Investment Q&A

Q: The PMIF currently shows a YTD return of about 5.85% on their website. Sounds really good for a monthly income fund. This seems to include a change in unit price value from January 1, 2019 plus monthly distributions to date (Nov 2019). However is not the real return only the annual sum of the monthly distributions (around 2.5%)? The fund drops in unit value on the monthly ex-dividend date. Seems to me just the unit distribution (yield) should be the real return value. YTD is misleading when there is such a large unit drop in December to account for year end distributions.

Q: For an investor with a high equity tilt (e.g. 90% equity - 10% bonds), can you recommend one fund as a one-stop-shop for the bond component? PMIF currently has my attention.

Q: What would you consider good alternatives to XTR (iShares diversified monthly income ETF) that Do Not use return of capital in their distributions?

Thank You
Frank

Q: Hi
I am looking to add a bond etf to my portfolio. I am looking for something with a reasonable yield, that is defensive with some possible growth opportunities. Could you recommend the one that fits that those criterion or if you have a better choice, I would appreciate it. Thanks

Q: whats are your top 5 income etfs hedged Canadian Thanks Barry

Q: I currently own both these mutual fund and trying to own less stocks and mutual funds and would like to know if both of these need to be owned? I currently have a 6% weight in PMIF and only a 2.3 % weight in FAD5700 and thinking of selling FAD5700 and adding to PMIF, or should I sell both and invest all in a different ETF that recommended in my PA?

Thanks

Q: Recently n January bought 5150 shares pmif.my brokerage showed a yield of 3.5%on a monthly distribution of .0230.your site has same monthly rate and a yield of 2.7. I have just received my first Monthly payment of 118.45 on book value of 100126$ . this would be a yield of just 1.42%.can you analyze and confirm what yield I can count on?And any suggestions for any other options in fixed income to yield 3%?

Q: 2 questions 5i: do you think it would be prudent to have a canadian focust fixed income etf to compliment pmif considering it is almost all us? And secondly do you feel the dividend from LB should be safe and considering I am down 10% would averaging down make sense?tks

Q: Re:your answer to Johns question of august 27th. 10 pick of best company's to best weather a correction. Would you consider a portfolio of 30% pmif and 70% these 10 picks at 5% each to be a decent portfolio no matter an iminent significant correction is at hand or not or would you tweek it in some way. Thank you kindly. Larry

Q: Hello I hold the BMO monthly Income A mutual fund. I am trying to find a replacement in the etf world that can reduce my fees and give me approx the same income and somewhat stability. Current yield is approx 3.5%. Do you have a few suggestions? Thanks

Q: Hello. My parents are elderly, and we have taken over managing their financial affairs. Although difficult to predict, I expect my mother will still be alive for another 3-4 years, so that is the time horizon we are working with. They have total savings of about $2.5 million, which we are amalgamating from various mutual funds and from the sale of their house, etc. We are considering using the wealth management services of BMO. We have told them that we are primarily interested in capital preservation. My father has a pension, so their monthly income needs are met. The representative recommended the PIMCO Monthly Income Fund (Canada). I'm not sure if it the same one as has been discussed here before. The identifier on the sheet is "Series F fund code PMO205", described as a Global Fixed Income fund. In any event, they were recommending 65-70% in the above fund, and 30-35% in a "Dividend and Income Guided Portfolio" which consists of 25 blue chip Canadian and US stocks (I won't bother you with their stock selection; it looked okay to me). They said they would gradually move money from the income fund to the stock fund during market drawdowns.

My question is, what do you think of this PIMCO fund? One of my concerns is protecting their money in a market correction. Would this fund be okay? Also, are the bonds in general of high enough quality that they would not be downgraded into the high yield category if things really get ugly? Has it had any negative years?

Thanks for your help.

Q: Am I correct in assuming pmif is 100% bonds and would it be a good fit for the fixed income portion of a retirement portfolio along with a GIC ladder with vbal to pick up enough equity for the balance.other thoughts appreciated. Thanks

Q: For portfolio diversity using ETFs. what do you think of simply buying VGRO instead of an XAW/PMIF type combo or would you recommend another equity/bond mix?

Q: I am looking for a bond ETF to park a substantial amount of money $400K plus for the next 12-24 months. In today's environment with interest rates on the rise i am looking at the following MFT, HYI, XHY or is there a Pimco ETF that would be more suitable.My goal would be to make 3-4% in a safe investment. Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Q: I read with great interest your response to a recent query regarding Mackenzie Floating Rate Income. I have the same goal as the member who asked the initial question. Under what circumstances might MFT perform poorly? How do you think it compares with PMIF (Pimco Monthly Income Fund), in terms of correlation with equities, bear market/recessionary performance, and total return potential? I note that MFT has a greater proportion of holdings which are below investment grade, do you think PMIF would be the safer choice? Which would you prefer for long term, steady income and capital preservation, taking the relative MERs into account as well? Thank you.

Q: I have reviewed prior question responses on PMIF and PMO005. I understand that both should behave similarly (PMIF should have higher return longterm due to lower MER). My question is on the distribution. The distribution yield on PMO005 is about 3-3.5% it appears; the distribution yield on PMIF appears to be smaller and with variations in the distribution from month to month. Do you think this is temporary, as PMIF is relatively new? Do you think overtime, the distributions of PMIF will stabilize and approximate those of PMO005 with a similar yield? If not, why not, if the portfolio composition is the same in each case?

My feeling is that PMIF is 'safer' than high yield bonds such as XHY and preferred shares such as CPD/ZPR, do you agree? I hope to pair this with some VSB as my fixed income allocation. Do you think PMIF is worth the MER of 0.87%? This is for longterm, all-weather hold (irrespective of where interest rates go in the near-term/longterm) for consistent income.

Thank you!

Q: What are the basic differences between Pimco's PMO005 and PMIF, and what are the Mer's.
Thank you

Q: Good morning 5i,
There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding fixed income. Many, like me I suppose, are beginning to think about "de-risking" their portfolios. I would appreciate your thoughts on this de-risking venture. Would one, for example, be better to put all of their risky money in the stock market and in very save bonds such as like XBB and VAB. That is oppossed to something like PMIF, which may not be de-risking your money at all?
thanks as always

Q: I'm looking for investment vehicles that offer reasonable monthly income with the possiblity of some capital gain. I have chosen PMIF And PLV as possibilities. I would appreciate your opinion regarding the quality of the ETF'S. Safety and professional management being important to me. If there are other possibilities that you favour please indicate them.

Q: Hi 5i team. My RIF account has only ETF's except for ENB which is 8.8%. I have 15%EM, 21.3%INT, 21.3%US, 31.5%CDN, and my Fixed Inc. at 4.6% in Pimco PMIF. I am thinking of selling half (or more) of ENB and increasing PMIF or should I put into Pimco IGCF (not in your database) or some other you suggest.
As usual I appreciate your views and suggestions. I am 80, healthy and fully retired. Thanks.