Q: My husband and I are basically retired (I still am working a couple of days a week as I enjoy it) so our income is now from CPP, his OAS, and investments.
I have been reading about pensionizing income after retirement, especially if a person doesn't have a corporate pension. The literature talks about annuities. With low interest rates they are more expensive then if interest rates are higher but regardless they would provide guaranteed income, although not indexed. This provides some income security. What is your opinion on annuities? My husband is 68 and I am 63.
Q: Slate Office Reit got an uptick today following quarter results and various initiatives. What is your opinion on all the moving parts here and including the Wafra involvement which I can not evaluate. Thank you.
Q: I have a question about the tax treatment of Canadian stocks that are listed on the American exchange. I own a number of Canadian stocks listed in the TSX that pay Canadian dividends and allow me to apply dividend tax credit in my non-registered account. Ex. AQN, BNS, BIP.un
I'm considering exchanging some of these stocks to the American exchange so that I can collect dividends in US dollars.
Will the dividend tax credit remain in tact in the non-registered account?Would there be any tax with held impact if I made to same switch in my TFSA?
Q: Can you tell me what buying BAM.A entails? I understand their business and what they do but there are so many different tickers. ".A" represents class A voting shares I believe. Since its an asset mgmt company are there any fees similar to mutual fund or anything? Dividends paid in US or CDN?
Q: On May 2nd you mentioned you considered AEM a "bit safer overall" than KL. Sure its 40% larger but both are large and AEM has a notable amount of debt vs KL who has no debt and a notable amount of cash. Can you elaborate on why you feel AEM is a bit safer?
Q: I want to do a home renovation project and need some cash. Could you rank these stocks in order of the ones you would sell first to last in my position. Cineplex, Couche Tard, North West, MTY, Power Financial, Enghouse and Calian. I probably only need three names to raise what I need.
Since I am adding names to my "radar screen", I am curious what companies 5i currently consider to be "best of breed". Could you please suggest one company for each sector, both CAN and US separately.
Q: Gentlemen Good Morning,
My new Councillor at FNB propose me BNS S&P / TSX 60 Callable Contingent $8.05 coupons Notes Series 81F
Suppose to be no risk, with Annualized return 5.04%
There is no information on fees on the paper.
Your thought please ?
Thanks
Regards.
Q: Hello. Currently overweight technology and underweight materials, energy, consumer cyclical and consumer non-cyclical. Looking for a couple of suggestions for each sector. Long term (15+ years) hold, medium to higher risk, Canadian or U.S. I currently have full positions in CCL.B, TSGI and ATD.B and partial positions in TOY and PBH. Thanks.