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Q: Announced earlier today:
"Student Transportation Inc. (TSX:STB) (NASDAQ:STB) today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement with a company sponsored by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) and Ullico Inc. “Ullico”, and CDPQ will acquire all of the Company’s outstanding common shares under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). Shareholders of STI will receive US$7.50 per common share in cash, representing a 27% premium to the 20-day volume weighted average price per common share on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the period ending February 27, 2018, based on an exchange rate of $1.2776 Canadian dollars per U.S. dollars as of February 27, 2018."

It appears two public service pension funds (CDN and US) are joining forces to go into the schoolbus business. Would appreciate your comments on this development. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by RANDALL on February 28, 2018
Q: I hold this prefferred stock for years, bought by my then financial adviser. Is 5% of my RRSP portofolio with return -6.89%. It looks like dead money, I think it may be better holding TRP or other income stock. Not sure how this stock works, can I sell it or is better to hold until expires (not sure when?)
Read Answer Asked by Svetlana on February 27, 2018
Q: On Feb 20 ENB filed for a potential mixed shelf offering;If it is selling shares @ this low price(think lowest for the last 3yrs) it will be dilution. & negative.It has $10b of non-core assets for sale of which $3/4 mil may be sold in 2018.What is going on.At one time almost all of guests on BNN recommend ENB,but more & more are not doing soBought @ $49.Txs for u usual great views & services
Read Answer Asked by Peter on February 27, 2018
Q: Hello 5i Team.
I own these stocks for the dividend, in sectors that are currently getting hit due to rising interest rates (I assume). From your point of view, is it best, if one needs the income, to not be concerned with losing equity value and just continue collecting the dividend and hope that over time, these stocks will recover? Or is it best to sell and research other options. (I am 66 years young). Please also rate these stocks from best to least in terms of dividend safety and growth potential. Thank you for your wise advice.
Read Answer Asked by Jocelyne on February 27, 2018
Q: Hello Today every stock in my portfolio is on a positive uptrend as most are income stocks .Not so with keg down substantially with no news.
Since this debacle with cara has happened keg has not put out a single note to units holders on their website and the stock is down substantially .
Can 5I comment on both the stock performance and the Compaies attitude towards it unit holders
Regards Stan
Read Answer Asked by Stan on February 27, 2018
Q: I have 1583 shares of CBO @ $19.48 now at $18.43 (3% of portfolio). for a loss of $1664. Dividends are now $552 / yr. I also have 3881 shares of CLF @ $18.57, now $17.84 (6% of portfolio) for a loss of $2838. Dividends here are $1560 / yr. It seems that I am just reading water and I am getting worried of drowning as the ETF's keep dropping down a bottomless pit. I am 71 with 50/50 equity / fixed, the fixed including a GIC ladder and otherETF's. Should I stick with CLF and CBO or is there a more advantageous alternative.
thank you
Stanley
Read Answer Asked by STANLEY on February 27, 2018
Q: Hi,
I have a sizeable (for me) amount of cash that I would like to make some safe earnings on for the next 5 weeks until it is invested in a commercial property. Obviously short term and the investment needs to reflect that. What are the best/highest yielding cash like products around right now? Ideally exchange traded, I don't want to bother moving cash out of my bank (RBC).
Read Answer Asked by S F on February 26, 2018
Q: Noticing the pull back in interest sensitive stocks recently, such as the utilities and the telecoms, I was wondering whether it would be a good time to bump up my allocation to these sectors? Or, is there more loss yet to come? I know you don't have a crystal ball so I am not expecting absolute predictions. But, you do have insight into market movements and therefore worth consulting. Currently my holdings are
7% in utilities when I think you recommend about 15% for someone at retirement.
and
7.7% where your recommendation is 10%

I hold the usual Canadian suspects plus BAC in the US.

If you think it would be right to fill up, would US or Canada be better? As I say, I most of these sectors are in Canadian.
thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on February 26, 2018
Q: Hi Peter,

In light of Enbridges current price of ~ $43.00, I took the opportunity to take a look at historical yields on Enbridge, as I’m currently contemplating buying more. I was able to source data back to 1995, which turned up a few interesting things, specifically:
- The long term growth rate of the ENB dividend has been ~ 11%
- The current yield (6.3%) is one of the highest yields in recent years.
- The yield has traditionally bounced between 2% to 5% since 1995. The period from 2016 onwards (weakness in energy sector) has seen the yield “fatten up” significantly.

With this information in mind, it’s my opinion (which could be wrong!) that for a longer term investor who is patient, Enbridge is simply a waiting game. The current public sentiment towards energy infrastructure (pipelines) pretty much guarantees that nothing new can be built, but also guarantees that what is in the ground will remain full, as I can’t see consumption of hydrocarbons/energy falling off a cliff anytime soon. Over a 5 year period, even if one ratchets down ENB dividend growth to 5% annually, and one assumes that the future yield comes in at the high end of 6%, this suggests that the future share price of ENB would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $57.00 ($3.42 dividend/ 6%). While this doesn’t suggest a massive gain, it still entails a compounded annual ROR of 5.8% over this period, and this assumes a “low end” scenario. On the other hand, if ENB can maintain dividend growth of 8% (which is still less than their guidance of 10%) and the yield corrects to something closer to a historical average (4%) then this would suggest a future price in five years of $98.40 ($3.93 dividend / 4%), a compounded annual ROR of 18% over a five year period. The risk in all of this is that something catastrophic happens, and ENB chops their dividend, much like TRP did back in ’99 (or 2000?).
My request is therefore simple – let me know what the flaws in this thesis are, or if you believe it to be sound, let me know that it is. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Mike on February 26, 2018
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