Investment Q&A

Q: I note you recently indicated BNRE is only convertible into BN. I have only had BNRE for a few months. Hoped it would maybe pop 10-15% in 4-6 months. What are the advantages/disadvantages if converting BNRE to BN and would you recommend someone do that now or is there an advantage to wait until sometime next year (or not convert at all) ?

Q: Selling BN:US for Tax Loss. Please suggest a proxy - I plan to buy it back after 30 business days.

Q: In several of your responses you have stated that "BN will be more growth oriented, BAM more income-oriented. " You also state "We like BAM at the current price, with an attractive and secure dividend." However, TD Webbroker shows BAM with no dividend whereas BN shows a yield of 1.77%. Am I missing something here? Thank you.
Dennis

Q: Which shares are BNRE exchangeable for, BN or BAM

Q: In my RRIF I own shs in Bip.un and Bepc.
Would It be better for a combination of growth,income and more variety of assets to switch the above to Bam?

Q: Hi Peter and Staff

Add me to the list of dazed and confused .

I thought the new spin out was BAM , will distribute 90% of earnings from “asset management” and be “asset light”

How can their significant holdings in BIP and BEP be under BAM?

What does BN own ? Looking forward to that report you are working on .

Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Witch company would you prefer buying between EQB and GSY as a longterm investment?

Thanks

Q: I have been following the Questions and have been a keen reader of the opaque notices and statements from Brookfield . I own units in all the subsidiaries mentioned above too. So I am trying to keep position size of each in mind when I look at the BN holding corp and allocate it to the various sectors, Months ago, before the split you had answered a question confirming that the BAM.A sectoral breakout was 39% financial, 35% RE, 16% industrial, 10% energy?? Does this breakout still apply to BN and/or BAM or is there a new breakout given the spinout of the new corporation.

Q: Sell or hold BAM after the spin off. If Sell just dump back into BN or move to another name?

Bonus question since I have lots to burm.... I assume the spin off value becomes a taxable event? BN has the same share number and book as my original BAM.A shares and the shares of new BAM.CDN granted would be a capital gain for 2022 at their book value?

Q: If you were to buy 1 of the bam family today for a long term hold which would it be
Thanks Terry

Q: I would like to add to either of the recent spinoffs of Brookfield (BN, BAM). Which of the two do you feel has the most upside for 3 to 5 years. Thank You.

Q: Which one of the Brookfield entities is holding the office real estate assets going forward....BN or BAM?

Q: BAM, what is going on? down again big today? I bought down at 42$ and am now down over 10% in a few days? what have you missed? is there fraud at work somewhere? also, do you know why BNN website has a value for BAM on thurs. dec 1, 2022 of 37.32- 44.5$, which seems to include after hours trades ( in Canada, I have never seen after hours trades in Canada? do they exist, where does an investor see these?) , when the new equity did not start trading until 12/12/2022? was Brookfield trying to dump BAM? this makes no sense, and is not explained by broader market actions. do you have any guess as to whether this is a hold, sell, or buy now?

Q: well, call me 'a bit more nervous than usual...."

all brookfield companies are falling without 'real' reason

seems like more than just market noise

could it be, and fully understanding mr flatt is seen as the 'great compounder', that finally their obtuse/aggressive accounting on all entities is finally catching up with them?

you know, the tide is going out and we'll see who is swimming naked

thx

Q: When it comes to the new BAM and BN, what risk weighting out of 10 would you assign to each of them???......where 10 would be low risk and 1 would be very high risk?......Thanks for your take as this will assist me in determining my weighting of money in each of BAM and BN stock postions........Tom

Q: On December 10, 2022 the value of my BAM.A shares was $71,000. On December 17, 2022 the market value of BAM was $11,173.00 and the market value of BN was $53,546 for a total of $64,719, a loss of approximately 9%. Did the value of Brookfield actually drop 9% in one week? If you have an explanation it would be appreciated. Thank You.

Q: I am a retired dividend growth investor. I have large long term positions in BEP and BIP. which have done very for me. I have been watching the spin-off of BAM with interest and particularly like their targeted growth rate of 15-20% for distributions. I am concerned with overlap given my current large holding of BEP and BIP. However having waded through the documents it looks like BAM's holdings of BEP and BIP are modest at 25% of 48% and 27% respectively. It appears to me that buying BAM would give me exposure to Private Equity/Real Estate and Credit as well as a heavy weighting to fee related earnings - which I don't have now and that the overlap of BEP and BIP holdings is not that big a deal. Is this a fair conclusion??

Also - in your response to Chris on 12/14 you quote a dividend rate of $1.32 - can you please advise if that is $US or $CAD. I assume it is for the BAM on the TSX??


Thanks

Q: Please comment on their earnings and future outlook. Thanks.

Q: I believe the combined new entities of the old Bam.a have lost 15% in the last three trading days.This combined with our previous ytd loss of approximately 22%.means Brookfield is down about 37% so far this year?Is this correct?What are they thinking?!

Q: I see that Fairfax is up quite a bit this year and hitting new highs. You’ve commented recently that value stocks are performing well. Do you see Fairfax’s upturn as a pure sector rotation or is there more support from the underlying fundamentals?