Investment Q&A

Q: If one is looking for recession plays would Costco be a good stock(or etf)?

Do you have other ideas?

Q: Which provides more income/revenue for Costco items sold or membership fess?
Can you provide the breakdown please. What is their margin.

Q: Peter; Was the big volume today(June14) just a cross - and any news ? Thanks.
Rod

Q: It has been 3 years since BEP share prices have done anything positive. Are you still positive about them? What are the catalysts that might see some positive movement?

Q: I am looking for about five to ten US companies with high volatility (high option premiums), strong financials and minimum chance of going out of business. I want to try option wheel strategy (sell puts and when assigned sell calls). Do you think it would be a good strategy. I will be using a very small amount of money to generate some income.
Thanks

Q: What are your top etf recommendations to purchase now given we are officially in a bull market, the latest cpi numbers are encouraging & the fed is possibly done?

Or is this too late and FOMO is leading me at the wrong time into investing more funds now?

Thanks.

Q: I understand there has been an uptick in the European Market. My question is, is this an uptick in all sectors or just 1 or 2 sectors and what ETF would you recommend and why.

Q: Looking for income. Any thoughts on which Canadian ones are the best out there if looking for yield more than 5%?

Q: Your replies to questions asked by Derek and Steve on June 8 and June 14 have left me confused. Which of the two companies is your preferred or do you not have a preference.
Thanks for your clarification

Q: Is this a good time to buy IOT/Samsara?

Thanks!

Q: Can I please have your latest opinion on Hydrofarm please. Do you feel it is worth holding?
Thank you

Q: This company has been having a little bit of a run lately, would you consider it a good run

Q: Looking mainly for income and some growth in my retirement portfolio. Already have a full position of SLF.
I love the dividend that MFC provides but have little confidence in their growth. Do you feel that GWO:CA looks more promising?

Thanks as always.

GM

Q: Hello 5i Team

Northview Fund issued a press release June 12 announcing a recapitalization event and conversion to a traditional REIT (Northview Residential REIT NRR-UN).

There was lots of information to un-pack from the news release, however I am confused by the statement regarding future distributions once the recapitalization occurs:

In anticipation of the completion of the Transaction and the conversion of the Fund into a more traditional real estate investment trust, it is the Fund's intention to commence paying a distribution of $0.625 per Class A Unit per annum, or $1.09375 per Unit per annum after giving effect to the Consolidation

Based on the above, the current holders of NFH-UN would receive $0.625 per annum per unit (i.e. approximately 7.18 % based on current $8.70 unit price).

Questions

1 - Is my interpretation of the proposed distribution correct?

2 - Is it better to wait a while until all the applicable documents are available on SEDAR and can be reviewed prior to purchasing units?

2 - General opinion of this recapitalization

Ironic this entity has gone full circle in the last four years (Northview Apartment REIT, Northview Fund and now Northview Residential REIT). Lots of fees for investment bankers and lawyers.

Thank you

Q: Hi 5i Team,

I am looking to create a dividend portfolio of 15 positions yielding around 6%. My plan is to weigh these positions equally in a non-registered account. A good number of these equities are in your income portfolio but I just wanted to get your opinion if you would swap any of these out or add anything else?

Telus
Enbridge
CNQ
TRP
MFC
BCE
TD
SLF
A&W
BEP.UN
BNS
Acadian Timber
Fiera Capital
CPD
CVD

Thanks in advance for your help!
David

Q: Peter; Re the Telus question- they have stopped their optic cable program- blaming the Government’s ban on Huawei.
Rod

Q: Hello, is it possible that the "Communication Services" sector no longer exist and has been replaced by "Media"? Companies such as Bell, Telus, Meta and Google are all in the "Media" sector, is that really the case? Thank you

Q: I see on a recent answer you like consumer discretionary, any thoughts on consumer staples and having a position in XLP?

Q: I manage my daughter and her husband's investments. They currently own the above equities (except XST), plus fixed income. I would define them as conservative investors.

Regarding their asset allocation, I am still in the process of building out their portfolio. They are a little light on Consumer Staples. I was trying to find a suitable ETF and came up with XST.

Q#1 = What are your current thoughts on XST? The constituent holdings actually look pretty good. The various rates of return also look good.

Q#2 = Are there other ETFs that I should consider? I couldn't find a BMO version. I have read the past questions on XST and it appears to me that XST is the front runner (compared to VDC and XLP), when looking at past performance.

Thoughts? Agree?
Thanks for your help...much appreciated...Steve

Q: iTrade has notified me that I must apply for a TIN Number from USA if I trade PTB's or own them. Problem is I have no way of identifying if the stock is a PTP or not. The way I read it that would be all US stocks and the site they send me to (https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayer-identificaion-numbers-tin) basically says you need to become a US citizen. I run 3 accounts in in USD, Cash, RIIF ant TFSA. Do I have to abandon US investing??