Investment Q&A

Q: Further to Madeline's comment re: TDB8150 Investment Savings Account (TD Bank)

Minimum initial purchase is $1000.00

If more CDIC insurance is needed TDB8155 (TD Mortgage Corp) and TDB8159 (Canada Trust Corp) are also available.

Q: the globe mail had a report from wells Fargo analyst saying things aren't looking good for shop. June numbers were down. analyst revised his price target down to 40. shop has consistently been one of your favourite growth picks. do you still feel this way. what do you make about specific claims from Wells Fargo.

Q: Hi Guys
I'm looking to purchase a Small Cap Mutual Fund in the next 12 Months.
It can include US companies also. Can you give me your favorite Small Cap Mutual Fund Company and Symbol that's available to retail investors.
Thanks Gord

Q: please your thought or opinion those 3 Funds
thanks
jean guy

Q: Good morning,

Thank you, for the insight and learnings provided daily by this team.

We have an opportunity to join an employers plan and take advantage of the matching contributions.

Our pick would be a global equity or target dated fund. Looking at performance, diversification and simplicity. Any additional insight is welcome.

The provider is Manulife.
MLI - MAWGE Mawer Global Equity

MLI - BRGLX Global Equity Index Fund (Blackrock)

MLI - B2050 Lifepath Blackrock Index 2050 Fund.

Thank you very much.

Q: My sister has an RDSP with BMO. She has 75,000.00 in each the above funds. The lifestage money will mature in June and automatically go into a money market fund. The money will not be needed for years. She also has a trust fund. Do you have any suggestions for the 75k? Also, I believe the Cad and Usd equity funds are mutual funds. Should I move them to a lower cost ETF?

Q: My partner is invested in the Mawer International Equity Fund which is down 17.5% YTD. It holds 70% of its portfolio in European companies. Should she divest now as it appears the European economy could get much worse.

Q: Can you recommend a low cost 2050 retirement target fund that is a Canadian equivalent to Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund
MUTF: VFIFX

Q: Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund (FNILX) Would this index fund be a buy in your opinion, or something else instead?

Thank you.

Q: I inherited the following:McKenzie Strategic Income Fund;McKenzie Strategic Income Ser.A;Invesco Strategic Yield Fund;BMO Income ETF Portfolio;BMO Concentrated Global Balanced Fund.Are these suitable investments in the present rising rate,volatile environment and where applicable, are there ETF's
that mimic these funds?Thanks for your assistance in helping me sort these out. Maurice.

Q: I have decided to move my investments from a portfolio manager to TD direct investing. I have a Cad and and Usd cash account and a tfsa. They have invested 50% of my money in mutual funds (mostly Dynamic Funds) and I'm tired of paying high fees with little or no active management. . They have told me they can transfer, in kind, the single stocks but must sell all the mutual funds before closing my account because they are F series. Does this sound right to you? Is there a way around this?

Q: Would like a current opinion on this mutual fund?
Is the fees worth the returns or would a global ETF perform better?
Greatly appreciate your opinion.

Q: I am looking to simplify my non-registered investment portfolio for my retirement, which is now only 9 months away. I am looking to protect capital and create income. I am looking at one ETF and one fund as possible landing spots for my capital: XSP. And FID282.
Can you please compare and contrast these two funds for me? Are the different enough to warrant owning both? Is there anything else I should be considering?

Thanks in advance
DON

Q: In my savings plan through work I have limited voices all TD Asset Management mutual funds very low cost because of a volume discount through the employer I have the following
CDN Index 53K
IMO shares 36K
CDN. one Index 24K
INTL Index 21K
US Index 18 K(was 40 K it I trimmed)
TD Money Market Fund 109 K
I can retire anytime in the next 1-3 years my question is would you reshuffle this in any way and also if rates go to 4-5 % typically what could I expect from that MMF …. Thanks

Q: What is your impression of these Manulife Funds and in which order would you choose? MPS4697, MPS4619, MPS4953

Q: I own both MAWER New Canada-MAW107 (since 2004!!) and Mawer Global Smallcap-MAW150 (since 2011) in a taxable account. Both funds declared very large capital gain distributions in 2021, much more then I experienced in the last years.. Are the capital gains really from 2021 -not the best year for MAW150 ?

I’m probably dead wrong but is it possible that after many years of good performance (let’s say 10 years), the mutual funds are required to distribute some capital gains, so that investors do not cling to them forever, and make CRA happy ?

Thank you.

Q: Hi Peter, can you please provide your view on the Ninepoint Energy Fund? I think it is managed by a former Sprott PM unless I'm mistaken.

Thanks,

Chris

Q: This fund which was a great fund years ago will shortly be converted into a lower MER fund which I appreciate. However, this got me to look closer at recent performance which I don't think has been very good. I am considering switching it to something else. Can you recommend an ETF or another fund that would be a good replacement. We don't have a lot of foreign exposure other than this fund and a Mawer fund (MAW102) but we are otherwise very diversified in individual stocks.

Q: Hi 5i Team, and with income tax season upon us, if a mutual fund company chooses at their convenience to consolidate their (Dividend) Fund A into their (Dividend) Fund B going forward, does it create a reportable taxable capital gain for the holders of Fund A? In this case, the statements show Fund A as a "redemption" (for the fund that is being closed at their convenience) and Fund B as a "purchase" (for the larger fund that is going forward), on the identical trade date (i.e., there is no order date and no later settlement date, but the redemption and purchase occur on the same calendar date as in a substitution of fund products). In this case Fund Company A was acquired by Fund Company B, and presumably the funds overlapped, and the mutual fund company chose to consolidate the two overlapping funds into one larger fund going forward . Since this was initiated at the convenience of the mutual fund company and with no action initiated on the part of the taxpayer, and essentially the product that the taxpayer is holding is unchanged (i.e, Dividend Fund A replaced with Dividend Fund B from the same mutual fund company), would this be a reportable capital gain, or otherwise the taxpayer within their right to choose not to report in the year 2021 taxation year and retain the ACB of Fund A and declare the capital gain when Fund B is sold? It does appear on the T5008 form issued by the brokerage. Thanks to all your Team from an appreciative member.

Q: I am interest in buying Maw107. When I look at the fund It seems to me there is no bid and ask and no daily volume (from TD waterhouse mutual fund section).How they determine daily price change?