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Q: I have about 50K US to invest. Which do you think best MSFT or... HON or... should I just buy XSP Can hedged OR.... SDY the S&P div ETF.?
Any other suggestion welcome. I want growth without crazy risk. Helen
Read Answer Asked by Helen on October 21, 2016
Q: I am interested in buying an ETF that would cover the S&P 500 index. From looking at previous questions, I see 2 that are talked about, namely VFV and VSP. I was planning on buying VSP but I find the volume is very low compared to VFV and also VSP is CAN hedged(which I don't quite understand).

Can you give me a brief idea of the difference between the 2 and which would be the best to purchase long term?

Or are there other S@P 500 ETFs that you would suggest with a pretty good dividend?

Thank You,
Andrew
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on October 20, 2016
Q: Hello: If you were to pick ETF's today for an RRSP, one to cover Europe and another the US, what would your choice be? Large-medium-small cap at this point would make very little difference. They would be for a long term hold.

Thanks, Brian
Read Answer Asked by Brian on October 19, 2016
Q: I have owned the Baby B's from the beginning of time and I would like to keep the stock forever but Warren is no spring chicken.

If Warren were to the pass away ( I hope he lives to 120) what would be the likely stock price outcomes in the short term and medium term?
Read Answer Asked by Clayton on October 19, 2016
Q: I have topped up my TFSA to the full allotted amount (since 2009) and am now ready to invest it in a simple way. What are your thoughts about an equal weighting in xiu, spy, vgk, vpl, vwo and xlu?
Thanks
Jan
Read Answer Asked by Jan on October 18, 2016
Q: Hi 5i. I was interested in your reply today to Shyam regarding XLV, where you noted that it has had "better performance of late". My records show that XLV price has dropped steadily over the last 3 months by 6%.
This leads me to my question : We hold XLV and PSCH (Powershare Small cap Healthcare ETF) in our non-registered account (< 2% of our total equities). Our cap gains on these have been reduced from 15.8% to 8.9% (XLV), and 14% to 9.7% (PSCH) respectively over the last 3 months.
My theory is that these will continue to drop as we get ever-closer to the U.S. election. I am thinking of selling both of these ETF's while they still give us a reasonable profit of approx. 9 and 10% respectively, and then waiting out the election fallout before deciding whether to get back into Healthcare.
We would appreciate your comments. Thanks T.
p.s. PSCH did not come up in the "companies" list
Read Answer Asked by Terrance on October 18, 2016
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