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Q: Hi, I currently have a BMO monthly income Mutual fund. I wish to replace it with an etf to reduce the fees. I am looking for an etf that pays monthly income, has the potential for some growth and a low mer. You have been a proponent of XTR before but would like to see if there are any others you think might be worth while. Maybe zmi. If you can suggest a canadian etf and an international etf that has some good diversification in different sectors.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by pietro on February 05, 2021
Q: I currently own XAW and XTR in my RRSP and looking to add some more Canadian ETFs/stocks for diversification. Have about 20 year time frame. Can you please recommend some?
Read Answer Asked by Fiona on February 05, 2021
Q: Are the following ETFs sufficiently diversified to form a balanced-growth portfolio of $100K - ZAG 25%, QEF 15%, WXM 20% and XAW 40 %. If not, what would you recommend?
Read Answer Asked by D on February 05, 2021
Q: At time of writing this question, AT is up 17 percent. Can't find any news. Can you shed some light on the rise today.
Read Answer Asked by Bruce on February 05, 2021
Q: Recently initiated positions in ECN-.98%;
LUN -1.93% and TCN-1.35%. I’m looking to add to each of them . Not all at once. What would be your choices. First best,

Roy
Read Answer Asked by Roy on February 05, 2021
Q: In the past year, INK Reports show company officer and director insider net selling activity levels for AEM, AGI, PGM and WDO are significantly higher than levels for KL and MMX. I realize there are many reasons why insiders might decide to sell, but is it a red flag for investors when net selling activity reaches the levels exhibited by company officers and directors of AEM, AGI, PGM and WDO?
Read Answer Asked by Ann on February 05, 2021
Q: I have held Knight for many years waiting for the payoff. Now they are being booted out of the
Index to make way for GFL. They filed their shelf prospectus so perhaps something is brewing.
They report in March. Yes there is value but they sure haven’t created any in almost five years? How long do we wait?
Read Answer Asked by Helen on February 05, 2021
Q: Hello 5i Team,
Recently my sister and brother-in-law sold their restaurant business. They are both in their early 50's. They've been working hard for 30 years and don't have many investments other than a few mutual funds. They would be conservative investors, so, mostly dividend growers. If you were recommending someone starting a portfolio of 15-20 names to build a foundation on; which companies would they be?

Thank you very much,
Brent
Read Answer Asked by Brent on February 05, 2021
Q: Good afternoon, I am starting to get nervous.... hearing lots of predictions on BNN from different sources of market being in dangerous territory and tech bubble about to burst. What is your advice?
Read Answer Asked by Penny on February 05, 2021
Q: Hello 5I team: I own cerence (thanks to your recommendation investor suite) wondering about you outlook with alexa and siri pushing in the space,They(crnc) seem miles ahead with world wide acceptence .Have a overweight position. Trim weighting or run for a few more quarters?
Thanks Mike
Read Answer Asked by michael on February 05, 2021
Q: Mcld just announced a nice contract with the Alberta government. I was expecting QST to have such a contract. Do they compete with each other ??
And what about Questor’s press release today, just marketing, and nothing better to say ?
Thanks for your help.
Read Answer Asked by Luc on February 05, 2021
Q: In your last weekly update there was an article that talked about a potential fraud in Bitcoin trading. The fraud is with trading platforms that use Tethers. Can you please give me your comments on this article? Is it possible that Tethers used in trading bitcoin do not have the value that Tether claims? Any and all comments are welcome.
cheers, Darcy
Read Answer Asked by Darcy on February 05, 2021
Q: I often see small trades in securities - just a few shares or so. Do traders/investors make small purchases - either up or down - to give others the impression a stock is either rising or falling? If so how widespread is this practice and how effective is it?
Read Answer Asked by James on February 05, 2021
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