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• Horizons Active High Yield Bond ETF (HYI)
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Q: Would one or two of these ETF 's be a good buy for fixed income. Any other suggestions if you do not like these.

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Read Answer Asked by Fred on November 23, 2017

• BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged To CAD Index ETF (ZQQ)
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• First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN)
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Q: IS there a Canadian $ ETF that covers FANG stocks. Would you recommend it or is there a better way to play these stocks?

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Read Answer Asked by Raymond on November 23, 2017

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Q: DOES VANGUARD HAS ANY ETF RELATE TO HOUSING?
ANY OPINION RE PKB-N OR OTHER RELATED ETF FOR HOUSING?
THANK YOU . EBRAHIM

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Read Answer Asked by ebrahim on November 23, 2017

• iShares Japan Fundamental Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) Common Class (CJP)
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Q: Do you have an ETF that is specific to Japan that is hedged to CAD and if possible avoids the poor companies like Panasonic and has the robotic stocks and the chip and wafer testing tech. stocks.
John

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Read Answer Asked by John on November 23, 2017

• Global X US Dollar Currency ETF (DLR)
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Q: Is there an etf that will go up as the cdn $ goes down. Vrs the us$
I am not interested in double bear etf
Thanks.

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Read Answer Asked by Leon on November 23, 2017

• Materials Select Sector SPDR (XLB)
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• Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI)
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Q: What is the difference between these two 'material select' SPDRs?
Which one would be a better choice?
Thank you Team!

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Read Answer Asked by Sigrid on November 23, 2017

• iShares Gold Bullion ETF (CGL)
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• SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD)
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Q: I own CEF.A in my open CAD account and the USD version of the Central Fund of Canada in my TFSA. Is there a comparable investment substitute for these two?

Thanks.

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Read Answer Asked by James on November 23, 2017

• Recon Capital NASDAQ-100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD)
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Q: Would QYLD appropriate for USD income given very high current tech valuations? Are there any US health care etfs that generate income writing covered calls? Thank you

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Read Answer Asked by dhiraj on November 22, 2017

• Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex North America Index ETF (VIU)
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• Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap Index ETF (VEE)
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• Vanguard Total International Stock (VXUS)
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Q: Good morning 5i
Thank you for the new website. Its great.
I bought VXUS... thank you. I am well diversified with equities and will have some Canadian dollars to spend after I shave some of my winners (which there are many..thank you) in my RRIF. What would you suggest in the form of an ETF? Europe? Japan UK Australia??? etc??? VXUS being international may cause an overlap but perhaps there is one area that you are particularily in favour of?? Do you expect more growth in the near to medium term (3 to 5 years) in any of these areas? Or should I plan this as a long term (5 to 10 year) investment. Thank you for your timely and priceless answers.

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Read Answer Asked by El-ann on November 22, 2017

• Global X Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF (HMMJ)
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Q: I know you do not endorse buying cannibis stocks at this point in time, but I fear that I may be missing the boat. What is your opinion on buying a cannibis ETF? And which one would you prefer? Thanks for your help!

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Read Answer Asked by Pat on November 22, 2017

• BMO Equal Weight US Health Care Hedged to CAD Index ETF (ZUH)
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• BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged To CAD Index ETF (ZQQ)
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Q: Hi Peter, Ryan & Crew,
Is there an ETF in Canada that covers Tech companies in the US, and another one for Health Care also.
Thanks. Love your new website.
Ivan

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Read Answer Asked by Ivan on November 22, 2017

• Enbridge Inc. (ENB)
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• BMO Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index ETF (ZEO)
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Q: I am overweight energy & wish to reduce to 5%.
For a conservative investor what weight would you apply to each
of Enbridge & ZEO or would you go 5% in one or the other?

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Read Answer Asked by Doug on November 22, 2017

• BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged To CAD Index ETF (ZQQ)
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Q: What are your thoughts on ZQQ going into 2018? Would this be a good holding in a TFSA (3% weighting)? Thank you

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Read Answer Asked by Rudy on November 22, 2017

• FLIR Systems Inc. (FLIR)
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• JX Luxventure Limited (LLL)
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• Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS)
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Q: I'm increasing some sector weightings in my RRIF portfolio, and wish to use up some US$. Could you suggest a couple of industrial names - and perhaps an industrial ETF? Thanks, Roland

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Read Answer Asked by Roland on November 22, 2017

• Rogers Communications Inc. Class B Non-voting Shares (RCI.B)
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• Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX)
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Q: Hi 5i: Two questions - please deduct points as appropriate.
(1) I'm looking for a good telecom stock to complete a sector allocation. I hold BCE and Telus in another portfolio, so am considering Rogers. Can you suggest any others, preferably US, or perhaps a US Telco oriented ETF?
(2) As above, for the utility sector of the portfolio; a US utility, or a US utility ETF.

Your advice would be much appreciated. Regards Roland

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Read Answer Asked by Roland on November 22, 2017

• Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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Q: I have noticed that many ETF's traded on US markets offer lower MER's than similar ones in Canada. Do you recommend owning US based ETF's in my RRSP or does it just add too much complexity for the average investor?

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Read Answer Asked by Justin on November 21, 2017

• Global X Active Preferred Share ETF (HPR)
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• Lysander-Slater Preferred Share ActivETF (PR)
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Q: Which would you expect to perform better in a rising rate environment? PR slightly (by about 1%) outperformed HPR over the past 2+ years (since inception of PR), has a higher MER and both are actively managed.

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Read Answer Asked by Robin on November 21, 2017

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Q: Im looking to add an etf for foreign diversification in my rrsp portfolio. Long time horizon. I just want to "set it and forget it" for this particular etf. I already hold VEE in a half weighting. Looking for low MER and broad diversification across different countries. Any thoughts? Thanks again.

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Read Answer Asked by Darby on November 21, 2017

• iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF (XEG)
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Q: What is your opinion ofXEG buy sell or hold.

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Read Answer Asked by Peter on November 21, 2017

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Q: A Money Saver Magazine had a interesting article (Richard Morrison, July August 2017) regarding that you should invest in places that you would be willing to live and places with low corruption. Denmark #1, New Zealand, Singapore,Sweden and Switzerland were among countries with the higher scores ahead of Canada #8 and the United States #18. Dividend yields are over 4% on the New Zealand and Switzerland etfs and company holding appear solid.

Are there any countries around the world that you are most bullish on and would you comfortable investing in the above etfs say 10-20% of a portfolio of a 30 something year old?

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Read Answer Asked by Thomas on November 20, 2017