Q: Hi gang. I recently added QMAX to my portfolio to provide exposure to tech. I see that back in April you indicated you would not go higher than a 25% portfolio exposure. Are you still sticking with that? I'm presently at 5.6% and looking to increase. Second, many "talking heads" posit that ROC in yield maximizer funds is bad and that it erodes stock value. I understand how ROC reduces ACB and you will pay more "capital gains" in a non registered account, but is this an issue in a TFSA or RSP account? As always thanks for your thoughts. Bill
5i Research Answer:
We think QMAX serves its purpose but we would still maintain our position size limit. ROC is not in and of itself bad, but if ETFs pay out more than they earn then there will be some Net asset value erosion over time. The ROC component does not matter so much in a non-reg account, but one still needs to consider total returns here. But with tech running QMAX is doing fine. Yield is 10.24% and one year total return 36.13%.