Investment Q&A

Q: What would be your 3 favorite REIT's right now and why. Thanks so much.

Q: As I do my year-end review, I am always looking for moves that can add potential ZIP for next year while being mindful of my senior years (old). My portfolio is well established in weighting and sectoral positioning. Chp.un has been in it since 2020 and has given me a 16% return (x div). It seems to have a muted outlook for 2026. What is your view on a switch to the somewhat out-of-favour car.un. At $37.80 ish and estimated up to $48 range next year, it seems like a solid move for growth potential. Not too worried about the minor div variance here. As always thank you for your service.

Q: Hi Peter and 5i Team,

I need to raise some cash and plan to sell/reduce in a non-registered account to accomplish this. Of the stocks and ETFs addressed in this question, please rank them in the order that YOU would sell/reduce, starting with the ones to sell/reduce first. If any holdings are an outright sell, please indicate. For example, we've held BYD for a long time and have a decent gain, but it's short-term performance has faltered somewhat.

As always, thanks for your insight.

Q: Do you feel the valuation is stretched? Have been tracking results quarterly for the past 2 years and have noticed the number of stores, including Dollarcity, has been increasing while, at the same time, the number of common shares outstanding has been decreasing. I feel those 2 metrics are very favourable for the shareholder.

An option I have been considering is taking profits in DOL and investing the proceeds in CHP.UN and just compound the 5.1% yield. I recognize there is some risk with Choice REIT but it seems to one of the most conservative REITs available. The reason I am considering this option is my parents, over the course of their lives, lived frugally and saved a substantial amount of money by simply purchasing GICs and reinvesting proceeds on maturity; they never took any equity risk.

Thank you

B

Q: Can you please rate these for growth, return and safety.
Thank you in advance.

Q: I am looking to offset some equity risk with fixed incomes or proxies of the same that ideally have some capital gains potential. Could you please comment on the risk level of some of these bond proxies, as well as preferred shares, from a risk perspective?
Irrespective of whether we have tariffs coming it is difficult to say that the unpredictability will stop.

Q: I have most of our Reits in our TFSA accounts, which I understand really should be for more growth stocks. If I take a position with CHP.UN and put it in our margin account, do you know how much would be Dividend and how much is other income that is taxed differently? Does it make that much difference?
Reits have been out of favour recently and coming to year lows. Do you see this as a buying opportunity, or are you cautionary? Do you see more potential downside?
Thanks so much!

Q: Seasons Greetings to all at 5i, and fellow members as well!

Our Real Estate holdings include DIR.UN, FSV (thank you 5i for this stellar pick!), and XLRE. Portfolio Analytics indicates that we should increase weighting. I was considering adding to DIR.UN, or starting a new position in CHP.UN. If this was your portfolio, what would you do, or is there even a better opportunity? Thanks as always.

Q: I've been looking to REIT's with the intention of adding a level of potential inflation protection. CHP.UN seemed to me like a good REIT that would appear to have some resilience - even if Commercial Real Estate in general would take a hit. However it's the "shopping centers anchored by supermarkets" description that gives me pause. The "supermarket" part gives me a degree of comfort. The "shopping center part".....not sure.

Are you able to give me your always valued opinion please?

Q: If interest rates continue to decrease are REIT's a good investment strategy compared to dividend stock for income investing?
Please rank your top 5 REIT's

Q: Can you provide your input on these REITS ?
Please sort them for buying first to least preferred.

Also, suggest which of these you wouldn't buy, if any ? and why ?

Q: Hello,

Do you expect rates to fare better over the next 3-5 years as rates gradually normalize?

Can you give 1-2 names that are liked in the residential, commercial and industrial spaces?

Thanks!

Q: Good morning,

I have ~1% weight in CHP.UN. Have not been impressed with recent price action lately, but cannot seem to find any clear catalyst for the underperformance. Is this just another "rate are higher for longer" explanation, or is there more to it?

Thanks as always.

Trevor

Q: Just wondering if you are still comfortable with this REIT.

Have been looking for a commercial property REIT for purposes of diversifying holdings away from multi-family. And I know Choice acquired the old Canadian REIT years ago, which I thought to be of very high-quality at the time.

Choice appears to have less risk due to its size (705 investment properties) and the loan to value ratio appears commensurate with peers.

However, there seems to be a huge number of equity units outstanding after factoring in the exchangeable units. As well, what really appears unusual for CHP.UN is that it trades at a significant premium to NAV whereas most entities in the Canadian REIT universe currently trade at a discount to NAV.

Thank you

Q: I want to add an REIT to a non registered account. Which one of the above would be a good choice.

Q: Good afternoon,

I know that there are diversification benefits to owning ZRE vs individual REITs in Canada. But for a 1-2% portfolio weight, I wonder if I might be better off with a name like CHP.UN purely for income given the quality of their largest tenant.

I have owned ZRE for awhile now, but have to admit to being underwhelmed by its performance.

Thoughts?

Thanks as always.

Thoughts

Q: Hi 5i,
I currently own CHP.UN and L.PR.B. I would like your opinion, is there value in selling CHP.UN and buying WN,PR.D to strengthen my portfolio or should i just buy more L.PR.B. I looked but don't really understand the relationships here.

Q: Hi 5i, looking for help taming the RIETs part of my portfolio as i own all of the above. Can you help me with selling some REITs (anything I've doubled up on or is not the best choice). I am planning on redistributing the funds to the remaining REITs. As usual your help is appreciated, if you could rank them also that would be great.

Q: How would you rank AX.UN, CHP.un, CHW. DOO, ET, FN, HPS.A, ISV, LB, QSR for overall return with some growth. Please rate as well if you would Buy, Sell or Hold Each one of them. Would you prefer at this time not to invest and just hold cash?

Q: Hi. could you please rank these REITs in order of safest business model during a recession and relative security of distribution. Thanks.