BMO US High Dividend (ZWH-T) or BMO High Yield Corp Bond US Hedge to CAD (ZHY-T)? He would grudgingly prefer the ZWH, but he really doesn’t like any products that are traditional income interest rate sensitive.

Likes dividend ETF’s that are broadly diversified, and that will pay you income as a proxy for bonds, GICs or bond ETF’s. Doesn’t prefer them for the equity portion, but would rather have a pure equity play if you want it for that.

Has been one of his favourite products for some time. There are 7.2 billion people globally, and farmland is always being eaten up by urbanization, so the need to be productive with agricultural products is going to be going on for the foreseeable future and for the rest of our lives. Should be pretty safe in getting some steady growth.

(A Top Pick July 4/13. Of 26.14%.) Likes things that are inflation plays, but this is one that doesn’t necessarily have to have inflation to do well. A good diversity for 4 things that you traditionally have in your portfolio. Very heavily weighted towards North America. Still likes.

(A Top Pick July 4/13. Up 20.95%.) Not as globally diversified as some other ETF’s.

(A Top Pick July 4/13. Up 8.6%.) Interest rate sensitive ETF’s really got hit last May. Most of his clients don’t have this any more as they have been pulling out of real estate. Feels real estate, of all manners, is starting to get frothy now.

Great plan if you eventually want US$’s. The great thing about global stock ETF’s is that they are true meritocracies in terms of cap weighting around the world.