Investment Q&A

Q: I have held these equities in my well-diversified portfolio for many years and am a long-term investor, not averse to risks,and do not need the cash. Which if any do you think I should dispose of , and why? Thank you.

Q: Good afternoon, Peter & Co.
I am planning on diversifying my portfolio outside of North America and I am considering Alibaba and Tencent. May I have your comments on these companies and the timeliness of an immediate purchase.
With appreciation,
Ed

Q: Have a family member that needs to supplement her monthly income. She received $60,000 recently.Should she use a investment brokerage account buy dividend payers, collect monthly income she derives from that and pay the occurred taxes, or since she does not have a TSFA open one and then (can she) withdraw the monthly dividend from the tsfa tax free on an on going basis. There is investment knowledge in the family to assist her. Thanks you for all your help

Q: Hi , what is your view of Target as a long term hold please?
Thanks
Rick

Q: Being 73, I saved most of my life to an RRSP which flipped to a RRIF @71, with mandatory withdrawals. In the process of doing estate planning, and with the RIFF, being taxed @50% of withdrawals which is a difficult pill to follow. Initially I was withdrawing cash, however after further consideration, this year I transferred loss position "Crescent Point".
1. Would it be best to try and tsf everything before you expire and pay the tax.
2. When you tsf, is it best to tsf your losers initially, and then the winners.
3. I assume there is no other means of elevating the tax on RIFF.

For sure, RRSP are great during your working years, but never considered the tax burden after retirement. As an example if you have a 1 million RRSP after taxes $500,000.00 Does not seem fair
Look forward to your rely and thanks for your service
Rick

Q: If Trump's shenanigans hit the fan , and he is impeached ... which sectors will get murdered , or does everything fall , including the USD ? thanks

Q: Whitecap is back down around its 52 week low after dropping 7% the past two days. Is this just another over-reaction with crude dropping? Or has there been any other news regarding WCP the past couple days?

Q: With news out this morning that BUS will have its first profitable quarter and production is ramping up would it be a good time at add to an existing position? It sounds like some of the execution risk is starting to be eliminated.

Q: Hi 5i - I have a half position in BPF.UN (that has done well) and thinking about adding a half position in AW.UN (need some more consumer exposure). You have mentioned its preferable to buy into strength rather than negative momentum - what would you recommend here? Or should I just buy PBH? Thanks, Neil

Q: Do you have a preference of one over the other as a long-term hold? Is the switch to electric vehicles a consideration in your preference?

Q: Could we have our opinion of these 2 companies, how zinc inventories will drive share price and what would be the first two or three indicators when to take profits assuming share price rises.

Thanks

Q: Hi Peter and group I bought an entry position in PBH early this week. It has gone down pretty well every day this week +Fairly heavy volume (taking profits/or?)Do you think I should add to the position ?

Q: Cominar has dropped in value quite a bit this year and of course the double digit dividend yield looks tempting. Could I get your views on this REIT?

Q: With Amazon expanding their services in Canada and from what I understand is the need for more warehouse space do you have a company name or names that could benefit? Thank You.

Q: In a previous response, you said GUD started trading April 29, 2014. What is the incorporation date for GUD? My research states April 1993 as the incorporation date for NVDA. Do you know the day?

Q: Would AQN be a reasonable add for diversification to BEP.UN and FTS for a conservative senior?

Q: I've recently sold my ZRE position and am looking for some suggestions on what to consider purchasing with the extra funds on the fixed income side of my portfolio. My equity portfolio is balanced; I am about 8 years from retirement, and am conservative in my approach. I am about 30% in laddered GICs, 5% individual bonds, 3% CPD and 5% in cash. I don't have any bond ETFs (and am concerned about the principal in a rising interest rate environment). What to do with the extra cash? More CPD? Or an international REIT? Or a bond ETF, Canadian or International? Or something else?

Q: Want to refine my pipeline/processor holdings consisting of ALA,ENB,ENF,IPL,KEY,PPL,VSN.
Looking for yield plus growth of ~7%. Have held all for over three years and some seem range bound,Not sure which have the most castalyst for growth.
Your thoughts on best to own and which to drop. Would likely convert the proceeds of disposed ones into more of the holds to maintain same total $ position in the group.

Q: My overall portfolio is down 3% the last 6-8 weeks which I justify as the downside of having equities in the portfolio. I am 40% in cash so the drawdown could have been worse. My concern is that the 3% drawdown is just over $20000 and that is a lot of money. We are 70 with defined benefit pensions and really don't need any more capital; just want to preserve what we have. You preach the downside of market timing, but I see $ 20000 worth of paper gains slipping through our fingers. Short of investing 100% in gic's should someone with my profile be more of a trader ie use tight downside tolerances and sell when a predetermined gain or loss is met rather than buy and hold. Please comment as I very much value your opinion. Thank you.

Q: BMO ETF ZWH is seriously underperforming YTD, in a strong US market. According to BMO website it is negative YTD whereas ZWA is up over 7% in the same timeframe. Is there some reason for this ? Longer term ZWH outperforms ZWA. Thanks for your insight.

Ted