Investment Q&A

Q: What's your assessment of this $200 million that Fairfax invests in CHR? Do you see that as opening a new and broader chapter for CHR's growth and expansion of its business?

Kindly share your insight, much appreciated.

Q: Hello 5i and we wish all the best in the holidays for you.
We plan to buy a tech stock. We are retired and conservative, although with a certain percentage of some safer growth stocks.

We are impressed that Warren Buffett ventured into the tech field by buying Apple and wonder whether we should follow suit.

But we are also looking at Google and are wondering whether it may have a better future.

We would appreciate your thoughts on which one you think might be the best buy right now.
thanks

Q: Hi guys,

My wife is finally getting around to diversifying her portfolio and still has to high a weighting at 18.9% in Energy. Her holdings are CPG 4.89%, SPE 3.89%, TOU 2.78%, and WCP 7.34%. She also has 11.01% of her portfolio in PPL.

What do you think she should hold, trim or modify?

Thanks and Happy Holidays

Q: What is your view on Decisive Dividend Corp. on the venture exchange? I expect you will say it is risky due to it's size and short trading history. It does have a nice dividend though.

Q: Could you please give me your opinion on LIF - I purchased it at $20.24- it has a 4.9% dividend - is it a sell,hold or buy
Thanks and Happy Holidays
Hanna

Q: Would like your take on Transalta as a long term hold in a TFSA portfolio holding mainly dividend stocks.

Q: Of all the tax loss selling companies that have had a rough 2016 which one do you believe has the best chance to turn around in 2016

Q: A few days ago it was announced that the go ahead for Argonaut Gold's San Antonio project had been declined by the authorities. According to one report this should not materially affect their production. Am just wondering what your feeling is about this event. Also do you have any other updates on the existing production and exploration potential of the company. The price has dropped substantially and I am considering buying more. Thanks.

Q: Hi Peter and Team,

I find that we need to buy some more in the Utilities sector, to keep to a 10% weighting. We presently have about a three-quarter position in each of AQN, BEP.UN, and FTS. Do you think that INE would be a good addition to this mix or is it too similar to AQN and BEP.UN? We can buy and sell XUT commission-free, but I notice that ZUT (not commission-free) has a better chart. Should I increase our positions in each of the three we already have, buy a new one, or top up with XUT/ZUT? Or is there a US ETF in this sector that looks compelling? Or perhaps in the present "climate", could the utilities sector weighting be reduced below 10%? What sector should take up the slack?

Thanks for all your great advice which has been and continues to be very valuable. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you at 5i and the members as well.

Q: Good morning Peter, I purchased PUR in early August based on your company report and have watched it steadily decline 21% since. I know you continue to recommend this as a growth stock with risk, while stressing the need for a long term hold. It seems I've got the risk side covered, so my question is whether you have changed your position about the growth potential. I can wait on this stock and will hang in there if warranted. What are your thoughts? As always, I appreciate your invaluable advice.

Q: Would you please give your thoughts on these two. PHX has new technology which seems to have received orders and SDY supplies a variety of goods and services. Your comments will be valued. Happy holidays

Q: Hi Peter and Staff
Release last night presumably after you added to your Growth Portfolio about a litigation update. Any change in your view?
Thanks for all you do and Happy Holidays to you and your staff
Dennis

Q: I purchased BMO & CM when the yields were well over 5.5%. I also own & would like to continue to own BAC & MFC. Financials make up 25% of my portfolio now. I would like to sell CM & BMO. Are there any higher yielding dividend stocks in other sectors out there yielding over 5% that may be "mispriced" similar to how CM was back in 2009/2010?
Thank you

Q: Comments Please

Q: Dear 5i
Do you expect US banks to do better than Canadian banks in 2017 .
Would zub be a good etf for US banks and what is their MER ?
What Can. bank etf would you recommend ?
Thanks
Bill C

Q: I am thinking of selling GWO and PWF and replacing them with a 50/50 split of ZUB and ZBK. I would appreciate you thoughts.
Thanks.

Q: What are your thoughts/risks on XHY going forward? How will any future rate increase affect xhy or are they already priced in?

Q: Could I have your opinion on XHY, XTR and CBO - should I sell or hold
Thanks - Hanna

Q: I've held SGY for a number of years and, as is the case for a lot of oil producers, it was a decent stock until the 2014 collapse in oil prices. It has come back a bit recently but I have a cost base of $6.31. Should I continue to wait patiently for a further recovery in oil prices (perhaps years away) or take the loss and put the proceeds into something else (what?)?

Q: Good morning,

I am managing 2 portfolios, mine and my wife. Both portfolios are oriented toward income but with some growth as well. Both portfolios are diversified and has at least one company in each of the 11 tsx sectors with a total of 20 companies in each portfolios with a 4% to 6% weight in each of the 20 companies.

Both portfolios has a reit, Boardwalk (BEI.UN) and Milestone (MST.UN). The reason that we have invested into these reits is that both has assets in the U.S. and are in family residential.

With the interest rate moving up in the U.S. is time to sell these two reits?

Thank you

Paul P.