Investment Q&A

Q: I am looking to add a Canadian Bank to my income portfolio for a long term hold. Which bank do you recommend for total gains

Q: Over the years I have seen statements like “Picking bank stocks is always tricky, as under performers tend to revert to the mean over time.” However banks like CM have been under-performers for well over a decade and BNS has been flat for over 5 years- yes you were paid dividends but that’s all. In the meantime TD has provided much higher returns. Isn’t it better to stick with your winners rather than wait for an under-performer to revert to the mean- with CM your time scale would be decades.

Steve

Q: I have invested $100,000 in BNS shares average price is $ 72.00. Would it make more sense to sell half and buy CM which is also down just as much in order to split the risk or would you recommend splitting the funds in all 5 big banks?
Thank you
Nick

Q: please give me your views on manulife as a longer term hold

Q: The bank just reported. Your analysis will be appreciated. That doesn't look good to me, not a huge miss but still. Any positive?
Thanks

Q: hi ryan, peter...What do you think of wells fargo.. Do you think it could turnaround.. When is the new CEO going to be appointed.. . yhanx in advance, Cliff

Q: Hi, I have opened an RESP account with 5K for initial deposit, and will also be contributing $150 on a monthly basis. I don't plan to do a withdraw from this account for about 10 years. I am new to investment world and am curious on strategy or what would be best to invest in. I am not afraid of risk. Thanks in advance for your advice/opinion.

Q: Good morning - I have watched CIBC with interest recently as I am a long term investor and have positions with most of the Canadian banks. Earlier this week, analysts were forecasting muted returns for CIBC and indeed this turned out to be accurate. The bank narrowly missed projections and offered a downbeat view of the rest of the year. No surprised there.

What perplexes me is why the shares went up the day before the earnings report then dropped so dramatically yesterday. This, in spite of the fact the news was not unexpected. Yes, growth is going to be modest but who exactly was buying the day before and who was rushing to sell yesterday? Surely it's not small investors like me who are likely more prone to panic but if it's institutional money managers why the rush of selling? Surely they could read the obvious tea leaves. Is this program trading or just one of those mysteries of market life?

Q: Will you vibe me a list of 4 mortgage funds and their annual dividend. Thx

Q: Hello could you please give the latest short position on Chw. Thank you.

Q: At today's price around 105.40, is there good value here for a conservative buy ? I like dividends.

Q: What is reason for a near 4.5% drop to the share price today (May 22)? Looking at the quarterly results, I didn't think anything was that alarming. May be I missed something?

Q: Hello
Versa Bank never have much to say. Is the deal they announced this morning material to Versa Bank. It looks positive enough.
Thank You

Q: Hello,
Can you please comment on recent earnings for Senvest Capital. It is off its highs from around $250 and I was wondering if maybe this is a good entry point to buy assuming you feel recent earnings were solid.

Thank you for your opinion,
Jerry

Q: My wife and I own POW and PWF respectively in our taxable accounts, both purchased earlier this year. There was an article in the Globe & Mail a couple of days ago about shareholder dissatisfaction with corporate governance, specifically referring to members of the Desmarais family.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-power-corp-faces-shareholder-dissatisfaction-with-company-governance/

Any thoughts on this article? I get the feeling that this is not a new issue. Thanks.

Q: I plan to reduce my Financial Services exposure. I would like your opinion on whether I should sell BNS or TD or half of each (all things being equal, my preference would be to reduce the number of holdings by one).

Q: The owners are so dismissive of shareowners.

Lost 8.91% in 5 years. (total return)

They own Putnam and feel stuck.

The sons seems to be afraid to do anything so someone said share buyback and that is their best idea.

I do own this stock but everyone speaks so highly of it but that was 12 years ago.

Just like Warren Buffett the last 10 years have not been kind.





No returns

Q: Any comment on this one?

Q: Hello 5i Team
Of the three major life insurance companies in Canada (GWO, SLF, MFC) which is the best company to invest for a steady growing dividend stream.
Are there other Canadian life insurance companies that I should look at?
Notwithstanding the tax advantage of Canadian Dividends, should I be looking at US life insurance companies?
Thanks in advance for the excellent service.

Q: CHW Revenue is nicely up but net earnings is down significantly. I have read the release several times and just don't know what to make of it. Would appreciate your review of results. Thanks John