Investment Q&A

Q: please list your 5 favourite Canadian moat stocks with strong balance sheets list your preferences in order of one to five thanks Richard

Q: Just comment in response to your statement today to Peter that government bonds held to maturity will never lose money - most government bonds trading today are trading at a premium. So if you buy at, say, $102, at maturity you will only get back $100. Loss of $2 (about 2%). This loss is accounted for in the yield-to-maturity, but is a loss nonetheless. Some of the current premiums are significantly higher than this.
Have I got this wrong?

Q: Hello:
What are your thoughts about Zimmer with over 2 year time frame.
Thank you

Q: Could I please have your opinion of this fund. I am a retired income investor looking for diversification away from Canada. The only knock I can see in it is 30% of the holdings are financials, mainly US banks, which I do not own but like most Canadians I am overweight Canadian financials.

Q: Hi folks,

Which Cdn and US companies would you consider buying now in relation to their assistance (equipment, internet services, food services, etc...) or solution (vaccines, drugs, etc...) or potential in view of the Covid-19 crisis and why ? Take credits as you see fit.

Please keep yourselves safe,

Jacques ids

Q: Retired dividend-income investor. I've held Alaris for years, dating back to 2012. I have trimmed and topped up around a core position and it has worked very well over the years. I believe in the management team and acknowledge that Alaris is a higher risk income stock.

I'm just wondering about the recent price action over the last couple of days (today is Apr 7/20). Is it as simple as 1) the stock has fallen so far and is now rebounding, and/or 2) we are currently in a risk-on environment?

What are your current thoughts on Alaris and it's stock price movements? Anything new on your dividend crystal ball gazing?

Thanks for your insight...Steve

Q: Read today in G & M that I could transfer my RRIF in kind to TFSA. My wife and I would not need the funds from the dividends we receive. We are under water in value but have not sold any stocks. Our amounts would be below TFSA amount overall 69,500. for each of us.Would there be tax implications.Would banks charge to do this. Could we top up to$69,500 this year if we have cash becoming available. Tks 5i take as many questions points away as required for this answer.

Q: Retired dividend-income investor. I'm sitting on 15% cash that I created by taking profits and harvesting some losses. I have mapped out how to redeploy this cash to hit my asset allocation targets, both by sector as well as by individual holding. I had originally designed the re-entry on spreading the purchases over 6 months. Given that we now have information on different countries indicating that they MIGHT be showing signs of COVID slowly recovering and that the stock market is forward looking, would you adjust the 6 months time frame to 4 months? What's your crystal ball tell you...redeploy a little faster?

Also, the above equities are those that are candidates for topping up. Which would you hit up first?

Thanks for your help...Steve

Q: your take on goodfood and their results.
looks impressive.
dave

Q: Inspired by the news of Carnival putting out a 12.5% bond coupon, I wonder if this is an area to look into. Carnival may be a risky corporate bond, but I wonder if there are stronger companies caught in debt when the fall came that are offering good returns.

In short, is there an ETF which is focussed on high-grade corporate bonds and is this a good strategy?

I know you are not favourable toward the bond market, so is low-volatility equity funds (like ZLB) a good alternative?

Q: my question is on sector allocation. What would be the asset % in order of preference for a person who is 70 but does not need the funds for another 3 years...please also include the top 3 stocks or ETF allocated to each sector ( can be Cad Or US thanks for your help on this

Q: I am a Canadian citizen/resident. I use my non-registered investment accounts to hold dividend-paying Canadian companies as well as U.S. companies that pay no/small dividends. I use RSPs for U.S. companies that pay larger dividends. I use TFSAs to hold securities such as Canadian REITs and companies with unusual dividends such as BEP.UN and BIP.UN. My understanding is that BIPC is essentially “equivalent” to BIP.UN, but that BIPC will pay fully eligible dividends for which T5s will be issued (not sure if the BIPC distribution will be paid in CA$ or US$). Here are my questions: (a) given the above considerations, would it make sense for me to sell BIP.UN/BIPC within my TFSA, using the cash to acquire more of Canadian REITS and/or similar types of securities (with unusual dividends), and to reacquire the same value (of BIP.UN/BIPC shares sold) through purchase of shares of BIPC in a non-registered account? And (b) do you know whether it is known yet in which currency the future BIPC distributions will be paid?

Ted

Q: Hello,
What are your thoughts on a comapny like GDI at a time like this? On an up market day like today the stock had no movement (which may be a good thing as it may not be correlated to the market). Do you think they could have liquidity issues? I am starting to buy this slowly. DO let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

Regards,

Shyam

Q: Good afternoon, As a long-time Chartwell investor, of course I'm not pleased with its recent price decline. In our combined portfolio, I've allocated it in the healthcare sector. If I believe that the NWH.UN tenant base is more secure, would you be OK with a switch from Chartwell to Northwest Healthcare Properties, Do you concur with this thesis?

Thanks, and stay healthy.

Q: Just checking to see if Great Canadian Gaming's business is completely limited to casinos with physical presence needed or is there an online segment as well. If the online component is limited or does not exist at all, would there be an alternative company or two in the same field that you would recommend that relies mostly on revenue from online gaming. Thanks.

Q: Hi Peter
What are the pros and cons of buying CLF vs actual laddered Govt bonds.
Seems CLF is easy to sell--but is there more risk in a down market?

Q: Peter
I know you have said that the stock market may start going up before this crisis is over and confuse and confound investors. Well I am one of those investors. If as the Royal Bank said this morning millions of dollars have been pulled out of mutual funds in the last several weeks, I can’t imagine that it is those people getting back in the market or is it? Where is all the money coming from to buy stocks? What is the stock market anyway? Institutions and individuals buying and selling to each other to try and make a buck? I read once that the world could do without oil before they could do without the stock market. Do you believe that?
Post if you want. I am sure I am not the only investor out there who can’t make sense of the stock market.

Q: What are the Canadian equivalents thanks

Q: I have only 5% international exposure right now. can you give me 5 ETF's that have good potential upside coming out of this downturn that could help me balance out my portfolio by region. Asset class not a factor.
Thanks Dave

Q: I’m confused. I understand that there is risk to prefer chairs in that they rank behind balance but I had of common stock. Therefore the strength of the company affects the strength of the preferred chair. I also understand that with low interest rates the rate reset or perpetual preferreds have had their values affected. What I don’t understand is the minimum rate resets. There are strong companies that have minimum rate resets that will reset at 5+ percent guaranteed in the next few years. Why are these not trading at higher prices.Many of them are trading at 40% of their issue price. Please help me address my confusion.