlr.ca, hbil.ca , pas.ca , csav.ca in regards to safety of capital to park cash. There is a significant difference in return 4%-10%. Some are high interest savings accounts and others US dollar accounts. Are the US dollar accounts too risky?
Thanks.

Q: Hello 5i team,
I currently have a balanced position in HBND in my TFSA for income (Using TFSA as an income source in general). Before HBND I used to have HYI as an asset class that used to track US high yield bonds, but was shut down last year. I have a few questions.

1)Is HBND an approximate substitute for HYI for this asset class?
2)Also HBND is not even a year old but do you have an idea of the NAV of the ETF?

HBND pays a decent amount monthly but I am not sure of the sustainability of the payout.


Thank You,
Andrew

Q: Which of the following you recommend for safety ?
ZMMK, HISA or CASH.
Please deduct as required. Thanks for your insight.

Q: Would it be more prudent to switch CSAV and PSA to TBIL and CBIL?

Q: With respect to Canadian or US mortgage ETF, what 2 ETFs would you suggest I investigate more or are there 2 large cap stocks in Cda and US?.....Thanks for the assistance.....Tom

Q: Anticipating a downturn in '25 I promised myself that I wouldn't ride the market down like I did in '22 so I bailed on most of my tech holdings, at least temporarily. I am looking to park the cash with the following criteria:

1. Immediate access i.e. no locked in GICs.
2. Highest reasonable yield
3. Modest volatility

What is your current view of the highest yielding Hamilton ETFs and can you recommend any competitors or other options?

Thank you

Q: What are your thoughts on TCSH for a place to park cash for a while? Do you have a better recommendation?

Ken

Q: I'm trying to assess unit price movement of HYPYT under certain scenarios ..... I have HYPT not HYPT.U ......

1} The Bank of Canada reduces rates in response to Trump's tariffs. Tariff inflation cannot be battled with interest rate increases .....

2} The US Fed also reduces rates as raising them would have no affect on tariff inflation and a possible recession would be Powell's main concern ......

Please comment on my theory and what price action you would expect if I am correct ? Thanks for your terrific service ......

Q: Dear 5i
If it's not too much to ask could you give me the most accurate yield that you possibly can on the above stated ETF's . It's very frustrating obtaining this information acurrately as different web sites give different numbers . If you were to rely on just one non prescription website what would that website be to obtain reasonably accurate yield information ? I'm sure you get tired of being asked this question on a fairly regular basis .
If you have other suggestion on similar like ETF's i would be all ears .
I also assume that all these ETF's are quite safe and that no more than 100K should be put into any one of them .
Thanks greatly
Bill C

Q: I know 5i doesn't like to give portfolio weighting advice so I will approach this is a different way ..... Hypothetical situation . YOU have a RRIF with no fixed income component. You have chosen HPYT to represent that sector . You would be comfortable between "X" and no more than "Y" weighting of HPYT ..... Please solve the equation and provide a value for X and Y ? .... Thanks for your terrific service .....

Q: Hello I am 72 and fully invested in CDN and US equities. I am concerned about a bear market or a correction, and would like to reduce my equity risk.
Say for $250K , how would you invest between CASH, T-Bills, GIC, Bond ETF?
What are you suggestions?
Thanks
Carlo

Q: Hello,
I have a question about adding fixed income to a portfolio.
My registered portfolio is all equities, mostly large cap dividend payers and some growthier names thanks to 5i, reasonably well diversified, a little heavy on financials.
I am happy with the results and will be relying on it as my main source of retirement income in about 5 years.
I am thinking it is time to gradually add some fixed income, to decrease volatility somewhat and increase predictability, targeting a 70/30 equity/fixed income split over time.
Would like to keep it simple with ideally 2 ETFs, was thinking XBB or ZAG plus something else.
I see that the Canadian Money Saver portfolio uses XBB, CBO, CPD and XHY for fixed income.
What would you pair with XBB/ZAG in this scenario?
Is a US fixed income component a good idea?
What do you think of combining a passive bond universe ETF with an actively managed ETF/fund?

Thanks as always.

Q: Hi 5i,
What's your best choice for an ETF to park some money in a safe place that will get better returns than a high interest savings account. Previously I had some in the ETF CASH but I understand that some governmental changes have resulted in these types of ETFs delivering lower return than previously.
Thanks!
Murray

Q: Can I get your thought on DLR/DLR.U vs. SGOV or BIL for parking $300K in US cash for a 4 months period? The yields are very close and additional consideration for DLR/DLR.U is that the distributions are paid every 3 months, so the holdings can be sold prior to ex-dividend date to get capital gains instead of income.

Q: Hello Team, I am currently sitting on cash in my FHSA, I would most likely be looking to use these funds in the next 5 years. What is your recommendation?

Q: Based on the current market situation, what level of cash would be apropriate to have ?, and if wait and see it is the best approach now , what is the best parking place for cash ?

Q: Looking for a place to park a large part (500k) of a 90 year olds networth not wanting any income but hopefully a capitol gain even or better with the rate of inflation at the time of selling.

Q: Hi, I want to park some USD in a US bond ETF that is super safe. Right now I have it in RBC RBF2014 and it is getting 3.9%. If I could get a better rate and it is really safe could you recommend something better?

Q: I wish to build a 3 year cash reserve to cover market fluctuations in retirement. Looking for liquidity and safety, and ease of use. I am considering HISA, money market funds, GIC's or Bonds ?
My account is at Investorline so would have to be available through them. Are any of these preferable or do you have other suggestions?