Investment Q&A

Q: Will the postal strike have a significant effect on CJT's revenues?

Q: I own IPL and am down around 7.5%. I am considering selling IPL for the tax loss and buying ENB. I am thinking that ENB has at least as much capital appreciation possibility as IPL. The ENB dividend is a little smaller than IPL but it is still healthy. What are your thoughts?

Q: Looking to add an income company to my portfolio. Which of the two indicated companies would you recommend considering where we are at in the economic cycle?
Thanks for your guidance.

Q: Please may I have your opinion of GNL as a long term hold in the Income Portfolio?
Thanks

Q: Could you comment on results ?

Q: You have SPB in your income portfolio.I have it in my RRSP for the dividend which is now 6.87%.Is the dividend safe?
Would you prefer MX which yields 2.1%? Both stocks have dropped with the recent downturn and both are considered buys by TD.

Q: For a dividend paying portfolio I am looking at : CTC. A SLF, GC, GSY, VET, PBH, BNS, SIS, BCI AND CGX.
Would you be comfortable with these shares or any of particular concern? Any others you would prefer?
Thank you.

Q: Do you consider the dividend safe? I see from the company profile that it raises it's dividend consistently over time. Has it ever reduced it's dividend? What is the current payout ratio? When I try to calculate it, I get well over 100%

Thanks...Steve

Q: do you consider trp to show improvement in 2019 ?

Q: Good Morning,
I hold 5% of Dr in my RRSP portfolio. In the present market environment this stock is up 22%. Is it a good idea to sell or should I continue to hold?

Thanks
Paul

Q: Hi Guys,

I was looking to buy a convertible debenture and I came across CJT.DB.D (5.75% interest) trading on the TSX. When I reviewed the prospectus I discovered there was no conversion feature. It was a straight debenture/bond. Why is it trading on the exchange like a stock or convertible bond and not traded like a bond in some banks bond inventory?

What do you think of this as a bond investment?

Thanks
John

Q: Following up on a recent question regarding allocating the appropriate amount of monies to each stock, the amount depending on the size, safety, etc of that security. Would you agree with the current split (full, partial, small):

Full = AD (should be partial), AQN, BCE, BNS, FTS, RY, TRP.
Partial = CGX (could be full?), CSH, NFI, PGH (could be full?), TCL, WSP (could be full?).
Small = WCP.

Thanks...Steve

Q: ZCL reported it's 9 month results a couple of weeks back and I am having trouble reconciling the drop in cash on hand. At the end of 2017 they had approx 25.5 million in cash and equivalents and as of end Sept 2018 they have debt of 3.8 million and no cash. So the cash level from end year 2017 plus debt plus the net income generated through the first nine months of 9.6 million equals 38.9 million. Yes they have spent 24.6 million on dividends and another 3.6 million on share buybacks for a total of 28.2 million leaving approx 10.7 million difference. Back out the debt of 3.8 million and the cash flow used for investing of 2.8 million and there should be 4.1 million of cash left on the balance sheet. I deliberately left out changes in non cash working capital because...wait for it...they are non cash. I am not an accountant and don't play one on TV so I could use your help. What am I missing? Thanks

kd

Q: MFT, What is the risk for this ETF?

Q: Can you give me some general comments about the company and more specifically comment on the dividend in terms of safety given their recent proposed acquisitions? Thank You

Q: Dear 5i
I'm trying to understand how companies actually get paid when we own for example an ETF that has a MER of for an example .5%. If the anticipated yield is say 3% you had stated in an earlier question of mine that the 3% is inclusive of fees . So all yields posted are generally always inclusive of fees right ? This means then that the actual yield is 3.5% minus the MER of .5%. So its a matter of the company in question holding their fee back from the yield rather than a case of the said company getting paid the fee which comes out of my brokerage company account directly .Sorry if this sounds confusing . I'm just trying to understand the process and be sure about what yield I'm actually getting and what fees I'm actually paying .
Thanks
Bill

Q: Hello 5I, In this uncertain investing environment, does it make sense to put some $ into this BMO Put Write ETF, to hedge a bit and collect a 6.5% yield at least until the markets level out, or is it better to raise some cash and sit instead?

Thnx
Dave

Q: Market beat had 3 analysts with buys and 1 hold with target of 9.25 and Thomson a 10 with buy.Does KWH.UN, these guys just not give good guidance and to be believed going forward.

Q: If a person with about $20,000 dollars to invest for about five to seven years and wants to be one-hundred percent invested in stocks, what would you recommend, thanks? This person is somewhat risk averse

Q: HPR has dropped from the 9.60-9.70 range to below 9.00 in the last while, including yet another big drop today. I always thought a managed Pref ETF would not drop as much as the overall market during a correction and that it would be a defensive holding. Apparently not a correct assumption. So, what is happening with this ETF - should I sell and buy something more secure like a Utility, buy more of this ETF or what? My goal with this part of my portfolio is lower risk.