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Investment Q&A

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Q: Hello Peter, I have cash in my TFSA to invest. In addition to a diversified RRSP, my TFSA already has significant holdings in Google, Winpak, ZWB and the Agellan REIT (which have all done very well over the past few years).
Can you please suggest three 'growthier' ideas for new additions to the TFSA. I can accept a fair degree of risk, but not really interested in "long shots". (My gambling instinct was wrung out of me after my foray into Guestlogix - just a bad memory at this point). Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by James on September 19, 2017
Q: Hi 5iResearch Team,

I have started a position on SHOP since this past January and have been adding to my position since. I am currently up by about 100% on my total holdings and now it accounts for about 5% of my total portfolio. I am debating if I should take some money off SHOP and put the proceed on something else (preferably with a dividend). May I please have your thoughts on this and if you can also recommend a company to buy with the proceed from the sale of SHOP should I decide to trim my holdings on SHOP>

Best Regards,
Read Answer Asked by Harry on September 18, 2017
Q: I'm looking to add a healthcare stock. I sold CRH to lock in the loss and have watched it climb daily while I cannot buy it due to the 30 day CRA loss rule. I have have another 3 weeks before I could buy it. Should I look at other stocks in this sector that are better or wait and buy CRH? I have an 8% weighting in healthcare.
Read Answer Asked by Terry on September 18, 2017
Q: Hi Peter,

Do you know of any companies where the stock price has tanked recently and due to solid fundamentals/management/cycles/etc you would hope to see a dramatic recovery? Basically, I'm looking for good companies with a great risk to reward ratio, for a 1-2 year hold....any Canadian stocks and maybe even a few US ones.

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by K on September 15, 2017
Q: I am retired and living on dividend income. I would like to invest 10% of my portfolio in 4 stocks from your growth and balanced portfolios for capital appreciation. Which 4 stocks would you recommend that are at the best valuation, offer a margin of safety, and offer the best growth potential for a 3-5 year hold?
Read Answer Asked by Curtis on September 15, 2017
Q: Hi, can you please advise current PE ratios for each of these companies. Can you also rank them best to worst for adding a new position today for 3-5 year investment not taking into account sector diversification within the portfolio.
Read Answer Asked by Jordan on September 15, 2017
Q: I have some cash to deploy and I want to add to some small or half positions in the following 10 companies: MG, NFI, SIS, MX, SJ, PBH, ZCL, WSP, BCE, ENB. I would like to buy into some of these stocks today and some later, to spread the risk of the market's ups and downs. Which of these would you suggest I buy today, and which should can I hold off on? I am otherwise well diversified, so that is not an issue for how this cash is used.
Please deduct as many credits as you like. Thanks for the great service.
Read Answer Asked by Alan on September 14, 2017
Q: Reading the press release regarding SIS increasing its dividend, the president stated "Considering the aging population and its desire to age at home, we expect continued growth of over 10% in our lift division over the next five years and we maintain our objective to generate revenue of some $500 million by the end of 2021," concluded Mr. Bourassa.
With 2016-12 revenue at 120 million, that is a 4x revenue increase in 5 years. Very promising. How would you calculate the market cap and share price in 5 years based on his 5 year objective?
Read Answer Asked by Curtis on September 12, 2017
Q: I would like to hear from you on the potential impact that bad policies such as the rise of minimum wage, high power costs in Ontario and the risk of losing the NAFTA framework may have on good companies that were thriving under previous governments.
Read Answer Asked by Eric on September 11, 2017
Q: Good Morning All,
I have cash from profit-taking in resources and I'm looking at ABT, ITP,SIS,CCL.B, or ZCL. All had some pull-back and pay a decent dividend. Your thoughts please. Many thanks for your excellent service. Bob.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on September 05, 2017