Investment Q&A

Q: Hello. Would love your thoughts on BN's earnings. Seems like the market did not like them - ADD or HOLD on the ~6.5% move lower on Thursday?

Thanks as always.

Q: Why was BN down by more than 6% today. Is it a buy or a sell

Q: Which 3 Canadian growth stocks do the 5i Team has most conviction at this time for a TFSA account. Please provide short reasoning. - Thanks!

Q: The above stocks make up 80.4% of my holdings. Goog and BN @7% each. The next 5 @ 4% each and the rest at or close to 3% each. For a 10 year horizon, with risk/reward in mind, where would you invest if you had 10% of the portfolio in dry powder- new cash. Any you would sell? Note, I have been trimming CLS, VRT and NBIS to control AI exposure.

Thanks again for all the insights - love the service you provide.

Q: Good morning,

With a 10 year time horizon and not overly concerned with yield, would you go with BIP or BN?

Thank you.

Q: When is a good time to buy both Bam & BN,and good entry prices? Thx for U ueual great services & views

Q: Gooday My question is that I have 2 sons with money in there tax free account. Which are the safest divden pay stocks that you recommend .

Q: I have held a large Position in BIP.UN in my RRSP for many years. The equity has done OK but in looking back wonder why my Financial Advisor didn't suggest i rotate this into BN or BAM to gain max returns.

I don't need the income and it seems alot of BIP.UN's return comes in the form of the dividend which is not treated favorably within a Registered Account so BIP.UN seems not best for RRSP.

How would you suggest i better allocate these funds within a Registered Account between Brookfield companies to gain max benefit and at what price(s) would you suggest the switch?

Just on a side note i previously also held BEP.UN and my advisor suggested it was rated a Sell by Veritas so i let him sell at a very inopportune moment ($33). He claimed Veritas had a Sell on all Brookfield companies. Is Veritas a reputable rating Agency because they seem to just dislike any and all Brookfield entities?

Q: These companies are classified as 100% financials and 100% Canada. Doesn't holding ownership of BIF and others make them diversified across sectors and countries? Thanks

Q: Hi 5i!

My nephew is 18 and he wants to start investing. I think he was reading the Intelligent Investors couple months ago. Can you suggest 5 stocks in 5 differents sectors to start a porfolio?

Thank you!

Q: Please comment on Chrd. Buy,Hold or Sell.If sell,please 3 best alternaives,regardless of sectors.Txs for u usual great views & services

Q: Creating TFSA for 25 year old daughter. Started off really timid with VBAL then slowly started to add individual names. Small quantity in US names. If 10,000 left to add, what would you suggest to balance it out and be diversified, based on current prices, value, potential upside, while managing huge swings in price with things like metals/oil/gas? I want her to see the benefits of investing and feel the pressure so don't want to make any huge mistakes. Thanks for your great advice!!

Q: I have 16.6% of my RRSP currently sitting in cash, from accumulated dividends and some contributions I never got around to deploying into the equities markets. Can you give me two names (US or Canadian equities) that I could spit this amount between, to purchase? Many thanks.

Q: Are you able to provide comparable alternatives in the US. Your top 3, ranked for long term return . (10 year hold)

Q: Most successful investors I have read about become rich investing in 3 to 4 consolidated holdings. What do you think of that approach? If you had to sell everything today to invest in 4 stocks which could double in 1-3 years time frame, which will those 4 stocks be. How do you protect yourself from huge drawdowns along the way. On the other hand what do you think about over diversification where you do not invest more than like $2500 per investment and sell half when the stock doubles and leave the rest and continue doing that.

Q: Hi,

Not sure I understand the 3 for split where the extra shares are considered a dividend. I had a large cap gain prior to the split which has been substantially reduced by the factor of the split, and now have a large dividend that I must pay tax on when I do my 2025 taxes. At least that is how my TD account shows it. How can that be a good thing for an investor.

Have I got this wrong?

Q: What happened to Brookfield bn.ca it dropped from 95 to 65 dollars why am I so down ... What Happened thx

Q: Can I claim a loss for tax purposes on BAM if I purchase BN within 30 days of the sale of BAM?

Q: Could you tell me which 5 of these TFSA companies you would add money to first in a correction. Could you also give me two, not in this list that you consider better or just as good than these names, for a tfsa.
Thanks for all you do. Gilles

Q: Is recent question I asked was only partially answered. The question was asked by Tim on Oct 8. Here is your response:
Our top five for a growth investor with a long-term timeframe would be: SHOP ($220 if possible), BN ($91-$93), TRI ($190 to $200), CSU ($3800), TD ($105 to $110) /BNS ($85).

The part of the question not answered was whether these large cap stocks would be suitable for a tfsa. I have been using small caps mostly, but now am wanting to get more conservative. Thanks very much