Investment Q&A

Q: Aerospace and Defence sector has been getting a lot of attention, for several months and their sector related ETF's are trading close to all time highs. Howmet Enterprises has been a holding of ours for over a year and we have done well.

In order to expand our exposure to the Aerospace ( and by default, some Defence ), we have been keeping an eye on GE Aerospace and were impressed with its consistency of decent results including the most recent earnings. However, it has been difficult to find an entry point, as stock has been hitting all time highs.

When the sector pulled back, early this week, we were able to take an initial position in the stock at US$240 and also added some shares today when the stock sold off today, in the aftermath of the reports of the tragic Boeing 787 plane crash in India.

What are your views about ownership in A & D sector and its growth prospects, with the caveat of trade barriers/uncertainty ( As seen with current US administration ) ?

How will you rate GE Aerospace for its industry moat and execution ?

Do you think that today's news could be an overhang on GE stock, at least in the near term, but it does not impact on its performance in long term ? Does the stock presents an opportunity at current levels for long term investors ?

Thank You

Q: Rebalancing my portfolio vs risk for a young retired.
My portfolio consist in 23% bond ETFs, 37% US, 11% International, no emerging market and 29% Canada. I am ready to take on some EEM. What would be your allocation of funds from here? All current assets would trigger capital gains excepts for bunds which I wouldn't touch and may raise the amount over time. I may take 6 months to do part of the allocation due to capital gains tax hit.
Thank you for your precious advise over the years you have been a tremendous help to grow my portfolio and help navigate dangerous times.

Yves

Q: Can you please suggest your 5 top companies who make significant cash flows from subscription/member fees. Thank you.

Q: What would you consider acceptable in a TFSA USD vs CAD percentages,
Would a balanced approach 50-70% CAD and 30-50% USD make sense or
if I keep 100% in only one what would be the justification if any
thank you

Q: There is a lot of bullishness on LNG the last year or more. I read recently about China, and a glut of LNG developing in the international markets. I don't see anything with how it may effect Canadian LNG markets. Could you comment on this and are you still bullish on LNG going forward. Do you see Tou.ca and Arc.ca as buys and what effects could the Global markets have on them. Thanks so much.

Q: Morning,
Could I have your five favored Canadian and American oil industry service/infrastructure companies. Five year hold.
Thanks.

Q: I have been doing monthly periodic purchases of VGG since January 2025. I clearly picked wrong (as usual) and should have gone with VHG (hedged version). I continue with monthly periodic purchases (even though my investor fear says not too), but should I switch and start purchasing VGH instead ? Am I cancelling out any future returns by doing so ?

Q: meg is being offered .62 shares of scr and $4.10. scr as of yesterday is $31.5 so .62x31.5 +4.1 =$23.63. meg closed @ $26.09. Can I assume there wiil be a higher offer.No one would tender to this offer.

Q: Is there any ETF that qualifies for dividend tax credit. If there is please share few of your favourite ETF.


Thanks for your great service

Q: Oops sorry about that. The correct symbol is ECAT . And the question is as follows ......

" Saw a question on ECAT the other day. Just trying to figure out exactly what it is and what type of market will affect it's price ..... I realize it is made up of both security and debt but don't really understand the structure of the product { but that juicy 22.28% yield is attractive } Could 5i explain the structure in detail and what market conditions will affect the price both up and down ? And assign a risk factor with one being a UMAX and ten being a YTSL ? .... Thanks for your terrific service "

Q: Your thoughts please on replacing the income portfolio with xdiv or vdy. Long term performance of 5 years is much better on the ETFs.

Thx

Q: Would you take a stab to SHW at these levels? What do you think of the company and its medium term prospects (3-5 years). Would you be buyers?

Q: Can you please discuss NVDA moving forward? I can’t help but notice you recommended them noticeably more in the past. Are you less interested in NVDA, or is it simply the added AI competition now in the market? It is up just shy of 10% the past 12 months, which is significantly lower than its historical run. Is it slowing down to the point of trimming? Taking profits ? Selling? Or simply buying more?

Thanks so much

Q: Hi 5i, I am thinking of buying this ETF but I don’t mind buying six companies in the materials sector to get diversification and possibly a better dividend. Can you name 6 material companies that act like proxy with dividends in mind that are ex Canada.

Q: Ref: Takeover. Since PAAS and MAG trade on 2 exchanges, will we receive PAAS shares, and cash, in the currency of our MAG shares or in US$? This is not very clear in the Arrangement document. Thanks.

Q: For new buying within a TFSA (for retired individual, long-term buy & hold), with aim to hold a Canadian natural gas-producing company, would you prefer ARX or TOU, and why?

Ted

Q: Why is SCR down so much today when all other oil names are up? Is it something about the takeover? Couldn't find any news. Thanks.

Q: Which 3 stocks from the growth portfolio would you consider for a TFSA? Money not needed for 11 years.

Thanks

Q: Non-resident tax, I'm considering to reduce my percentage of U.S. contents gradually, since nobody knows what to expect from donald...
Hopefully, this eventual new tariff policy wouldn't affect RSSP .
As you notice, some of the ETF posted are all U.S, companies in the case of XHY and NHYB, they both are mainly Bonds or gvt.Bonds,how tariff could affect the two.?

Thanks again to the team

Dan

Q: Hi, I'm looking for recommendations for ETFs to complement HXS and HXT in TFSA, for recurring biweekly purchases. What are your top two picks?