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Q: I am looking for retirement monthly cash flow to supplement retirement. Can you please recommend some etfs and dividend aristocrats. About $400,000.
thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Pradip on July 09, 2021
Q: I'm looking for a ETF holding US stocks that will work well with ZWH.CA
This would be in a RRSP.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on July 09, 2021
Q: Looking to start a position in a US Marijuana ETF
Can you please give me a brief overall long term
outlook and a ETF trading on US market or Canadian market.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Al on July 09, 2021
Q: Good morning,

I am assuming with the pandemic easing and hopes some sense of normal is coming that banks will be allowed to raise dividends more regularly.

Would you see a need to switch from ZWB to FIE ?

Thanks
Jimmy
Read Answer Asked by Jimmy on July 09, 2021
Q: How would you rank these two groups of ETF’s for future investment returns, where the best is listed first. European ETF’s VE, ZEQ, FEZ, & XEU. Emerging market ETF’s VEE, XIN, and ZDI. In the two groups if there is a better ETF in i5Reseach opinion, please add it to the list. Please correct the list if I have incorrectly categorized an ETF. Also what percentage of a portfolio should be invested outside of North America. Thanks … Cal
Read Answer Asked by cal on July 08, 2021
Q: Further to my question regarding US financials and covered call etfs.
First thanks for your answer.
Both CALL and ZWK trade in CAD. Are there any USD denominated covered call etfs?
Or is there more merit in owning USA etfs in CAD?

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on July 08, 2021
Q: S&P 500 High Beta ETF (SPHB). What is your opinion of SPHB vs VOO? The fee is .25%, but it seems to perform better long and short term to make up the fee. Can you add SPHB to your database?
Read Answer Asked by Terry on July 08, 2021
Q: Thanks for the great work in educating and helping us. Currently I have no exposure to Debt and all Investment is in Equity Stock or Pref. I was trying to use Preference shares as a proxy for Bond. Is that a wise strategy? Want to move some fund to Bonds/Debentures. With a long term view of 10 + years in a registered account can you recommend 2 bonds and 2 ETFs. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Nimish on July 08, 2021
Q: You’ve mentioned that you generally like to keep single ETF exposure to 15%. Since VGG and VGH invest in the same underlying ETF (VIG), should I keep exposure to 15% between them, or could they each still be 15%?

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Alan on July 07, 2021
Q: Cryptocurrency: what is the best way to buy cryptocurremcies for a personal account. I bank with TD and they suggest going through the TD Platform then through BitBuy Canada since they trust the process and security of BitBuy Canada. I would like to pursue the purchase of Ethereum due to its price. Is it a digital currency that you would purchase or have purchased. Or due you suggest another.
Thanks for advice,

Clayton
Read Answer Asked by Clayton on July 07, 2021
Q: While checking VGK as an addition to Europe ETFs , I stumbled into FDD " First Trust Stoxx European Select Dividend Index Fund". FDD is not in your data base; I found it on Schwab’s stock research pages. (Incidentally you suggested VE to another member for the Europe region, but I don’t see VE listed anywhere, and I don’t think you would have meant VEA).

FDD sounds like a good ETF for the Euro region. I am biased in favor of ETFs that hold less than a hundred businesses. Is my bias unwise? I would appreciate your opinion on FDD. Between VGK and FDD which one (IF EITHER) would you buy please? If you have another Europe-region ETF that you think might be better, kindly advise. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Adam on July 07, 2021
Q: My daughter is just beginning to develop a portfolio of ETF's as a substitute for a company pension which she doesn't have. She has 20 years of work ahead of her before needing to withdraw funds from her RRSP. Please suggest a diversified portfolio of ETFs that hopefully will increase in value by the time she needs the retirement income.
Read Answer Asked by Les on July 07, 2021
Q: Greetings 5i.

I would like your view on the following. Would you prefer to buy a basket of power utilities (FTS/H/AQN etc) to create a hybrid ETF for sector exposure? (if so, can you provide a list of your favorites?) Or is it worth the mer to buy an ETF that has most of them embedded within? In which case, which ETF would you recommend?

Many thanks for your help.
Read Answer Asked by Arthur on July 06, 2021
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