Investment Q&A

Q: Can you suggest one or two US listed precious metals ETFs?

Q: Are there any advantages to buying a physical gold bar at Costco vs holding in through an etf such as GLD?
Secondly, notwithstanding the incredible recent run up in the commodity and the miners, what is your outlook on gold for the next 5 to 10 years?
Lastly, if the sector is still appealing to you, would you buy the commodity etf, a seniors etf or a juniors etf?

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Q: Good morning all,

Could you please provide your top 3 recommendations (in order - best to not so best) on gold; be it a major company or ETF.

Could you also provide top 3 junior gold plays you would recommend for capturing gold momentum, with potential to be absorbed by a major player in the space.

Thanks very much.

Dave

Q: Gold has done amazingly well. Do you think that it still has room to run given the ‘crowded trade’ or do you think it is susceptible to a lot of oscillation now? Who is going to be jumping in at this point?

Q: Hi,

We could very well be heading into stagflation, which I understand to be slowing or negative growth, high unemployment, weak demand and rising inflation.

In such a scenario, which would be the best stocks or ETFs to favour ?

Many thanks,

Jacques IDS

Q: For growth this year, AEM (on the CAD or US side) vs. GLD?

Q: Can you provide cdn and us stocks/etfs that own physical gold and silver (not the miner) that has good liquidity. Thank you.

Q: Hi Team
If you want to invest in Physical Precious Metal ETF US & Can
Your best choices 3 ETS in Can & Us ?
Thanks
Best Regards

Q: In a best case scenario, I think 4 years of Donald Trump in power will be chaotic and discruptive in the US and globally. In a worst case, I believe the US is heading for internal unrest/violence, and the certain parts of the globe will be at war. If you were a 74 year old investor who has done well listening to 5i the last 2 years, how would you now hedge against these scenarios?

Q: Hi, I’m a long-time investor but do not know everything … How is it possible to easily follow the price of gold, silver, copper , etc…and their current downtrend! Are there any tickers? Or we have to rely on ETFs or specialized web sites (Kitco for example). Any suggestion to be able to integrate these in my portfolios? Or best web sites for a summary ? Thanks.

Q: Do you have any preference between GLD & PHYS? Thanks.

Q: Following up on my recent question on gold bullions...
Which account type should I hold your recommended etfs (non-reg, tfsa, rrsp)?
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Thank you

Q: I think this question has been asked. Instead of buying gold bullions, could you please recommend two or three etfs that are equivalent to buying bullions.
What are the differences, if any, between buying gold bullions and buying your recommended etfs?
What are your thoughts on buying gold now after the rally gold has already had so far?
Thank you,

Q: Can you please recommend your favourite metal ETF for URANIUM, COPPER and GOLD.

Thanks for the great service

Q: If one needed to raise some cash and had a choice between the 3 choices listed (WSP, BEP.UN, GLD); what should one consider?

In what order would you sell and why? Does one have more positive / negative outlooks vs the other?

Thanks as always for your help!

Cathy

Q: A fellow on BNN market call recommended holding actual gold rather then gold minning companies.He suggested PHYS.What are your thoughts??

Q: Hi gang , could you please suggest me 3-4 gold ETF? Hold for 2-3 years. Thanks
Alnoor

Q: I read an article recently that talks about the validity of ETF's. Can you make your comments about this!

Terms are that, each share of an ETF is an IOU.

As an example what happens behind the scenes when an ETF buys gold?

The actual metal purchased is stored by a custodian such as a major bank like JP Morgan or HSBC – yes, the same banks that have been investigated for silver and gold manipulation many times in the past.
But what you may not know is that the value of each share you own, or more specifically, the share-to-metal ratio, actually decreases the longer you hold it.

For example, the fund that manages the ETF must sell gold to pay for expenses, reducing the amount of gold tied to each share.
That's one of the reasons ETFs should NEVER be considered a long-term investment.
In other words, ETFs are not the way to go if you're looking to gold as a store of value or as an insurance policy against fiat currencies.

The same goes for Bitcoin ETFs.
Over time, the ETF fund will sell some of its Bitcoin to cover operating costs and management fees. As a result, an investor's unit will gradually hold a slightly smaller amount of Bitcoin than their initial purchase.

I would appreciate receiving your comments about this information!
Thanks.

Q: Hi,

I have a divided the amount I set aside for Gold (long time hold as a hedge against many variables) between GLD,XGD and ZJG. But the Junior Golds cost me money! Down about 12%. On GLD and XGD I am up. Will the Juniors see the light of the day soon? Or should one wrap up th e position and move it to XGD/GLD? Or your favourite PHYS?

Q: Hi,
I was bit surprised by your answer to Kevin's question today about your sector preferences. You had chosen the following: XIT/XRE/XFN/XLY/XLV.

I thought given the current possible recession scenario lurking in the background and also from your own answers to others, you would have chosen XLP, soft or hard landing people need Staples to survive, XEG because of all the uncertainties, XBM/GLD as one expects demand to go up when China opens up. Plus as a hedge against the USD going down.

There must be a reason for your choice. I am curious to find what your rationale was/is.