Investment Q&A

Q: In your last weekly update there was an article that talked about a potential fraud in Bitcoin trading. The fraud is with trading platforms that use Tethers. Can you please give me your comments on this article? Is it possible that Tethers used in trading bitcoin do not have the value that Tether claims? Any and all comments are welcome.
cheers, Darcy

Q: I know about covered calls and possible loss of capital gains but at a 11.4% dividend I think it makes up for it. Life insurance companies should be safe and the 5 year chart looks enticing . Knowing that the underlying dividends would be around 4 to 5 % they are earning a lot for the calls, is this sustainable or am I missing something here.

Q: AVL has been doing extremely well recently and I’d like to know if you think its performance is likely to continue, and what you think about it in general. As of Feb 3rd, it’s 20 cents a share. Do you see it ever getting near its 2011 peak of $9 again?

Also wondering if you could comment briefly on the outlook for CIT, a financial name in the USA. Thanks.

Q: I feel the “buy now, pay later” stocks are going to really take off? Any thoughts and recommendations on this?

Q: Good Morning
A report issued today by the Bank of America is bullish on Canadian banks. Can you say the same for the American banks?
I own ZUB and I will appreciate your views on this ETF going forward. Do you advise, at this stage, to switch to the unhedged version which is ZBK ?
Thank you for your insight.
Terry

Q: I would appreciate an update on this company(ECN) in terms of your projections over the next 2 years. Revenue growth, expected profit and EPS and other metrics you consider important. Also any developments within the company and also in its sector, positive or negative , that could influence the shares. In essence how do you view this company over the next couple of years? And based on this analysis where do you see the share price going based on reasonable multiples of your projections?
Thanks.

Q: Hi there, the portfolio analytics says I should lighten up on financials. Which of these 3 would you sell. I also hold XTR which is also high in financials.
Thx

Q: I heard on BNN yesterday that all Canadian banks dividend increases have been put on hold. True? And if so, why? Cheers

Q: Could you advise as to the strategy for BAM taking a sizable portion in this annuity company?
Thanks
Bob Rose

Q: ADYEY Can you give me your thoughts on this company and how it stacks up to Square. Thx

Q: I have been looking at this for some time and it (appears to me anyway) a great way to get broad exposure to the banks with some limited leverage. What is your take on this ETF??

Q: One of my financial advisors moved from TD to Canaccord. Got me wondering if I should sell the TD shares I own in my self managed account and buy Canaccord.

Also a comment to Garth who is having trouble contacting TD WebBroker, I contact them through their phone app with much better results.

Q: The top ten positions in my equity portfolio represent 30% of the portfolio. Among these top ten are TD, BAM, BAC and JPM. The financial sector represents 27.5% of the equity portfolio and the 5i analysis suggests that this be reduced to 15%. I am a new 5i client and don’t disagree with the direction the model is suggesting. Other holdings in the financial sector are: BMO, BNS,CG,C,MFC,PYPL,PNC,RY,SLF,BX,X,V. This is a bit messy but adding to the sector in the spring seemed like and was a good idea but now we need to be more conventional. I may be very wrong but I don’t consider BAM and X as financial services, particularly BAM. Looking at the holdings, what would you unload to bring down the financial sector exposure? Obviously a tax filter will be needed at my end. The question for another day will be an ask for recommendations to increase the under-weighted sectors. Having fun with the model and more importantly find it useful.
David

Q: I am a longterm holder in GPN wondering if it is time to gradually move on within the electronic payments space. Perhaps recent performance is just a stall from frothy heights or are they being pushed out by new entrants? Is GPN still the payments processor for some of the new service providers? I am not looking to jump on the fastest horse more looking for a reasonable expection of steady growth. GPN appears to have low recent growth, low ROE yet good margins. I also own Visa, Paypal and Ipay.

Thanks for your service, stay safe

Darrell

Q: Your thoughts on this company’s recent acquisition of Flexiti Financial and in general is their potential here with management debt etc.
Thanks Greg

Q: I’ve been holding BX forever and it has performed well. I recently added on the back of their latest quarterly results. Have a analysts been raising targets? What is consensus now? And what do you think of the company and investment? Thanks

Q: Hi,

Looking into future.....10-15 years time horizon. Your views on, How will Paypal/Square do VS visa/mastercard ? Which route will be preferred by people ?

CNR vs CP, which one is a better ?

Q: Hi 5i
Considering initiating a small position in this stock which is currently down off recent highs around -14% for a 2 year hold.
In your opinion will the EV revolution be a negative/positive/neutral for this stock?
Not withstanding your previous response to Adam on Jan 13-2021, would you be interested at these level?
Thx
JIm

Q: Hello - i have had almost a full position in BAM for some time and a smaller position in FFH. I had thought that FFH would pop on the Blackberry bonanza although it may have been to fleeting for FFH to capitalise on the surge but instead FFH has slipped today. What will it take for FFH to increase in value. For a longer term holder, am I better to add to BAM or FFH? Thanks

Q: Please kindly verify if the above bitcoin funds are qualified for TFSA by CRA ? Thank you.

Bill