Investment Q&A

Q: My TD Waterhouse account shows ZWB { yielding 8.2% } and HMAX { yielding 15.1% } . Could you please confirm both yield numbers at today's ETF prices ? And why one might buy the lower yielding ETF considering that HMAX has nearly double the yield and a little more diversified { 75% banks } ? ...... { I'm not concerned about the short history of HMAX } ..... Hypothetically, if it were " you " and you wanted a covered call financial ETF which one would you pick and why ? { Of if there is another one you would prefer over both }

Q: You thoughts on CWL especially the spinoff recently announced.

Q: The chart for the above is interesting. Basically there has been a 10X return since the covid low several years ago. The oil price hit $115 in May 2022, but the share price for MEG was only 20% higher than it is today, with the oil price at a little over half of what it was in May 2022, at about $68.
Many expect oil to regain some footing here and rise, maybe to $100 or more over the next few years.
But from this price history, we should really only get about 20% higher on MEG shares even if the oil price climbs back to $115 right? Why would shareholders want to pay so much more for MEG shares with oil at $115 in the future than at a previous date where oil was at $115? It would seem that at the future date of $115 oil, we would be even closer to a renewable economy than we were in 2022 and therefore be even closer to the decline of an oil based economy, making the MEG shares less valuable? Thanks.

Q: Hello,
I already have a large position in TD and a small position in BMO, and would like to add to one or two more banks that won't keep me awake at night. Its quite clear that banks have trillion of dollars in loans . Last report that I read $4.12 trillion. And $1.5T of loans come due in Canada by January 2024. So even if 2% default, we have $30B in losses. And that's just Canada. Therefore, of the Canadian banks, which ones have the least exposure to the US. ? Today which ones are your recommendations?
Finally, in terms of deposit insurance, is it $100K per bank account or per individual taxpayer.? Brokerage account like RBC - Direct investing, the $1M is it for the total portfolio or just the cash? Again, per account or per investor?

Thank you
CR

Q: Hi Team
What are your feelings about these 2 stocks Qtrh has taken a beating the last week, all I can see is that the ceo has resigned or has been fired. I don't see this as such a negative, since the stock has not fared well. They always babble about a spin-off, but nothing happens
Cfx is also down, I know that they closed some plants, how does the future look?
Thanks
Auftar

Q: Hi Team

In general it seems like commodity stocks underperform the markets. Let’s look at SU, ABX and TECK which are large cap stocks in the oil, gold and copper categories. It seems commodity stocks had a good run from about 2003 - 2008. Since 2008, each of these three commodity stocks have traded in a range and are currently close to the top of said range. It seems like the commodity stocks have underperformed the overall market for the past 15 years by quite a bit because the commodity stocks are about the same price as they were in 2008. There have been times when buying commodity stocks as a “trade” was great like in 2020 when SU was $15 or in 2015 when TECK was $5 and in 2015 when ABX was $10. But today these stocks are all at the top of the range. They never break out of this range and I don’t see any evidence that they will break out of the range. If they don’t break out of the range the only direction from here is down. For example, gold is a whopping $2000, and ABX is still only $25. Oil was over $100 recently and SU still never broke out of the range. When the markets tank the commodity stocks usually tank as well…. they don’t act as a hedge. There are exceptions like in March 2020 when the market tanked, and ABX did quite well for 4 months. But today, ABX is back to $25 where it was in Feb 2020. I understand diversification is important but why add commodity stocks to a (long term) portfolio if they never perform well. The commodity stocks are finally paying good dividends but so do many other stocks in different sectors.

Question #1 – please let me know if you agree or disagree to the above. If you disagree, what is the compelling argument to buy large cap (safe) commodity stocks unless they are trading at the bottom of the range.

Question #2 – is there an etf that tracks the Canadian stock market that does not include commodity stocks?

Thanks for your great input to your members questions.
Greg

Q: Coveo announced last week that it will be available as an SAP endorsed App. Could it be a game changer?
Also, how will you rate the probability of SAP acquiring Coveo in the future? Does SAP have a history of acquiring firms of endorsed App?

Tks

Q: What is you outlook on Kelt going forward. Would you buy sell or hold at these levels?

Q: This was a top pick on BNN today and looked interesting. I have room in my TFSA and was wondering what your thoughts are on this company.
Thanks, Lesley

Q: Hi there,

Takeout potential of Bluestone Resources. Has the company has a lot of insider buying or insider owning a lot of shares. In advance, thank you for taking the time to answer my question.

Norwood

Q: If there was to be a turn around in financials (ie pause or cutting interest rates), how would the covered call bank ETF's perform vs holding bank stocks? Thanks

Q: Everyone, as the press release this morning indicates Alibaba will be splitting into six companies. The news will have a short term bounce for the stock but does it have a long term benefit? If it has a long term benefit what is the increase in the returns due to the split. This same strategy could be used for any company so if there is a long term benefit why does all other companies not prefer to split to generate benefits for their shareholders. Clayton

Q: From the recent news , what do you believe will happen with the shares of alibaba ? Should we hold the shares and wait for further news ? Thanks

Q: Hi, I want to build a position in the new lumine for long term growth but for that I will have to sell other positions to raise capital, what would you sell between lightspeed, spin masters, saputo or haivision ? Thanks

Q: Hi guys,

On the basis of the strength of your recco on ECN I purchased ECN.DB.A for my RRIF.

It has been steadily falling to todays price of $74.

I bought it at par and frankly am nervous about the CV to maturity.

Can you take a look at it for me and tell me if you feel it is safe to hold to maturity? If not why and what do you reccomend?

Thanks

Sheldon

Q: We all agree it is very positive when insiders buy shares. But I found it mean not too much when it is done by a newly appointed director. As far as you are aware, do they receive remuneration up front conditional of such purchase or similar gimmick?

Q: Since CSU pays its dividend in USD, to avoid currency exchange fees I hold CSU on the US side as CNSWF. When it spun off Lumine, the new shares showed up in my US account as LMGIF with a BV of $.02
- the spin out is listed as a "dividend in kind", does that mean there is no tax due until I sell the lumine shares at which time all proceeds (since BV of $.02) are taxed as capital gains?
- I can not see LMGIF on any of my trading platforms. What is the difference between LMGIF and LMN?
- given that Lumine does not pay a US dividend is there any reason for me to continue to hold it on the US side?

Thanks
Scott

Q: 1. When CSU spun out TOI, it was considered a “mini European CSU”. What would consider the recent spinout of LMN i.e., a “mini xxxxx CSU”? If applicable.

2. I am thinking of unloading LSPD from my RRSP at a significant loss. Where would you suggest the funds go? I am thinking either SHOP or LMN or is that just setting up a double whammy? if yes, alternatives please.

Thanks as usual.

Q: The x dividend date for CIBC is today March 27 and today I sold my shares. Will I still get this quarterly dividend?

Thanks
John

Q: Hi . Bloomberg today (28/3) reports that Cdn banks are pushing for a boost to deposit insurance. Does this mean they want to reduce the risk is of being unable to cover the 100k limit or do they want a higher limit? How do you interpret this move by the banks? Thank you for sharing you much appreciated insights.