Investment Q&A

Q: Hello 5i Team

I would like to hold a percentage of my taxable accounts in gold (represented by an etf) in both Canadian and US dollars. My taxable account is approximately 2/3 C$ denominated and 1/3 US$ denominated.

My criteria are:

1 - One product has to be dominated in Canadian dollars and the second product has to be denominated in US dollars

2 - the product has to be Canadian domiciled to avoid T-1135 reporting and US estate tax issues.

3 - Two separate products are required to keep ACB tracking simplified.

4 - Product has to be denominated in C$ and US$

Reviewing previous answers, the products I think are representative are:

MNT.CA / MNT.US

PHYS.CA / PHYS.US

Questions

1 - Does this strategy seem reasonable?

2 - Are there any other products I should be looking at?

3 - Which product would be your first choice and which would be second choice.

Thank you

Q: Is there any Gold ETF or mutual fund that a person can trade their shares in for actual physical gold bars and if so how would one do that?

Q: This has had a nice run. It is up 48% since August. Is it too late to buy it?

Q: Just trying to understand this a bit more. What makes the price go up and down aside from demand?

Q: Can you explain how buying this ETR in US dollars (MNT.U) works when it is traded on a Canadian stock exchange in comparison to MNT? Am I actually getting US dollars when I sell it or are these converted to C$ with a corresponding hit because of exchange rate? Is it better to buy MNT or MNT.U? Thank you.

Q: Hi Peter and 5i Team,

I’m wondering why, for all periods (3 month, 6 month, 1 year, YTD, 3 years, and 5 years) MNT beats both CGL and CGL.C even though the M.E.R. Of MNT is slightly higher than the other two. Is MNT a good way to get some gold exposure in these turbulent times? Thanks as always for your insight.

Q: I have a question about investing in physical gold. Can you please explain the differences between the MNT and PHYS? I noticed that MNT outperforms PHYS and it trades at a premium to NAV while PHYS trades at discount. The expense rates 0.35% vs. 0.41% seems to be close enough to justify the differences in performance and discount..?

Q: If we put aside the normal indicators for Gold and consider the geopolitical climate that is surfacing day to day around the world, along with the US potentially having some instability within their own borders and the instability with their allies, is it a good time to buy gold as an investment? What do your a believe are the pluses and minuses for Gold increasing in value over the course of the next 12 months?

Q: Sorry for what may be a naive question, but assuming the .35% (?) fee for holding this security is an annual fee, how is it collected?

Q: Re: Lorrianes question on holding gold.
As an option there are these two ETR's available through the Canadian Mint (US and CDN) . I believe they will send you the gold if you have a full 10000 ETR's. Here is the website link
https://www.reserves.mint.ca/tsx_gold/#/
TSX symbols MNT:CA , MNT.U:CA

Q: I have about 4% of my portfolio in MNT, ABX, and K, all bought a year ago and 20-25% under water. I am having trouble deciding if I should cut my losses, put them towards better gold stocks like AEM, or get rid of my gold exposure completely. If you're in my position, what would you do? What is your outlook for gold in the next few years? Are there any catalysts for gold as a sector you can foresee? I have a hard time envisioning them doing well when the economy is growing so nicely
Or is it good to keep as a hedge against the down days like today? The rest of my portfolio is diversified enough tending towards the growthy stocks, if that matters.

Thanks for your insight.

Q: Please recommend some CAD etfs to play commodities. Is there one that covers a broad selection?

Q: Can you comment about all-commodity etfs such as PDBC and can you recommend one or two? Any based in Canada? Thanks Bill

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan and Team,

How would you rank these gold ETFs MNT, CGL, CGL. C an PHYS.?

Thanks.

Q: I’m looking for exposure to gold bullion and am considering GLD (SPDR has .40% mer), PHYS (Sprott), IAU (ishares gold trust has .25% mer) or MNT.CA. Which one do you prefer and why, (I’ve read stricter auditing for PHYS)? Also should I be buying in USD or CAD? Looking for protection against money printing and a general hedge or if USD losses it’s position as world reserve currency.

Q: What is the best and cost effective strategy to hold gold or gold stocks in these uncertain times?

Q: What is the best option to buy gold as a hedge in the event of weakening USD?

Q: Thoughts in MNS and MNT ?

Q: Hi Team,
I am looking to buy gold bullion in US dollars backed by bullion held in Canada. I believe the Mint's MNT.U is my only option. Any concerns with a holding in MNT.U? Did I miss any other options?
Thank you, Michael

Q: Hi Team,

Recognizing that CEF.A is about 60% gold and 40% silver, which do you prefer, 100% Central Fund splitting between Mint (MNT - gold) 60% and Mint (MNS - silver) 40% for bullion?

Thank you.

Michael