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Q: Good Day Team,

Is this a good time to go into cash and if so do you favor any of these listed?

Thank you,
John G.
Read Answer Asked by John on January 05, 2023
Q: Strategy Question

If I had 200 - 300 000 in savings meant for a home purchase down payment in the next 1-3 years. I would be in the highest tax bracket. Besides GIC's what do you suggest parking this money in, what are safe and tax efficient alternatives.
Read Answer Asked by Ernest on January 03, 2023
Q: Further to your reply to Gord on November 02, 2022, please explain why I should not simply select the ETF with the best historical "total return" if no tax implications (RSP or TFSA). My Koyfin Watchlist tells me that HSAV offered 0.32% more than the next best ETF over the past year (HSAV 2.40%; CASH 2.08%; PSA 2.02%; CSAV 2.01%). Are there liquidity issues with any of these ETFs? Or will their values move in different directions in rising rate or decreasing rate environments? I'm just trying to understand the different offerings, and unlike historical equity returns, can I just select the ETF that is offering the best historical total return - Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by David on December 08, 2022
Q: Looking to park some US cash and some Cdn cash with a reasonable assurance of safety (CDIC aside) while avoiding interest income in favour of capital appreciation via Horizons corporate class structure using these 2 ETFs. Do you see these as a reasonable means of achieving the goal? Both ETFs have substantial amounts invested and seem to use a similar approach to generating returns yet HSAV has more erratic up and down performance. Why? Any cautions or concerns? Whatcha think - does this plan make sense? Thanks as always for your generous thoughts.
Read Answer Asked by Ken on December 06, 2022
Q: thanks for the info about CASH and HSAV.......looking at the price charts for both and both are rising up to the upper left......and this makes wonder - when interest rates start to fall, will the stock prices fall for both???
also if that is the case for one or both, what are the signs that I should watch more in order to sell out???...........many thanks for the guidance.......tom
Read Answer Asked by Tom on November 10, 2022
Q: I have cash in my US$ RRSP and would like to park it in a ETF like HSAV but I don't want to be clipped by TD if I move the cash to my CDN$ RRSP account. I noticed HYGH.US in your ETF model portfolio but it is not like HSAV. Any suggestions would be greatly welcome or if HYGH is the best then please advise. Thanks again.
Read Answer Asked by Danny-boy on November 04, 2022
Q: I hope to retire in about a year. I'll have a comfortable defined benefit, I've used the portfolio analysis to diversify my investments. I have a sizeable cash amount earning nearly nothing at a bank. I have contemplated GIC's but don't like the idea of having my funds locked up in the event I would like to direct it to a project or investment .
Would there be a ETF /bond that would be relatively safe that would mirror the GIC returns?
Read Answer Asked by Gord on November 02, 2022
Q: i will have some new cash available from sale of industrial property and i am fully retired at 66 years of age . My wife owns another industrial property from which she draws a monthly income.
We currently have investorline account with each of our rrsp, tfsa, and a joint account.
I here a lot of noise out there in investment world regarding bond etfs being a poor investment at this time, as well as covered call etfs not being a good investment due to limiting upside potentialComments on this please.
But what is your opinion as to what etfs we should invest our new cash: considering Maw 104, VCNS , ZWH, VCIP, RWVG. also High interest savings accounts HSAV?
Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Tom on September 16, 2021
Q: A couple questions on ZST. Deduct credits as needed.

Assuming this etf is held in a taxable account but the payout is taken in cash and not reinvested, will it make for a headache at tax time?Would HSAV be a better place to park cash in a taxable account?

It looks like every time this etf pays a distribution the price drops so even though the current yield is 2.17%, in reality you're only getting ~.5% return. Do I have this correct?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on August 23, 2021
Q: I have most of my wealth in an unregistered account and would like to invest in the safety of Bonds or GIC's but I don't like that they get fully taxed. Are there any ETF's or funds you would suggest that use derivatives or some other wizardy to turn Bond/GIC income into dividends so they are taxed more favorably? All without giving the advantage back through high fees or MER?
Read Answer Asked by Morgan on April 22, 2020
Q: I am looking to invest in very safe very short term fixed income. I currently own PSA and CSAV in a non-registered account.
I am thinking of buying HSAV for an RRSP account and perhaps for a non-registered account. Your opinion please on HSAV - is it safe, has it been around long enough for liquidity purposes? Any comments on whether there is any preference or difference in owning this etf in either a registered versus a non-registered account? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by David on March 12, 2020
Q: HSAV is a new offering by Horizons that looks similar to PSA but is a corporate class fund (estimated gross yield 2.25%). I would like to hold HSAV in an unregistered account - can you provide any info regarding this ETF. Also, HCRE is about 1 year old, but has only about 26M in assets and an average trading volume of about 1,700 - thanks for any comments/info you can provide re this ETF!!
Read Answer Asked by Grant on February 26, 2020
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