Investment Q&A

Q: What are your top 3 choices for long-term holds in the infrastructure space in Canada?

Q: What is your perspective on BEP.UN and BIP.UN as long-term holds? Is it better to hold BAM?

Q: I'm helping a friend set up a "couch potato portfolio". I noticed a while back that you commented on such a portfolio. I am suggesting the following to my friend. What do you think? Is there any of the ETFs that you would swap out? And why?

XIU S&P/TSX60 total return for Canada 25%
ZSP BMO S&P 500 Index ETF for USA 25%
XEF ishares Core MSCI EAFE for Europe/Japan 25%
ZEM BMO MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF for emerging markets 5%
XGD iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold for gold exposure 5%
ZAG BMO Aggregate Bond ETF 15%

It appears that both ZSP and XEF offer USD versions. What are the pros and cons?
Thanks

Q: GFP acquired a bunch of sawmills recently. Your thoughts on this company would be appreciated.

Q: Any thoughts?

Q: Hi gang, I have
Tigr
Mrvl
Gevo
Mitk
I have this stocks in my non rrsp account I am not sure why or when I bought them . My question is are they good stocks to hold for above 2 years. Thanks.
Alnoor

Q: Hi gang, looking into buying PAA as dividend paying . How safe would you rate this coming. Is the dividend safe. It’s for my rrsp account. 2year play. Thanks
Alnoor

Q: Am I missing any major sectors with these stock investments?
Where should I focus if I would like to ensure a diverse portfolio?
Are there any stocks that I should dump?

Q: I am either going to buy into NVDA or TSM. Which might be the better option for two year growth. Or might it be prudent to buy both in equal measure. It appears the chip manufacturing will heat up with global shortages. Thnks

Q: Hi all. You mentioned COPX for copper in one of your answers about copper as well as ERO and LUN. I cannot find COPX?
Thank you

Q: My question is on MRS which was just included in your portfolio.
When and more importantly, how often does MRS report quarterly earnings?
I am looking at a few sites and I do not see them reporting every quarter!
Am I right and why is this?

Thanks

Q: Hi,
Any insights for this one?
TIA

Q: Hi Team,
Could you comment on SHOP? it hasn't gone anywhere since last July.... Is this about market sentiment? no more momentum? Should I get out???
Thanks!

Q: Can you suggest an US Equal Weight trading on TSX or on US Exchange? BEP.UN or BEPC for non-registered account? Thank you

Q: Hi 5i
Any thoughts on Genworth Financial?
Thx
Gerry

Q: Hi 5I,
You have recommended that I up my international , consumer defensive , & consumer cyclical exposure. With a 5 year time frame what would be some of your suggestions?
Earl

Q: When Roger's takeover bid for Shaw first became public, these shares jumped in value. You suggested the following strategy for investors who held them.
1. Sell one third at that time.
2. Sell one third when the spread between the class A and Class B is gone
3. Sell the last third when the tender is made
Well, now the there is virtually no spread between the A and B shares. Would you still advise selling the second third?

Q: I am a member of your “ETF and Mutual Fund Update” web service and a recent 5i member question on his ETF portfolio raised a question for me. Your ETF site has recommended portfolios for “Conservative”, “Balanced” and “Growth” strategies but not one for “Income”. Is this because an Income ETF portfolio is difficult to formulate or (as usual) am I missing something? I do not think conservative and income strategies should necessarily be the same but …

Q: hi guys is there a canadian etf or mutual fund that has this in their porfolio or any etf that has an EV infrastructure company in their portfolio THANKS AS ALWAYS

Q: Interesting that Well Health has shot up 8% this morning. Was there any news? Could there be a potential short squeeze occurring?