Investment Q&A

Q: Hello,

This is a follow -up to my previous question on VLB.
Would you sell VLB and buy PMIF?

Q: How do you think this ETF would perform in a rising interest rate environment

Q: I have these four ETFs currently and I have new money to add. Should I top up one (or all) of these, or is there one you feel would be a good complement. The four ETFs probably indicate my risk profile, but generally I am pretty conservative (a couch potato). Thank you.

Q: I do not have any exposure to the medical devices area. Would you prefer ABT or SYK or is and ETF like IHI a better idea Thanks

Q: Starting last august I was convinced by my financial advisor to put 50% of my non registered portfolio into bonds so that I would have money available to invest into equities if there was a down turn. (the dry powder part) The funds used for this allocation were:
HAB 46% allocation of bonds at present time.
FID5732 Multi sector bond fund. 30%
HAF. 12%
XBB. 12%
Of these the XBB has fallen quite a bit
The FID5732 is falling now.
No income is needed from this portfolio for five years.

My question is this a good strategy for the dry powder of the portfolio?
Is there a better suggestion for the bond mix? or is cash better?

Your help is greatly appreciated.
By the way during this time period no mention of using any of these funds to reallocate to equities has been made.


Please note that this part of the portfolio has now fallen to be 30% of the portfolio total.
Victoria

Q: Can you tell me why VLB has done so poorly in the last 6 months while PMIF has done a lot better. Should I sell VLB and buy PMIF?

Q: Good morning, Do you know what's happening regarding the decline of XSB, the short term bond fund in the last month or so, thanks?

Q: I purchased QBTC and BTCG.UN which I understand are closed funds, therefore can trade at a premium or discount to NAV. Now I see Purpose has come out with an ETF. Can you compare these funds and provide pros/cons for the closed funds vs ETF. If someone had new money today and if the closed funds were actually trading at NAV, which would you recommend and why? Don’t want to switch un-necessarily but if BTCC.B is a better product, it might be worth it.

Q: Hi team
China does export some rare earth metals that are essential for alot of industries
uses
Australia is trying raise capital to develop their own rare earth metals
Are there any companies in Canada or US that one can invest in for this area?
or an ETF
thanks
Michael

Q: Hi 5i
My son-in-law has a Registered Disability Savings Plan, and I'm going to help him to invest and manage the money to achieve growth with low to moderate risk. He's only 30 so has many years to grow his (and the Government's) contributions. Presently, he only has a mutual fund in it, the Mackenzie Ivy Global Balanced Fund which I've discovered has a 2.38% MER.
Firstly, I'd like to replace this mutual fund with a low cost ETF that is relatively safe but can still show some good growth. To this end, can you recommend two or three Canadian ETFs that might be suitable for me to do further research on.
Secondly, in addition to an ETF, at this time he wants to have some single stocks in the RDSP as well. Can you please recommend three or four Canadian blue-chip type growth equities, and that would be of interest to a millennial...so not too boring : )
Thank you!

Q: Do you have a preference. I understand BTCC.B is a true ETF. Is EBIT? Apologies if you already answered. I couldn't find any questions on EBIT.

Q: Have read your comments on the various bitcoin funds. How would you rank the Purpose ETF vs. the CI Galaxy ETF? Please add any others if preferred. In your opinion is the whole bitcoin thing an investment or speculation? Thanks for a great service, Brian.

Q: Please explain the mer for hxt and the tax treatment on accumulating dividends.

Q: Can BTCC.B be held in a TFSA?

Q: I watched a You Tube clip where a guest stated that SLV, SIL and PSLV were having difficulty obtaining physical silver. Can that be verified?
I would also like to know how much physical silver PSLV holds. Is that information available to the investing public?

Thank you

Q: Can you please explain the impact of rising inflation on a long term holding of 1) short term bond fund such as SHY and 2) inflation protected bonds such as TIP.

Thank you.

Q: QBTC share price has gone negative relative to the NAV as you had mentioned - but it is going deeply negative - close to 10% (?) Would there be something more underlying to this than simply competition? Over the past 2 days there has been about an 8% differential as I am writing.

Q: Do you prefer VBAL or XBAl for an RESP? Looks like XBAL has had better performance and has a slightly higher dividend 1.8 vs 2. However XBAL has 515M assest vs VBAL which has 1.4B assets. Does this make XBAL riskier? Which would you choose?

Q: I'm seeing about a 9% discount to NAV currently for QBTC. Does this look like a potential opportunity, or can these discounts drag on for an extended period of time?

Longing this fund and shorting actual Bitcoin seems like an easy trade...or am I missing something.

Thanks

Q: Could you please rank these consumer defensive stocks and why - STZ, DOL, ATD.B, MRU and PG.
Need to increase my US and International exposure, however considering selling STZ (in a RRSP)
What are you thoughts? Is there an ETF in this sector you favour with US /International exposure? Thank you