Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, my kids are 12 and 14. They are both avid savers and my wife and I regularly talk to them about investing and long term planning. Recently they have both read “The Richest Man in Babylon”. This has gotten them excited to really start investing. What do you see as the easiest and most effective way for minors to hold stocks? They’re RESPs are already filled and invested every year so that’s not an option for more.

Thanks

Q: Gentlemen
I have this information after asking many questions
It seems that is the Central Securities Depository (CSD) decides CSU dividends are in Ca$.
Are you aware about that.
Its very strange

Q: Hi There,
PSJ is a US listed ETF.
How can I add this to my Watch List?
Currently, it doesn't show-up when I try to add it.

thanks

Q: Could you please give me 2 US healthcare and 2 US technology stocks i am trying to follow your asset allocation suggestions! Thanks. Dimitrios

Q: SYZ has been moving slowly downward the past while. Anything to be concerned with? I realize it's a low volume trader and more volatile. What will it take to kick start the stock?

Q: BUS has been acting very badly lately. I know that a lot depends on new orders coming in but that still does not account for such poor performance.. Do you still favour it? Thanks

Q: Any thoughts on why XX is so weak? Thanks.

Q: Good Afternoon - I currently overweight in Consumer Discretionary stocks and would like to trim the number of stocks held. I am a long term investor (10+) with a healthy risk tolerance. Which in this group are your favourites? Which would you sell first? Thanks. Janet

Q: On March 15 Shopify had a huge surge up to 5,849,405 shares traded. For 30 days around this date the shares traded ranged between a guess of about 300,000 and 400,000. I am curious about the 15th. was this institutional buying. I also wonder why such a huge buy did not seem to effect the market price.
Trying to understand these things, Thank you for your insight every day.
Peter

Q: In an earlier response you mentioned the price was .02 cents off the target price. I thought the buy out was for $8.80 plus divvy of .209 cents. So $9.009 total, is that correct?

Q: I would like to invest in some Chinese ETF.s or stocks. Have thought of Alibaba for a while. What do you recommend? is there anything on TSX?
Margita

Q: Hi 5i,

Who are competitors to Lightspeed and do they have any competitive advantage over them?

Thanks
Mike

Q: Hi All at 5i! Is it possible to buy shares of a company prior to its IPO? Uber is set to put forth an IPO in April. Thanks, Tamara

Q: Let's assume a recession is in the near future (so-called indicated by the inverted yield curve ..well maybe..)...which one of these two portfolios would fair better in your opinion and why. It's been awhile since we've been in one and I cant remember how these sectors acted back then .Not worried about concentration as either group would only make of a small portion of the overall equity/fixed income holdings..
#1 holds utilities ,industrials ,financials and energy stocks.
#2 holds consumer cyclicals , healthcare , tech , basic materials stocks.
Preservation of capital and income are main concerns.
thank as always..

Q: Crius shareholders have agreed to the takeover offer. The current market price is only slightly less than the takeover price. Since Crius went ex-dividend on March 25 is there any reason to hang on to the stock until the actual takeover date? Is there another dividend on closing?

Q: do you have any info on this co. the stock was .03 last Fri. today it is over 1.00

Q: Hi, I am looking at buying minimum rate preferred share trust units in BEP and BIP and similar to the common shares a portion of the distribution is return on capital. I will hold them in an RRSP account. I am trying to better understand what ROC actually is. It almost sounds like it is just returning part of your capital invested back to you. If so, is it a ‘real return’ to the shareholder or just getting part of your money back. If so, what is the attraction? I’m confused. Thanks.

Q: My question is regarding Alcanna and possible private liquor revenue opportunities coming from Ontario. The Ford goverment has made bullish comments on some alcohol sales privatization in the future, the budget is releasing April 11th. Alcanna would clearly be a benefactor in this because of their expertise in the field. From their recent M&D " Should any other jurisdiction in Canada permit the private retailing of alcohol on a basis similar to Alberta which would allow an appropriate return on capital, such as Ontario, we would anticipate opening stores in that jurisdiction" Today there was a bloomberg article quoting regarding Ontario's budgetplans. "Ontario's finance minister says the province will be moving ahead with an expansion of beer and wine sales into corner stores, big box stores and more grocery stores, promising the move will cut prices and prevent any potential privatization of the LCBO." Do you see this benefiting Alcanna at all or would this be a negative in my case if I had been hoping for some potential good news and growth in Ontario for liquor sales? I know you like the company and does this change anything for you?

Q: I don't think any questions have been asked on LYFT...what is your opinion of the stock?

Thanks!
Dave

Q: Is Unilever an excellent stock to invest?
Bell preferred D and K. Both stocks have dropped recently quit a bit. Please explain and should buy more