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Q: Hi Peter and Team,

MIX is a recent offering from Hamilton ETFs.

Their idea is to provide an “all-in-one” core growth holding that blends growth (60% equities) with defensive/alternative ballast (20% bonds, 20% gold), and add a modest leverage boost, thereby seeking higher returns but with diversified risk.

Hamilton argues that by mixing asset classes with low correlation (equities + bonds + gold) the resulting portfolio can achieve lower volatility and smaller drawdowns than equities alone — even after applying the 1.25× multiple. For example, they cite historical standard deviation of ~10.9% for the 60/20/20 mix (before leverage) vs ~19% for the S&P 500.

They position MIX as “a strong core holding … designed for resilience through economic cycles.”

I realize that this is a very new ETF with a quite small AUM, but I’m wondering what your opinion is on the strategy of MIX, and whether or not I should add it my watchlist. Any investment in MIX would be supplemented by an otherwise balanced portfolio across all of our accounts.

As always, your insight is highly valued and appreciated.
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on November 13, 2025
Q: In a recent question highlighting the large premium given to BEPC vs BEP.UN, you responded that the stocks are “economically equivalent”. If that’s the case is it reasonable to expect the prices to align more closely with time? I hold BEPC in a non-registered account. Tax considerations aside, would it make sense to sell BEPC from my non-registered account and buy back BEP.UN in a registered account to take advantage of the current large discount?
Read Answer Asked by Steven on November 13, 2025
Q: A number of your past favourites have been beaten up over the last few weeks. Is there any that you would sell and move on from? Are there any of these companies that you would be buying or adding to at these levels?

Thanks
Tim
Read Answer Asked by Timothy on November 13, 2025
Q: Which 3 Canadian growth stocks do the 5i Team has most conviction at this time for a TFSA account. Please provide short reasoning. - Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Steve on November 13, 2025
Q: The above stocks make up 80.4% of my holdings. Goog and BN @7% each. The next 5 @ 4% each and the rest at or close to 3% each. For a 10 year horizon, with risk/reward in mind, where would you invest if you had 10% of the portfolio in dry powder- new cash. Any you would sell? Note, I have been trimming CLS, VRT and NBIS to control AI exposure.

Thanks again for all the insights - love the service you provide.
Read Answer Asked by Don on November 12, 2025
Q: I've been amused by the latest Tesla news in regard to the new pay for musk. Correct me if I'm wrong but the latest earnings for Tesla is around a 100 billion dollars. If the pay for musk goes into effect that would leave Tesla in a deficit of approximately 900 billion dollars. Now I know there is more to this than meets the eye, so could you please explain how Tesla intends to square this circle.
Read Answer Asked by steven on November 12, 2025