Investment Q&A

Q: A while back my phone kept giving me updates about Poland's stock market performance which I thought rather odd. However it sounds like their economy has experienced a lot of growth lately. Is that likely to continue? Are there any ETF's (US or CA) that you might recommend if one wanted exposure to Poland? I realize you don't follow non-NA markets that much but any info you can offer will be appreciated.

Regards,
Zara in BC

Q: wish to park some money, which one of these eft's do you suggest with reagard to liquidity, capital loss/gain, and actual long term yeild

Q: I've been mainly a growth investor (30+ time horizon ahead) but am looking to FIRE in a few years, I'm shifting some of my growth stocks into income producing stocks. I have some dividen ETFs (XEI, VDY), some indv dividend stocks and thinking of adding in covered calls or something like FFN although I read from your previous comments you're not fans of split share corps. What is your opinion of using covered call ETFs and why are you not a fan of split share corps? Take as many credits as needed.

Q: What are your thoughts of factor investing for this ETF ?

Q: I recently asked a question stating that i need to increase my holdings in basic materials and the utilities sectors. You were kind enough to offer some choices. I did mention there that I wanted to avoid dividends. But that is difficult for these sectors. I didn’t mention, however, that as well as sectors I need to also bring up my U.S. and outside North America holdings a bit. And I thought this might be a good way to accomplish that. So, May I add to the question by asking for possibilities in these regions?
Thanks for this great service

Q: I am setting up a retirement portfolio. i know that in your view allocations are personal but if you were setting up your retirement portfolio what would be your highest ZUT allocation that you would be comfortable with? what would be your allocation per dividend/conservative non-overlapping ETFs? what would be your top 5-6 ETFs for such a portfolio?

Q: Your opinion, please.

Q: Is there an ETF with a similar overall P/E, dividend, and composition to FLVU but with lower MER ?

Q: There seems to be alot of innovative ETFs coming to market now a days. Specifically Enhanced income ETFs (such as Hamilton HDIV or HYLD) and 0DTE (such as Hamilton SDAY and QDAY). Both have different approaches to generating income. What are your thoughts regarding the two differnt approaches, is one better than the other? Safer? Or are these both too risky to even consider for anybody? How could they be used in a portfolio responsibly?

Q: Everyone, if your portfolio was only ETFs how many would you have and what would they be? Clayton

Q: The fees seem high on this ETF, could I please have your overall comments.
Are there cheaper alternatives with similar exposure?
Thanks, Brian

Q: Could I please have your comments on this ETF.
Would there be any other alternatives with similar exposure?
Thanks, Brian

Q: After holding this ETF for about 8 years and riding many waves up and down, I am finally ahead a little (not counting dividends). It makes up about 17% of my total holdings. I do not have any substantive exposure to Technology or Reits. There are two etf's I have my eye on-QMAX and RMAX which pay about 10%. ZWC pays about 6%. I would only switch about 50% of ZWC and split it out evenly to QMAX and RMAX. I already hold a bank ETF and a Utility ETF so I think doing his would give me some additional diversification. Your thoughts please?
As a side note, many people ask about these covered call ETF's. When I bought ZWC the TSX was around 16,000. Now I am just slightly above what I paid 8 years ago and the TSX is almost double. Don't expect big growth with these vehicles however the dividends are nice.

Q: Question about a safer monthly-dividend ETF for my TFSA

To whom it may concern,

Hi, it’s Mark again. I’m a 5i Research member and I have a question similar to ones I’ve asked in the past.

I currently hold a large position in Whitecap Resources for the monthly dividend, but I’m looking for something that is likely a bit safer. You have provided some ETF recommendations to me before, but when I look at the long-term charts (10–15 years), many of those dividend-paying ETFs are trading below where they were back then, which is a bit concerning.

Could you please suggest what you consider to be the safest ETF—either American or Canadian—that I could hold in my TFSA, which pays a monthly dividend roughly comparable to Whitecap?

Thank you very much for your help and your consideration.

Sincerely,
Mark

Q: hello 5i
your analytics say that i need to increase my holdings in basic materials and the utilities sectors. I have avoided these in the past because I wanted to avoid dividends, favouring capital gains instead. but i am wondering whether i should top up a bit here and how to go about it.
can you advise me on whether i would be wiser to buy a handful of individual stocks rather than an etf for conservative| sectors like this/ if so, how many stocks would i need and can you suggest a few of the best
thanks

Q: Hello, what do you think of something like VCSH to add to a fixed income portfolio that already owns US treasuries ? I am looking for stability with a bit of yield that will stabilize things. I am almost 60 and would like to take some risk off the table ? I am open to alternatives that are not specifically tied to the US govt.

Q: Hello to everyone
I am looking to simplify my portfolio. I would like to know your top 4 ETF picks in Canadian dollars for each account type (RRSP, TFSA, NON-REG).
Please included for each account type:
1 ETF for growth
1 ETF for dividends
1 ETF for conservative total returns
1 ETF for international markets
Thank you so much

Q: In your response to my earlier question on Canadian ETFs, you offered to expand your answer to include other Canadian traded asset categories. I would appreciate if you could please do so.

Q: Can you suggest a couple of low risk Cdn. ETF's with good dividend rates and with a low MER?

Q: Our portfolio manager is recommending the PIMCO Monthly Income Fund Series F (PMO205) mutual fund, as part of our fixed income investments. Is this mutual fund worth the high MER of 0.86? Morningstar gives it a 4-star rating and returns appear to be considerably higher than other comparable funds. In the event of a deep world-wide recession, is this fund vulnerable to losses? As a senior, capital preservation is my highest priority.
Thanks!