Q: Hi Peter
In May, 5i sold 1% of ZRE from the income portfolio. Is there a specific reason for this sale ? ZRE dropped significantly in the few months. Is the sale linked to the drop in value ? Do you still recommend purchasing ZRE ?
Q: Please provide me with 5 US large cap stocks you feel will have the best upside. Is it to early to get back into the market or would you wait until early October.
Q: A question on ATZ from the 5i Balanced Portfolio. Winnipeg-based portfolio manager Jamie Murray had an interview published in the GAM on June 25 and he said ATZ has no debt and is buying back stock. Can you please comment on ATZ's debt and are they actively buying back stock?
Thanks!
Q: I own above ETF’s in a non taxable accounts for the purpose of relative stability and diversification. I am looking now for the next 12 to 18 months and thinking of concentrating on the Canadian market (VDY) for better return in the medium term.
I value as always your opinion.
Raouf
Q: Hi There,
Can you suggest a method where one can estimate the realtime Equity Risk Premium for US market and Canadian Market using ETF's. Can you also give a guide as to what values may cause investors to shift between the risky asset and the safe asset for US and Canadian markets. Thanks
Q: Not the greatest idea to have a Reit IPO these days!. Well below expected and real IPO prices. At least dividend has been announced. Besides DRR being new and still quite small, do you see any problem with it ? Any new info ? Merci.
Q: Can I get your take on canadian insurance companies in this market. Which one would you prefer and why? Would you start buying now or wait a bit till after the next rate hike? Thanks
Q: Why were CDN banks down 3%, today, Stress Test results for US banks also came strong. One damper, as I learned was Deutsche Bank down 11% in Europe Trading. Is there a contagion effect ? CDN Banks are now down 20% YTD. Should we worry ? Thanks
Q: Hi Team,
The last couple days I am seeing a drastic sell off in oil producers, and what seems to be a rotation into investors buying up the most beat down tech names. Do you see this rotation continuing? Is it time to dump oil stocks and buy back into tech / growth names?
Q: Hi, Energy sector was creamed today with 5% decline on the top of 15-20% drop over past week. I also learnt from CNBC that many large investors are buying significant amount of September Puts. We trimmed 25% of our 10% Energy weighting, selling XLE, XEG,CNQ and TOU, mostly at market open. Do you believe , Energy sector could be range bound for near term and has further downside ? Would it be prudent to cut the sector weight to 5%, in General, without being specific to our portfolio ? Which companies would you reduce, in order of priority, among, CNQ, TOU and SU, based on balance sheets and possible further downside caused by Oil/Gas price and recession ? Thanks
Q: Hi, With recent drop in Oil/Gas prices, would it be prudent to reduce exposure to Large E&P and Integrated names and increase ENB weighting, so we have Energy exposure but with limited downside. In your Balanced Equity Portfolio, I noticed that ENB weight is about 7.5% and you appear to be comfortable with that. Thank You
Q: Any specific news regarding BMO keeps falling for the past 2 weeks even the market is up today but BMO stocks is down, try to understand why it keeps going down, wondering because BMO invested heavily in oil and gas and crude oil is down. Appreciate your insight.