Investment Q&A

Q: There have been a few questions related to an upcoming change for BEP.UN. I am not clear on what is actually happening or why.
I hold BEP.un, and would appreciate it if you could please explain what is going on, what you are recommending and why as well as timing of implementing your recommendations. As always, many thanks for your help.

Q: I haven't seen anyone from 5i on Market Call for some time. Is there an appearance in the near future?

What would be your top picks if you were on the show today?

Q: This is a comment and a question. The comment is that something very significant happened in the silver investing world on July 20, and that is that silver finally broke out of a six year bear market. This breakout was confirmed today. The silver miners are responding and this could be quite exciting.
My question is about Alexco. They have a deal with Wheaton whereby they give up 25% of their Keno Hill production and will get nothing in return if silver goes above $25 ( I believe that this deal was modified recently). In your opinion is the Wheaton deal going to be a major problem for Alexco going forward? Thanks, David

Q: I follow your balanced portfolio. Besides cae gsy which 3 or 4 stocks do you like for growth in the next few years.

Q: In the question asked by James on gold and silver you mention DBC but I can’t find any information on this and CEF was the symbol in the heading.Is it DBC or should it be a different Stock/ ETF ?

Thanks

Q: I have several beat up stocks that are now small holdings so looking to clean up the mess a bit and reduce my holdings to a more reasonable number. These are all in my unregistered accounts so will generate a tax loss although that wont do me much good this year with no likely gains to harvest.... So my general plan was to sell some and consolidate in other holdings I already have: ( use as many credits as required)

Sell HSE ( 1/4 position ) and add to my 1/2 SU . I get the tax loss to carry forward and move from HSE that is mostly heavy oil to SU with less downside.

Sell CHW ( 1/4 position) and add to my 1/2 SJ. These 2 don't really match up well like HSE and SU but the CHW is such a small position, unlikely to move until late in the recovery and with the div suspended I think I am going to take my lumps on it. I am a bit lite on SJ anyways.

Sell my MX ( 1/2 position) and add to my MAL ( 1/2 position). Once again not good matches but these 2 are small position in the same account. MAL hasn't done much in terms of stock movement but has generated a good yield over the many years I have owned it. I am not feeling the love in the energy sector for the next few years and I have a felling that the good old days in oil and gas might be at an end with the cost of solar improving and the steady growth in electrifying transportation....

And last sell 1/2 position of AD and buy ALA ( 1/2 position). Once again not a great fit in terms of sector but yields are comparable and ALA is essentially a utility ( and not a oil and gas) so should be a somewhat stable yield.

I wish I had a few big winner I wanted to sell to harvest the tax losses now but will just need to put them in my pocket for the big recovery in a hopefully not to distant future... These moves reduce my small holdings, Get rid of some holding you don't have in your portfolios, de-risk my portfolio somewhat and finally move that money into companies a bit better placed to maintain their dividends during covid/post covid

Q: Hi,
I note your favourite residential REITs but they have almost no exposure to BC. Is there a reason for this? Which REITs have the most West coast exposure? What do you think of them?
Thank you for your advice,
Bryn

Q: What is historic silver price to gold ratio.last 10 years.? Where is it now ? Is silver a buy ? What are Industrial uses of Silver besides jewelry /What are your silver picks. SVM did well last week. RAK

Q: Regarding the share split, is there any indication as to what the initial trading price of BEPC shares will be. Would you expect any initial decline in the value of the BEP.UN units after the split.

Thanks for the good service
Clarence

Q: I have been hearing and reading a lot about "The death of the 60%/40% asset mix. I manage several portfolio's for our family and use different mixes based on age and risk, but for myself (66 ) and my dad (87) I have been at that mix (or close to) for several years now. I feel its has served me well in this correction and am resistant to taking on too much risk. When considering the fixed income it is not all individual bonds or money market holdings I include in the 40% but ETF"s such as CBO,ZAG, ZHY and XSB. Am I right to assume Fixed income ETF'S can be included with with straight up bonds in the makeup of that portion of ones holdings and do you see this mix as a poor choice going forward. thank you

Q: Hello,
I couldn't find any questions on this ETF. PTH Invesco Healthcare ETF
Could I have your pros and cons list please?
Dave

Q: I know you've said in the past that one could replicate FIE relatively easy by owning say 3-4 bank stocks and an insurance company - but I don't think you could get the same yield as FIE, which is close to 8%. Even after subtracting the MER, I don't think you can match the yield (which is somewhat confusing to me).
Can you? If not, would you see a benefit in owning FIE?

Thanks
Robert

Q: Hi,
SVA & AZN are both in phase 3 of COVID-19 vaccine.
What are your thoughts about these companies?
Which one has the better financial ability to see the end of the vaccine development, approval and production of the vaccine (if their vaccine will prove itself successful).
Thanks,
Morris

Q: They's issues shares and the funds are not going to the company. Who's the seller?

John

Q: Good Day
I'm look to add ~3% weighting in precious metals. I currently own 3.9% HEP:T.
Your thoughts please.

Q: Ng looks interesting to me. Was wondering if you had info on insider ownership and how it might reflect on how good a stock it would be to purchase.

Q: I have about a 1% weighting in each of the following names in my portfolio: MX, PLC, BYD, MTY, ALA, NFI, TFII, GIB.A, MFC, SIS.
I want to refocus by eliminating 3 or 4 of these. Sector allocation is not a factor. Please suggest 3-4 names to eliminate (list the most obvious to eliminate first) and 2-3 good candidates to boost today (best first).

Q: Is there any advantage in any scenario to holding BEP.UN units over holding BEPC shares going forward, or any scenarios where one would want to convert the BEPC shares to BEP.UN units as they offer? Will investors just stop buying BEP.UN and just buy BEPC instead?
This deal will be quite dilutive to BEP will it not by fundamentally diluting the share count by 25%?
Thank You

Q: Hi there, can you provide insight regarding Apple and the expiration of the thirty days they had to appeal? Seems as though both parties are being very quiet regarding the matter! I can't find any information or news release as I write this question. What would your experience suggest here, serious negotiations going on behind the scene...to finally settle all current and future patent claims/contracts? Possibly, a real big win for QTRH going forward with Apple?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Thanks!

Q: Hi Guys,

Delighted to be a member of this community. Your advice and thinking has been invaluable.

I've been on a long search with what to do with the conservative part of my (and my elderly mother's) portfolio.

The prevailing sentiment seems to be that cash and bonds are safe, and anything touching on equities are higher risk.

I question the bonds though. They go up and down quite a bit during normal times and went down quite a lot during the crash.

Meanwhile, big low volatility companies like Microsoft, CNR and many of the stocks you've recommend as defensive stocks seems to steadily grow during normal times and, when there is a shock, recover quickly.

In short, the defensive stocks seem less risky than the bonds and seem a better option for the conservative money. Am I mistaken in my thinking? Is the industry just stuck in a paradigm of thinking that bonds are the safest thing next to cash?

In that frame, I'd also like to ask where low volatility, dividend and preferred share ETFs sit on that spectrum of safety.

Thanks, as always, for your wisdom.

Kevin