Investment Q&A

Q: AIF is at its highest and has seen a significant increase of the last few months. What's causing this? Is it at risk of being overvalued and would you recommend selling, or is it a still a strong long-term hold?

Q: I just read the presentation from Sandpiper laying out their reasons for immediate change at Artis - lack of management/board ownership but at the same time excessive compensation, too much familial association with management contracts, and the retail spinoff being a low value undertaking. What are your thoughts - justified critique or??
Thanks

Q: Which of two would be a better investment( Total return) for a 5year hold
Thanks...Cec

Q: What is driving the price lately

Q: Hi,

Please rank these REITs for relative distribution safety and eventual share price recovery.

Is there one in particular that you'd get rid of?

Thanks,

Gord

Q: Have owned these two In my TFSA since October 2019. Since COVID they have not recovered to my cost. DIR has almost got back to break even, But IIP is still lagging. I’m thinking that I should keep DIR but possibly sell IIP. What are your thoughts on these two companies and if I did sell one what would you suggest is a good replacement. Does not have to have a dividend. But have been interested in renewable stocks. Any suggestions. I realize there are several questions here and please takeoff however many credits you deem necessary.

John

Q: What REITs do you recommend?

Q: i own Granite i like to add one more.
A REITS MANAGER ON BNN Had as top picks Tricon Bsr and Irish residential (Manage by Capreit. I only want one which one (or anytother) would you recommend

Q: We are retired, primarily income investors. We did hold relatively equal positions in SRU,un and CHP.un, but this has changed rather significantly. In view of the current uncertainty about retail marketing, what is your opinion about investments in these two companies. Would you comment on the sustainability of SRU's dividend? Thank you for all the great ideas and comments.
Jane

Q: EXP Realty International. A friend has taken his brokerage from the Remax franchise and put it into this firm. Can 5i give me a quick analysis for a possible investment?
Thanks in advance.
David

Q: Peter; Is there any news on this IPO? It’s been a long time getting to market. Thanks.
Rod

Q: I would like to hold this, to the other side of Covid but there is very little information available.
Any insight that you could provide would be appreciated.

Q: I have owned this for several years and while they seem to do a lot of good things the stock price has stubbornly been resistant to change. I figure the sector has a lot to do with this. There is also not a lot of coverage for this company so I am wondering if, as a proxy for sentiment, one might look to coverage of Pulte Homes, for example? I am not so much interested in switching names (unless you think it is reasonable to do so) but Pulte has been getting a lot of positive press lately, appearing on several lists as being undervalued, so I am wondering if that same optimism would apply. If so, would you see adding to TCN as a prudent move at this time?

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.

Q: This REIT appears to be fairly small, but has shown a consistent dividend history for the past number of years. What's your opinion of it's continued viability?

Q: Hi Guys
I hold both these companies, both of which are trading at about half of book value. I was thinking of selling one of these and using the proceeds to top up the other holding. Looking forward a couple of years, and seeing which company has delivered better returns, which company would you favour and why.

Thanks

Q: Do you think Europe now poses too much risk for INO.UN

Q: Given that RIT holds nearly all the REITs [including the two mentioned here] and their dividend is higher, does it make sense to simply hold RIT [even if their fees are higher]?

Q: Which would you prefer, IDR, ZRE, or RIT, and why?

Q: Good morning
I am looking to add some REIT to my portfolio. I'm moving to a income portfolio as I'm retiring soon and would like to increase my overall divide payout . Can you recommend some REIT for a long term hold?

Q: Thank you for your response to my previous question. I still find the issues involved puzzling. Stating the apparently conflicting issues i) while the same store growth is expected to be modest at around 2% the overall revenue growth appears to have been closer to 20% (for 2019) and ii) while analyst share price expectations have been rising notably of late that has occurred in the face of reduced earnings expectations; according to First Call these have been declining modestly but consistently for at least the past year.
The rationale for investing in this company was at least in part based on its competence as evidenced by the share price growth and its participation in an industry sector that offered significant opportunities for growth as a result of substantial sector fragmentation, to which they appear to be willing and able to respond. I subsequently see that COLD also has substantial industry participation both in the US as well as overseas, and promotes its competence in its management and operating systems. I also see that the REIT sector is currently under pressure and, or perhaps despite, that the cost of capital should be low as a result of all time low prevailing rates of interest. The obvious question is whether the current valuation represents a significant entry opportunity for a company which is doing well but still sorting out the bugs resulting from its growing interests. I would be interested in your response.