Investment Q&A

Q: Hello 5i, I'm thinking of purchasing this for my RRSP account. Please can you inform me if there are any withholding taxes of any dividends paid.
Thank you.

Q: could you please suggest a ETf similar to ZWE FOR :

1. EMERGING markets
2. asia
3. india
thanks
yossi

Q: I am looking for a health care ETF. Right now I am looking at ZHU and XHC. One is global and one is US focused.
ZUH has a MER of 0.39 and a yield of 0.42.
While XHC has a MER of 0.65 but a yield of 1.49.Which I think cancels out the higher MER.

I am not sure which one is right for me or how to choose. Could I use growth potential? Does one have more growth potential than the other? Or what other factors could I use to help me decide?

Q: Greetings 5i,

Looking to further enhance geographical diversification in my overall portfolio. I have fairly balanced exposure to NA, about 8% Europe, but only 1% Asia so I am looking to bring up my exposure in that region. My question is regarding exposure to India specifically. I wish to dollar cost average into this geographical region therefore I have been looking for a mutual fund rather than an ETF due to cost prohibitive transaction fees of $9.99 with my institution. What are your thoughts on Excel India Series D fund (EXL770)? I have it as No load, Mer 1.75, Min $250 and subsequent $50. Im open to suggestions and or direction keeping in mind the dollar cost averaging is preferred to me over a big initial commitment to a geographical region like this.

Cheers!

Q: Peter; Is there a ETF or other option to buy the CAD ? Thanks. Rod

Q: Hello 5i
I hold the above 4 companies in a taxable account that are down approx. 25%. I would like to sell to take a tax loss against future capital gains, and repurchase after 30 days. What might you suggest deploying the funds into in the mean time to still keep the sector allocation?
Thank you
Les

Q: Ryan,
Can you please provide a couple choices of best in class ETFs that would give best exposure to Europe?
Thx

Q: Does it make sense to hold a dividend ETF when you do not require the income?
I will likely not require these funds for 10 years or more without the requirement for income. Does it make sense to focus on growth instead?
I am specifically looking at this ETF as its concentrated to holding only 40 companies.

Q: Which Emerging Markets ETF with growth and some dividend for a long term hold in TFSA and/or RESP account would you recommend? THX

Q: I am holding XEG in my RRSP, it's down 28% for me since I bought it. Paying just over 0.6% mer for a losing position. It is currently 4% of my holdings. Wanted to know if I should sell and buy 2-3 positions that pays a dividend and has some growth potential. I also hold ZDV(20% holding) and VIG(3.5% holding) so not sure if I should sell and add to ZDV, VIG, or add individual names. My only other energy name is HWO (small position 1.5%). I'm also open to USA securities and ETF's, your thoughts and recommendations will be appreciated.

Q: What would your suggestion(s) be if one wanted to have the safest portfolio possible which generated a 4%-5% return? Would the 5i income portfolio be considered the lowest risk, lowest volatility option to get the desired return?

Q: My average annual return based on 5i guidance is 13.3% over 8 years. Can't argue with that. Thank you.

Question: XWD, for example, is a global ETF which invests in 5000 companies around the planet, which has returned a very steady (almost a straight line) 13.09% since inception.

So why not sell my 40 stocks and simply buy a combination of:
- XWD (growth)
- CBO (fixed income + security)
- XGD (security)
and call it a day? This would have returned say 11% - 12%.
Pretty close...

Maybe this should be addressed on your ETF site, but I thought it was worth asking here.

As usual, thank you for your sound advice.

Q: With the amount of interest in ETF'S both in this service and your dedicated ETF service could you issue an analysis as to the hype of a market meltdown driven by ETF'S. This view is getting increased support. I am sure their would be significant member interest.

Q: what do u think of emhy, an emerging market bond etf. How risky would it be. does it have a place in a portfolio

Q: Any thoughts on global/non-TSX low volatility ETFs as bond-like stabilizers for an equity portfolio? Which funds do you favour?

Q: Is it a good idea to have us bond etf in a portfolio. It would allow me to rebalance to us equities in declines etc in the us portion of my portfolio.

i currently have 20% in cbo. i could cut this to 15% and put 5% in a us bond etf. I have 20% US equities in my portfolio.

if you like this idea what do you suggest for etfs?

Q: Hi,

In an answer to Bill today you mentioned "some ETFs are specifically designed to own just a few stocks, or hold riskier assets. "

Could you list a few of your favourite examples of Canadian ETFs that fit that description?

Thanks,

Gord

Q: Can you confirm that ZUB is the better from a performance analysis standpoint. My take is that as both are priced (?) in CAN $, ZBK will reflect changes in the US/CAN $ relationship which are separate from the underlying bank performances while ZUB because it is hedged will be a more accurate measure of the underlying assets behaviour. Is this correct?

Q: Hi 5i
I know each stock in ones portfolio should not exceed about 5% of one`s total portfolio . Does this also apply to Bond ETF`s as well as Regular ETF`s .? My guess is that bond ETF`s can be upwards of 10% per ETF but regular ETF`s should be closer to 5%. Am i correct in this thinking ?
Thanks
Bill C.

Q: Could you recommend an ETF that trades in Canada with Canadian funds that.
A. Invests in US savings accounts and pays some interest
B. Is unhedged
Would this be an effective way to play a possible drop in the Canadian dollar. Is there another way that this could be achieved without the cost of converting dollars?