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Q: I have a half position in this stock ET.CA which when asked in the past you have said there is no growth so might want to let it go, and so because of the div, I just left it to go back up. Today they announced a special div. Will the stock typically go down after the dividend has been paid out Dec 18th? And if I should sell, would I need to hold to the 19th to get the special Dividend and then sell? When is the best time to sell? Or is the company doing a turn around and it's worth to hang on? If they are doing better, I'm happy to keep it or could move on, and then what would I replace it with.? Please advise.
Read Answer Asked by Pat on December 12, 2025
Q: I was looking for the Beat The TSX website (dividendpayer.ca) but it is no longer active. Can you tell me if Matt is still looking after that? Has someone else taken it over?
Thanks! Paul K
Read Answer Asked by Paul on December 12, 2025
Q: Could you tell me your thoughts of the deal CPX just announced with Apollo Global Management to acquire 3B worth of Natural Gas facilities in the U S and also the MOU with an un named company for 250 Megawatts of electricity for a data center in Alberta the market didn’t seem to like it down almost 10% at one point,what are your thoughts on this deal,company and would you add on this news thank you
Read Answer Asked by Greg on December 11, 2025
Q: Following up on a question from Larry posted earlier today, but from a different perspective… Actual receipt of dividends is less of an importance to me and my focus is about the long-term prospects for a company (and of course, the increase in its share price). What is your view on NPI going forward? Do you see reason to view it favourably and to keep as an investment, or is it time to take the loss and move on? Please provide some of your analysis for your conclusion. Thank you for your excellent service.
Read Answer Asked by Leonard on December 10, 2025
Q: What would be your top 5 CDN DIV growth names ranked in order that can be set up as a DRIP. Thanks as always.
Read Answer Asked by Chris on December 08, 2025
Q: Please provide a list of 10 sector diversified Canadian Dividend payers assuming $500,000 to invest and $50,000 in each one. Please also provide an additional 10 that have a reasonable dividend with more growth than the first list where I might consider allocating $10,000 from the $50,000 allocated to the safer first 10 names suggested.
Read Answer Asked by John on December 05, 2025
Q: For a leveraged account could you suggest 1 or 2 additional Canadian dividend stocks to add.
With the ROC distribution on VEQT is it best to re invest in more shares of the ETF with the funds or does it need to be transferred back against the loan to keep it fully tax deductible.

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Kyle on December 05, 2025
Q: Do you have a preference between AEP and DUK? My objective is to add some stability and balance to an otherwise aggressive portfolio. I looked at FTS and EMA, but I have limited understanding of the Canadian market. If you believe a Canadian utility offers better growth potential, I would appreciate your insight and any suggestions you may have, given this objective. (Canadian taxpayer; this is for a tax-deferred acc).
Read Answer Asked by Adam on December 04, 2025
Q: I've been mainly a growth investor (30+ time horizon ahead) but am looking to FIRE in a few years, I'm shifting some of my growth stocks into income producing stocks. I have some dividen ETFs (XEI, VDY), some indv dividend stocks and thinking of adding in covered calls or something like FFN although I read from your previous comments you're not fans of split share corps. What is your opinion of using covered call ETFs and why are you not a fan of split share corps? Take as many credits as needed.

Read Answer Asked by Danielle on December 04, 2025
Q: I’m a62 year old retired investor with an excellent DB Pension and I’m working on a supplemental cash flow with my TFSAs,I have held the above stocks for about 4 years all roughly 10-12K in value and have been set up as DRIPs
My question is could you recommend another 8-10 Cdn dividend stocks($ 100K of room) I would add to this account coming from another TFSA,these could possibly have 4-6 % capitol growth and 4-6% dividend yield and in 3 years I would go from a DRIP to monthly or quarterly cash payments,I am medium risk and the sectors would not matter ….Thanks Greg
Read Answer Asked by Greg on December 04, 2025
Q: Telus has been in my portfolio following the BE Portfolio basically since 5i started (I joined the first day) and I think I actually even owned it before that.

With it getting completely smashed over the last while and seemingly overblown concerns about its dividend, should we be adding to it here? I have a 2.3% weighting currently (this started at a 5% weighting in the BE Portfolio) due to it underperforming the rest of the portfolio so much. Should we add to it here to take on the 9+% dividend or should we leave it and watch it or are there better suggestions to put new money to work today?

This stock is so hated today, it makes me wonder if we should be adding to it while no one likes it.
Read Answer Asked by Marc on December 02, 2025
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