Investment Q&A

Q: I had an equal weighting , originally, in the above mentioned. companies. I assume ALA will cut its dividend. That said , The other three have no hair on them. Would you think selling ALA , I have lots of gains, and moving into the other three??
Kind regards.

Q: Hello 5I,
I will be retiring in 3 to 4 years and I would like to know if the following ETF would provide a suitable diversification while reducing volatility and providing a monthly income to compliment my pension.
50% CND: CDZ/XTR/XEI/PDF/ZRE
30% United States: ZWH/ZDY
20% Intl: ZWE/ZDH
Feel free to add/remove ETFs as required
Finally, would you limit the exposure to each ETF to 15%?
Thanks
Sylvain

Q: Hi,
I own BIP.UN shares and sold half of my position before they announced the acquisition of some assets from Enbridge as I thought they will come to equity market to raise capital. At present stock price is almost at the same level at which I sold. In comparison during the same time BBU.UN price has fallen from 58 to 48. Do you think its a good idea to invest that capital in BBU.UN rather than acquiring BIP.UN? Just to let you know I do hold ENB:T and ALA:T for income.
Thanks

Q: What are you 3 favourite stocks in the small cap space today?

Q: Hi Everyone at 5i! You have answered several inquiries about this company and from the answers, I gather, holding the stock and receiving its big dividend are risky. The Futura corporation just bough some more stock and owns 16.96% of the shares.( source yahoo finance)...This Corporation is owned by the same person, Amar S. Doman, who owns Canwel. Is this significant? Or in a roundabout way is he buying up his own shares via this corporation? Cheers, Tamara

Q: Hello Team,
Which would be your preference for total return in the next one to two years between Brookfield Asset Management and TD Bank?
Thank You,
Barry

Q: Hi Peter/Ryan, if you have a lot of shares and gains in a stock and if you are expecting the stock to split. Is it better to sell before the split or after or does it make a difference. Whats the best way to handle this scenario. Thanks, Nick

Q: Who will benefit the most from the current crude-on-rail initiative (i.e. Alberta paying for rail cars to transport crude) CNR or CP? Thank you...

Q: Getting away from Canadian O&G I was looking south of the border for a small cap and I come with CHK it's at 52 week low could I have your thoughts on the company in regards to management,assets etc ...thanks

Q: My biggest position is in Knight and my two biggest concerns are the possibility that Mr. Goodman's health is deteriorating following his accident which could affect his zeal for a large deal and, second, if his reputation as a bargain-hunter is precluding him from having access to good deals as sellers may only view him as a desperate last resort.
Finally, the trading in this stock seems consumed by day traders generating a flurry of orders following the limited buy/sell from real investors. Is someone propping this stock up to generate action while the shareholder base yawns through the daily action waiting with exasperation for the company to put their $800M to WORK!!
Thank you.

Q: Could you please give your opinion on the above stock. Is it a good time to buy this stock as the chart shows it to be close to a key level.
I am looking to buy for my RRIF

Q: Time to move on and take a loss or is the recent quarter another indication that I picked a good company in a terrible sector and should hang on?

Q: I have recently paid off a sizable chunk of consumer debt, and now have a few thousand bucks at my disposal each month. I want to invest most of this in my TFSA so that I can catch up to my lifetime limit, and thereafter invest at a monthly amount equivalent to the annual limit. I've been thinking of investing most of this money in ETFs, but am a bit confused about the advice I see online. In your view, what is my best strategy here? Invest in one or two solid ETFs? If so, which do you recommend? Often, the ETFs I see experts recommending don't seem all that appealing. They hover at the same price for years and years and typically don't have much in the way of other types of yield. Anyway, I'm a bit confused and just wanting to have a basic plan for moving forward over the next year or two in my TFSA.

Q: The US Fed has a very big balance sheet problem that needs to unwind - someday. I do not understand what that means to the stock market.
Please help me.
Clayton

Q: Any thoughts on chp.un-t

Q: I'm not likely to tender my shares into the Dutch auction, would you??

Q: From your answer on November 23rd:
No, an individual would still need to hold global exposure to the US, europe and emerging markets as well as fixed income. In terms of Canadian exposure, we would be pretty comfortable with the portfolio as a more growth-tilted proxy to Canada but an investor may want to overlay one Canadian broad ETF just to smooth out the volatility a little, depending on portfolio size. This, or adding a selection of larger company stocks, would help overall diversification.

Can you suggest % or guidelines on each type of exposure to have a well-diversified portfolio? (US, Europe, emerging markets, fixed income, Beport, one Canadian broad ETF or larger company stocks).
Thank you

Q: You seemed to like BOX at $28 so I bought some. How do you like it at $18 after their report yesterday? Would you sell it and buy Square or Salesforce? Thanks.

Q: I own some APU shares in a RIF and although it's probably not the best type of investment (Limited Partnership) for a RIF because of the witholding tax in the US, I always thought that the higher dividend compensated for that.

The shares bounced around my purchase price for a long time, showing small gains or losses, but it's now down 21% and I'm not sure whether it's worth keeping.

Would you recommend holding or selling and if you recommend selling, would you give me a few recommendations in the US that pay a dividend that look more promising. I have ENB in the US and plenty of REITS.

Q: Peter & Ryan-- Mary and I have about 2 million dollars invested in the Mawer family of funds. These funds are fully managed by an investment counsellor and comes with a MER of 1 %. Our intention was for the funds to be used for estate planning because we have enough other income to live on over and above these funds..
Our question is to get your opinion on what to do with these funds now that they are put up for stratigic review and possible sale.
Other than putting the company for sale,we have been very happy with everything they have done for us. Thanks in advance
Pete and Mary