Q: Hello 5i,
What would be your top 10 stocks or ETF's (Canada or US) to purchase today for a 3-5 year hold? It is OK to say "wait" a little longer and not suggest any stocks.
Thank you
Jerry and Debbie
Investment Q&A
Not investment advice or solicitation to buy/sell securities. Do your own due diligence and/or consult an advisor.
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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PowerShares QQQ Trust Ser 1 (QQQ)
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Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)
Q: Currently hold vti & vig. Any issues here concerning overlap of holdings or outlook?
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iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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PowerShares QQQ Trust Ser 1 (QQQ)
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Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)
Q: I am contributing to my RRSP. I have a maxed out TFSA and also have a non-registered account. I am trying to stay fairly diversified in terms of sector. (and am happy with that mix currently). What I would like to do, is focus on the US in my RRSP for tax considerations. My US exposure is currently low.
Questions: Can you suggest some ETFS or Index Funds that take advantage of the tax situation and are favourably priced right now? Should I contribute to the RRSP in $Can or $US? Is there an advantage to either? 5-10 year time frame.
Thank you for your great service!
KEN
Q: First of all thank you for your excellent service. Here's hoping 2022 will be juist a good as 2021.
Question: The ETF portfolio in Money Saver showed a change from VIG to VGG. No explanation was given. Also all the ETF portfolios on the mutual fund and ETF website now have VGG. Can an explanation be provided please? It appears that the expenses are the same but the dividend is much higher for VIG.
Stanley
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QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM)
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AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)
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Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
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Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)
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Williams Companies Inc. (The) (WMB)
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Methanex Corporation (MX)
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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN)
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Magna International Inc. (MG)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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Nutrien Ltd. (NTR)
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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (BAM)
Q: I have some extra USD money from a small US pension that is used for going to Florida in the winters. Since we have not gone in the last two years, I would like to put some of it in our TFSA. My questions are, if I buy say TD on the NY stock exchange would the dividend in US dollars be subject to 15% withholding tax. Could you please give me several companies I could buy into if this is true. Could you also give me several US companies or ETF's that would give me a dividend and hopefully growth for a long term hold. Thank you for all the help I get for being a member. Gary
Read AnswerQ: Do you recommend a level of international exposure in a TFSA even though there is a withholding tax? Would the best strategy be to overweight international exposure in the RRSP and underweight in TFSA.
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Apple Inc. (AAPL)
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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
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NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)
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Tesla Inc. (TSLA)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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Vanguard Total International Stock (VXUS)
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Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT)
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Shopify Inc. Class A Subordinate (SHOP)
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ARK ETF TR (ARKG)
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Unity Software Inc. (U)
Q: I am a 49 year old Canadian with $50,000 Cdn in TFSA and $25,000 in RRSP. I would like some names to build a portfolio. High growth. Risk tolerance high. How much cash should I hold for dip buying. Right now I am overweight TSLA. It seems to me MSFT is a very good stock and I like its outlook and steady growth. A trusted friend recommends TSLA. Please suggest other names including ETFs. Could you rank the names with percentage allotments? 15 year outlook.
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Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
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Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) (TD)
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Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (BNS)
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Bank of Montreal (BMO)
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TELUS Corporation (T)
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Constellation Software Inc. (CSU)
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Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (BEP.UN)
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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Class A Limited Voting Shares (BAM.A)
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Thomson Reuters Corporation (TRI)
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iShares Core S&P 500 Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) (XSP)
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iShares Core S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF (XIC)
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iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF (CDZ)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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PowerShares QQQ Trust Ser 1 (QQQ)
Q: What 4 dividend stocks or ETFs would you suggest for a long term hold to see the power of compounding
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iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO)
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iShares NASDAQ 100 Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) (XQQ)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF (SPY)
Q: I am looking for your opinion on tech weighting. My USA exposure is currently VIG, SPY and IWO. ( 40-40-20%). This puts me a bit underweight tech relative to the overall USA market ( and globally in my portfolio). I've had in my "plan" to shift a small amount of spy and vig to xqq to get my tech allocation up from low teens to high teens.
