Investment Q&A

Q: A question about Geographic Diversification.
Percentage of Canada, USA and World Stocks?
What is the recommendation? For 2018?
Thank you.

Q: Could you tell me what was the TSX total market return (including dividends) in 2017? Thank you for the great service.

Q: Happy New Year,
I have read recent media reports suggesting that the investment world views Canada as the primary listing location for many speculative "Cannabis" and "Blockchain" companies and that this is hurting overall investment in Canada and the TSX/Venture exchanges.

Any views on this perception?

Robert

Q: For a relatively young investor (mid-30's), is there anything "wrong" with having mostly small and mid cap stocks? Is this ever recommended, or should an investor have a minimum % of their equities as large caps?

Q: I have been using 2.6% as the TSX dividend yield for 2017. Accurate? I read 2.8% somewhere recently. Thanks for your help in clarifying. As always this simple metric is surprisingly hard to find.

Thanks!

Kim

Q: Hi 5i,

Further to your reply to Clarence's question about indicators for a market correction, could you please provide links or info on where/how to track those indicators?

Also, where can I find info on the debt/cash that a company holds? I see various ratios but no actual numbers, even on 5i.

Thanks as always.

Q: What do you think will be the go to sectors or top sectors for 2018

Q: You mentioned in an answer that Small Cap stocks tend to get a bump in January or something along those lines. Can you expand on that in regards to how long historically this period has lasted, do Micro Caps also get a bump and might this be a good time or when is a good time to sell out of some of my more risky holdings that I don't want anymore?

Thanks, new site is great.
Craig

Q: I have $500k in cash to invest. Getting into the market with current economy and market conditions is hard for me to do. I have asked around at other firms and of course the answer has always been "Get in now. why wait", but I believe that they are biased because they will make their fees from me even if I lose money during a market correction.

As an example I did some back calculations using a tool on Steadyhand's web page and the rate of return from 2007 to 2016 compared to 2008 to 2016 is significantly different. By waiting one year the annual ROR changes by almost 100% (5% 2007-2016, 11% 2008-2016). It is interesting how nobody ever talks about this.

I would like to wait until the market correction happens, whenever that may be, but I need some unbiased advice.

I realize that this question has probably been asked before but I think that the answer to this question has to take into account current conditions and where the market is compared to historical norms and averages.

If I was using one of the 5i portfolios it would be the Income portfolio.

Q: You're talked before about not trading early in the day. Could you explain the logic. Many thanks

Q: hi,
1) do you know the current Canada GDP figures, taking out the housing market??
2) what is the long term PE average of the TSX from 1980 until now, and what is the average yield of the same, over the same time period?
thanks, chris

Q: Taking a pessimistic view, if Nafta talks fail, and Trump abandons the agreement, then which Canadian based companies are likely to be hit hardest? i.e. can you provide a short list of companies that get very significant export revenue from the U.S. ?
Thanks,
Philip

Q: I would like your opinion on possibility of NAFTA termination.
What would be impact on Canadian stocks?
What sectors and companies would be most impacted?
Could it trigger recession?

Thanks,
Milan

Q: Hi Peter,

Please list 10 stocks that could see some tax-loss selling but could also rebound next year (good fundamentals, value, etc). I imagine that CRH and CBL could be two candidates? I don't mind any riskier stocks as well.

Thanks in advance.
John

Q: Good Afternoon.
Would there be a correction in the next 6 months ?
Is now the right time to invest in gold ? What gold stocks you would recommend ?Thanks.

Q: Interested to know the percentage that each sector represents of the TSX, i.e. financial, utilities, energy, etc. Is it prudent to use this sector representation to structure a portfolio. Thanks, David

Q: Why day after day my Canadian stocks go down a little bit but my us stocks go up....Friday everyone of my Canadian dropped and 2/3 of my us stocks went up?

Q: Hi Peter,

As a follow up to my previous question, a 1-2 year hold was probably unreasonable so would you have any picks for a 3-5 year hold? I already own SIS and GUD for the long term.

Thank you.

Q: Where do you look to determine market and sector breadth strength? September is giving fairly mixed signals for a weak time of year.
Your thoughts please.

Q: If the Canadian economy is working on all cylinders WHY is the market not reflecting this. Markets should be a good indicator of the over all economy shouldn't it. Very frustrating!!