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Signal	Opinion	Expert	Chart
COMMENT	General Market Comment April 2, 2019 Market Outlook - The main thing right now is that the US had the best quarter since 2009 in Q1. The US is the only place to be. Europe is still a mess. The whole issue of the inverted yield curve with low interest rates is not so much a problem. Worse case it means just that a recession is likely. Nothing about when, how big, for how long. If you are trying to leap in and out of the market, you are going to get burnt. If you do that, it is because you don't have a strategy to deal with the volatility. He is set on his core positions at the moment with the covered calls on. You never know with Donald Trump but he is very pro-business. The whole Brexit issue is a mess. 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Market Outlook - The main thing right now is that the US had the best quarter since 2009 in Q1. The US is the only place to be. Europe is still a mess. The whole issue of the inverted yield curve with low interest rates is not so much a problem. Worse case it means just that a recession is likely. Nothing about when, how big, for how long. If you are trying to leap in and out of the market, you are going to get burnt. If you do that, it is because you don't have a strategy to deal with the volatility. He is set on his core positions at the moment with the covered calls on. You never know with Donald Trump but he is very pro-business. The whole Brexit issue is a mess. Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $0.000 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.

BUY	Vangrd Dividend Appr. E.T.F.(VIG-N) April 2, 2019 Is there a Canadian equivalent - Yes there is VDY, but you have to be careful as the Canadian market doesn't have the breath or the depth of the US market. But they are solid dividend payers. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Is there a Canadian equivalent - Yes there is VDY, but you have to be careful as the Canadian market doesn't have the breath or the depth of the US market. But they are solid dividend payers. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $110.010 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
BUY	BMO Low Volatility Cdn Eqty ETF(ZLB-T) April 2, 2019 He likes the diversification components. It avoids the overweight on energy and Banks stocks. It's done fine. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	He likes the diversification components. It avoids the overweight on energy and Banks stocks. It's done fine. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $32.420 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
COMMENT	BMO S&P/TSX Laddered Preferred(ZPR-T) April 2, 2019 Good ETF. Interest rates going down affects it as many of the underlying are rate resets. He doesn't like preferreds that much in the sense that you get return of a bond with a risk of stocks. He prefers capital growth. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Good ETF. Interest rates going down affects it as many of the underlying are rate resets. He doesn't like preferreds that much in the sense that you get return of a bond with a risk of stocks. He prefers capital growth. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $10.150 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
HOLD	Covered Call US Banks ETF(ZWK-T) April 2, 2019 He likes it. He knows how BMO runs the covered call desk and he likes it. He likes US Banks. He would hold. banks 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	He likes it. He knows how BMO runs the covered call desk and he likes it. He likes US Banks. He would hold. banks 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $29.580 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
COMMENT	General Market Comment April 2, 2019 General question on Gold in light of the huge global debt - The only thing that gold does now is reflect the strengths or weakness of the US dollar. The US debt is huge but a lot is owned by themselves through different agencies. The gold bugs are waiting for the Apocalypse (and he thinks that they are hoping for it). He hasn't held gold for years. None. It doesn't earn any interest. Gold is a dead horse. 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	General question on Gold in light of the huge global debt - The only thing that gold does now is reflect the strengths or weakness of the US dollar. The US debt is huge but a lot is owned by themselves through different agencies. The gold bugs are waiting for the Apocalypse (and he thinks that they are hoping for it). He hasn't held gold for years. None. It doesn't earn any interest. Gold is a dead horse. Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $0.000 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
BUY	BMO Aggregate Bond Index(ZAG-T) April 2, 2019 Different maturity dates. All very solid blue chip stuff. Extremely cheap ETF. He also has some ultra short bonds ETF. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Different maturity dates. All very solid blue chip stuff. Extremely cheap ETF. He also has some ultra short bonds ETF. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $15.710 Owned Yes	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
DON'T BUY	BMO S&P/TSX Oil & Gas ETF(ZEO-T) April 2, 2019 Equal weight. It has all the majors. Every time he buys it he loses money. When we have a national energy policy he would buy it. For now, no. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Equal weight. It has all the majors. Every time he buys it he loses money. When we have a national energy policy he would buy it. For now, no. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $44.950 Owned No	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
BUY	BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF.(ZCN-T) April 2, 2019 Like any of the others broad TSX composite index. A good core holding. Cheap. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Like any of the others broad TSX composite index. A good core holding. Cheap. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $21.960 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
PAST TOP PICK	iShares S&P/TSX Capped Comp. ETF(XIC-T) April 2, 2019 (A Top Pick Feb 09/18, Up 12%) It made a nice recovery this quarter. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	(A Top Pick Feb 09/18, Up 12%) It made a nice recovery this quarter. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $25.870 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
PAST TOP PICK	BMO Europe High Dividend Covered Call Hedged to CAD ET(ZWE-T) April 2, 2019 (A Top Pick Feb 09/18, Up 5%) Sold off most of its position, because of Europe. Riots in Paris. Italy is bordering on its debt problems. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	(A Top Pick Feb 09/18, Up 5%) Sold off most of its position, because of Europe. Riots in Paris. Italy is bordering on its debt problems. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $20.200 Owned Yes	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
PAST TOP PICK	SPDR Energy ETF(XLE-N) April 2, 2019 (A Top Pick Feb 09/18, Up 4%) It is OK because it is US. Energy in the US is OK unlike Canada. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	(A Top Pick Feb 09/18, Up 4%) It is OK because it is US. Energy in the US is OK unlike Canada. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $66.530 Owned Yes	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
COMMENT	iShares CNX Nifty India(XID-T) April 2, 2019 Similar to ZID. There used to be a difference, but he thinks not anymore. He likes India. Horrible bureaucracy there though. Made a lot of progress. Huge companies are there. Should do more homework on this. One of the things about including EM in portfolios is that you have to be careful not to overweight. He is conservative with EMs. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Similar to ZID. There used to be a difference, but he thinks not anymore. He likes India. Horrible bureaucracy there though. Made a lot of progress. Huge companies are there. Should do more homework on this. One of the things about including EM in portfolios is that you have to be careful not to overweight. He is conservative with EMs. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $39.250 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
BUY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF(SPY-N) April 2, 2019 Would you prefer it over DIA? Definitely prefers SPY because it is 500 stocks as opposed to 30. More diversification. It is the place to be. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Would you prefer it over DIA? Definitely prefers SPY because it is 500 stocks as opposed to 30. More diversification. It is the place to be. E.T.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $285.970 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.
COMMENT	General Market Comment April 2, 2019 Is there any ETF that protects you on a downtrend? There are the inverse ETF. Just go with the single inverse. Be careful not to go with the leverage inverse. He prefers to buy puts anyways. 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments	Is there any ETF that protects you on a downtrend? There are the inverse ETF. Just go with the single inverse. Be careful not to go with the leverage inverse. He prefers to buy puts anyways. Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 comments John Hood President , J. C Hood Investment... Price $0.000 Owned Unknown	Sign up or Log in to enjoy full view of charts.

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