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Q: Any comments about the recent ENB rate reset preferred issue....it seems to have a very favourable floor reset rate although the spread off 5 year Canada's does seem a little rich.
In addition, any new comments ZPR
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Lucinda on December 15, 2017
Q: Chesswood has announced that they will redeem all $20 million of its outstanding 6.5% convertible debentures in January 2018, well ahead of their maturity date of December 31, 2018
Can you explain 1) what is a convertible debenture? And 2) how material is it when these are redeemed ahead of their maturity date?
Thanks
John
Read Answer Asked by John on December 13, 2017
Q: Hi 5i:
A previous question asked by Joseph today about the newly issued Series 21 Preferred Shares. I have that issue and it is currently listed as PPL.PF.A with my Scotia iTrade account. Hope this helps.
A previous question asked by Roy today, you listed PPL.PR.U as a minimum preferred to consider. That symbol I cannot find. Do you know what issue you are referring to?
Thanks so much.
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on December 12, 2017
Q: I am managing my children's RESP account. Both of them are in university. Every year I am liquidating assets to put in a high daily savings account that is not earning anymore than 1%. It is used to pay for their schooling for the year. I expect my children will still be going to university for another 5 years. I thought an alternative to this strategy is to buy a basket of rate reset preferred share with guaranteed rates? Could you give me a list of 5 rate reset preferred shares with guaranteed minimum rates? Also what do you think of this strategy?
Read Answer Asked by Robert on December 11, 2017
Q: I presently hold this reset preferred which I bought at $16. I see the chances of interest rates rising not great. So I’m cashing in this investment to buy a minimum rate reset preferred. My object is to supplement my income with reasonable preservation of capital. I’ve had a good run on equities, the market is expensive, I don’t want to be caught offside. My portfolio is a dividend portfolio.
Read Answer Asked by Roy on December 11, 2017
Q: What are the risks of in investing in ECN.PR.A? What I am alluding to is that these preferred shares have a guaranteed 6.5% return which is an extraordinary rate of return compared to other fixed income vehicles. To me, this means that ECN must be a high risk company, but from what I have researched so far it is not. Are there any other risks that I am not aware of?
Read Answer Asked by Robert on December 08, 2017
Q: I own this preferred and just got notice from my direct broker that there was going to be a conversion. I can either convert all or any of its 3 Series Shares into Cumulative Floating rate Preferrred shares Series 4 on the basis of one Series 4 for each Series 3.

Do you recommend I convert or stand pat?

And why?

Thanks

Sheldon
Read Answer Asked by Sheldon on December 07, 2017
Q: Good Morning
My question is about which preferred shares can be classified as being part of a FIXED INCOME component of a portfolio.

1. Would you classify the rate reset preferreds as part of a fixed income portfolio?
2. Would you classify also the perpetual preferred shares as part of a fixed income portfolio?
3. Would you classify only the investment grade preferred shares as part of a fixed income portfolio (e.g banks and insurance companies) ?

Some analysts include only rate resets and not perpetuals as part of Fixed Income. Yet others only the investment grade preferreds as part of fixed income.

What is your opinion?
Read Answer Asked by Terry on December 05, 2017
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