Investment Q&A

Q: Can I hold the same stock in a registered account and in a non-registered account, US or Canada, and trade the non-registered shares as the price fluctuates?
E.G. Hold NEM in my non-registered US account and hold NGT in my registered RIF. I would trade NGT based on the current market.

Q: struck out on IPO for Magnetic Forensic Magt/t @ $17 with Scotia...but took 1/2 position at $23.12....will fill out the other half pretty soon.....More a comment on what a great heads up to members...and subsequent great report on the IPO of Magnetic..& why U at 5i like it....long time member and couldn't be happier..or more satisfied..with the Services provided by 5i Research...a great team starts with leadership (Peter & Ryan)...but the other members on the team are top notch....merci beaucoup....jb Piedmont, QC

Q: Buffet rekindled a concern in his recent annual meeting which I have had for a long time. He seems to think that it would be better for the average investor to be invested in index funds. This year he started out by asking which were the 20 largest capitalization companies in the world today. Then he showed the 20 largest in 1989. He asked how many remain among the largest today. The answer was zero. I would have gone to index funds before but I have large capital gains in my largely Canadian taxable accounts. I did try to adjust this by buying only US index funds in my registered accounts. But, then I thought that I already have so many individual stocks that a few more won't matter that much. So, I also bought individual stocks in my registered accounts. I know that you cannot offer individual portfolio advice. But, it would be useful to have your perspecitve on Buffet's advice and the dangers of indivual stock picking for most people. If you could fix my personal dilemma that would be a bonus!
thanks

Q: If I purchase BP on the US exchange, these are designated at ADR shares. Due to the intermediary US institution, are are extra costs deducted by the FI relating to holding & transacting these? Also, are there additional tax deductions as BP is a foreign entity even in US

Q: How seriously do you take the possibility of a significant near term market downturn in your current market buying / selling decisions?

Q: Your answer to Paul's question on TOI on April 30 included the following: "I've attached a copy of the Bulletin from CDS which shows the cost............."
What or who is CDS?
Thanks, Tim.

Q: Is it possible to do a research in the Blog ? For example, articles on IPOs ?
Thanks.

Q: When selling options, do you suggest picking an expiry date out a couple of weeks, a couple of months, other?

Thanks.

Q: Dear 5i,
I have a question about MAGT and IPO's in general.
I am have no experience participating in an IPO so I had a few questions.
Can the IPO price vary after one commits to purchasing a set number of shares?
Is the broker commission embedded within the stock price?
When do the shares typically start trading on the normal market?
In the case of MAGT it looks like the IPO shares started trading on the open market
within a day. For small investors do you recommend waiting and purchasing on the open market? Thanks

Q: As the Canadian dollar strengthens I am curious about the advantages of journaling some of my Canadian stocks to the US side of my account. As an example, there is an obvious benefit to convert CAD cash to USD cash when CAD is at .85 USD vs. when CAD is at .70 USD BUT Is there any benefit to journal say 1000 shares of BNS from Canada to US when the dollar is at .85 vs. when the dollar is at .70?

Q: Best way to handle dividends for income:
1. Use drips to accumulate & sell shares
2. Take dividends in cash and cash out
3. No difference?

Many Thanks.

Q: Hi, what's the best chart etc. to track the progress of iron ore and LIF? thx. M

Q: Hello 5i,
I have a general question regarding the P/E ratio in Portfolio Analytics. Do you have a "rule of thumb" about when that ratio tips a stock from being a value stock- i.e. relatively low P/E to "normal" or "average" to one which has become "high risk" due to an elevated P/E ratio? Is there a range within a sector or is it complete individual per equity based on other (unknown to me) considerations?
To specify, in terms of the P.A. P/E, my portfolio ranges from <-5.7 & -2.7> for BIPC and BEPC respectively and then proceeds in a range of gradation to EIF at 48.7, WSP at 51.4 and PBH at 55.9.
At what point do I look at these numbers from the perspective of "actionable" information?
I can totally see where this might be far too complex to answer in a question so if you can point out any specific resources that might help, that would be great.
Many thanks!!
Cheers,
Mike

Q: Good morning,

I read somewhere about trading eroding away at fees. I am a very long term investor and I tend to hold positions for a long time. I am currently with BMO Investorline and get charged $9.95 per trade. My question is adding to dividend stocks to increase my payouts in the portfolio.For example obviously you are not going to add to say BNS with a buy of only $100.00, the trade fees would be too much.

What would be the appropriate number be to add to positions? $500, $1000, $1500 or other keeping fees in mind to not take away all your profits? I always find this difficult to see if it is worth while or not.

Also I keep wishing BMO would lower their fees but hasn't happened yet.

Thanks

Q: Would you recommend selling options during a period when a company will be reporting earnings? Or is that not part of the decision?

Q: In non-registered account we had huge gains in solid dividend payers (ENB, SLF,CNR,FTS) and last year against tax-loss selling was able to reduce weight in portfolio to approximately 4% each. Donated some shares to charities and also gifted some to son (still had to pay capital gains but didn't hurt as much because benefit is still in the family). New money has been going to growth securities and thanks to your advise in time we may have huge capital gains again. Are there other strategies for dealing with this happy problem?

Q: When evaluating a business, how much time would you suggest someone spend on their due diligence? For example, after learning that MRS was added to the 5i portfolio, how much time (ballpark) should someone put into it before initiating a 1-2% position . The reason I ask is because as soon as I hear about a good opportunity, I instantly feel like I am under the gun to make a decision to either buy or move on. I understand this is quite subjective, but I'm curious whether it is 2 hrs, 10 hrs, or 50 hours....
Thanks

Q: In Canada, in addition to the banks' investment departments, there are many brokerage houses, investment firms, etc. that issue stock reports, and price targets for Canadian stocks, companies like Raymond James, Cormark, Haywood, ATB Capital, Eight Capital, Acumen, Canaccord, etc.. Do you consider any of these companies' stock recommendations and price targets to have any value or are they all simply promotional, and supporting companies that they do financings with, or hope to do financings with, or have recommended to their clients? Please indicate which, if any, of these companies you feel are worth paying any attention to.

Q: Hi group wondering what your general thoughts are on inflation and what stocks would benefit the most if we get high inflation going fwd . What are your thoughts and recommendations going fwd

Q: Around march or April last year you published a special opportunity report listing 10 companies such as Byd,Csu,Cae,etc.
Would you make any changes today?
Do you plan to do an update?