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Q: Buy shares in TD and BNS this week or wait until after bank earnings week May 23-30? On the one hand banks appear to be breaking out now, on the other hand if the shorts are right and bank prices drop in value on soft earnings there might be a better opportunity end of May. Two sides to this stratagem. What would you do?
Read Answer Asked by LARRY on April 29, 2019
Q: Thank you for for answer yesterday about setting up my parent's investments. To summarize, they are very conservative, above 80 years old, and looking for safety and income.

I would now like to ask you about the distribution of the equity component of the investments (composing only 17% of the total, the rest being in bonds, preferred, and GICs). Those below are all in equal weight. What do you thing?

BEP.UN, BCE, BNS, CM, CU, ENB, TRP
XHC for healthcare exposure
IWO for US growth
VGG for US exposure
XEF (in a half position) for international exposure
VEE (in a half position) for emerging market exposure

Could you please suggest some more to round things out? I need another 5 or 6 stocks.


Also, do you have any objection to using ZAG and HYGH as bond substitutes for their conservative portfolio? I am buying individual preferred shares for that component.

Thank you once again,

Fed
Read Answer Asked by Federico on April 29, 2019
Q: I've been researching large cap high quality dividend growth companies with a >2% dividend yield for cash positions in registered and non registered accounts. For the most part the Canadian banks are the only ones that are attractive on valuation, but I currently have a 20% position. I've love to buy more of CNR, T, FTS, AQN, CAR.UN, TRP but they have run up quite a lot. One strategy is to keep buying the banks to a 30% weighting and reduce back to 20% once valuations get to 13x forward earnings. Two questions, 1. what do you think about this idea 2. In case I have missed some ideas, what are 5 Canadian names outside of the banks you would recommend with decent valuations? Thank-you.
Read Answer Asked by Albert on April 29, 2019
Q: I am looking to. Build a dividend paying portfolio consisting of 15 can stocks. I already have rbc, td , enbridge, bce Telus pempina ,vermillion , Northland Power, Algonquin and inter pipeline
Can you please recommend a few others to add
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Michael on April 29, 2019
Q: I am overweight quite a bit in Enbridge and since I am underweight in Telus I am will be selling some Enbridge to cover the cost of buying Telus shares. What % would be the maximum for holding ENB? I am looking at replacing Enbridge with other dividend paying stocks and could you tell me what other dividend stocks would be a good replacement for Enbridge. ( do not need any in the energy or utilities sector)

Thanks
Read Answer Asked on April 29, 2019
Q: Hello . My house is paid off. I would like to set up a reverse mortgage or home equity loan to cover the cost of running it. Which 5 dividend payers would you recommend for my project? Is my plan reasonable and which is better home equity loan or reverse mortgage? Much thanks for your excellent service.
Read Answer Asked by Florence on April 24, 2019
Q: AD is now paying a 9% dividend which makes it very tempting. I have been investing a long time and have generally found high yield dividend stocks often disappoint. On the other hand I also understand that there are moments where the market will misprice stock values and create opportunity.
So in the case of AD am I correct that holding the stock (which I do) is reasonable and that the stock should appreciate to a value supporting a 4 to 6% yield.
On the other side, at a 9% yield the general market does not share my view and I think predicts a material event or dividend cut.
I have a long time frame and high risk tolerance.
So my question is when does the high yield give you cause for concern?
Thanks John
Read Answer Asked by John on April 23, 2019
Q: With talk about banning huawei, should I be concerned in owning any telco stocks for the next 12 months. Maybe an opurtunity to buy on a dip if it happens. No idea what effect it could have financialy on these companies other then investor reaction on the stock price
Read Answer Asked by Tim on April 23, 2019
Q: I am looking to increase my Utilities sector to 10% ;currently have BEP.UN at 5% and FTS at 3%. I just reviewed both companies 2018 Annual Reports and noted FTS 's Revenue Growth ,Earnings and ROE are all lower relative to 2017 whereas BEP.UN(although a smaller company ) increased in all areas relative to 2017. With this information I am not inclined to invest further in FTS and in fact I am wondering if I should take profit from my Fortis (in RRSP) and then diversify in a third utlity. Second question -what other utility would you recommend at this time? Thank you for your time.
Read Answer Asked by Elizabeth on April 23, 2019
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