Investment Q&A

Q: Just curious about your thoughts on gold?

Q: Do you prefer Nvidia or Amazon for a 5-year hold?

What are 2 of your favorite US stocks (excluding tech & consumer sectors)?

Thanks

Q: publish if you see fit: companies that have increased their dividend payments for 25+ consecutive years in a row.
3M (MMM)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
AbbVie (ABBV)
Aflac (AFL)
Air Products and Chemicals (APD)
Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)
AT&T (T)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
Becton, Dickinson & Company (BDX)
Brown-Forman (BFB)
Cardinal Health (CAH)
Chevron (CVX)
Chubb (CB)
Cincinnati Financial (CINF)
Cintas (CTAS)
Clorox (CLX)
Coca-Cola (KO)
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
Consolidated Edison (ED)
CR Bard (BCR)
Dover (DOV)
Ecolab (ECL)
Emerson Electric (EMR)
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Franklin Resources (BEN)
Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
HCP, Inc. (HCP)
Hormel Foods (HRL)
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Kimberly-Clark (KMB)
Leggett & Platt (LEG)
Lowe’s (LOW)
McCormick & Company (MKC)
McDonald’s (MCD)
Medtronic (MDT)
Nucor (NUE)
Pentair (PNR)
PepsiCo (PEP)
PPG Industries (PPG)
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
Sigma Aldrich (SIAL)
S&P Global (SPGI) (formerly McGraw Hill Financial)
Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)
Sysco Foods (SYY)
T. Rowe Price Group (TROW)
Target (TGT)
V.F. Corporation (VFC)
W.W. Grainger (GWW)
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA)
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)
Un fortunately I could not find the same info for Canada... a constant problem

Q: In this morning's globe and Mail healthcare is touted as the best sector to be in for 2016.
My portfolio does not not have much in this sector. What securities would you recommend at this time?

Q: At the coming Money Show there will be a seminar on
dark pool trading oil & gold. What exactly is this?
Risky business?

Q: What are the pros and cons to selling covered calls? Is there a favorite sector for using this technique?

Q: Hi Team,

I asked a couple of questions this past week. I gave permission for them to be viewed by other members, like this question. But they were answered in private. Just wondering what happened or I didn't do things in the right way?

Thanks

Q: It is impressive that you have held some of the original stocks in the balanced portfolio. I was wondering if you would consider adding a column showing the purchase date. All the best and see you on September 16th at the World Money Show.

Q: Hi Gang, I have a good number of shares of some blue chip dividend payers such as BCE and RY and wanted to know about some insurance with buying puts. When these correct I feel some pain but do not want to sell as to avoid capital gains plus they pay a nice dividend, just want to sleep better and want to smooth out the volatility, also was thinking of doing the same thing with some index ETF's , is there an essay or an explanation on your web site.

Thanks and keep up the great work.
Anthony

Q: My daughter holds ATD.B, ESL and TD in equal amounts in an RRSP. She is ready to add a fourth equity. Can you give us 3-4 suggestions.

Q: hi peter : whats the percentage chance of a market correction; say for the rest of 2016 . would you expect a 10% or a 20% . there is so many big time buyers & fund managers saying it's time to sell .would like to know what your thoughts are Thanks Gary

Q: "Hi Teams.
Could you please recommend me 3 wheat commodity stocks and 3 fertilizer stocks. thank you.

John

Q: Hi 5i:
What is the best way to buy Canadian treasury funds and would you recommend buying them now? If yes, how long would you keep them?

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.