So long way to ask: Is now a good time to add XQQ or has the run been too good to keep going.
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iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF (SPY)
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Vanguard Total International Stock (VXUS)
Q: My 22 year old daughter has $7G to invest. She has dual citizenship with the US and has been told that she will be taxed on TFSA gains. Do you have any recommendations for her based on this?
Also, could you recommend some ETF’s for her?
Thank you so much.
Q: In a tax free account, between these two, which would you recommend for a long term hold? Or is it a wash?
Thanks.
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BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (ZSP)
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Vanguard U.S. Dividend Appreciation Index ETF (VGG)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF (SPY)
Q: Hi
in regards to the Balanced ETF model portfolio, which ETFs that trade in USD would you recommend in place of VGG and ZSP?
I assume that both of these ETFs provide dividends and would best be held in an RRSP - is that right?
thanks
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF (SPY)
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Vanguard Balanced ETF Portfolio (VBAL)
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Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio (VGRO)
Q: My husband and I are in our early 60’s. We do not have a company income. The bulk of our assets are in my RRSP and LIRA accounts.
We are converting his RRSP to a RRIF and my LIRA to a LIF this year and waiting until I am 65 to convert my RRSP so we can take advantage of pension splitting.
We are conservative investors and just want to keep up with inflation.
Would you please suggest a few ETF’s for diversification and a few income ETF’s for our LIF, RRIF and my RRSP accounts. If there are stocks you would would like to include that would be appreciated. Thank you.
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NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)
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iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF (SPY)
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Veeva Systems Inc. Class A (VEEV)
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MEDIFAST INC (MED)
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Trane Technologies plc (TT)
Q: My 31 year old daughter has $50,000 cash in her US TFSA account. What investments would you recommend for a mid to long term hold.
Thanks
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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iShares Core High Dividend ETF (HDV)
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iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund (ICLN)
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First Trust NASDAQ CEA Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR)
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GLOBAL X FDS (BOTZ)
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ISHARES TRUST (MTUM)
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Vanguard High Dividend Yield Indx ETF (VYM)
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iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO)
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Global X Cloud Computing ETF (CLOU)
Q: I was just reading about thematic investing in ÈTF's and wanted to get your opinion on it? I have some BAC I want to sell and find something newin US, this is in RRSP so looking for higher dividend, would you have any recommendations?
Read AnswerQ: Hi, can you please recommend an ETF which is similar to VIG that can be bought in CAD? Thanks.
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Vanguard U.S. Dividend Appreciation Index ETF (VGG)
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Vanguard U.S. Dividend Appreciation Index ETF (CAD-hedged) (VGH)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
Q: You’ve mentioned that you generally like to keep single ETF exposure to 15%. Since VGG and VGH invest in the same underlying ETF (VIG), should I keep exposure to 15% between them, or could they each still be 15%?
Thank you.
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BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF (ZLB)
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iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF (CDZ)
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iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (USMV)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
Q: Hi folks, I am expecting an inheritance of about $50-70,000. I currently have what I would consider a med-high risk portfolio for retirement. I'm 46 so I am a ways from retiring but would rather put that $50-70,000 in a small number of low-med risk equities or an ETF with a good dividend and just let it grow slowly but surely. Can you provide any recommendations?
Thanks!
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iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO)
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)
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S&P 500 ETF TRUST ETF (SPY)
Q: A bit of USD cash to deploy in an unregistered account. Hit for the average with SPY, pick the safer large cap div payers with VIG or growth is the next big thing with IWO. Not a large sum so just topping up one of my 3 USA focused etfs I already hold. Which is the best buy right now, +5 year hold.
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Q: Good Morning Peter & Team,
Can you please a recommendation for a U$ ETF with a good dividend, reasonable MER & some growth.
Thanks for all you do
gm