Q: re: ATP.DB.A Atlantic Power subordinated debenture 6.25% 15 March 2017 @$13.00 Trading at $85
I know your coming out with a report on ATP not good,but how safe do you think this debt will be, at discount on maturity will work out to be approx 10% per year
Q: Is there a site that lists all the preferred shares offered by Canadian companies along with all the pertinent details such initial price, dividend, whether or not they cumulative , perpetual, redemption date etc...?
Q: Hi Peter, I bought TransAlta (TA) two years ago. I do not know what to do, share price is going down and down. Why is it that TA is performing so poorly? Is it time to sell? Gervais
Q: I'm planning to reduce my RRSP exposure to REITS, now 26% of the account. I hold BOX.UN, CAR.UN, REF.UN, CUF.UN, HR.UN, MRT.UN and plan to switch 2 of the lower quality names for IPL.UN, as I have no holdings in pipelines. Thoughts? Thanks...Jeff
Q: Questions about drips and what is the best way to handle. I do not use the income at this time just reinvest whe have enough money. The brokerage I use gave two different answers. 1.They buy the shares with the company discount 2. You have to actually hold the shares to obtain the discount and if you do then partial shares are also bought. How do investors know what is the best way to go. Value in investing 5iresearch
Q: Peter; I own PWF and am a income investor. Cost is $25.75. But I am concerned about any upside re low rates for the next 18-24 months. Would a switch to RioCan make sense ? Thanks,
Rod
Q: I have a question about Carfinco hey, things seem to be stalled with carfinco, do you anticipate any new growth, it has had a great run and was an excellent call by 5i, is this something i should remain holding or take the profit and move on
Q: First National Financial (FN) has a preferred (fn.pr.a), 4.65%,cumulative,rate-reset every 5 years, issued at $25PV in January 2011, trading now at $17.50 to yield about 6.5%. I purchased 3000 a few months ago at $17 and am considering another 2000 shares. This would then be about 10% of my portfolio. The dividend seems to be well covered. I am after dividend income with a little growth.
Q: Hi 5i team, as someone not versed in the niceties of accounting, I have difficulty understanding both sides of the argument in the article in today's Globe's ROB on Just Energy's EBITA statements. Is this something like life-insurance companies where it is difficult to account for things happening going into the future? Please do enlighten. Thanks Henry
Q: CPX announced a new rate-reset preferred today. My question is, for the fixed income side of a portfolio, do you a) consider prefs an equal alternative to bonds and b) in this case in particular, would you be better off going for the common that has a 5.8% yield today rather than rate re-set that currently has a 4.5% yield? Utilities are likely in the 7th inning right now- is either a solid long-term investment in a non-registered account? Thanks in advance.