Investment Q&A

Q: Hello, I would like to get your best guess as to how the cdn bond market would react under 3 different scenarios.

1. Rates stay static for the next couple of years as we slowly make our way out of this and there no other real shocks to the system.

2. Rates rise as things improve much quicker than expected and the economy booms along with higher inflation than expected.

3. The situation slowly get worse and prolonged and rates fall to below zero.

I am confused at the best of times but these days are setting things to a whole new level.

Currently own xbb and vcit as fixed income. Better options?

Thanks for all you are doing it really is helping.

Q: Under what circumstance would you consider swapping one BIPC share for one BIP.UN, assuming the ongoing dividend and unit distribution payout are identical.

Would it be just the tax consequence on the future sale of the share or unit, and perhaps the tax treatment of the dividend and unit distribution payout? Thanks.

Q: Thoughts on buying this? It is up 10% so maybe I missed the buying window?

Q: Do you think the suspension of dividends is a direct result of the Covid 19 event and management has cut it out of an abundance of caution or are they severely in distress for cash. If the former do you believe that at the recent price (around $25) BCI has long term value and potential for good upside?

Q: What are your thoughts on being opportunistic on Wall Financial given that the shares are off approx. 40% with the recent market turmoil?

Q: Given the high implied VOL in options, what are your favourite names in CAD and USD for covered call strategies?

Looking for stocks that you already like that have reasonably liquid options (I know harder in CAD) and you think have excellent bounce back potential and wouldn't mind owning for 2-3 years.

Thanks

Q: I have owned this particular preferred share for 5 years now and that has just recently been renewed and with the recent drop in the market and overall poor performance and using your crystal ball would you continue to hold or just sell and move on. Please do not take into consideration a capital gain loss or interest payment

Q: Hi Gang
Can you give me your 5 top reits at this time given this environment
Thanks for your help
Mike B

Q: Greetings Team 5i,

I was thinking of buying for RRSP but concerned about losing out to withholding tax.
XDG is a Canadian wrapper with around 53% of USA holdings plus rest of the world.

Would you have an idea of the withholding tax status? Held in an RRSP, would the USA holding's dividends NOT incur withholding but the remainder would?

In this case, I am giving the issue of withholding tax too much thought and should just buy it for its merits?

Thank you in advance!

Q: Hi All at 5i!
I read an article by Jeff Booth entitled” Jolted awake from an economic fantasy “, in the Globe and Mail on Saturday. Basically, Jeff gave an example of a saver and a person who took on a large quantity of debt and kept doing so. In 2008 , when there should have been an economic reckoning ,the Saver was punished , but the indebted person was rewarded by the government pumping liquidity into the market, thus fuelling the economy with even more debt, and not allowing things to fail as a capitalistic market would dictate. So now, with this virus, and more government indebtedness, to help the country, where will this leave us? Will we be kicking the can of economic collapse further down the road? I am just trying to figure out the economic implications of all this, with my limited insight, as economics is not my area of expertise and I am getting a headache. I was hoping you could comment. I am heading into retirement, and am just wondering how I should position myself to safeguard my savings ...the market is unstable and the GICs are punishing the savers...again. Thanks, Tamara

Q: Pls comment on Seagate Technology earning , outlook, and future growth.
The stock looks cheap, is it a value trap? How had it done on dividend increases in the past 5 years. Would you recommend a buy?

Q: Looking for big pharma ETF`s when the pandemic is over to invest, which would be most tax efficient in a non registered account. I guess this limits them to the USA.
Any Canadian ones.
Thanks
Jeff

Q: Please provide your views on the cannabis sector in the short, medium and long term. Specific details around “why” you are positive or negative over short, medium and long term.. would be very helpful. Also please provide your favourite picks in the cannabis sector for short term speculative trading and for long term buy and hold, with reasons why. Your guidance and service is very much appreciated.

Q: How strong is cae balance sheet?
Debt,cash.
How long could they sing this out and is this on top of your list for rebound?

Q: I plan to retire in 3 years and want to set up a portfolio of dividend paying stocks for my retirement in a non- registered account. Can you please give me your thoughts if I buy the following in 20% amounts at each S&P drop of 3-5% over the next 1-3 months. CM RY, NA, CWB, BCE, T, H, BIP, BEP, BAM.
Are there any others you would recommend today?

Q: What happened with Brookfield Infrastructure today? It was up nicely with the market, and then very abruptly dropped like a rock. Now down over 7% on a good market day.

Q: Good morning,
My grand childrens' (8 years old) in trust accounts each have $60K in CASH and would appreciate your thoughts and comment on the merits of my following investment plan:
Q1. Investing $20K in each of these funds (HXS, HXT and HXQ) and not selling any of them until the children are 18 years old at which time they would each open a TFSA account and start transferring each year the maximum annual TFSA contribution allowable from their non registered account to their newly opened TFSA account; and
Q2. Assuming that you are ok with the above plan and given that there may well be still a further sell off in all three sectors, when would you recommend initiating a full or partial position in all three sectors? Thank you.
Francesco

Q: Good morning,
Given that CEW includes Banks and Lifecos' and assuming that low interest rates will be with us for some time, I would appreciate your thoughts about selling CEW for tax loss harvesting purposes and purchasing either an exclusively bank ETF such as ZEB or purchasing two banks with the proceeds of the CEW sale. Also, could you also recommend two banks that you would recommend purchasing at some point with the proceeds of the CEW sale. Thank you.
Francesco

Q: After the merger, United Technologies share owners will receive 0.5 of a share of Otis and 1 share of Carrier for each share of UTX common stock. I do not know much about these companies. Are Otis and Carrier shares worth keeping?

Q: The merger is to occur in the second half of this year. RTN would receive 2.3 shares of UTX, after this company’s Otis and Carrier spin-off. Considering the current reduction in both stock values, would a Raytheon or UTX stock purchase be more favorable at this time?