Investment Q&A

Q: We keep reading about the incessant search for yield but I can't figure out who it is that is searching. The average investor couldn't live on yield alone even at some of the highest levels. Not to say that yield is not an important metric; it is, as 5i points out. But who then is doing all the "searching"?

Q: 17% of my portfolio is in REIT,s. Is this to high a weighting or should I reduce. I am holding REI.UN, CUF.UN and CRR.UN. Equal amounts. If I am to reduce, which one do you recommend I should sell?

Thanks in advance

Q: I have no fixed income in my portfolio. I'm 63 and have been retired five years. I'm still a fairly aggressive investor and need some appreciation from my holdings to fund my lifestyle. In this low-rate environment, I have little interest in bonds but would like your opinion on preferreds. The new issues seem to have addressed the reset problem. Is this true and can you provide some names with a nice return, reasonable safety and possibly trading below par. The last criteria is the least important.

Q: Hi Peter,

I am 43 years old and my portfolio closely tracks your balanced portfolio. I also have exposure to the us and international stock market. I am at a point that I have enough contribution and exposure to the stock market and I do not plan to contribute more. I also have real estate exposure by owning my own home in Toronto. Now, I am looking for new investment vehicles to invest my disposable income. I have 10 year time horizon. Any general suggestion? I am willing to consider alternative ideas ( e.g. willing to buy a property in the US). Thanks for the great service.

Q: Which type of account is it best to hold gold in? (both stock ETFs like XGD and bullion like CEF.A) TFSA, RRSP or Non-registered? Can you please rank in order of the three account types?

Q: I've done quite well since joining 5i and I think most investors have done very well so far in 2016. My main question is whether we should unwind some of our investments and have cash on hand. Do you recommend being fully invested all the time? If not, how much cash should someone have?

Q: Hi 5I

Could you please clarify whether the price targets shown in the latest bonus report is from 5I or is it what you guys assembled from other sources.

Cheers
FJ

Q: Would it be possible to make reports such as the latest "bonus report" of Price Target Mean available in in CSV/Excel format? It would be very convenient for analyzing/sorting/filtering.

Q: I a chasing dividends. Own 21 other diversified stocks with 5-6 percent weightings. I am looking at CPX, AD, FC and TF. What are your ratings on these 1 to 4. Thanks in advance.

Q: Would you kindly share your analysis of Lumentum (LITE) and Viavi (VIAV)? Also, would you own them long term?

Q: Cambrex had good momentum and did very well for a while. Any idea why it turned negative ? Should I hold or sell ?

Thank you very much,

Jacques

Q: A great day to be a 5i member,Qhr,atd.b and pki up substantially.Should we sell qhr and reinvest in other companies in the growth port.,the only one I don't own is drt.

Q: Peter and Ryan,
I read recently that you feel the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors should be top priorities in a conservative income investor's portfolio. Would you please suggest 3-4 companies in each sector that you currently think would provide well balanced sector representation. Understanding your focus is Canadian companies, if possible, I would appreciate 1-2 American companies be included as well. As always, thanks for your most appreciated guidance.

Q: Hello Peter et al.

I have a question regarding stock manipulation. I hear people mentioning about brokerage firms selling small lots of 100 shares to try and keep the stock price down. How does this work for the brokerage firm? Are they not losing money unless they are shorting the stock? If they are not shorting the stock would they not want the stock price to rise to make money? How does this theory work?

Thanks but confused,

Brendan

Q: Cleaning up a portfolio: I want to know where I could have ideas on how I go about to clean my portfolio. I have too many stocks (losers and winners) in both registered and non-registered accounts. Obviously, I could sell the less promising losers and winners. But I was wondering what are, if any, some of the guidelines as to how to proceed, how many stocks is optimal for a portfolio (around 20 from what I gather so far). Moreover, I have some losers that amount to few hundreds of dollars and would be costly to sell with the commission of 9,99$ per transaction. So I would appreciate pointers and references (books or website) to help me sort things out.

Thanks to you and to the members that would be kind enough to help.

Jean

Q: Keeping current valuations in mind could you recommend a few high quality Canadian dividend names. Looking for companies with long term history of increasing dividends

Q: Would you endorse buying SH (Shopify) as a growth stock, for about a 2 year holding period, strictly for capital gain in a non-registered account? Also can you suggest any other high growth solid companies?

Q: Hi 5I team, I have learned a lot via your educational investment ideas. For stocks trading at low volume, how many and when to buy and sell? How do institutional funds trade or they just avoid if average volume is less than certain number? This low volume may associate with small market capital. Thanks again.

Q: I am considering shorting Oil. What are the ones to play in Canada and the USA ? Straight shorts and 2 times and three times short leverage

Q: Should we expect that AAR.UN and REITs in general will take a hit when US Fed increases interest rates. Thanks Joe.