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Q: Hi peter and team, could you please recommend a good international short duration corporate bond etf with a decent yield and fair management fees,and thanks for this great service you provide
Read Answer Asked by James on June 25, 2014
Q: If putting money into a Bond ETF which two would you recommend with good liquidity for the following?
1)Rising interest rates?
2)Falling interest rates?
3)No change in interest rates?
Is one better off buying their own laddered bonds and holding to maturity than using ETFs?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by George on June 25, 2014
Q: I am considering an ETF outside North America. What do you think of XIN and XEF? Do you think the Cdn $ hedged is preferable? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by christianne on June 25, 2014
Q: This is a comment for Warren, looking for a list of preferred shares.
James Hymas has one here: http://www.prefinfo.com/

Have a speedy recovery, Peter and thank to the whole team.
Marilyn
Read Answer Asked by Marilyn on June 25, 2014
Q: Reports
Your new reports include a 5i Report Card which is excellent.
It includes a 5 Yr. EPS Growth rate.
Could you also include a 5 Yr. Dividend Growth Rate which is most important to Dividend investors?
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Warren on June 25, 2014
Q: I own NBD-T and BRP-N and am down 12% and 22% respectively. On the plus side they are each only about a 1% weighting in my portfolio. They continue to trend down and yet the housing data in the US (which I assume is driving them) doesn't seem to be that bad and in fact improving albeit at a slow pace. What would make them go up and should I continue to hold or get out and get something else? I have nothing else in the real estate sector. Great service.
Read Answer Asked by John on June 25, 2014
Q: I have $106,000 cash in a registered education savings plan. The money is to be paid out within a year. What is your recommendation for getting some return on the cash position?
Read Answer Asked by Linda on June 25, 2014
Q: There are two pieces of advice that perplex me about investing and I'm not sure which ones to follow:

1. "you need to take profits" vs "you need to let your winners run"

2. "You should be raising cash to take advantage of an inevitable correction" vs "You can't time the market so you should stay fully invested at all times"

I suppose point 1 and 2 are almost the same thing...

All of these strategies make sense to me, but a choice has to be made right? In your experience which ones have you found more successful in the long run?

Thanks so much for all your help.
cheers
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on June 25, 2014
Q: Hello 5i Team,

Please give me your thoughts on the better ETF buy for a 2-5 year hold...or possibly more: XIU or XCS?
Thank you so much.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on June 25, 2014
Q: This is by way of me trying to figure out why the market will suddenly shoot up or plunge down. I guess I can't help always seeking a reason. The reason given for today's big drop in the TSX and the DOW is tension in Iraq (or so I read on Bloomberg). This confuses me. The worst hit sectors were materials (Gold) and energy. Why would people fearing turmoil in the middle east sell off energy stocks in Canada? Would they not benefit? And isn't gold supposed to rise during times of tension? Or is Bloomberg simply seeking a reason for the fall and plucking that one of out of the air?
Read Answer Asked by John on June 25, 2014
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