Investment Q&A

Q: GRNY ETF by Tom Lee. Can you give us your thoughts? Underperformance this week. He is the eternally optimist but seems to have a decent understanding of what is impacting the markets. Let me know you thoughts.

Q: Hello 5i,
I meant to send you a question but I am unsure as to whether or not it actually went through. I am only marking this "Private" in case it ends up being a duplicate, otherwise, "Public" is fine. If it is a duplicate, my apologies!!! Now to the questions:
What do you - and others - feel the Bank of Canada may do on April 16: raise, lower, or hold on interest rates? I know there is a *lot* going on at the macro level, but is there any consensus as to what we might reasonably expect?
In terms of the current environment, I have two questions about Covered Call ETF's:
Is the current environment good, bad, or indifferent for (un-leveraged) C.C. ETF's or is the individual performance of the underlying holdings far more important?
And, in this environment, what is the likelihood of C.C. ETF's needing to cut their dividends? What kind of factors have the geatest impact on a dividend cut decision for these ETF's? I hold a few of these ETF's and over the years have seen dividend cuts in some instances come and go, while in others, the cut has seemed more permanent.
Many thanks for any insights you can provide!! Have a great weekend, all!!
Cheers,
Mike

Q: Good morning,

Can you recommend an income fund/ ETF to balance a portfolio? Looking at something that is 80% income 20% equity. Thanks.

Q: As a retired mainly income investor am I okay to keep holding these ETFs in the current market?

Q: Oil stocks have not decreased proportionally to the drop in oil prices. Is there an inverse ETF specifically for oil company stocks (e.g. move with downward price of CNQ etc rather than simply oil price)

Q: What ETF do you recommend to mirror the S&P 500?

Q: Hi - as the US has been a stronger market for the last couple of years, a large portion of my portfolio is USD. With the recent economic turmoil in the US and the resultant effect on their dollar, would you consider holding some ETF's in currencies such as the British Pound, Euro and Canadian dollar? My portfolio is heavily weighted in cash, as I hope to be able to wait on the sidelines till we see a buyable bottom, vs get whipsawed based on the latest idea from the 'Village Idiot'. As always, I welcome you thoughts!

Q: Is it a good time to take a short term position in VIX inverse ETF. Do you recommend any for a swing trade?

Thanks in advance

Q: I kinda expected this to have a positive reaction to tarriffs, but it isn't. Are people getting scared of the credit risk? Is it better to hold a treasury bond etf?

Q: Aren't markets mostly efficient, and therefore isn't the market cap weighted portfolio the optimal portfolio? Or if we want a higher expected return would a factor tilted portfolio be the way to go, like Dimensional or Avantis?

Q: Just trying to understand this a bit more. What makes the price go up and down aside from demand?

Q: HUV used to be a short on market VIX

Do you know the new symbol RAK

Q: I understand Covered call ETFs limit the upside potentials when the market is in uptrend. So what type of ETFs increase the upside potential when the market is in uptrend?
I'm asking because at some point the current down trend market trend will reverse and if one wants to get the maximum benefit of the uptrend do you think leveraged ETFs are a good choice ?

Or do you suggest any other types of ETFs?

Q: Best vehicle to park a bunch of cash in a brokerage account till the noise stops?

Q: Hi I know MSTR has had an extremely bumpy ride. What do you think of their recently issued preferred shares? Is there enough information to estimate what the actual dividend and % at today’s prices will be. RBC DI shows 132%. Also would you consider the yield to be “reasonably” safe? Thank you.

Q: Can you explain how buying this ETR in US dollars (MNT.U) works when it is traded on a Canadian stock exchange in comparison to MNT? Am I actually getting US dollars when I sell it or are these converted to C$ with a corresponding hit because of exchange rate? Is it better to buy MNT or MNT.U? Thank you.

Q: I purchased this to get exposure to energy, get the high dividend (now approx. 13%), and have an ETF focused more on US energy companies (vs. Canadian). I've held it about 15 months now and I'm down 10%. I expect there is some ROC affecting the share price (are you able to confirm?). In general, what are your thoughts on EMAX for stability and as an income play?

Q: Hello 5i
I hold 13% covered call ETFs in a portfolio of diversified blue chip dividend payers, regular ETFs and some growth holdings, 56 holdings in all. These covered call ETFs include HMAX, UMAX, SMAX, QMAX, ZWH, HHLE, HDIV, HYLD AND NXF-B. I am 79 and looking for income. I believe the upside restrictions of the covered call ETFs is made up for by the advance in the other holdings. . MER on the total portfolio according to Portfolio Summary is 0.11%. I am also admonished for holding over 10 ETFs. Should I change this strategy though I like the $1,300 to $1,800 a month bump up or just keep collecting? Please take as many credits as necessary.

Q: Is this etf worth holding?

Q: With the substantial recent decline in technology stocks, do you think that now a good time to enter the sector, or do you think we have more downside ahead? I have been looking at 3 ETF's to gain technology exposure, TXF, HTA & QMAX. I know that there are similarities between them, but could you compare and contrast them re: holdings, risk, stability of payouts, tax treatment, etc. and rank them most favoured to least favoured with your reasons? Also, are there any other ETF's in this area that you prefer? I realize that there is more than one question here, so would you please deduct the number of credits that you require, Thank you.