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Q: Hi Guys
I noticed that Ray Dalio had this ETF as a 7.5% weighting in his all weather portfolio, just wondering if you guys could comment on it. As they say what performed well in the last 10 years , isn't usually what performs well in the next decade.
Would there be an alternative, or would this etf suit the purpose.
Thanks !
Read Answer Asked by Gordon on December 03, 2020
Q: Good afternoon, I'm feeling grouchy about my TFSA today. Quite a few of my holdings are underwater. Tech is the only area that has shown me any growth. I am down 46% on XTC, down 80% on HWO, down 36% on GUD, down 6% on BCI, up 5% on DOL, and down 6% on SIS. I know I can't claim losses but is it time to dump some of these and redeploy. I don't need the cash and can be quite patient and I know my tech weightings are getting high but it seems as though that's where most of my winners are. How high would you let your tech weighting go in a TFSA that is a long term savings vehicle. Thoughts?
Read Answer Asked by Rod on December 03, 2020
Q: Good morning,
Q1. Your thoughts on FAI ETF as a core holding in a RSP and/or TFSA account would be appreciated.
Q2. I currently hold in my RSP (US$) and TFSA some of the names held in the FAI ETF (AQN/BIP/PKI/BAM/EMA) and would appreciate your thoughts on each of these companies and whether or not it would make better sense in terms of risk and growth potential to simply replace each of these companies with an equivalent purchase of the FAI ETF.
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Francesco on December 03, 2020
Q: I currently have a Royal Bank fund and want to move the funds to a ETF. Can you recommend an ETF that is similar (or better!) to the RBF659? RBF659 is showing a MER at 1.03% and the Management Fee at .85%. Does this mean the yearly fees are 1.88% of my total? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Juanita on December 03, 2020
Q: How would you rate these five G5 companies? Or is there other 5G companies you would recommend? Thank you, Robert
Plug Power Inc. PLUG:US
FuelCell Energy Inc. FCEL:US
Fisker Inc. Class A FSR:US
GreenPower Motor Company Inc. GPV:CA
Nikola Corporation (NKLA:US
Read Answer Asked by Robert on December 03, 2020
Q: Could you please comment on the long term viability on Romspen investment mortgage fund. Approximately 30 per cent of their mortgages are currently non performing although they have increased their month payout recently. As a holder of the fund should I be looking to divest under their proposed changes to the Declaration of Trust . Use as many credits as you feel appropriate. Thanks for you help.
Read Answer Asked by Ian on December 03, 2020
Q: Hi, when weightings are discussed in questions from members, e.g. BCE is x% of a portfolio, does the portfolio include both the equity and bond portions or just the equity portion? Thanks, Martin
Read Answer Asked by Martin on December 03, 2020
Q: A recent question was asked to explain the difference between BEP.UN and BEPC. In you answer you stated that in a registered account BEP.UN gets a higher yield, but the tax credit is lost. Could you please explain 1) why BEP.UN would get a higher yield in a registered account and 2) the tax credit being lost, are you referring to the tax dividend credit. Thanks … Cal
Read Answer Asked by cal on December 03, 2020
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