Investment Q&A

Q: This may be somewhat of a naive question but I'm new to this :) What options exist, if any, to contribute to the TFSA and/or RRSP of a spouse? What are the tax implications? Do they also apply to common law partners?

Feel free to disregard this question if it is too complex to answer. Thanks.

Q: I have a 19 and 20 year old and would like to invest in their TFSA's. Time line is 3 years but may be more. What would you suggest I invest in?
Jacquie

Q: I currently own Shopify in a non-registered account, with significant gains. Thank you for this recommendation. Do you think it is going to continue with its gains and if so, would it make sense to move it to my TFSA? I will eventually have to take the tax hit on the gains, regardless. I have room in my TFSA to buy it back with the gains that I have made. Thanks

Q: Hello Team,
I have some money on the sideline and I want to gradually put it into action.
Considering that the market is statistically overdue for a good drop (or at least flatline for a while), what would be your best 4 picks for a RRSP and your best 4 picks for TFSA. I would target a 50/50 income/growth mix in both cases.

Thank you!

Michel

Q: Our cash and RRSP accounts which are mainly conservative, well diversified, good dividend companies have largely recovered from last fall's blood bath. My TSFA accounts, where I am more aggressive, have not. I do not need the money in the TSFA accounts for some time so I am willing to wait for a recovery but would like to eliminate those that have faint hope of doing so. Given this, should I give up on any of the following and buy stocks from the 5I growth portfolio. I am retired.
TOY,TSGI,PHO,RAY.A,COV,SIS,GUD,GC
Most, if not all, were at one time looked on favourably by 5i but things change.
Many thanks for all the great answers to the questions which I read daily.

Q: Long term TFSA. I am currently down 11%BNS;26%GUD;8%STN and 6%SLF. Have Plus 10% weightings in all 7 stocks.
Should I add to the (current) losers or add something new or add to my (current) winners.

Q: I have $25,000 in my TFSA invested in the above companies, eaqch with a weighing of between 8% - 10%. Looking to add another $10,000. I'm 63. Preference is dividends and some growth. Looking for stability if another December 2018 were to repeat itself.
May I please have your suggestions, in order of preference. Please deduct appropriate credits.

Thank you.

Q: Hi
I'm trying to reduce the risk in my TSFA with the intent of using ~$60K towards a down-payment for a new home in mid-2020. My plan is to sell most of the current investments and invest the money instead in a much safer income generating ETF, though I'm open minded to where I could invest instead. I've done pretty well on (some) of these investments, but am prepared to sell the winners and losers and cut my losses to move forward and decrease my risk. I'm most concerned about having to sell at an even greater loss when we are ready to buy next year. I've listed my current investments.

Are any of current investments worth holding into for the next 16 months instead of selling now and which ETFs you would consider buying?
I'm planning to sell:
BBU.UN (no loss/gain), CM (up 3%), EMA (up8%) IAN (up200%), XEC (down 5%), LB (no loss/gain)

I'm planning to buy instead XTR.

Please take as many credits as you think fair.

Q: My adult daughter (and a 5i member herself) has about $18K put aside to set up an initial position in a new TFSA. She has a 30 year time horizon, is a conservative investor and would probably feel more comfortable with a 'buy and hold' strategy vs trading. She would also tend to favour large and mid cap equities.
Could you please suggest 6-8 stocks that might be appropiate at this time? As an aside she does hold BCE and EMA as DRIPS.
Many thanks.

Q: I own all of the above in roughly equal weights in my TFSA. I am attempting to replicate your Balanced Equity Portfolio. I am also trying to get more defensive. I think I am overweight in the Info Tech sector. I am looking at a 5 year hold. I have cash to buy another position. What would your advice be - hold the cash or make a purchase. If purchase what would be your recommendation for defensive position?

Thanks for your help.

Q: what would you recommend for my 18 yo grandson just started TFSA with 11,500.00 to invest? 1, 2 or 3 ETF's or 2 or 3 companies. ( which ETF or which companies? )Thanks. Fooklin

Q: Hi guys:
In my Tfsa , I own Td, parex, ccl . Could you please provide me 3 more names you would buy today to add to my Tfsa.
Thx
Mark.

Q: I want to build a 5 stock portfolio in my TFSA (growth stocks, medium risk) Can you please recommend 5 stocks?

Thanks
Luigi

Q: Any good investments that u could give me for my TFSA for 2019. I own the following:
in my TFSA:. CAE, COV ,EIF, QQQ, IRDM, KXS, PPL, SYZ, WSP. . I just turned 80. Ernie, Thx.

Q: I have a bunch of shares in a computer share account. If I transfer those shares into another broker, would there be any tax consequences? Any idea how the average buy price should be calculated if I transfered some but not all the shares? If no tax consequences, Would taxes only be generated if transferring to an rrsp or tfsa broker account?

Thanks for the great service.

Q: Hi, my 25 year old son has a TFSA with the following holdings: ATD.B, BAM.A,GIB.A, CXI, WEED,DSG,XTC,GWO,GUD,TOY,TSGI,SYZ,SJ,WCN . Are there any holdings that you would exit in this portfolio. What would be suitable replacement considerations?

Q: What Canadian listed ETFs that are invested more so in growth stocks would be suitable for a TFSA with a mid to long term horizon? I wish to have geographic diversification through one or more ETFs and one or more ETFs investing in small to mid-cap stocks. If there are mutual funds that have better performance, after fees, please list as well.

Q: Hi 5I,
The above names are all owned in my TFSA. Of these, I am underweight in COV, IWO, PHO, SDX, SYZ AND VB. I've got some cash to put to work with a long term objective. With consideration to the sector weighting, and my under weights, would you recommend I top up on any at this time or maybe introduce a completely different name or names to the portfolio? Thanks!

Q: Can you confirm the reason for holding US stocks in registered accounts? When you say Registered accounts are you including TFSA's? Thanks

Q: Happy New Year to you! I am considering my TFSA strategy. I hold a RRIF which means that I must take out a certain percentage of it every year. Since I don't need the cash, I prefer to transfer some stocks in kind to my TFSA, but I am not clear which stocks make the best candidates to do this. I know that you think growth stocks are best for a TFSA, but I am not clear on what a growth stock is. (What I thought were growth stocks all went down!) Are dividend payers better in a RRIF or TFSA? American stocks? Oil stocks? Precious metals? Consumer discretionary? It seems to me that growth stocks are more volatile. Am I correct in this? Thanks for your advice.