Investment Q&A

Q: Hello
The existing Canadian tech fund XIT is almost 60% CSU and Shopify.
is there an equal weight tech fund in Canada?
Thanks

Q: Can you please recommend ETF that is 2 times bull and Bear for day trading in Canada and the USA.

Thanks for the great service.

Q: Hi Team,
I have holdings of 800 SU and 1000 CNQ at a deep loss and would like to sell them to realize the capital losses and buy them back after 30 days. Using the sold proceeds to buy canadian energy ETF to stay in the sector. Upon 30 days later sell the ETF and buy back the SU and CNQ. Do you see this is workable and since the commision is only $7.00 per trade, so it is nothing to consider.
Your suggestion of the canadian energy ETF is appreciated !!
Thanks as always,
Tak

Q: Could you please suggest few a) good fixed income high yield ETFs b) least volatile ETFs with some income ?
Thanks

Q: International ETF overlap query. I have the first four above now (more or less equal amounts) constituting 9.72% of total portfolio. Considering adding some more international exposure for geographic and currency diversification objectives, i.e. either VXUS or VIGI but wondering about the overlap with current holdings or should I just increase current holdings. Generally attempting to increase sector holdings in USA (fdn, ihi, hack, fivg, ipay, vbk), under-represented in Canada and more international geographic exposure. All are/will be in CDN & USD non registered accounts. Views?Suggestions?

Q: Hello, on several occasions you have suggested PHYS as a tool to invest in gold bullion. I see that there are two versions of PHYS, one is CA and the other is US. Which one would you recommend in a non registered account? Thanks, Gervais

Q: Thank you for answering my question yesterday. You guys are the best. If you could choose 5 ETF's for a 40,000 RESP for a 8 and 10 year to hold and continual buy for the next number of years - which are they?
I appreciate it,
Brent

Q: Which Biotech and Semiconductor ETFs would you recommended, in order of preference? I do not have any exposure to these sectors.

Q: In todays list, you mentioned to a subscriber to consider VOM.

This ETF has a tracking error of 5.03%, is this important?

Can you please explain "Tracking Error" for everyone, including me.

Q: From an investment perspective, is the primary reason to invest in a real return bond to receive the inflation-adjusted value of the principal at maturity to maintain purchasing power, and not so much to receive the "real" interest rate payout on invested capital along the way?

If this is so, is it better to hold individual bonds with fixed maturities of shorter duration rather than an ETF like ZRR where the value fluctuates with the perceived interest rate environment, and purchasing power isn't preserved because it never actually matures?

Q: Hi gang, could you please help me decide which one would you buy today? 3-5 years or should l buy both? Are both strong. ? Thanks
Alnoor

Q: Hello 5i-
what do we do with Canadian $ in cash. We've got cpp, oas, work pensions : however, all of this can go down significantly too and we need to preserve for our later years.- - my ? is this: what shoud we do with xtra cash now? Should we buy usa $, usa stocks, etfs? thank you for your time

Q: I hope you are all well and adapting to our new reality. I realize this is a US Closed End Fund , my apologizes. I have held it for some time in a rrif for income as well as growth I also hold XLK and a few canadian Tech stocks in that sector. It provides an ample dividend and I gain more upside from the others. Your thoughts?

Q: Hello

In support of Carl’s inquiry re zwb vs zeb performance similarity......I was watching the same positive correlation despite so many being negative on covered calls in up market.

Firstly, Carl should go to BMO etf website where they have an excellent webinar explanation of how the cc etf zwb, ZWC have been managed to benefit investors during the up side of the market.
Secondly, as it was explained......the simple answer to positive upside correlation (may not be permanent)..... It was achieved through extending out the option strike price to avoid shares being taken away, while at the same time experiencing the same or higher option premiums. The option premiums expanded and they played it well.
Active management in volatile market paid off in this case.
Dave

Q: Hi 5i,
Regarding ZWB- Bmo covered call utilities.
TD webroker shows yearly dividend to be 7.86% at 0.95/share.
I am trying to understand where this number comes from, since another chart, available in webroker, indicates actual monthly payment of .06 cents/mth x 12 months = .72 cents.
Can you shed some light on this for me ?
Thx.

Q: Revamping my 70 year old partner’s portfolio, looking for income and modest growth.

Being quite overweight in financials, wanting to exchange some or all of these positions: MKP, AI, TF, ZWB. Add to my BNS (currently 2%), and diversify into other sectors.
Is it worth keeping any of the Mortgage related MKP, AI, TF? Is FSZ lower risk? US banks/ETF?

I expected the upside of ZWB to be significantly less than ZEB, but when I compared the charts they seem like two dogs chasing the same ball, never far apart. Very similar up and downside, is that your view also?

Carl van Rossum

Q: What would be a good recovery play for funds in an RESP needed in 4 through 12 years? I sold half of my US based ETFs (VUN and VFV) near the top so I can move into something that hopefully outperforms the index, so to speak.
I am a little nervous about taking on over allocating to energy stocks and I have picked some up in my RRSP and TFSA and wondering about thoughts for the time frame referenced above. ETFs or stocks would be fine.
thanks.

Q: Hi gang, was looking into this ETF . How is the cloud business growth.? Long term. Any other etf to comparison. Or could you suggest something else. Thanks
Alnoor

Q: Are they etfs on the Tsx that give an equal weight to stocks in the Dow or the S and P 500 and do such products reduce the single stock risk in a market cap weighted etf? Thank you, Bill

Q: Hi 5i
Thanks for your sage advice during this pandemic period, I have found it very helpful.
My portfolio is pretty well balanced with a good mix of primarily Canadian stocks ( 5i) plus Cdn & US ETF's. I would like to add some exposure to the global markets, can you suggest a couple of ETF's that I should consider - either Cdn or US...