Investment Q&A

Q: In a recent answer concerning NTR you mentioned it is trading at 9.6x Forward P/E. Where do you find a company’s forward P/E? Do you calculate it using the numbers pertaining to the company found under the Market Data tab? If so what numbers do you use? Thanks … Cal

Q: On Jun 21st, you responded to A regarding stocks for a TFSA. My son has a smaller TFSA but a longer time frame. He currently holds ZSP in his TFSA and we have been looking at adding some stocks. We like all the ones you suggested, but some of them are also in the top ten holdings of ZSP. Would you suggest adding the individual stocks anyway? Or selling ZSP and holding only stocks? Our initial plan was to make ZSP about 20% of this TFSA and then hold 8-10 stocks. Also, what do you think of adding AXON and AMD to his TFSA at this time? Thank you.

Q: Is the start price for the TMX on the income portfolio correct?

Q: Peter,

Do you have any source of information that will tell you approximately what percentage of investors use each of the main options as I see them , ie DIY, Banks, Mutual fund co's , and Full Service brokerage houses? I am including the Lifeco's under Mutual fund co's.

If not, what is your estimate?

Thank you

Paul

Q: When someone is granted options and they exercise said options do the individuals have to pay cash to exercicse those options or are options like free stock granted to people?

Thx

Q: Good Day Team,
My question is whether it's better to buy MSFT Canadian or US.

Thank You,
John

Q: I recently received my Money Show mailout. Seems like a lot of new faces - no Peter - no Ryan. The only 5i/Canadian MoneySaver person I see is Lana from the Canadian MoneySaver. I am used to speaking with 5i representatives but I guess this year it would be Lana? Thank you. A long time member.

Q: When ratio or metric do you use to access whether a company is too leveraged. Is net debt to ebita the most telling or do you use others. Can you explain which ones you look at and at what level it becomes a concern when interest rates rise or revenues decline. Thanks!

Q: Dear 5i,

Using a Canadian broker.
Is there a way where one can slowly build a small position in CSU at a fraction of it's normal stock price of approx. $2,650? For example, is there a way where I can buy 1/10 share at approx. 1/10 the price? I find this is an issue for stock prices that are very high. Does CSU have a history of doing stock splits?

Q: What would be the best stocks/sectors/investments if we were to enter into a deflationary environment?

Q: hi,
im looking to add several US equities. unfortunately the exchange rate is not great for CAD>USD right now. I am considering buying the CDR's. can you provide your thoughts on CDR's, the main advantages/disadvantages ( and try to include how they perform in relation to the underlying US equities in USD's, and how liquid they are ie if needing to sell quickly. cheers!

Q: Not a question but an answer from TD on info I was researching and I notice also A few people were asking about giving shares in lieu of cash to a charity so I thought I would forward the TD answer.

""You can make the donation from your margin account at no fee, all of have to do is obtain a donation form from the chosen charity which should have the receiving party's information pre filled and then you just have to fill in the margin account info for the delivering side.

Once filled out, you can scan in an email pdf format to me and I can submit to our back office who would process it in approx. 2-3 business days.""

Q: Is there a difference in buying Fractionals via Neo CDRs and Wealthsimple?
Thanks!

Q: Hi
What metrics are best to use when valuing a royalty company like DHT.un? Thanks
Kenn

Q: Re Brians question about tax relative to RiF's on death relative to charities. An excellent source of information is your local Community Foundation. This is one of their specialties.

Q: Hi 5i Team,

I'm wondering if you have any suggestions for using options to generate routine income. So far, I mainly write puts on companies that are temporarily out of favour but that I wouldn't mind holding for a while and also collect a dividend if I end up having to hold for a bit (e.g, ENB, TD, BN, CVS). I do this randomly (e.g., once or twice a year on a couple of companies) but would like to increase the frequency. I don't have a good sense for what expiry date I should choose (I typically go out six months or more) or the best strike price (I usually pick around the current price). Do you have any good ideas for the current market that you could suggest and could you recommend a resource to do more research. I'm currently thinking of writing puts on TD, CVS, and BTI and wondering if I should scatter their expiry dates.

Thanks as always,
Lisa

Q: I would like to give money to charities from my RRSP is there a beneficial way, what are the tax consequences?

Q: Hi Gang

Can you give me list of Reits and companies that pay in US cash

Thanks Mike B

Q: As for the Q. on Annamaque Mines and other worthless old stock certificates, they may still have some value as the artwork on some of these scrips is quite good and the promoters and "boiler rooms" that sold these to an unsuspecting public often put more $$$ into these pieces of banknote quality paper than the project.
A hobby exists called Scripophily and the better ones can be hundreds of $ in trading value.

https://scripophily.net/international/canada/

I have about 20 of these inherited from ancestors and the best adorn my office wall, some with an interesting history such as National Portland Cement Co. from 1908 with the Topeka bridge pictured crossing the Kansas River which collapsed in 1965, though I'm not certain it was from faulty concrete.

Q: Hi Peter, This might be a dumb question but I am going to ask. Do the graphs on 5i or yahoo or any other website reflect total return I.e include dividends ? If NOT then how to compare two stocks performance over different period of time ? e.g SLF vs MFC , Thanks