Investment Q&A

Q: I received the following notice on my TFSA account this morning. Why would TD do this ? I have never known the bank to provide a service without a fee attached ! What is in it for TD ? Thanx Robbie

":You hold some securities that may be subject to Cease Trade Orders (CTO). If you would like to remove them from your list of Holdings, you may apply to gift each security to TD Direct Investing. View/remove CTO securities "

Q: Hello Team: Season's Greetings
In my company DCPP Sunlife offers the following 3 funds among others but the following have had the best returns:
MFS Global Equity: Allocation U.S. 54.15%, Intl 44.64%, Cash 1.21%. which I am currently in.
TDAM Global Equity Index: Allocation U.S. 61.19% Intl 38.6% Cash .14% Other .07%
TDAM Intl Equity Index: Allocation .97% U.S., Intl 98.59%, Cash .03%.
I would like a little less U.S exposure than the 54-61 % which the first two have but to do that I go to 98% International. The 98% International exposure consists of 31.7% Eurozone, 24.3% Japan, 17.2 % U.K., 13.3 % Europe Ex-euro, and 7% Australasia, by region and by sector : 21.2 % Financial services, 13.5 % Industrials, 11.7% Cons Cycls, 11.2% Consumer defensive, 9.7% Healthcare.
All three funds have had 1 yr returns in the 18 -20% range.
What is your opinion regarding my selection of the TDAM Intl Equity fund with 98% International exposure going into 2018 or should I stay with a fund with ~60% U.S. exposure.
Thank You once again for your help
Clarence

Q: Good day – could you please provide a brief description or guideline for how to tell when one is reaching for yield. In my case I am quite happy with a 6 to 8% total return, and if I can achieve that with a high yielding investment I'm not as concerned about growth. However, the question remains - when are you reaching for yield so that you may be exposed to an unacceptable capital loss? Thanks so much.

Q: Hi guys,
Nice new site. I want you to go a little deeper into your assessment here. Mark me down for 5 questions. Please provide a more in depth assessment of DOL activity this morning at open for us "commoners, dotards", etc. I owned 900 shares of DOL, and put in a stop loss of $138.00 when trading at $155.00 over the last little while. My position got activated regrettably, only to see an immediate rebound. The activation and drop was so fast, I cant even assess the decline in price vs. buying fulfillment,steps etc. The chat forums are pointing to some manipulation on this, etc. How does this process even happen so quickly like this. It was instantaneous, only to rebound. The earnings we good, and matched most analyst assessments. I just want to learn more about this process to prevent unnecessary trigger activation's for the future being in a taxable "holdco" account. It happened to a lesser degree a couple weeks ago with TOY also, but to a smaller extent being a smaller company, with less shares going to market. Having read Flashboys...... can I better plan for this stuff, with my buy and sell triggers etc. Or, does the little guy always loose. Thank you.

Q: Hi All at 5i!! I am a little confused about bitcoin. What exactly is it? How goes it reach such astronomical heights in value considering it seems to have no real value or does it? I have read articles but I am still not clear. Could you please explain, in a nutshell, how it can be applied to our daily financial lives (ie how you use it) and how it gets its value? Cheers, Tamara

Q: Hi, are there any stocks that represent an attractive buy opportunities due to tax loss selling.
Thanks

Q: Very interesting article on the way US tax cuts will work:

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/stephen-gordon-corporate-tax-cuts-wont-work-in-the-u-s-the-same-way-they-did-here

Q: You're talked before about not trading early in the day. Could you explain the logic. Many thanks

Q: Hello 5i!
Can you explain the Cognex stock split to me?
Specifically: "Cognex Corp - ‍board approved a two-for-one split of company’s common stock, payable in form of a stock dividend"
I understand the usual two for one but what about the "payable in the form of a dividend"?
Thank you
Dave​

Q: A question was asked about a Technical analysis report that you indicated would be issued in the next week or so. How can I access this report on your system?

Q: Hello Peter/5I
Why are the Tech sector declining with the new US tax cut ?
Thanks
Claudio

Q: When is the next Technical Analysis report?Did not see one in Nov. Just renew this great site for another 2 years

Q: I own pretty much all the stocks in your model portfolio (other than GC, PKI, SJ, and SYZ) and about 1/2 of your growth portfolio. I also own a number of ETFs, including VXC, VCN, VAB, CDZ, SPY, XAW, and VXUS. I was doing a review of my portfolio and noticed that the ETFs above now make up 20% of my portfolio. A couple questions:
1) Are some of these ETFs redundant in my case?
2) What sector allocation would you suggest for 2018?

Q: Hi there,

I currently follow the BE Portfolio with a slight growth tilt. I have about 25 positions on, each starting with a 4% weighting. I have done very well few names such as SIS, SHOP, PBH, TOY etc. At what weighting would you recommend that I trim back positions?

Thanks!

Q: I have used the Financial Post site for convertible debenture quotes for many years. It was an awesome site that providing me with all the info I needed for convertible debentures trading on the TSX. About 4 weeks ago it went away and I have been unable to find another site that was comparable to this one? Does anyone know another site that provides a summary of quotes for Canadian convertible debentures?

Q: Looks like the new U.S. tax bill is going to be passed! I'm thinking of taking a large position into IWO as I believe small caps will do best regarding this initiative....can you provide any advice, thank you?

Q: I have about 150k in ETFs. Is there a specific dollar value where it's better to start looking at an equity-type portfolio?

thanks,

Q: I am trying to understand the bitcoin / cryptocurrency frenzy. Particularly, I see articles talking about the bitcoin "trade" taking away from the gold trade. With my limited understanding of the bitcoin, it seems like it is a currency that trades with the volatility of a junior miner. So, why would it be suggested that, in times of uncertainty in the markets, money would possibly flow into bitcoin trades vs the historical "safe" haven of gold and thereby form another headwind for the price of gold?

Q: Hello Peter and Ryan,
Yangarra resources was going up while other oil stocks were going down. However, today Yangarra Resources barely moved much when other oil stocks surged given the news on OPEC production cut. Any comments? Also, Savaria surged a bit today. Was there any news? In general, when a particular stock stays within a narrow range when all the others in the sector are moving up alot, what does it mean for that particular stock? For example, today MedLeaf hovered around 1 percent range whereas the other cannibis stocks including the ETF HMMJ surged considerably. The same was true the day before when the cannibis stocks were down , MedLeaf stayed in the one percent range. Thank you.

Q: Where can I get information on convertible debentures. I used to use this link:
www.financialpost.com/markets/data/bonds-debentures.html
but it no longer works.
Thanks. Peter