Investment Q&A

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.

Q: I currently receive an indexed pension which covers my living expenses and related costs. I also have an RRSP and other investments. My question is regarding my TFSA. Regardless of sector allocation what would your top 5 picks be today?
Also at what monetary value would you add additional holdings or would you just rebalance your winners? Example $$50,000 5 stocks, $100,000 8 stocks?
Please deduct as many credits as you see fit.

Q: Hi Peter and team, I'm looking for some input as to where to deploy a recent RRSP contribution. I'm an aggressive investor with a 20+ year time horizon, and I tend to hold a focused portfolio. Currently holding QSR, XTC, PBH, SIS, TD, DH, WSP, CSU, SJ, and ENGH in roughly even allocations. I have broad exposure to US, Canadian, and International markets through my group RRSP at work, so am not overly concerned with diversifying the mix above. What are two or three companies you would suggest adding to the above for a long-term hold in an RRSP? By long-term I mean 5+ years, so the companies would likely be in dominant market positions.

Many thanks,

Alex

Q: I purchased a half position of OTEX in my TFSA with the intention of holding for the long term. I found out afterward that it pays dividends in US dollars. I don't have a US account and the present price is roughly around what I paid for it. I'm wondering if I should sell and buy a full position in my RRSP account. The cost for 3 transactions would be approx. 30$. Do you think this is a reasonable plan, or should I just stay in the TFSA? Thanks, Paul

Q: Hi 5i team. The bulk of our savings is managed professionally and is balanced and diversified (I hope).My spouse and I manage our own TFSA. We would like the TFSAs to have a high growth potential. Currently my porfolio has 15% cash, 8.14% BAD, 5.82% CGX, 4.52% DRT, 4.89% INP, 6.92% GUD, 4.41% MDA, 5.18% NXPI, 17.53% PPL, 7.14% TC and 18.66% BYD
My husband has 24.35% cash, 9.24% ALA, 6.76% CXI, 20.54% CSU, 8.88% GSY, 18.78% KXS and 10.97% WCN.
We would like to have a balanced asset allocation and still keep it high growth.
Please suggest what we should keep, sell and any buy recommendations.
Please deduct as many credits as appropriate.

Also, could you advise how often I should check on my porfolio and rebalance it?

Q: Hi 5I, I now have 180000 in my TFSA mainly from investing in EIF. I have since diversified and feel like I need to make more trades. I heard CRA can tax you if they figure one is treating this as a job? Your thoughts please.

Regards

Q: Hi guys,

I have just reached the $ 100k mark with my TFSA, thank you Peter, Ryan and the rest of the dedicated staff!

Jim

Q: Hi,
I'm trying to shuffle a few things around between my margin, RSP, and TFSA accounts and simplify my portfolio. I'm assuming one would want to hold the highest growth stocks in the TFSA because there is no tax.
However, how do you distinguish what should go into which account? For example, among others, I'm holding a bunch of dividend stocks (BPY.UN, BPY, ZWU, VGH, VRE, PPL, AD) and growth stocks (ONEX, XSU, TNC, CXI, SJ) in my RSP. In my TFSA, I also have a mix of dividend and growth stocks, BIP.UN, ZWB, TECK.B, CGX, SHOP, GUD, CRH, HWO. Should I swap some of these stocks between my RSP and TFSA?

My TFSA and RSP are all maxed out and I have been buying a lot of dividend stocks in my margin account lately (CU, XEI, VDY, ENB, WSP, FTS, AQN, PWF, ENF) to take advantage of the dividend tax credit. Is it better to hold dividend growth stocks in your RSP or Margin accounts?

Any examples of what you would do or insight into this would be great! I'm 35 years old and time horizon is 10-20 years (would like an early retirement haha!)

Thanks!

Q: Could you recommend 3 or 4 Industrial stocks for a TFSA.
Could you also recommend 2 Material stocks for a TFSA

Thank you

Q: Hi 5i,

My entire portfolio is currently in a TFSA. My holdings and %s are as followed:

Teleco: RCI.B (3.65%)
Material: SJ (1.40%)
Fin'l: BNS (5.37%) SLF (4.64%)
Cons Staple: MRU (1.73%) PBH (2.50%) ATD.B (3.68%)
Cons Cyclical: GSY (5.51%) TOY (3.60%) MG (3.24%)
Tech: SHOP (5.88%) OTC (6.96%) KXS (3.60%) CSU (4.31%)
Ind: CNR (3.98%)
Energy: RRX (3.46%) ENB (4.07%)
Health: GUD (3.66%) SIS (3.63%)
Utilities: FTS (3.68%) BEP.UN (3.52%)
Cash: 18%

Which companies would you suggest I add/buy currently that would make great additions? I am in my 20s and have a long (10+) horizon for investing.

Thank You
Chris

Q: Am considering adding a half position of each to my wife's TFSA. She already owns ALA, BCE, CPG, and RY. What do you think of their future earnings next quarter? Would you suggest another alternative to either one?
Thanks Jack

Q: Hi Peter + group recently I transferred some WEF stock to both my wife / my own TSFA (out of a cash non- registered account). If I understand the TSFA concept any $ increase in the price of the shares is noon taxable just like any other TSFA deposit. Ort should I have sold the shares outright and then used the $ to but something else ? Thanks for all your ongoing help /advise

Q: Hi,

I've got equity in my cash account that I'd like to sell and buy again in my TFSA. Is there a a period of time I have to wait between when I sell and then buy again?

Thx,

Cam.

Q: I have about 110,000 dollar that I will be investing in your balanced portfolio and the etf ViG. About 45,000 dollars will be in a non registered account and 65,000 in TFSA. I am avoiding RRSP because I have a good pension. My tax person said that I would save tax by putting the non dividend equities to the non=registered account. I plan to leave the investments in for 7-8 year As well will vig be taxed at a higher rate because it is non-Canadian if it is in the non-registered?

Q: Hey 5i, I am a guy in his 20's who is just starting out with his TFSA. I would love your suggestion on a handful of companies I could buy right now that have great growth potential, and that are not overvalued or overpriced. I have ~$5000 and I would be buying and holding for a minimum of 5 years.
Thank you so much for your answer.

Q: Hi 5i, I held IT in my TFSA and have recently sold the position. Can you make some recommendations for growth in my TFSA? Thanks.

Q: I have in my tfsa the above stocks in a weighting of 5 to 10% with 10k in cash. Which of the ones listed would you add to or would you recommend one or 2 others stocks that would fit in this portfolio. I also have other rrsp and trading accts. thks marcel

Q: hello 5i I am repositioning my TFSA and my wife's,the total amount is 80,000 can you suggest stocks and weighting

Q: Good morning. As a new member I was wondering if you could comment on the equities I have in my TFSA. It's value id approximately $45 K. I have been retired for 10 years on an educator's defined benefit pension and would consider myself a medium risk investor.
The equities are ZUB, CRH, HXQ,RY, SHOP, ZCL (with values of $4-6K) and CPG and NPC ($2-3K values).
Can I feel confident with the growth opportunities of these? Do you have other suggestions to look into?
Thankyou.
Jim