Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,

I have $50,000 to invest in my TFSA for 2026.

Could you provide your top 5 ETFs to invest in for US/Canadian, Top 3 foreign ETFs. and Top 3 dividend ETFs.

Holding for approx. 10 years. Risk level Moderate to high.

I have an ETF in SMH that has 108% ROI in the last 2 years. Would you advice on putting more cash into SMH?

Thank you

Q: Follow up question.

You suggested couple of US ETF for international. VXUS and IDMO is there similar ETF in CDN version.

Thanks for your excellent service

Q: I don’t have any international ETF. Can you please suggest 2 to 3 ETF

If you need to buy one ETF which one would you recommend to buy.

Thanks for your excellent service

Q: Hello, I am comparing SCHF (Schwab International Equity ETF) vs
VXUS )Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares) for
a core international long term hold in my TFSA. I noticed that SCHF is not in your database. Please give my your opinion on these two etfs.

Q: Could you give me three Canadian and three US
ETFs for international exposure.

Q: I am thinking of selling my bonds for an an international (ex-North-America) ETF that is fairly non-volatile (defensive, consumer cyclical, industrial).

I heard this as a strategy in the Canadian Financial Summit and it made sense because the bonds I've held for stability offer less in returns and in stability than the diversification does.

I'd like to hear your opinion on this strategy. Can you also recommend 4-5 ETFs that would play well into this strategy.

Thanks as always.

Q: I need to add more global allocations to my portfolio. Can you suggest three Canadian and three U.S. ETFs?

Q: Hello....I am looking for ideally 1 or could be in combination with a second ETF. I would like to achieve a balanced mix with say 60% with a small or 0% of US stock market and about 10% private assets and 30% fixed income. Could you suggest 1/2 ETFs that would achieve something close to this percentage breakdown. Thank you.

Q: I will be simplifying my RRSP portfolio whereby it will be mainly comprised of ETF's that can give growth as well as income that i can use to draw on when RRSP are converted to RRIF.

Can you provide me ETF's / Index funds suggestions for:
S& P 500 index
Global large cap index ex USA
Dividend appreciation index ( large cap) for Canada and US

Thank you

Q: Which ETF do you feel compliments VOO the most? This would be for my RRSP. Also, I’m 15 years from retirement.

Your top 3 in order preferably?

US/CND/international/All world.. doesn’t matter.

Thank you

Q: I am preparing to invest cash again.

Where we sit...a low point..in the economy and sentiment....could you suggest 3 Cdn dividend stocks ( and 3-5 US growth stocks and 5 ETFs (balanced and global) that represent a good buying opportunity in these poor markets...that have the potential to show very good returns over the next 5 years out.am preparing to deploy cash into the market.

I would say I am a investor that can tolerate 80 in the medium risk category and up to 20 % in higher risk holdings.

Timing is not a good thing to factor in, but things appears a like a recession is coming if not already here...would you sugest averaging in? and over what period of time.
Thank you

p.s. Currently all I own is RBC, Sun Life and PIMCO Monthly Income.

Please deduct the appropriate credits for this expanded request.
Richard

Q: Is viu a “derivative” of vxus? Total overlap?

Q: Your suggestion for an international equity ETF that excludes the USA please.

Bill

Q: What would be your recommendations for US listed international ETFs excluding NA markets?

Q: I would like to hedge my US Investments from a falling US dollar. I have USD cash to deploy and I am looking at IGOV the IShares International Treasury Bond ETF and BWX the SPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETF. What do you think of these ETF's as hedges to the USD, and do you have any alternative solutions? Thank you for your assistance.

Q: Hello 5i,

If we assume Trump continues with his grandstanding for another few weeks, is it plausible that SPY could reach levels of 460 or 430, or an unthinkable 2022 level of 360?

There has been a few questions and answers with a list of stocks and ETF’s to purchase. Our query will be focused on RRSP and TFSA choices. We have a large cash pile (50% CDN and 50% USD funds) residing in PSA and BIL from our rebalance in mid-February to sleep at night. We have 15% in laddered GIC’s for fixed income in RRSP’s.

We set a target of the SPY at 500 to begin a slow accumulation of equities. A reply to our questions below can include International ETF’s, US or CDN stocks or ETF’s, with the only limitation that the stock or ETF must be available in CDN and US stock markets.

If possible, could you provide a list of 10-15 stocks for RRSP’s?

Which 5 stocks would you recommend for TFSA (not the same as RRSP)?

Thank you for your time and support.

D&J

Q: With the current downturn in the market, could you please recommend 5 global ETFs (not US based equities) and rank them from 1st to 5th.

Q: Hi - as the US has been a stronger market for the last couple of years, a large portion of my portfolio is USD. With the recent economic turmoil in the US and the resultant effect on their dollar, would you consider holding some ETF's in currencies such as the British Pound, Euro and Canadian dollar? My portfolio is heavily weighted in cash, as I hope to be able to wait on the sidelines till we see a buyable bottom, vs get whipsawed based on the latest idea from the 'Village Idiot'. As always, I welcome you thoughts!

Q: Most of my portfolio is split 60% cad 40% usa. Do you have suggestions for ETFs outside of these regions that you think can outpace these regions or add beneficial diversification? Can either be regions or sectors.

Q: What other ex north america etf's would be good?

Thanks