Q: The only energy exposure I have is through CDZ and VDY. I'd like to have more in order to balance the heavy financial exposure in those two. I could use XEG for that purpose or single companies. I'd like to keep it simple. I don't "need" a dividend, but it certainly wouldn't hurt. I'd be OK with just CNQ, SU, or CVE to keep it very simple. I don't think Hormuz is going to get sorted out anytime soon, so I'd like to capture the current opportunity of high and rising oil prices, but this would be a long term position. As a complement to the two ETFs I have, XEG is probably best, but you might see more opportunity in a single company, so as to increase the weighting in my current ETFs, which seem focused on dividends. Thank you for continued great recommendations. Love the service.

Q: My wife has never dabbled in the markets and has often labelled it as too risky. She has tended to stay with GIC’s or higher interest saving accounts, yeilding perhaps 2-3.5% annually. However, after seeing returns on some of my equities and ETF’s she is reconsidering. While I know you cannot personalize what is best for her, can you please give your highest conviction for lower risk stocks/etf’s for an RRSP (about 130K) with a 3-5 year window. I have shown her RoR on Canoe ETF (about 8%) and HMAX (about 12%). Lower risk stocks like BN or GOOG are also being considered. Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for all the great work you do!
Brian

Q: I seem to recall a question quite a while ago (years?) about the maximum % of your portfolio should be by fund company. If I remember correctly, your suggestion was to cap each fund company exposure to 15%. Am I correct and do you still feel the same?

My BMO ETFs are just over 16%.
My iShares ETFs are just over 15%.
I have smaller exposures to the fund companies holding HMAX, HHL, NNRG (around 5% each).

Please remind me again what the dangers are of exceeding your suggested threshold? For the larger fund companies, is the threshold higher?

Thanks for your help....much appreciated....Steve