Investment Q&A

Q: My son is diligently saving to purchase a house and currently is taking advantage of the benefits of a TFSA. I have mentioned that he should also consider opening an RRSP to take advantage of their home buyers plan. He can contribute an extra $15k and get an additional 35% tax refund. He has about a 4-5 year time horizon before he needs the money. Is this sound advice? Can you recommend what stocks he should consider?
Thank you

Q: Looking for growth in my TFSA among REIT'S. How would you rate this foursome.

Q: Hi,
I remain somewhat confused about which account it's best to hold Dividend paying stocks in. I've noticed some responses where you indicate it's best to hold the dividend payers in non registered accounts and higher growth stocks (capital gainers) in a registered TFSA or RRSP account.
For whatever reason, I assumed the opposite as I thought receiving dividends was more along the lines of receiving income (i.e.- cash) so it would be best to put these into your registered accounts to lower the tax bill.
So, in my situation, as I receive approx 60k in annual pension income- am I better to put the dividend payers into the registered or non registered accounts to keep the tax bill as low as possible.
Thank you.

Q: Hi5I
We are giving our 3 grandchildren $5000.00 each, so they can each open a TFSA account. Our intention is to give them the same amount for the following three years.
Considering the size of the deposit, and the fees for the accounts, your recommendation on where to open the accounts and what to buy inside the accounts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks MJ

Q: I am confused. The 30 day rule for buying a stock you sold only applies to a cash or margin account and only applies to losses not gains on that stock. The 30 day rule doesn't apply in an RRSP, RIF or TFSA account. Is this true? Thanks.

Q: What 5 stocks would be your top picks to place in a TFSA for 2017?

Shirley

Q: CSH has dividends in something called CAPITAL DIVIDENDS. As I understand it, these dividends are not taxable. Does this mean the cost base goes down by this amount, or what? In a related question, is it best to hold CSH in an RSP (where I currently have my units) or in a taxable account. Should I sell CSH in the RSP and buy it back in the taxable account, adding something else into the RSP?

Q: I currently have ZQQ at a 5% weighting in most of my portfolios and I am considering replacing it with one or two US tech companies. My tech exposure in each portfolio is approximately 20% and I want to maintain that percentage. I have income tax consequences in most portfolios; taking this is account what stocks would you consider to have higher return potential than ZQQ over 5 to 10 years.

Q: I am starting a TFSA for my wife, who is 5 years from retirement with an adequate pension. The stocks in question will be of equal weight. Your opinion on selection or other suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks

Q: Looking to add another full position to each TFSA. Could you recommend a stock for each. Also, would you change any of these stocks, if so, what would they be changed to?
JAMES TFSA: CRH 26%, ECN 6.52%, EFC 11.39%, GUD 10%, PHO 12%, PBH 10.76%, SIS 16.61%, TOY 5%

LORETTA TFSA: GSY 14.67% KXS 15.41%, MTY 15.82%, SIS 18.91%, SHOP 15.82%, WCP 13.77%, TOY 5.58%

Much appreciated.

Q: Hi 5i,
Through an error(on my part)in transferring a TFSA from an Advisor account to a self directed account, the monies were withdrawn in to a non registered account. I know I need to wait a year to replace the TFSA $ in the self directed. Now that I have the chance, assuming roughly equal amounts, which should go to the TFSA and which should stay in the non registered? I also have about $15,000 cash in each account. After rebalancing, can you suggest two or three more for each account? Long term horizon.
Have a good weekend.
Thanks Paul

Q: Would you consider the following a good starting list for a friend's TFSA, 10 years holding. Other sectors + US + international would be in RSP. What would you change if not. 'Congrat Ryan + Lisa!'

GUD Knight Health Care
CRH CRH Medical Health Care
KXS KINAXIS Tech
AIF Altus Group Financial / real estate
ECN ECN Capital Financial
MX Methanex Material
NFI New Flyer Industries Industrial
PBH Premium Brand Holdings Consumer staples
SIS Savaria Industrial / Health
TOY Spin Master Consumer discretionary
SYZ Sylogist Tech
RRX Raging River Energy

Q: I have a comfortable weighting of these stocks in my TFSA (Overweight in CGX and STN. ) Planning to add three more. In reading your answers I was thinking of GUD and KXS. Suggestions for a third or another three or should I add to existing stocks? Long timeframe. Many thanks.Always enjoy your careful answers. Paul

Q: Good Day. Just curious what would be some good diversified stocks to put in a TFSA. My friend has $10,000 to invest. His health is not good and he is near 60. His TFSA will only have this $10,000 till at least 2018.

Q: Hey guys, thanks in advance! I'm wondering how I should allocate stocks across my TFSA and 2 different RESPs. I've been sticking to the balanced portfolio and I'm wondering if 12 stocks in my TFSA and 4 in each RESP is a good idea, or if the RESP's should be more diversified. Any advice would be great. There are 20 stocks total, all equal weight. Thanks.

Q: My son ( 31, single, no dependents, good salary) has $10,000 cash in his TFSA and $30,000 cash in his RRSP. He would like to begin building a growth portfolio with a 10 to 20+ year time frame. No stocks are owned at this time.
1) Suggestions on where to begin?
2) He plans to add $500 to $1000 monthly to the TFSA for the foreseeable future. Suggestions on how to employ these contributions?
Thank you, Trevor

Q: I have a non-registered and a TFSA account. Which account should these stocks be in?

Many Thanks,
Peter

Q: I was listening to a guest on BNN market call tonight Mar 3/17 and the guest stated that REIT's should be held outside of a TFSA as the income is return of capital and is tax differed. Is that correct that when you dispose of the individual REIT in your TFSA that you will be taxed on the investment as capital Gains.I thought all gains and income on any type of investment excluding US holdings in a TFSA are tax free. I intend to do monthly withdrawls from my distributions from my REITS, Dividends and ETF's monthly in my retirement and thought all these withdrawls would be tax free as well as any sale of the stock/REIT/ETF position.
Could you give me your opinion.
Thanks

Q: I recently purchased share certificates that included warrants, I have converted those certificates to actual cash shares and deposited them into my non-registered trading account. My question is this: when, or if the time comes that I am able to exercise those warrants, can I make that purchase from my TFSA trading account, even though the original shares those warrants came with were deposited into a different account? Eg., each warrant allows me to buy one share at .10 while each share certificate trades at $1.00 and I have 10,000 warrants. Can I exercise those 10,000 warrants using cash from my TFSA then place all 10,000 shares into my TFSA (a "transfer in kind" I am assuming)when the value will now be far greater and would far exceed my contribution limit. I am thinking it would be just like purchasing normal shares in my TFSA then they double or triple, if I were to be so lucky, I just don't know how the warrant is viewed by CRA

Q: I want to invest in a new TFSA for a 67 year old female who is starting retirement. They have ample income from various sources so the TFSA is pure growth over 5 to 10 years.

Would you agree to split the 52 k in SIS, SHOP, KXS, GUD, TOY, GSY, BYD.UN & ZCL each at an equal weighting around 12%? In this scenario do you agree with a larger than the traditional 5% weighing per equity? I know your team has endorsed a more concentrated approach at times. Going forward she will add 1 new equity annually at the full $5,500 assuming that continues.

Thanks in advance, very happy with your service!
Greg.