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It's bifurcated. You have the asset-light tech side, and then there's the asset-heavy buildout side. AI is moving from code to atoms. First phase was chips and core networking. Next phase is physical -- data centres, power grids, electrification, materials, equipment.

Pretty good diversification opportunities at the moment. An interesting regime shift under the surface -- US indices are treading along, but Canadian indices are breaking out.

Canada has a lot of oil and gas, rocks and trees. It's a heavier-asset-based economy, which has added to its outperformance and makes a nice complement for the tech-heavy indices that most people are exposed to.

Investors should have some tech exposure.

Canada represents a nice opportunity, but so does Latin America. Good to add to your diversification. LA has commodity exposure, light tech exposure, and better valuations. With potential for the USD to keep weakening (stated objective of the US administration), that would give international regions some extra torque.

Now, he wouldn't bet too much on the USD weakening a lot more, simply because most market participants are anticipating that. With that type of saturation, we might be due for more of a counter-trend rally.

The world needs to think about how AI creates an agentic world. The work that needs to be paid for won't run over traditional banking rails, but instead over digital assets. While the price of digital assets has been really difficult over the past 5-6 months, under the surface we're seeing the infrastructure and network underpin more and more assets. You could start a position in this area; remember that volatility is very high, so position size is very important.

Dynamic covered call strategy to generate the premiums that people like. Note that it's 80% equity, 20% fixed income -- it's growth with a bit of FI. Yield is ~8.5%.

With these ETFs, you want to find an ETF with comparable underlying securities and assess whether the covered calls add value. Compare to VGRO -- up ~20% over the last year, while GRCC's up only ~13%. It sells calls to create income, and you relinquish some upside.

Helpful in a down market, as premiums help to offset some of the losses. It's "fine" if you really want the income, but in a strong market you're giving up upside.

80% equity, 20% fixed income -- it's growth with a bit of FI. 

Over the past year, up ~20%. A comparable portfolio is GRCC, which uses covered calls, but was up only ~13%. 

Definitely diversify globally outside Canada. Seeing pretty robust returns from EMs and international developed markets outside the US. 

This ETF gives you the slightly higher yield, but the covered call strategy means you give up some upside. Another option is a global portfolio that has a dividend yield, such as XGD. You could buy a half position in each.

Definitely diversify globally outside Canada. Seeing pretty robust returns from EMs and international developed markets outside the US. 

Lower yield than covered call strategies, but you're still getting exposure to those international dividend payers. Perhaps half of this and half of ZWG.

Likes EMs, and most of them are on the asset-heavy side of the equation. Valuations are quite a bit lower than US stocks.

Granddaddy is VEE. Weighted by cap, very broad, very large. Cheap and cheerful with a MER of 25 bps. Exposure to China as well.

A more active choice is CIEM. MER is just over 1% (the MER always goes up with active strategies).

Likes EMs, and most of them are on the asset-heavy side of the equation. Valuations are quite a bit lower than US stocks.

Granddaddy is VEE. Weighted by cap, very broad, very large. Cheap and cheerful with a MER of 25 bps. Exposure to China as well.

A more active choice is CIEM. MER is just over 1% (the MER always goes up with active strategies).

Top-flight safety. Yield's ~2.5%, not tremendous. About as liquid, and as safe, as you can get. A place to put cash for quick and easy access for future opportunities without any NAV erosion.