Investment Q&A

Q: For all of us who are interested in the fee's charged by Hamilton for HDIV and HYLD ETF'S, straight from Hamilton.


Thank you for your interest in Hamilton ETFs.



As of June 30th, 2025, the MER for HDIV is 1.90%, and the MER for HYLD is 1.87%.



Both can be found on our website in each fund’s financial statements. They’re found under the documents tab on their fund page.



The MER includes the cost of 25% modest leverage, and all performance and distributions are net of fees.



Thank you.



Alex Fozard
Head of Inside Sales

Hamilton ETFs

Q: I’m looking for the MER to HDIV. The Globe & Mail has it at 0.65%, Morningstar lists 2.550%, Hamilton ETFs site says “0.00% (subject to the fees of the underlying portfolio ETFs)”.

I’m guessing I don’t get to pick the one I like best so wondering what it actually is?

Q: Half of my RIF focuses on steady, monthly income and the other half on individual stocks. To balance safety with higher income, I am looking to have equal weight in FIE and HMAX. As I rely on this monthly income, what do you think of this approach for long term holding? Can you suggest better alternatives?

Q: Further to my prior question re Canadian dividend tax benefits, would HDIV qualify?
It holds both Canadian & US securities.
Thanks again.

Q: I’m a62 year old retired investor with an excellent DB Pension and I’m working on a supplemental cash flow with my TFSAs,I have held the above stocks for about 4 years all roughly 10-12K in value and have been set up as DRIPs
My question is could you recommend another 8-10 Cdn dividend stocks($ 100K of room) I would add to this account coming from another TFSA,these could possibly have 4-6 % capitol growth and 4-6% dividend yield and in 3 years I would go from a DRIP to monthly or quarterly cash payments,I am medium risk and the sectors would not matter ….Thanks Greg

Q: Could you confirm how one should look at the total return for funds that use leverage to enhance yield? For example, I am showing growth of 13.16% on my initial investment in HMAX and it has a current “yield” of 12.48% so does that mean in the one year I have owned it I am up 25.64%? For HDIV, the numbers are 18.86% share growth and a 9.99% yield for total return of 28.85%? In past discussions of these products it doesn’t seem that what you see is always what you get!

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.

Q: I am an 80 year old value investor. In a diversified portfolio in all sectors, covered call ETF's as per above, make up 10% of my portfolio. I am satisfied with that and all but two are up. 30% of holdings are ETF's including the covered calls.
QUESTION:1. Am I holding too many covered call ETF's? They seem to take the stairs up and the elevator down faster than single stocks. 2. Is it supposed that the covered call ETF's will plunge faster than the single stocks in an expected steep correction?
Thank you

Q: I am retired and looking for a covered call ETF for each sector. There are so many ETF can you please give me which ETF would you recommend are best to own for covered call CDN ETF for each sector.

Is there one covered call ETF that covers all the sectors.

Please deduct credit as necessary.

Thank you for your excellent service.

Q: This is a follow-up to the Sept. 11th question where you mentioned other funds that are similar to this. Could you name a couple that you would recommend please? Thanks.

Q: Good day, I hold both these etfs in a tfsa. Looking to consolidate into one. I’m leaning towards HDIV. Thoughts?

Seamus

Q: Hi, what is your preference in order of these ETFs UMAX, ZWU, ZWC or is there other covered calls that you prefer. Please place in preference order. Also in which account type would each be best suited for including your picks.
Thank you

Q: I would be interested in your professional opinion on covered call ETF's within a non registered account for a duo objective of maintaining principal and generating an income. I have ample growth investments in registered accounts. One draw back I see from. this approach is the tracking of ACB for tax purposes etc, which you don't have in registered accounts, If you have 2-3 recommendations you feel comfortable with, that's appreciated.
Thanks
As a tag on to my recently submitted question about covered call, what is your opinion and recommendations within in an RRSP?

Q: Hi,

If you had to choose between the two for "total return" in the present economic environment, which of the two would you choose?
Do you have any other suggestion for covered call income that you would prefer over these two?
Regards

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: What covered call ETFs would you recommend? Looking to increase the yield of my portfolio a bit

Q: Hi. would like to know in what account (RRSP,TFSA,NON-REGISTERED) would be best suited for these ETFs and your best to less favored in order for each account type please. ZWB, HCAL, ZWK, ZWE, ZPW, UMAX, HYLD, HDIV, HDIF, ENCC. Thank you

Q: Could you suggest for a RSP portfolio, starting from a cash balance of 150K, an array of 5 ETFs, covering Canadian and US/International sectors.
Would VGG selling in CAD qualify for the exemption of US taxes, or does it need to be a US traded ETF to qualify.
Take as many questions credit as needed.
Thank you.

Q: You recently answered a question about HDIV and ETSX. I currently own ETSX and have been happy with the income and growth it has generated. I am thinking of adding HDIV or EIT.UN.
Could I get your comments on EIT.UN as a comparison to the other 2 funds?
I am a retiree looking primarily for steady income with some growth.

Q: What are your thoughts about these etfs .

Q: For my retirement, I have income coming from several streams. Rental income from property, employment income from an eight-week/year position (that I enjoy immensely), and a small RRSP account that I plan to use to earn 8% per year average and take principal and interest for monthly payments, using it up completely over 9 years, pushing off OAS and CPP until I’m 70 years old, when these benefits have maxed in value and can replace the depleted RRSP funds. Recently, I have been researching high income, 25% leveraged ETFs (I asked a question about them a few days ago, but this question takes the concept a step further), and I had the thought that it might be possible to buy a few ETFs for the RRSP, replacing all equities, and earn an average yield of 13%, which would cover the monthly payments while not depleting capital. I realized the capital may be reduced at the end of the 9 years, but likely not gone as in the original scenario, so any leftover funds would be a bonus. This would also free up time from managing my portfolio the way I do now, giving me more time to enjoy my retirement. Do you see any big holes in my theory? I wondered, for example how variable the dividends can be year over year. If this seems like a solid plan, could you suggest a portfolio of ETF’s (would 5-6 suffice?) that would serve this concept? (Note-I do have other investments, but they are not part of my monthly income streams, more a rainy-day fund.) Thanks!