Investment Q&A

Q: Looking to add more exposure to companies in technology that will help drive growth of the economy not only in the near term but long term. Things like Software, AI, 5G, IOT, Self Driving Cars, etc. With HXQ ETF the pick is more the Nasdaq 100 which will contain a number of these companies. With ARKW and IGV looking at some speciality to help in the overall growth of my technology allocation. What are the thoughts on the 3 selected or do you have others you would recommend. Looking at ETF to get some broad exposure and reduce risk of picking individual stocks. Thanks as always.

Q: Chr reported that it is proposing a shareholders rights plan...a poison pill.
What would that suggest ?
A way to entrench management or protect shareholders

Q: I currently have full positions in BEP.UN, AQN and NPI in a non-reg account. I'm thinking of selling one to buy either BCE or BIPC.

This is a portfolio move. I don't currently own BCE or T so this might be a good time to add. I actually prefer BIPC for the more global exposure. I'm retired and looking for reliable dividends with a side of growth. I think owning all three utilities may be too much (I also own ALA in my RRSP) but selling any of the three would result in a taxable event.
forgot to mention that selling any of AQN, NPI or BEP.UN would result in a taxable gain. I also intended to ask which of the three would you sell?

Do think this would be a worthwhile move? If so, which would to buy, BCE or BIPC?

Thanks as always.
Peter

Q: Is Descartes debt free? And Kinaxis? How much cash do they have.

Q: PBH appears to have been doing ok despite the COVID-19 lockdown, which means, their products are likely not being purchased and consumed. When does the sales slowdown negatively hit them, and what do you think happens to the stock price in the short term, and do you think they have the financials to weather the storm and go back to higher ground after the lockdowns end?

Q: hi Guy
Is management going to be selling a lot of shares in may
Bob

Q: France is starting to see food inflation. In some cases, it's quite impressive numbers percentage wise. If we do get more wide-spread inflation, due to the massive stimulus, would that be a positive for preferred share resets, which I've read go up with higher interest rates? The ETF ZPR currently pays 7% annually, which is usually a sign of future cuts, but on the other hand, it's been going up for 3 weeks. This question is for an account that is 60% in bonds and needs more income.

Q: May I have your opinion on GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income, for income? It's a covered call fund yielding 12% dividend. The holdings include 45% metals and mining, 20% energy, and the rest in health, industrials, agriculture. It seems to be 55% held by insiders. How secure is it for income, in your opinion? Thank you.

Q: ..what do you think of ERF today? if betting on a oil recovery, would you prefer a basket of smaller producers or just stick with CNQ and SU? thanks.

Q: Ed Sonenberg Riocan chief who I think I is reasonably straight shooter said the market is discounting retail real estate too much. if this makes sense would Riocan with near 10 % yield make a reasonable buy ?

Q: Good Morning Folks,

Do the waste management companies look good from a growth plus safety perspective at this time? How would you compare WM and WCN? Which would you prefer? Any other names that you like in this space?

Dennis

Q: What is your opinion on replacing AGF.B with FSZ? I’m underwater big time with AGF.B, would incur a loss in my trading account and hopefully gain some of the loss with the FSZ dividend and possibly growth.
Thank you.

Q: Given Ternium's apparently strong financials and excellent dividend, would you consider this equity a solid, non-ETF way to get Emerging Market exposure?

Q: Hi group would appreciate your views on Wayfair its on fire after some recent developments re Covis-19 can you see it making new highs (its been as high as $166 early last year on this recent run or? most importantly would you buy it after the recent movement ?thanks

Q: I bought a position in this "cleantech" firm a few weeks ago. I know it's in the beaten up oil services sector (they've already lost some customers) but they have a ton of cash and a practical way to reduce methane and other emissions. It has proven to be super volatile and I'm down about 20% already. Did I blow it?

Q: Hi,
I am thinking of adding a defensive U.S. stock into my portfolio. Between COST and WMT, which one would you pick and why? Thank you!
Martin

Q: I realize that while you view AGI as "decent", it has never made your best of gold stocks list. But the SP has really begun to pick up steam in the last month. While part of that is obviously related to the rising price of gold, the other part may be a favourable market reaction to their operational update from 2 April. This is a bit ironic as they were primarily dealing with suspension of operations at Island Gold and Mulatos. So the only positives would be continuing (and unaffected) construction on the Young-Davidson mine together with details on their strong balance sheet (which is likely the most important factor). So is AGI now beginning to climb your list of good gold companies?

Thanks for the great work and stay safe.

Q: Hello 5i,
Thank you for providing a clear and modulated message through the past 2 months.
For a 5-10 year hold could you rank the top 10 highest (TSX) yielding stocks with the safest dividends. ( strongest balance sheet, lowest payout ratio, historical dividend growth, etc).
Could you also rank them separately in terms of bounceback / growth potential over the next 2 to 3 years?
There may be redundancy in this question vs others asked and the 5i portfolios - so please take as many credits as necessary.
Thank you

Q: I understand that for an ETF such as ZQQ, that's hedged against C$, this fund would not be negatively impacted if C$ rises against its US counterpart. But if C$ loses value against US$, would the hedged ETF benefit from it? Or there will be no + or - impact on the value of the ETF.
As for un-hedged ETFs, I assume then the price of these ETFs are affected by a) the movements of the stocks they are holding; and b) the movements of C$ against the underlying currencies. Is my assumption correction.
Cheers,

Q: I sold Lightspeed at $26.64, and would like to get back in, but I'm wondering if it would be better to wait until the next report on May 21. It will be their annual report, how do you see this report looking, will it reflect any downturn in business due to Covid, or would that be the subsequent report? Thank-you!