Investment Q&A

Q: Good morning,

Recently I have become concerned about the potential for a US sovereign debt crisis. From my understanding the amount of US debt is growing at an unsustainable rate and eventually it will become apparent that the US cannot pay back its debt while offering a real return to investors. Once this happens the US will have an issue borrowing money because there is a lack of lenders which will lead to them either having to cut back services (which would almost certainly cause a recession), defaulting because they can't roll over their debt (also causing a recession) or trying to change the rules of the fed to try and print the debt away (which would cause almost nobody to lend money to the US government again and almost certainly cause hyper inflation). To me any action that would involve cutting back services which would be better for the long term but really bad (and political suicide) for the short term would probably not be implemented because the politicians would be voted out. This line of thinking terrifies me and I am really hoping that I am missing something. Am I correct with my analysis? Is there anything that I am missing?

Thanks,
A

Q: As a general rule do most bond funds have a set philosophy about duration or do they simply employ funds based on what they think makes sense at that particular time?

Thank you

Q: could i get analysis on earnings- doesn't look good on the surface - just a delay in orders?

Q: I have very little faith in the go forward value of the Canadian dollar versus the US dollar.Whats are good equity ways to access exposure in a broad sense to the US$?

Q: Would u consider the the fundstrat etfs such as GRNY new? and DQML a buy
Are they hi risk
Can u give the performance and fees ?
Ty

Q: I opted to do the split (keep 70%) and did okay but there is no indication about its dividend. Right now there is no dividend. What gives?

Q: Good morning,

Just looking for confirmation of the recently-announced TRP and SOBO dividends.

I see TRP @ C$0.823 for an indicative yield of 4.85%.
I see SOBO @ US$.50, for an indicative C$ yield of ~ 8.5%.

It would seem to me that if one is + on the space, given recent analyst estimates for both companies, owning both makes sense over the near-term. While I like the SOBO yield, I had forgotten that the TRP yield would drop a bit.

Thanks as always.

Q: I’m thinking of selling all of my equities and buying market index ETFs instead.

I am wondering what are the risks of ETFs. I am aware of the risks inherent with investing in them with regards to NAV, diversification, etc.

What about the risks of the company that manages the ETF defaulting?

What about the risk of a run on the ETF where everybody wants to take out their money at the same time?

In the past, I invested in XSB and XLB in place of bonds. I must say it’s been rather a disaster since Covid. They reduced in value more than Bonds did during Covid. They were not recovering as bonds did when interest rates were increased. Nor were their interest rates as high as bonds were.

I have concerns that market index ETFs may have similar risks. Can you comment on these?

Thank you.

Q: What should be a fair market price based solely on q3 numbers. What would a quick general calculation I could use for this and other similar companies using some metric like price to cash flow. Thanks for your help.

Q: For a buy today, how would you rate them?
Thanks Again

Q: What are your thoughts on BITCOIN. What is best way to play it or is there one.? I do not understand the future of Bitcoin Who uses it ? Do countries use it, do Corporations use it. Do Banks use it ? What is benefit of using it,

I know criminals use it extortion payments Trump and Harris were backing it. Was this because 80,000,000 U S Residents use it so they were both saying Yes to get their vote ?

RAK

Q: Do you think post-election sentiment on solar is overly negative? At what point might solar investments start to look appealing again? Would you consider Enphase as a preferred investment option in this scenario? If not, could you recommend a solar stock with strong potential should sentiment improve.

Q: What is your 1 year and 5 year outlook for renewables with the TRUMP back in power?

Thanks

Jim

Q: Is there anything new you can add as to why the strong upward trend in the past few days?

Q: I have enough US cash to fund 5 -6 years of planned withdrawals. The rest of the Portfolio is equity that I will hold for the noted term.
Looking for an ETF that will pay out monthly to cash flow the payout. Your suggestions ? Should I convert to Canadian dollars at the outset and invest in Canadian ?

Q: I would appreciate you explain in clear and vulgar words in what consists exactly this etf, its interaction with the nvda stock and in which circumstances it could be envisaged to buy some parts.

I thank you very much in advance

Q: Can you share your top picks for Canadian and US ETF's that would cover the relevant sectors (e.g. tech, industrials etc.)? Please take as many credits to answer this as required.

Q: What would be your favourite 3 Canadian tech stocks that have consistent growth potential.

Thanks Tom

Q: just wondering as tfsa time is coming again if it is ok to put bep.un or bip.un or a cdr
brk into a tfsa account. Any tax implications as i want to get the most of my tfsa for down the road .

Q: My daughter has a, no work, portfolio of these three ETFs and has averaged 24% for the past two and a half years. I have done only slightly better with my DIY portfolio - mainly thanks to you. With Trump gaining the White House would it be better to load up on VFV rather than XIC. Currently it is VFV 40&, XIC 40%, QQQ 20%.