Investment Q&A

Q: I am looking to park $50000. For six months or so. Would you consider putting into kwh a reasonable thing to do. What is the biggest negative for this stock in this period of time. Everything else in my portfolio is pretty well balanced as to weighting’s and sectors. Many thanks for you our input. Maureen

Q: Hello I5 team, In your Q&A list regarding BK, your Aug 10/16 answer says you do not like BK's leveraged structure. What is leveraged about BK's structure?
Thankyou.....JC

Q: Hello,
Why would LIF announce a shareholders rights plan just after their tentative agreement was rejected by union members? Doesn't the timing of this seem unusual? Should we read anything into this or something that was likely in the works for a long time?
Regards,
Robert

Q: May I have your view on Information Services and their recent contracts in the Yukon, Ireland and Nova Scotia.

Q: Hi are Dr ,kwh.un and HR.UN safe to add to at todays levels which ones would you top up first

Q: I have a question about 985
If sector is not an issue, would you replace BPY.UN which i’am down 12% with CPX? This would be for a 3+ year hold with income and stability a priority.
Or could you suggest a better alternative to BPY?
Thanks

Q: Please comment on the AQN announcement today.

Q: Any news today regarding Alaris to warrant the +5% pop?

Q: I am a retire investor and have held Transcanda for a long time as well a Pembina.
Is Transcanada still a hold or are there better stocks to own.
Thank you

Q: I currently owned VNR 1.9% , KWH.UN (2.5%) AND ECI(2.6%). I am thinking of increasing my weight in VNR, to 2.5%, would you be a buyer of VNR or better to increase my weight in KWH.UN or ECI?
Thanks

Q: yesterday Caldwell traded an abnormal amount of stock. it is a big hold for me because of the dividend. there is no new news and I can,t find who the shareholders are. where is this info available and what do you think about this stock. thanks bill

Q: Hi Team
one of the market call speakers
suggest to own Key instead of Ala

I have abit of both and Altagas is under water
so is Key
would it be wise to sell Ala for a capital loss and switch to Key
for a long term hold for mainly income and abit of capital gains ?
thanks
Michael

Q: Hi Peter. To my dismay, I currently hold too many pipelines... Enbridge, Pembina, & Inter Pipeline. I wish to cut 2 of the positions and then possibly pickup Algonquin Power. I also own Fortis & Emera. Which pipeline would you suggest keeping, and your reasoning behind it. Also, do you feel 3 power utilities would then be too many and if so, which 2 would you prefer? I welcome your input. Thanks.

Q: I currently own in my RRSP the following stocks : GUD, KXS, SLF, SIS, AQN (1/2) and FTS (1/2). I have 6K$ that I would like to add to only two or three of those stocks to avoid too much trading costs.
I have a longterm timeframe (20years +) for my RRSP and am diversified across my other accounts.
I was thinking of KXS, SLF and SIS first, but utilities also look quite cheap to me these days.
What would be your selection? I'd rather not add a new position to avoid having to many...

Q: I have this stock as a dividen payer in my portfolio and am down 42% so should I hold or let it go it's 5% of my portfolio

Q: My wife and I currently have 6.8% of our combined retirement savings invested in ENF. As we have made this acquisition quite recently, we are neither up nor down on this investment. We've just received the company's 2017 annual report and I'd appreciate your confirmation of a key financial metric, I see noted within the information we've received.

On page 4 of the 2017 Annual Report I see an indication that the company's Dividend Payout Ratio climbed from a level of 86.9% in 2016 to level of 96.1% in 2017. My first question is: Am I correct in understanding that the firm therefore paid out 96.1% of all it's net income in 2017?

The reason I ask that question is that the information we received includes a very clear statement of the company's intention to continue to raise their already very generous dividend by 10% in each of 2019 and 2020. They point to planned future projects, they seem to feel should make those targets eminently achievable.

If they are already paying out 96.1% of their net income, won't they likely need to grow that income by at least 10% in any year in which they might wish to increase their dividends by 10%; if they wish that dividend level to be sustainable over the longer term?

How likely do you feel their targets for income growth and dividend growth might be?
Please know that we can tolerate substantial swings (declines) in the price per share of this holding, provided we believe the dividends are both sustainable and likely to grow at least at the rate of inflation, going forward. Thank you!

Q: I have recently taken a full position in Enbridge and am thinking of taking another half due to the price being so deflated and the strong dividend. Should they cut their dividend do you think that would that take more than 15 percent off the price?

Q: your thoughts of these two stocks at current prices

Q: Hi,
What do you think about Ford?
The tariff news today should help their sales in China which have been lagging.
Thank you very much
Eddie

Q: I am looking at VGG as a way to use Canadian dollars to acquire a reasonable number (around 70 I believe) of dividend growing US large caps. Do you think this ETF makes sense for US exposure to dividend growers or would you prefer to invest using US dollars and select 5 or 6 dividend growers (any suggestions in that case). Lastly do you consider this a sensible investment strategy for part of a balanced portfolio at this time for a 3 year hold. I appreciate your input as always - Ken