Investment Q&A

Q: US ETF
What US broad market, unhedged ETFs do you recommend?

Q: Lowest sp in 7 years. Down 50 % over 7 years. Ouch !!
Preferred shares overall have been hit very hard for some years.

I don"t get it.... Why ?
The current yield is 6.3%. Why would you not buy?
....thank you

Q: If buying gold would you buy a stock or an ETF

Q: Do you have one ETF or mutual fund pick for international coverage? If you were trying for international (non US and CDN) including Emerging, what would you do please? More than one is fine, but minimal please.

Q: RBOT was up over 5% today. Nikkei and Nasdaq are only up around half that. Do you know the reason for the big move?

Thanks!

Q: HI Peter and Team, Would you prefer ZQQ or TEC ( this will be regular made purchase for TFSA with 5 yr time frame). Not sure how currency impacts each of them.
Thanks

Q: I am looking to position myself in a way that will benefit from a rebound, particularly in the U.S. economy with ETFs denominated in Canadian dollars. I prefer dividend paying funds with a strong technology component but am open to any suggestions for consideration.
Thanks, Calvin

Q: Greetings,

A few questions here so deduct as apprioriate.

What is 5i's thoughts on dipping into the Gaming and Resort industry. Too soon?

MGM looks like iniders have been accumulating? What are your thoughts on MGM going forward? Debt? Still too soon?

Perhaps BJK would be a better play reducing risk etc. What are your thoughts here? Is "the bottom in"?

Cheers!

Q: Hi Guys
I own this fund. My understanding on the High Yield bond funds is not very good. When would you guys view as a good time to possibly add more money.
Thanks Gord

Q: Since this ETF holds companies that have been increasing their dividends for 5 years, I am concerned that they will have to sell a bunch of their holdings at a low price if they do not increase their dividends this year. How does this work and should I be concerned?

Q: Hi Peter & 5i, Hope you are keeping safe. Is there any overlap with ZSP & ZUQ, is it okay to have both in a portfolio. Also what do you think of OGIG in a portfolio for the Tech sector. It has 65% in the USA, 20% in Hong Kong. Thanks for the great work.
Ivan

Q: Hi Team,

I was wondering when this fund rebalances and what the maximum weight is for a single holding. I hold the fund because I do like having some exposure to Shopify but more so because I think some of the smaller holdings have great long term growth potential. Your thoughts?

Thanks

Q: Thinking of selling SIA and BPY and replacing with ZRE/ Would this be a good move?

Q: what International ETF's would you recommend for buying in Canadian dollars? I have no exposure in the international sector.
Thanks

Q: This large cap active managed ETF has a very low MER, and has help up well. What's your take?

John

Q: Greetings-
Other than CEF's silver holdings, how does it differ from PHYS? What is its silver/gold ratio? Any preference or hold both? Thanks.

Q: ZRE is down more than 40% from its 52 wk high. Is it a good buy at this level for a capital gain? Was it over valued at its 52 wk high? Do you foresee further downside from its present value? thank you

Q: What is your opinion on IDRV ETF?

Q: It was pointed out to me that when a certain ETF has USD and CAD versions, the USD version tends to have the higher yield. Why is that? As of May 1, 2020, for example, this is true for ZST/ZUS.U, ZTL/ZTL.U, ZDY/ZDY.U, ZIC/ZIC.U, ZWH/ZWH.U

The BMO website claims that the liquidity of an ETF has more to do with the liquidity of its underlying holdings, rather than the the ETF itself. Do you agree? Case in point - ZDY.U is fairly thinly traded, with a relatively small number of shares outstanding. There are many days in which no shares of ZDY.U are traded at all. Yet, whenever I purchase shares of ZDY.U using a market order (against 5i's advice), I get a price very close to the bid/ask price, and the bid-ask spread appears quite narrow. Thank you.

Q: There has been a lot of talk lately, especially in the US of going to negative rates. If this was ever to happen, how would this ETF do in that kind of climate. I have a hard time understanding the idea of negative rates and what would be the end result.