Q: Currently approximately 16% of my stock portfolio is in international stocks with the largest percentage being large banks (Santander, ING, JP Morgan, HSBC and Bank of America) at 28%. The remainder typically are large American and European companies (pharma, agriculture, metals, tech, industrials and telecommunications) . I recently sold some MacKenzie mutual funds. I am planning to take the proceeds and purchase Mawer Global Small Cap Mutual (MAW150) thinking that this will increase my international exposure to approximately 20% plus balance the weighting a bit more to smaller companies. I would appreciate your comments about my thinking and would like any advice for alternates. I very much value your thoughts. Thank you very much.
Q: Hello Peter!
I recently (2days ago) opened new portfolio total of 121K consisting of 66K in TFSA accts. and 55K in RRSP accts.
In TFSA I have: ACQ 13.6%, CSU 13.&5, AD 13.5%, BAD 13.6%
In RRSP I have: STN 11.4%, ESL 11.4%, RRX 11.5% DHX 11.3% .
What is your opinion about my portfolio choices & would you suggest any changes to it.
I also want to increase my # of holdings to 10 or 12 names.
Please suggest to me 4 extra names to my TFSA/RRSP portfolio.
Q: BRLXF - Boralex... Renewable Power Source Company that could double their power production in the next few years. Have many new projects in the pipeline and are expected to offer a dividend fairly soon but that could be sidetracked by the project expansions. They appear to have very good cash flow and it looks like it is trading at about 6 times cash flow. Do I have that correct and what is your comment on the future value of this company?
Q: Hello Peter! Could you let me know how or base on what site do you allocate name of sector for Canadian stocks.
I'm trying to use sectors from TSE and they do not match your descriptive names for example: TELUS, ROGERS by your description is "TELECOM" but TSE shows it as "COMMUNICATION SERVICES" ,
ENGHOUSE, AMAYA your inscription "INFO TECH" but TSE shows "CONSUMER CYCLICAL", ALTAGAS, IPL yours is "UTILITIES ,TSE "ENERGY".
I want to use the same names of description of sectors as you are using, where and how do I find them.
Thanks Andrew B.
The CEO and director of ORT is leaving the company. Most probably pushed out.
Sounds like another positive step in a company that seemed to have so much potential 18 months ago.
How do you see this and does this change your opinion of ORT?
Q: This is not a question as much as a comment. GIL has been a long time hold and I agree with your comment "solid, well-managed company" but I rate it slightly higher than B personally. According to INK/TD; insiders have sold $15.5M with CFO selling $7.7M (some even as price dropping). Even tho I can't get my preferred Covered Call, I'll try to reduce my cost by a $1+ by selling some 4 5 wks. I know timing is not your thing but I thot some readers might like to read this. Great site. B
Q: Hello... doing much research in the 3D Printer realm and have come across Dassault Systeme A which is considered by many as best in class providing software applications for the 3D platform. Symbol I tried is DASTY
And can you tell me (big rookie here) the risk I face when dealing with an OTC.PK stock?
Q: How does TFI compare to CNR right now as a position in the industrial sector? I am looking for conservative growth and I am an investor vs a trader. Thanks
Q: With Ford's move to aluminum in their trucks I am curious if this could have any appreciable impact on aluminum prices and if so do you have any recommendations on how one could take advantage of this shift in manufacturing metals?
Thanks for this great service
Q: Is Disney expensive at current price. Looks like a new high today. Please suggest your top pick (USA if possible) for the media content sector? Best, Don
Q: Looking at Chevron. Read your answer that mentioned you would suggest a sector EFT rather than the individual stock. Do you have a recommendation for a good EFT in this sector?