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Q: Hi 5i,

I'm considering adding the RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Equity Fund to my portfolio. The YTD return indicates this sector has performed reasonably well. What's your outlook going forward for this the sector? If I recall correctly, Brooke Thackery likes US small caps between October and February.

Would you have any suggestions that you think are stronger than this particular fund? I lean to mutual funds for active management over ETF's.

And what other "sectors" do you like moving forward? Emerging Markets? International Funds?

Deduct as many points as necessary, and a High 5 to 5i!

Pete in Calgary.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on July 25, 2023
Q: ETF to invest in AI in Canada .
Read Answer Asked by Scott on July 25, 2023
Q: I listed in descending order securities that under performed since their 2022 highs. Please rank the securities in order of the best chance to recover their losses when we get back to the risk on mode. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Richard on July 25, 2023
Q: I read an article recently that talks about the validity of ETF's. Can you make your comments about this!

Terms are that, each share of an ETF is an IOU.

As an example what happens behind the scenes when an ETF buys gold?

The actual metal purchased is stored by a custodian such as a major bank like JP Morgan or HSBC – yes, the same banks that have been investigated for silver and gold manipulation many times in the past.
But what you may not know is that the value of each share you own, or more specifically, the share-to-metal ratio, actually decreases the longer you hold it.

For example, the fund that manages the ETF must sell gold to pay for expenses, reducing the amount of gold tied to each share.
That's one of the reasons ETFs should NEVER be considered a long-term investment.
In other words, ETFs are not the way to go if you're looking to gold as a store of value or as an insurance policy against fiat currencies.

The same goes for Bitcoin ETFs.
Over time, the ETF fund will sell some of its Bitcoin to cover operating costs and management fees. As a result, an investor's unit will gradually hold a slightly smaller amount of Bitcoin than their initial purchase.

I would appreciate receiving your comments about this information!
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Terry on July 25, 2023
Q: I am trying to decide whether I buy a 1 year GIC at 5.48% and/or a 2 year GIC at 5.44% vs a bond such as bns 1.95 01/10/2025 95.265 yielding 5.36617%.
Is there any compelling reason why I would chose a bond over a GIC if the latter has a higher interest rate?
Thx
Judy
Read Answer Asked by Alan on July 25, 2023
Q: I currently own Brookfield Corp Preferred Share, BN.PF.A.
And I'm wondering whether I should hold on to it. It has a dividend yield of 6.31%, but I'm interested in knowing where you see the share price going. Or perhaps you can recommend something with better prospects at this point in the cycle.

John.
Read Answer Asked by JOHN on July 25, 2023
Q: In an answer to Bruce on Horizons enhanced ETF's your reply was " We are not fans of leveraged ETF's " ...... As these are nothing like the multiple times leverage products that are generally for day traders I wonder why ? According to their website their leverage is achieved through " borrowing " . As the market ultimately goes up in the long run I don't understand this.

Please explain it to me using the following fictional example ..... The year is 2008 and an ETF like this exists. It is purchased and suffers the crash of the banking system the following year in 2009.... It continues to be held and years later it suffers the covid crash ..... The year is now 2023 and the market is higher than the highs of 2008 and the recovery after the Covid crash...... Am I wrong in assuming the ETF price of one of these enhanced ETF's will be 1.25X the current value of the market and be considerably ahead of whatever my purchase price was in 2008 ? Please explain what is wrong with my reasoning ? ......{ I know there is something wrong with it. I just don't know what it is } ......
Read Answer Asked by Garth on July 25, 2023
Q: Hello 5i team,
I have held the US stock of Brookfield Renewable Corp for a bit over 2 years. For that same time, BEPC has been on a steady but very slow decline (-23%).

Back when it was a REIT (BEP.UN.TO) I did very well.

In your opinion what are the prospects of this slow decline turning around? I wanted to add more because I still believe in the quality of the company (part of my utilities sector). Plus they have steadily increased their dividend ~5% every year since it's inception (July 2020).

Thank You,
Andrew
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on July 25, 2023
Q: I would like to dip my toe into the AI waters using an ETF several of which you have mentioned. Unfortunately they are all on the NYSE.Am I wrong, as a Canadian, in avoiding the NYSE for fear of endless red tape and possible US taxes? I assume that there are no AI ETFs on the TSX or you would have mentioned them, I may have missed them.Thanks in advance and for all your great work.Rick
Read Answer Asked by Rick on July 24, 2023
Q: good morning,

I'm overweight communications services, own BCE,T,DIS and GOOG. Telecoms are for dividends disney for a recovery if and when Iger sells TV and streaming business. Not selling GOOG which is more hybrid .If I where to trim telecoms where can i find a similar dividend stream.
Also is there any way to split google in portfolio analytics between technology and comm services. What are the percentages?

Thanks (gratefully)

Plenty of credits left
Read Answer Asked by Denis on July 24, 2023
Q: What are your top 3 growth orientated small caps that trade on the Canadian market today?

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by David on July 24, 2023
Q: Tencent Holdings Ltd OTCM: TCEHY

Should I buy this company for the game industry or would you recommend something else?

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Ross on July 24, 2023
Q: Good morning,

A follow-up question to Angus’ question from yesterday about the P/E and PEG of these three companies…

As I understand the PEG ratio, a PEG under 1 suggests the stock is undervalued for its expected level of growth and over 1 suggests overvalued. So would you interpret these three PEG ratios that WSP is currently overvalued? If you were adding to these three, all other things being equal, would you be least likely to add to WSP, adding to the other two first as they have a a better current value?

Thank you for your insights in these early learning days of my investing journey…

Doris


Read Answer Asked by Doris on July 24, 2023
Q: I hold EQB in my income portion of the total portfolio. Where as 5iR allocates EQB to the Growth Portfolio which I don't have as a portion of my total portfolio. After reading the recent flash report of EQB, I'm inclined to now hold it in my Balance portion of the total portfolio. What do say you about this EQB transfer in my portfolio portions??? Also, I hold TRI that is now in the income portfolio. What do you say about transferring it to the Balance portion of the overall portfolio??? Thanks for the guidance......as I like to hold 20% in Income, 40% in Balance that is all Cdn and 40% in US stocks with more of a stronger tilt to growth that includes technology and healthcare........Tom 
Read Answer Asked by Tom on July 24, 2023
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