Q: What's your opinion on these two for someone in their 70s? and right now are they a buy at current prices?
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BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged To CAD Index ETF (ZQQ $184.20)
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iShares NASDAQ 100 Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) (XQQ $66.33)
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State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK $159.11)
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Harvest Tech Leaders Income ETF (HTA $19.70)
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iShares U.S. Technology ETF (IYW $215.94)
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TD Global Technology Leaders Index ETF (TEC $55.18)
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Harvest Tech Leaders Income ETF (HTA.B $21.55)
Q: Do Canadian ETFs that track US tech firms underperform? I was looking at these and a few others on the G&W and the Canadian ETFs with the exception of HTA and HTA.B (up 35%ytd) seem to have significantly lower returns. And I think HTA uses covered calls.
XLK is up 32% ytd, IYW 35%, IGN 31%. The most popular Canadian ETFS seem to be ZQQ(ZQN) 26%, XQQ and HQQ 26% and TEC 25%. Some of this is due to currency moves, but the hedging costs of the hedged ETFs surely aren't that large. Is it better to just buy XLK or are HTA/HTA.B a better alternative?
XLK is up 32% ytd, IYW 35%, IGN 31%. The most popular Canadian ETFS seem to be ZQQ(ZQN) 26%, XQQ and HQQ 26% and TEC 25%. Some of this is due to currency moves, but the hedging costs of the hedged ETFs surely aren't that large. Is it better to just buy XLK or are HTA/HTA.B a better alternative?