Investment Q&A

Q: I have put together a 100K RESP for two of my grandchildren who will be starting in university this year and next. I plan to withdraw 12K this September, 24K next September and the next 3 Septembers thereafter and the balance a year later.

How would you suggest I invest the 100K to meet this withdrawal schedule?

Q: In your allocation answer you spoke of 10 sectors. Where is Real Estate?

Q: Hi Peter am looking for a Canadian domiciled company with a good div in US $ for my TSFA any thought's.
My thanks for your research on AW it done well
Kind Regards
Styan

Q: I find this site not too bad for preferred share info
www.prefinfo.com this may be of interest to people asking questions on preferreds

Q: In order to reduce the correlation of my portfolio to the broader market, I hold a full position in JJG, an ETN that tracks a basket of grain commodity prices. My understanding is that, as an ETN (vs. ETF), its credit quality is only as good as that of Barclays Bank. Since BCS does not appear to be doingwell (esp. post-Brexit), I fear that JJG might be at undue risk.

BCS sponsors a number of different ETNs. Where do these assets rank in the "pecking order" in the event of a "bail-in"-type refinancing of the bank during a 2008-type crisis?

Q: I would like to increase my positions on the technology sector. I have a full position in CSU, smaller positions in Enghouse and Kinaxis. What names would you add to this sector at this time.
Thanks for this service.

Q: I noticed you believe that the industrial and info tech sectors should be a focus in one's growth portfolio at the current time. Please give me your top 3-4 companies in each sector that you think would provide a nicely balanced sector representation in both the industrial and info tech sectors. As always, thanks in advance for your much appreciated guidance.

Q: Hello, please give me suggestions for a few(4-5) income stocks with moderate risk, for a long term hold in a TFSA account. A response to a gentleman last week included a suggestion of Enbridge (which has spiked up impressively over the last two weeks, and now am afraid too expensive to buy, I already own all banks Slf, Wsp, ppl, Alta gas, Manulife amongst others.

I am looking for names, preferably with Current attractive entry points. Any sector.

Many thanks

Q: I am looking at starting a TFSA for my daughter. She just graduated and started working in her chosen field. We have $20k to start with and will add going forward. I am hoping you can suggest 4 or 5 companies to start with today. Long term growth would be what she is hoping for.
Your assistance is as always greatly appreciated.
Mike

Q: I found a PREFERRED SHARE listing put out by CIBC Wood Gundy that shows the yield, the price, the reset dates, and reset yields. I have found this very helpful but I don't believe it is a complete listing. I contacted BMO Investorline but their searches weren't helpful. Do you know a site where I can find this information. Thank you for your help.

Q: Hi Guys,
My Consumer Cyclical allocation is 29% of my portfolio, the companies are CCL.B 4%, DIS 3.5%, HD 3.5%, SBUX 3.5%, BYD.UN 2%, GIL 2%, AW.UN 2%, MG 2%, CGX 2%, DHX.B 1%, AYA 1%, BOS 1%, NFI 1%.
I am holding AYA until the sale of the company and the only stock which I am below water on is BOS. Looking forward to your advice.

thanks

Jim

Q: What would be on your top 10 list for high conviction takeover targets in the next 6-12 months timeframe. You can exclude CXR,

Q: Just a comment... I've finally figured out how to view your entire segment on BNN... You may want to share with others (esp people like me who are really annoyed at the short segment/repeative ads format). I've gone to BNN.ca, clicked on videos, did a search on "Peter Hodson" and was given a number of videos - the length (time) of each video is listed in the bottom right hand portion of the screen --- look for length of about 46 minutes.
PS. Love what you do, and have increased my "wealth" for it!

Q: I noticed Martin Ferguson is no longer at Mawer. Any idea why he is gone? The new guy has drastically reduced the Constellation Software position.

Q: Hi Peter & team: Re your answer to Peter yesterday, "Over a long period, sector allocation is in fact more important than stock selection." Please let me know what sector allocation should be, or reasonable.

Thank you and keep up with your great work!

Q: Hi 5i - of all of the growth stocks you're watching (in portfolio or not), what would be your top three today in terms of an attractive valuation and 3 year growth potential? (I know you must love these questions :))

Q: Please help me understand the Target Price spreadsheet. I see companies with forecasted price declines with many Buy and some Strong Buy ratings. Huh? Please provide some context for the source of the data. Thx Frank

Q: A question that has preplexed me for a long time is how should we, as investors, interpret a recommendation to "hold"? This term is used by virtually everyone in the investing community. And I am not referring here specifically to the target price data recently posted.

It seems to me that everyone should only want to always be owning stocks that are either doing well or they feel have the potential to do well - i.e. a "buy" (at least in their own mind) A "hold" signal to me suggests that the stock is in neutral and the analyst has little conviction as to whether it is a buy or sell. Therefore, shouldn't I only want to own stocks that are just "buys"? Whenever I look at my holdings, I am always asking myself if this is the best stock I can own for the long term because I am interested in overall results 5 years from now keeping sector allocation in mind). I have hung on to AVO, for example, because I still feel that the potential returns are better than anything else I can find in the sector. But I sold BTE because I didn't see a future there. Trading costs shouldn't be part of the answer as it only costs me $5 for each trade.

Appreciate yor insight.

Paul F.

Q: I am not looking for a full review. We have the following stocks. Which ones stand out to be dropped and replaced with what?

KXS, CXR, ESL, DH, SYZ, MDA, SIS, CCL.B, GUD, PBH, FR.
PUR, BCI, DRT, FSV, DHX.B, XTC, DSG, WCP, NFI, CSU,
ENB, STN, WSP, BEP.UN, SGY.

Thank you for your great service
PB

Q: Thanks for the bonus report. It is very helpful.

Can you please advise which sector each stock belong too.

Do you have any site where I can find sector information.

Are you planning to create sector information.

SANDVINE CORP
Evertz Technologies Ltd
Savaria Corp
EnerCare Inc
Intertain Group
TRICON CAPITAL GROUP INC
ALTAGAS
Shawcor Ltd
CHARTWELL RETIREMENT RESIDENCES
Sienna Senior Living Inc
Visa


Thanks for the great service