Investment Q&A

Q: Does mpw look interesting at under $5. What is the probability of dividend being eliminated? Your views.
Thanks

Q: I am following the ETFMU Balanced ETF Model Portfolio. WXM has a high MER at .66. Could you recommend another ETF from one of the model portfolios that would give me about the same level of potential and risk? It could be either Canadian, US, or international.
thanks

Q: Happy new year: today there was a question from a person that wanted to move “in kind” from a rif to a tfsa. What is the advantage to this move? My first thought is that a full amount of taxes would be held back when closing the rif?
Thanks

Q: As the year starts it is time for retrospective. Could you compare and explain the performance difference between the three 5i's portfolios since inception? Should we expect the ranking performance to be in order growth/balance/income? Time period may be too short. Please give so e clues that would help me understand.

Thank you to the wonderful team.

Q: Do you have any timely and suitable names for my TFSA contrib this year? I tend to buy things that are quite growthy in my TFSA. As such its already chock full of technology. Open to US or Canuck names but they need to be quite liquid. Happy New Year

Q: do you have any guidance on rules to follow for tax efficiency? I came across a chart from one of the magazines (either money saver or ETF update) a while ago that was very handy but I can't seem to locate it.
thanks

Q: I am assuming that VGG should be purchased in an RRSP to maximize tax efficiency. if I can't purchase VGG in a RRSP, where is the next best place to hold it?
thanks

Q: ROKU had a great 2023. Towards year end, it was hit with a couple of downgrades. 5i continues to like it, in response to Q&As. Could you please list the top 2-3 reasons you have for ROKU to have another good year(s). I am not expecting it to duplicate its 2023 success, but looking to quantify whether ROKU has several more years of growth.

Q: Both of these names have had a nice pop in the last quarter. Do you have a preference, or both?

Q: Hi 5i,
In a RRSP account, is it better to have BEP.UN:CA or BEPC:CA?
Thanks.

Q: I am considering swamping Fortis out for Capital Power for higher overall return in the intermediate term (3 to 5 years). Thoughts?

Q: I have about $250k that I am looking to park for up to a year not in equities, what are some low risk options? And as a side note can you clear up what a 'money market' account is and invests in typically?

Q: Hello
Could you list a few Canadian ETFs which have broad US market holdings, but do not have high concentrations of the magnificent seven, and which have a high or decent growth potential.
Thanks
Jeff

Q: Thinkinf of swaping out Sunlife now in a hopefully falling rate environment for a stock with more overall growth potential, but still a dividend over 4%. Please provide a few names for a dividend focused retirement portfolio that also bring strong overall return potential. Or, thoughts on whether Sun Life is still a stock to own in this situation.

Q: Hello and Happy New Year.
I have a question on moving funds in/out of ZMMK. I received an amount of cash that I am going to park in ZMMK for the interim. My question is do I need to be concerned with superficial losses while moving funds out? I see it bounces in a range of approximately $49.90-50.08 and sitting at $49.94 as of now. If I were to move funds in now, my avg cost sits around todays cost and if I want to draw out under that, it would create a superficial loss (~$1200 worst case) although not a concern as it's held for the dividend. Thank you.

Q: What are your current thoughts of Atlas Engineered Products? They seem to be trying to add small legacy type businesses as their method of growth. Do you think they have the management that can pull this off? Are their financials currently solid enough that debt is not a problem at present interest rates? Any other thots positive or negative about AEP? I’m quite positive on this group and wanting to buy more. Should I be tempering my enthusiasm?

Q: I previously asked you about the rule of 40 for SaaS companies here:
https://www.5iresearch.ca/questions/text/rule+of+40#answer163822. Could you explain further why this model doesn't seem to work for companies in other industries?

For example, ATD has a low single digit free cash flow margin and would not meet the rule of 40 threshold, but it has proven to be a consistently good investment over the years despite that fact. Why doesn't its poor profitability hold it back and what other criteria would you consider important in lieu of the rule of 40 that help you identify it as a good investment?

Q: Hi
I know that this question is almost impossible to answer and it is anyone's guess but what is the end game for this mounting debt in the US? 34 trillion? Perhaps 10 trillion of that is domestic? Still a stagering number. GDP is 26.24 Trillion with that volume it sounds manageable but they and other goverments dither about, eventually kicking the can down the road. At what point does this come to a head in your opinion? Perhaps a year or an event that you see as an epoch?
Thank you
J

Q: Regarding Michael's question on Magna, here is what was reported on BNN Bloomberg:

"We will watch shares of Magna after Goldman Sachs downgraded the auto part maker. One of the big structural calls on Magna is that it is poised to benefit from the ramp-up of electric vehicles and getting more of its content into cars. This morning, Goldman is poking holes in both those ideas. Goldman says Magna will see slower content per vehicle growth compared to peers, and ramp-up of electric vehicle production from customers like Ford and GM will be slower"

Happy New Year to 5i and everyone!

Q: Hi, Large Cap Tech stocks in US started the new year with a sharp pull back.
In Canada, Shopify was the one which followed the trend with 6-7% drop. Constellation Software was largely unchanged and Lumine is consolidating from recent sharp gains. We hold all above stocks in our Non-Regd as well as TFSA accounts. There is about $80k TFSA Contribution room available, due to withdrawls made last year. We are considering In-Kind contributions to add to our TFSA holdings when MV of these stocks are lower, in order to limit crystallization of capital gains, as all of these names have large gains embedded, in our taxable account. Is it a reasonable approach ?

If technology sector witnesses some more decline (after very strong returns during 2023), what are the next Technical support levels for these three stocks ?

Thank You