Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, I'm currently holding NTR, WSP and GSY in my margin account. I've held NTR for a long time since Potash days and currently still down. I've done really with WSP and GSY but my loss on NTR almost equally offsets those gains. I would like to move some of these into my reg. accounts, what would be the best thing to do? I understand transferring any of these in kind would trigger a deemed disposition and trigger a capital gain/loss. What's your long term view of these positions and what do you think is the best way to proceed? Thanks!

Also, is there any website where you can plug in what you bought a stock at on a certain date and it would track what the market value would be worth now if it went through any splits or mergers?

Q: I'm also looking for some exposure to Healthcare. Not many options in Canada. I use to own Medtronic, Abbott and United Health. Are those good places to start in the U.S? Can you rank them in order of preference? Any others that seem appealing? I'd like to stay away from the stocks surrounding the vaccine since they seem speculative at the moment.

Thanks,
Jason

Q: Would you invest in this ETF if you wanted to participate in the EV trend? What would be a good investment for a more conservative investor who does not like to take much risk? Would you prefer a single stock instead? If so, which would you recommend? Thank you for your invaluable service.

Q: Good morning, as a relatively young retired investor I'm still leaning vs growth. As a portfolio year end adjustment I would like to hike my exposure to materials by approx 1%. Having said that my gold exposure has suffered and now sits at less that 3%. I own LUN at 2%. Where would you add ? In real estate I have a 2% in DIR and 1% in TCN.. Would like to add to maybe 5% of portfolio. Dividends are welcome but not a necessity since I can buy in either my Cash or in my RIFF account. New suggestions are welcome since your expertise gave me handsome results since I've subscribed to your services.

Stay safe,

Yves

Q: Recently bought this and in just a few days I'm down 40% . What is going on and should I sell or hang on ?

Q: I realize that you've never been a big fan of the sector, but AYR Strategies seems to be establishing itself nicely in the US and has received a number of upgrades.

By all means wait until after 2 January before answering and happy holidays to all of you.

Q: Merry Christmas team!

I saw that CRH fell 20+% yesterday, and I was hoping you could fill me in on why the big drop? What are your thoughts on the company at this point?

Cheers!

Q: I still hold Knight shares. Given that they are now raising some cash would 5I (if they still had them) continue to hold them for a few quarters. They have a significant amount of cash on hand
Is it probable that they are looking at an opportunity.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Clarence.

Q: Retiree with a RRIF. Currently own ENB and PPL. Thinking of adding another energy player. Would you go with KEY or ALA and why. Any other suggestions? ( with decent dividend)
Thank you in advance. Happy New Year.

Q: Any particular reason for the recent decline in Enbridge stock recently? Is their dividend sustainable at 8%?

Q: Hi everyone!

I have a 2% weighting in technology. I am deploying a lump sum from a real estate sale and so far I've deployed 35% of my total, with 1% each in Kinaxis and Lightspeed, although Lightspeed is now probably a 2% position with its advance. Looking to exchange some money to U.S. dollars and was looking at the Companies above. My target weighting for technology is 14% so I can add a few companies. Which are your favourites? Any others to add to the list?

Thanks,
Jason

Q: Thanks for all the advice and enjoy some quiet time over the holidays.
After the year end flurry of tax loss selling and portfolio adjustments, I will have new contributions to well balanced RESP and TFSA in 2021. Could you suggest 3 companies to add for each for long term holds and growth ?
Cheers, Peter

Q: Peter and Team:
I own 15K score Media @ 35cents. The takeover of Great Canadian looks more certain and that means very few public gaming companies to invest in, Score being one of them. Do the chances of it being licensed in most of the canadian provinces look like it will come to fruition? The USA states? The last cash raise should help the balance sheet, but for how long? Your opinion please about adding to my position forgetting about sector weights. Would you also compare it to Mitek, which you spoke favourably about on Dec 24th. Which would you go with, if either, or would you wait until the possible retraction in Jan. ( Sorry, market timing. )
Thanks,
Ben.

Q: Can you please comment on your outlook for Bep.un for 2021?Kim

Q: Your thought on Takeda vs Roche for investment account. Would you recommend trimming ABBV (10% of my portfolio) and acquiring both Takeda & Roche?

Thank you!

Q: Hi. On the above six stocks, I am down today alone (Dec 28) more than 6% on half of them and down 4% on the other half. On a day when the 3 major markets are up. The question is, is this a theme of investors thinking these are stay at home stocks with a view to normality returning and therefore more downside on these type of stocks to come as the virus wanes, or more just tech, growth, high flier stocks having their usual ebbs and flows.

Q: Is this a good stock to buy?

Q: I see the request for "top picks" is a question that gets asked a lot, is there a section for most recent top picks? Any chance we could get a filter to filter by most favourited from other 5i users?

thanks for a wonderful 2020, love this site, zero hesitancy when it comes to resubbing. happy holidays!

Q: Can gbtc be held in a tfsa or rrsp ?

Q: I have seen the Vector Vest ads on BNN over a period of years. Do you have an opinion on how useful / accurate their system is? Thanks for any opinion you might offer.