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Today, Mike Philbrick commented about whether TAN, XEG.TO, VGV.TO, HFR.TO, PPH, SVR.TO, FETH-O, ETH-USD, VIU.TO, ZTL.TO, XMU.TO, WPAY-O, CLIP, ZEO.TO, ENCC.TO, VSP.TO, VFV.TO, HTA.TO, HACK, BUG, CRWD are stocks to buy or sell.

COMMENT

The lesson for 2026 is don't let the winners of 2025 imprison you. Don't get over-risked. Watch for index concentration. So, rebalance to your target risk. Precious metals and tech have probably ballooned to be outsize part of your portfolio. Don't wait for a pullback to rebalance. He sees more market volatility in 2026: there'll be a Fed Chair change; a debt ceiling problem at end of January; disinflation, if rates aren't cut fast enough. Diversification is important again. Return stacking sees you layer on your diversifyer (bonds or managed futures) atop your stocks.

PARTIAL BUY
CRWD vs. Cybersecurity ETF

They had a global outage when they did a failed update. Shares plummetted. You could own the HACK and/or BUG ETFs as well as CRWD so you get overall sector exposure as well as the leader in the group.

PARTIAL BUY
CRWD vs. Cybersecurity ETF

You could own the HACK and/or BUG ETFs as well as CRWD so you get overall sector exposure as well as the leader in the group.

PARTIAL BUY
CRWD vs. Cybersecurity ETF

You could own the HACK and/or BUG ETFs as well as CRWD so you get overall sector exposure as well as the leader in the group.

WEAK BUY

It holds the tech leaders, with an active covered call overlay. Up to a third of the basket is covered-written, but the other two thirds captures the full upside. This is good. The turns some of tomorrow's growth into today's income. This trade-off can be fine, but it's not a free lunch. Long term, you get lower returns. But this is good if you want some income. HTA is currency-hedged. Note that the MER is a high 0.99%.

PARTIAL BUY
Hedged vs. unhedged, VSP vs. VFV

In the long run, it doesn't matter which to own, because currency fluctuations even out eventually. But short term (which could be many years) a big move can happen and are hard to predict. You could own some of each ETF.

PARTIAL BUY
Hedged vs. unhedged, VSP vs. VFV

In the long run, it doesn't matter which to own, because currency fluctuations even out eventually. But short term (which could be many years) a big move can happen and are hard to predict. You could own some of each ETF.

COMMENT
S&P

It's the most important index in the world, but the valuation is high and is dominated by seven stocks with little of the base materials and energy that go into the AI build. The S&P is a bit of a tech bet.

COMMENT
ENCC vs. ZEO

Is the Global X oil and gas, covered call, income ETF. Compare to ZEO, which boasts 13% this year vs. ENCC's 12%; while over 3 years, it's 46% vs. 40%. The difference lies in the covered writing; you sell some of that future growth to create income now. That's neither good or bad. Also, gas and oil stocks are more volatile, though that makes call premiums higher but adds income.

COMMENT
ENCC vs. ZEO

ENCC is the Global X oil and gas, covered call, income ETF. Compare to ZEO, which boasts 13% this year vs. ENCC's 12%; while over 3 years, it's 46% vs. 40%. The difference lies in the covered writing; you sell some of that future growth to create income now. That's neither good or bad. Also, gas and oil stocks are more volatile, though that makes call premiums higher but adds income.

BUY

It yields 3.7% and has the highest grade in U.S. treasury bills.

RISKY

It holds weekly pay ETFs wish gives you option-income, weekly cash flow. It's okay, but do you really need weekly income? The MER is 0.99%.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Apr 11/25, Up 5%)

Still likes it. April saw the tariff tantrum, a messy time. XMU offers little volatility, which was needed in April. However, your rally wasn't as strong as the rest of the market after April. It keeps you in the market, though, during rough times.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Apr 11/25, Up 3%)

Will protect you when there is a growth scare or shock. This will let you rebalance when stocks are on sale, being a source of funds.. There will be more volatility in 2026. 

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Apr 11/25, Up 28%)

Diversifies away from the US tech concentration into Europe and Asia whose markets are less expensive. It worked out well in 2025 and still applies to 2026.

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