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Q: hello 5i:
The latest news release states that Pembina will not be redeeming these preferreds in the next 5 year period. I don't quite understand the conversion privilege, though, so could you elaborate, in simple English and advise which course you'd take if you held the shares.
thanks
Paul L
Read Answer Asked by Paul on February 16, 2024
Q: Thank you for the comprehensive response to my recent question regarding preferred shares. In your response you stated: "preferred shares tend to fall as interest rates move up". Should I interpret this to mean that the current high interest environment is favourable for buying preferreds since once interest rates drop the price of preferreds will increase (and so yield decrease)?
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on February 15, 2024
Q: What is the reaction of preferred shares to interest rate changes? How does a preferred share differ from a bond?
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on February 14, 2024
Q: My investment club was looking at buying into Triton International only to realize that it was acquired by Brookfield but still has preferred shares listed from the original company.

The original intent was that we are a buy-and-hold type group and were looking for a reliable dividend payer in the shipping industry. We are interested in still going through with purchasing the preferred A shares but the group is all pretty new to DIY and do not have experience with this type of holding.

Are there any additional unknowns that we should be watching out for here? Do these preferred shares have an expiry or carry any additional risk?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Daniel on February 05, 2024
Q: Hello 5i team

This fall I accumulated a basket of perpetual preferred shares composed of L.PR.B, BN.PR.N, SLF.PR.D, MFC.PR.C, FTS.PR.F (all recommended by 5i in 2023). The (TFSA) return on this basket is currently 8% (dividend not included).

(L.PR.B has the highest weighting = 40%)


Questions :

1- What should I expect in the coming months in the current rate and economic context, including the possibility of a recession?

2- Would you feel comfortable keeping this basket for the next 5 years?


Thanks to the whole team.
Read Answer Asked by Charles on January 31, 2024
Q: Hello 5i Team

My understanding is all (12 issues) of the Brookfield Office Property Preferred shares (BPO) were removed from the S&P TSX Preferred Share Index (TXPR) effective Friday January 18 (the quarterly rebalancing date). My understanding is the BPO shares were removed because S&P downgraded them to P-4 on December 21, 2023.

However I can find no mention of this re-balancing event on the S&P website or other news sources. I have previously seen new releases from S&P when companies are added/removed from the S&P TSX 60 and S&P TSX Composite index.

After reviewing the holdings listing for the CPD etf (which tracks TXPR), the BPO shares are now removed.

Is there any other news sources I should be monitoring? This seems to be a material event that S&P did not disclose?

Thanks

Read Answer Asked by Stephen on January 25, 2024
Q: Brookfield Office prefs have been in the doghouse presumably because there was concern about the potential of Brookfield not standing behind these products. They've had a surge today - is there new sentiment that the concern was unwarranted?

Could you comment on Payfare's competitive vulnerability in the GIG payment niche they have carved out ?

Thank you, Hugh
Read Answer Asked by Hugh on January 24, 2024
Q: hello 5i:
Looking at estimates of Cash Flow (Fastgraphs) for FTS, I see that 2024 is estimated to be 7.69, 2025 is estimated to be 8.08 and 2026 is estimated to be 5.18.
First question is why such a drop off in 2026? A red flag for long term buyers, no?
Second question: how would such a scenario affect dividends/dividend increases?
Third question: how would preferred shares and in particular FTS.PR.K be affected?
thanks
Paul L
Read Answer Asked by Paul on January 22, 2024
Q: Good morning 5i;

I do not often see questions/comments regarding preferred shares; of which I confess I understand very little. Do you have a few good resource recommendations where one could educate themselves on these investment vehicles?

I would also be interested to know if there are any (understanding there's thousands of possibilities) preferred shares or preferred share ETF's you would suggest could be examined more closely for investment.

Thanks very much!
Read Answer Asked by Dave on January 17, 2024
Q: C.PR.J I'm thinking of repurchasing these preferred shares as the were sold by Citigroup on me recently. Do you know when the next opportunity for Citigroup is to retire these shares is? really like the div. on these shares but having them sold on me not so much. What do you think of these preferred shares?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Mark on January 08, 2024
Q: This preferred share just auto sold close to half of what I own? Your help is appreciated!
Read Answer Asked by Mark on January 06, 2024
Q: I would appreciate your thoughts on the above minimum rate reset preferred share. Please confirm the dividend receives the dividend tax credit , the new dividend rate and the security of the dividend. Also do you have any thoughts about why it appears to be trading at a discount to its peers especially when it has just reset at a higher rate. Do you have any concerns about these shares?Thanks Brian
Read Answer Asked by Brian on January 05, 2024
Q: If interest rates start to drop will preferred share prices rise?
Read Answer Asked by nick on December 21, 2023