Investment Q&A

Q: ALA: Sorry, another question about ALA. I just want to confirm: Is your best advice to sell ALA, take the loss (in my non-registered account) and move on, despite the 50% loss in share price? Besides ENB as an alternative for a long term income objective, what other quality stocks would you recommend now?

Q: I am interested in your opinion on this company - seems to be in the right demographic space and has a good dividend yield currently of 7.263% - how safe is the dividend?
Thanks for any information you have on this

Q: Your thoughts on the announcement today and dividend cut. Thank you.

Q: Based on current fundamentals and projected earnings over the next 1 to 3 years which pipeline company would you recommend for purchase during this tax-loss season? ENB seems to have better growth potential in the next 1 to 2 years but PPL has been much less volatile over the last 3 years.

Q: Hi there
Can you suggest 3 companies outside Canada for good dividend and some growth something reasonably safe ideal dividend in the 4% range
Sam

Q: Hi Sir
I have selected few dividend paying stocks i.e kmp.un,eif,rei.un,pki,ipl,trp,t
Can these stocks sustain dividend, which stocks are strong to hold their price in 2019
Can you name other dividend paying stocks
Thanks

Q: Hi 5i.

I made an impulsive and uneducated buy of ALA a few months ago and have been rewarded with a 45% kick in the you-know-what. Fortunately, it has been a painful but not catastrophic experience. The buy is in a cash account.

I favour a buy-and-hold strategy but ALA has me constantly questioning my next move. I understand that ALA has a lot of debt and interest rates are not helping their cause. I am expecting a cut in the dividend (like everyone else). I know you have recently published an extensive set of your own rules to live by regarding equities with one of them being 'sell your losers' (paraphrased).

Simply put, is ALA dead-in-the-water or does it have long-term possibilities?

Thanks in advance.................Martin

Q: Good evening
My average cost of SPB is $11.75. I am thinking of averaging down at around $9.50. I will appreciate your comments

Q: Good Day How do you rate First National for a dividend payer as compared to the big 5 Canadian banks? Can we expect some growth in the stock price over the next 3 years? If so how much? Thanks

Q: Why have bank rate-reset preferred come off so much in the past two months after holding up well with rising rates prior to October? I hold HPR which is off about 15% since the beginning of October and holds mostly bank rate-reset preferred which I would have thought would hold up much better in the current environment.

Q: Alta Gas is down about .50% from around $30.00 to around $15.00. Some financial experts recommend Alta Gas all the way down. What did they do wrong? Other financial experts recommend avoid and a few sell--kudos to them. What are your thoughts now?

Q: Good day gentlemen,
Given the last earnings report. I believe the company provided some guidance going forward in regards to FFO with the wgl acquisition built in. Is there a price where this stock can be bought?

Q: I AM FED UP WITH BONDS. DURING THE LAST 5 YEARS I HAVE LOST IN ALL OF THEM .I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ALL ADVISER SUGGEST BOND FUNDS AS A PART OF INVESTMENT. ONE HAS BEEN LOOSING MONEY .I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND ADVISE RE ABOVE STOCKS.EBRAHIM

Q: On 7 December 2018 Rick asked for your list of top 20 dividend paying Canadian Companies. Would you have a similar list for top 20 growing/dividend paying companies in 1) USA and 2) International (ex-Canada and USA ) at the present time? These would be for a non-registered account held by a retiree with a holding period of up to 5 years.

Q: AltaGas is due to report on December 13(Thursday) and they say they will be addressing the dividend. I think we all agree there will be a cut .My question is-- what is your best guess as to the stock rising or going down after the cut.

Thank you
Al

Q: As I am retired and trying to accumulate dividends, I foolishly moved ala to my tsfa from my cash account. Now that it has drifted to a low ebb, I cannot claim a loss on selling. I know I should move on, but am Looking for a good dividend stock as replacement..
I appreciate all the advice that I read.

Q: Good morning,
As an income investor, I have the following utility holdings that amount to about 12% of my non-registered holdings: FTS (up 10%), EMA and NPI (breaking even) and ALA (down 50%). I have no need to sell any of these and enjoy the dividends, but as a conservative senior and in a rising interest rate environment do you think it would be prudent to unload/reduce some of them or just hang on? If sell/reduce which should be the first to go?

Q: What are your thoughts about EXE, buy, hold, or sell? How does the balance sheet look?
Thanks, Bob

Q: Hello, I'm down quite a bit on CHE and am thinking about averaging down. Everything I've been able to find seems to suggest they're a good buy. I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on them. Thanks.

Q: Seems to be getting whacked on a steady basis.It's guidance,revenues,increased dividend and expenditure don't seem that bad.Is it the market climate or empathy on pipelines or something else ? Your opinion ?