Investment Q&A

Q: I have a friend late 70 having a comfort zone of having 50% of his wealth in money market fund(during the last 10years has lost money on bonds)
He is interested of very safe 6 US ,$ CAN and 1or 2 INTERNATIONAL ,total of 11-12.stocks for the the other part of his wealth.His income is going to covered from many funds.
I appreciate your advise, ebrahim

Q: What is your opinion on this company - the dividend seems to be rather high at the moment, is it sustainable- at this price is the stock a buy, hold or sell?
Thank you for your advice?

Q: Hello,
Can I make a simple assumption that ZPR seems to be following the general market up an down (below 200 day line and possibly forming base at around $10) and hence at todays' lower number may indicate a buying opportunity?
Cheers
Arzoo

Q: Why is this EFT so volatile ? Is it worth holding for the long term ? Thank you

Q: Which would you choose, or would you have a bit of both
XRE or VRE?
VFV or XUS?
Thank you

Q: Agb earns 5.33 million in q1, good earnings, gold price is up a lot today but share price down, why? Is this still a good long term potential grow company? Thanks always

Q: I would appreciate your comments on the first quarter numbers that came out today.

Q: Hello,
What are the US and Canadian stocks which are looking more attractive due to the tarrif war. I bought TTD and SQ..on the drop. Can you suggest any others. Also can you give your assessment do you think this increased volatility is a temporary phenomenon.Thanks.

Shyam

Q: Peter; With Sonshines announcement re building rental properties in Toronto using CMHC money is this enough of a diversification to make a difference to the mainly retail holdings? And does it make the distribution safer or weaker? Thanks. Rod

Q: I have about $40K in unregistered USD mutual funds and looking to move it into ETFs. Any thoughts on these? Money to be held for a variable amount of time. Possibly 2-7 years.

Q: CLS...."just can't let go" that me....now it is 1.20% of my balanced portfolio with a 49.9% loss...given I've held for so long while it declined but now with "worst" tech news, do I just dump it or is there (hopefully) sunshine on the horizon for CLS?.......Tom

Q: Hi Guys,

Can I please get your opinion of these ETFs.

Thank you !

Dave

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

In our combined portfolio (RRIF, RRSP, TFSAs, and non-registered account), we are underweight in Information Technology. 5i's latest recommendation for this sector's weighting is 15%, but we are at 13.4%.

We hold these stocks/ETF followed by their weighting:
CSU: 5.67%
ENGH: 2.38%
KXS: 1.09%
OTEX: 2.50%
SYZ: 0.92%
XIT: 0.91% (We use it to park cash as it's a commission-free ETF for us)

My wife has a preference for holding dividend payers (even a small dividend) in her RRSP. In her RRSP, she holds a 1.51 % position in CSU, and the full 2.38% of ENGH. In order to increase the IT weighting to 15%, she needs to invest $19,500. There is sufficient cash in her RRSP for this purchase. What course of action would you suggest? Should she top up her position in ENGH? Or should she start a new position in ET or OTEX?

Please deduct sufficient credits for this rather convoluted question. Your guidance is very valuable to us.

Q: Comments please regarding the most recent quarter from SWP. Do you recommend for income and some growth? Have we finally got some traction here or is this a continued mediocre performer?

Q: WHAT IS YOUR THOUGTHS ON ECA THANKS

Q: Peter,

What is your opinion of Premium Income Preferred Share ( split share ) PIC.PR.A as an income vehicle? Are the payments taxed as dividends? Are there any other associated fees?

Thanks

Paul

Q: How would you rate prospects of NGT since it took over Goldcorp? Is there something better in this sector you would move to?

Q: Peter and those surrounding - as someone with 25% cash due to recent trimming I'm wondering 1. whether you believe the downside is close to bottom or not 2. whether you would wait for further clarity before redeploying 3. whether you would redeploy the growth names on my buy list first (down more) or stay conservative with more stable lower valuation equities being re-purchased first and 4. any general remarks you might offer at this rather confusing moment in the markets. Thanks as always - Ken

Q: I'm looking at adding these for a recession/defensive type of portfolio.
For a longer term holder, do see any reasons not to buy these ones?
Do you like any one of these more than others?
Thanks as always....

Q: It seems that the Burnaby refinery will be going close to flat out for awhile if gas prices remain at these currently high prices and demand levels.
Would this have a significant effect on their total profitability?