Investment Q&A

Q: Please rate these as BUY; HOLD; or IGNORE. My purpose, of course, is market down turn protection.

Q: We live in interesting times, DJ tries to make mad King George's behavior seem rational. Considering that many invest in pot and gold, how would you recommend investors play Bitcoin? Also can one trade and hold Bitcoin directly (without being a tinfoil hatted geek)?

Thanks for all your great advice.

Q: Which utility companies on the tsx have the lowest debt/equity ratio?

Q: Hello guys, after PPL's takeover of KML, do you guys think the Transmountain Expansion could be a naturally and strategically fit for PPL? Not sure if PPL ever think about such a possibility considering the huge political headwind TMX is currently facing.

Q: How do the Pembinia Pipeline bid factor into the IPL valuation metrics and could you speculate if you think PPL was on a list of unnamed possible bidders?

Q: What is the difference between these « Senior Preferred shares » and regular BIP preferred shares? Any safer? Any restrictions? Thanks

Q: is this company going to survive ???

Q: I am wondering is it better to buy a REIT such as in CAR.UN in a registered or non-registered account. In a registered account one does not get the benefit of return of capital.

Q: Good morning 5i Team, I’m looking for a few suggestion/recommendations for convertible bonds/debentures that you like. The sector does not matter as I’m well diversified. A few with good income but also with the possibility of converting at some point would be a bonus. Thanks again for the great survive you provide.

Q: Hi,
I'm currently in my late 30's and have some funds in a LIRA from a previous company pension. They were invested in some funds with Sunlife before but now just sitting in cash waiting to be in invested. I'm looking for long term capital appreciation as I won't be able to take these funds out until retirement. Looking to increase my US and Intl exposure, which ETFs would be best? Currently own VGG, VUS, XEF and VEE. Should I increase these weights to my desired % or add any others? Looking for low MER core positions. Also should I approach investing in my RSP and LIRA in different ways or would you view them as the same? For example, would you buy stock A in your LIRA instead of RSP or vise versa.

Thanks!

Q: Hi there, between the 3 of these ETFs, which would you recommend for a balance of growth and stability? Or alternatively, would you recommend simply purchased QQQ or ZQQ/XQQ? Do you see software as a continue growth theme into the future and what is your opinion on the sector? Thank you!

Q: i own ayx, would you own rpd as well, do you prefer one over the other.
team you seem to really like this one,all 3 are cloud based saas, how do you rank them or own all 3.
and unrelated real matters keeps hitting 52 week highs, would you buy it today.dave

Q: What are your thought on the latest quarter results? I hold in an Rrsp account doe income and fingers crossed a little growth. I am down a little but do not have a full position. Going forward is the out look positive? Would you add more at this stage assuming a slower economy scenario ? I like that it has no debt.

Q: For those interested in Shopify and Amazon there is an excellent article in this mornings National Post.
Peter

Q: I do not have any basic materials in my portfolio and I am considering buying either MX or CHE.UN. Which would you buy and why?

Q: Hi,

How do you view Brookfield selling their Acadian Timber equity to Macer?

Q: Looking at adding one of TMO or ISRG to my TFSA. Can I have your analysis of both and your opinion as to which one would best be suited to a portfolio built towards capital preservation with some growth. Your opinion is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Q: What ETF is the best way to buy the Hang Seng index?

Q: Hello, Sent a question earlier and your reply is as follows;

PA recommends to reduce my technology exposure which is at 38%. Only problem is I am unsure which tickers to get rid of, like them all.

In my RRSP; OTEX at 4% and XAW at 21% not a direct tech exposure but does hold plenty of tech, just not sure how much.

LIRA: SHOP at 6.5%( recently chopped it from 9% to 5%), LSPD 5%, KXS 3%, QST 2.2%,

TSFA: CUSat 5%

Which one would you pull the plug on?

Tks

Asked by Rino on August 22, 2019
5i Research Answer:

XAW is currently about 22% technology. We like all the names here, and there is nothing stopping you from selling some of each if you want to lower exposure. XAW at 21% is a large position and could also be moved to 15% or so in our view. It has not performed so well either. If you want to sell just one we would lean to QST as the smallest and riskiest.

I should have also mentioned that PA also suggest to reduce my canadian exposure which is above 60%. That is the reason why my XAW exposure is at 21%. Having said that if I were to sell roughly 6% of XAW, can you suggest another non canadian etf to invest in? Seeing that XAW covers basically everything for my international exposure.

Thanks again!

Q: To maintain monthly or quarterly income during this period of uncertainty, I am planning to invest in more stable entities - namely Real Estate in Canada. My thoughts are for Apartment Rental Housing and Seniors Housing. Would appreciate your choices for the most stable as well as yield. Thank you.