XUU vs. XSP as the better play in the US market XSP is the S&P and CAD-hedged, while the XUU is the broad US market, including the small- and mid-caps without the CAD hedge. He prefers to play in USD, because the USD is a flight to safety when world markets struggle. You want to hold USD as a general rule.

Is this overdiversified? No, it's under. It relies on dividend flows, which means it'll have higher interest rate sensitivity than most ETFs which could help or hurt you. This takes many strides in the right direction. You can probably hold a lot of this without getting hurt

XUU vs. XSP to play the US market XSP is the S&P and CAD-hedged, while the XUU is the broad US market, including the small- and mid-caps without the CAD hedge. He prefers to play in USD, because the USD is a flight to safety when world markets struggle. You want to hold USD as a general rule.

Is all the bad news baked in? A good China ETF. China is the second-largest economy in the world, but has less than 2.5% exposure in the MSCI indexes. America has peaked, so money managers will be chasing China. This is a 10-20-year play with lots of corrections. Dont time this. A long-term secular play. Edge money in patiently over time.

Preferreds are Jekyll and Hyde: when markets are calm, they act normally and give you a coupon-like return, but when markets act crazy, they act like an equity. All preferred share indices have declined 10-15% because of the rate reset and credit. When there's equity duress and rate resets, these ETFs go down. Instead, buy an actively managed ETF; it's worth the extra fee.

This shorts volatility in the markets--and a portfolio drag in the long-term. You'll underperform in a strengethening market. He's not a fan of covered writing. 6.7% yield.

A Canadian energy ETF besides XEG? ZEO offers better diversification than XEG, or especially HOG-T which focusses on energy midstreams (storage and transportation of oil/gas) with little overlap to the other two ETFs. Own ZEO and HOG. If you don't care about risk, then go for ZEO only.