Investment Q&A

Q: Hello,
After reading your recent recommended link on bear markets in Canada by Raymond James, I have a question involving his recommendations at the end. I've been following your Balanced Portfolio as I find it suited to my risk tolerance. I was planning to just weather the storm with it, maybe purchasing more during this down time. However, is it recommended to also diversify into bonds and gold, as the article recommends?

A second question, in the same vein, is regarding porfolio management more broadly. What are (and where can I learn more about) particular asset combinations that historically have had higher returns in the long term for any particular risk tolerance?

Q: As they both have corrected, which company (if either) would you prefer here in relation to yield, valuation and any privitization/takeout optionality? Thank You.

Q: What do you think of this equity for a rising stream of retirement income?

Q: hi, thoughts on these five going forward 2-5 years?

Q: Hope everyone enjoyed the cruise and that it wasn't as choppy as markets!
My question is on Covered Calls in the CDN market and I wonder if you would have 5 stocks to suggest for this strategy. I note that using this strategy in the US market … AAPL, CSCO, DIS have way more activity and choices, but I like this idea for CDN stocks that I already own, per the suggestions from 5i.
Your thoughts please, and welcome back to reality.
Peter

Q: In response to Rajeev's concern about the drop of SJ from $54 high to $41.50 over 4 weeks on Jan 25,5I recommend to BUY.Today it closed @ $45.18,up $3.32. Today,Laurentian Bank,BNS & TD set target price of $56.50,$50 & $51 respectively & RY upgrades it to outperform. 5I appreciate your recommendation,great views & services

Q: Like CSU lately, this stock is getting knocked down quite a bit this week. Don't see anything negative in the news. What do you feel is going on here?

Q: Hi,
Jason Donville was on BNN this morning and mentioned that Veritas had done a report on CSU with a sell recommendation. I don't see anything on the internet on this. Wondering if you've seen the report and if you have any comments on the content of the report. Thanks.

Q: I was looking for a replacement for RRX with a dividend. RXX is 100% oil and PEY is 90% gas. I already own TOU which I believe is gas company as well. Are you trying to tell me to be more gas weighted? I thought there was larger supply of gas then oil in the market. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Q: Is today's news the announcement we've been waiting for? The word 'bank' does not appear specifically.

Q: Hi Team,

In an answer to a question from Paul J. about when to sell Magna you said the balanced portfolio is "a little more focused on one-year performance."

Much of you Q&A commentary is about long-term investing and performance.

It would be easy for members reading the Q&A regularly to get the impression the balanced portfolio should be a long-term portfolio - but maybe it is not.

Do you think it would help if you clarified for each model portfolio what the intended investment time horizon is and include that information with your explanatory/cautionary statements about each one?

Otherwise things are a bit confusing.

If in fact the balanced model portfolio is not for long-term investors, do you have any plans to introduce a portfolio that is?

Many thanks for the great service and for taking my question.

Michael

Q: Hi Peter,

Is it safe to pick up stocks with a book value lower than the market price. the above stock is trading at 4.00 cad and the bv is 7.00 cad

Thanks
Paul

Q: Do you know the reason for the large jump in this stock today?

Thanks. Dave.

Q: i notice that csu, kxs, otc, dsg and many of the u.s. tech companies have gotten hammered over the last few days, anything going on here like a rotation out of tech to energy and gold, i know csu is one of your favorites but reached levels last seen last april from a high of 600 seen not that long ago.is this just profit taking or something else. dave

Q: I have a few questions around the model portfolio:

Around what amounts in $ terms do you assume an investor has to replicate a model portfolio.

Also can we pick a few from a model portfolio and not follow it a 100%

Q: dear team 5i: took a tax loss on pgf. could buy back at same price or less sold at 1.08. do you concer with opinion of canaccord on page 33 of dec. jan. moneysaver as for pgf could benefit in market recovery How so? Ifso? thanks Larry

Q: I just wanted to tell you and everyone that you all do great work and please keep it up. I am asking about autocanada, is this becoming a buying point? and is the yield safe? Because no body likes it might it go down further.

Q: Hello: Would you recommend buying WSP at the current price? Or some other growth stocks? Objective: capital appreciation and dividends. I'm looking for some capital growth to offset the stocks in the red in my TFSA. In order of unrealized losses from high to low: CXR, AYA, LNR, CRH, BOS, TC, CXI. My losses range from 61% to 21%. Thank you.

Q: What is your exit strategy for cyclical stocks?

I am referring to Magna. It has been noted many times that is it a cyclical stock. Your start cost of MG in the Balanced Equity portfolio is $55.72, You rode it up to $74, and back down to $44 and never seemed to consider selling it along the way. So when do you sell it, or are you "buy and hold"?

Paul J.

Q: What do think of Dycom? Growth looks good and it has, along with everything else, pulled back substantially. S&P has it sell, but I am not sure why, unless its the debt. Is there a Canadian rough equivalent that has a similar specialization in telecommunications infrastructure? Thank-you.