Investment Q&A

Q: Like everyone else I suppose I am looking for the next great idea. Is there a company or two on your radar that is impressing you with their performance/growth outlook? Maybe tempting you to initiate a report on? Bonus points if it is already profitable, and/or approaching 1 B market cap. Double bonus points if you could see the possibility of them initiating a dividend one day. Just looking to build a short list for further investigation before next year’s TFSA contribution. Thanks so much.

Q: I'm not sure if I should take comfort in the fact that you still have ZRE in the portfolio or not, the last little while has been rough. If you were putting new money into the sector under current conditions would you stick with the equal weight ETF approach or would you just choose a couple of your favourite individual stocks like DIR and/or CAR (or perhaps another ETF that is not equal weight)?

Q: Can you comment on your current top 5 Canadian dividend stocks?

Q: Hi 5i team,

Would you consider First services has expensive valuation at current price level? What is the growth outlook for longer term?

thanks,

Q: Hi, I’m overweight Telus, and although I like it, I feel it is stuck in this low range until it gets much better quarterly results. Do you agree?
So as a dividend investor I would like to sell part to a more reasonable weight, and would like 3 suggestion for another dividend replacement.( sector not a big issue). Thanks

Q: Hello 5i,

Is L.PR. B an interesting buy for the income with a rate of 6.50% or is it better to wait for it to continue sliding downwards for a while longer.
In the current interest rate environment, what rate of return could help halt its descent. There are preferreds that reach 7 or 8% yield, depending of course on their category, the credit quality of the company, the sector...

Any information is welcome.

Thank

Q: Recently retired younger couple. Need to continue to preserve and grow portfolio, but also need to secure near term income stream.

I am looking to shift some equity to fixed income and trying to decide the best approach.

I have registered and non registered accounts. The non registered account is in dividend payers, and will leave this as is. Tax treatment is good, flexibility is good, recession proofish.

I am considering changes to the setup of my registered accounts. Two main options appear to be:

1. Move an registerd account from the current discount broker (Questrade) to somewhere like EQ bank and buy laddered GIC's. Advantage - CDIC protection, maybe very slightly higher rate of return. Disadvantage - Admin pain, loss of flexibility

2. Stay with current discount broker and simply move into CASH.TO

I am strongly leaning to option 2 - am i missing something here?
Why would i go to the trouble of option 1?
Are there other (better) options?
How big of a risk is there with something like CASH not having CDIC protection?

Thanks,


Jim

Q: Hi 5I,

Can I please get your thoughts/analysis on XPO Logistics.

Thank You

Q: Hi Peter, do you see and opportunites in the Auto space ? Anyone currently looking to purchase new may steer away from the big 3; Thank you.

Q: Would you finally pull a plug on ADW.A:CA since its value has been relentlessly going south ? Your hopes expressed in May 2023 report have not materialized in the stock valuation. Having lost over 50% of its value in my portfolio I am not longer optimistic about it recovery in foreseeable future.

Q: I have done very well with AVGO as a long-term hold in my RRIF but the recent speculation about GOOGL's intention to phase out AVGO chips and replace them with its own design has made me nervous. AAPL has been doing this too, so it makes me wonder if it is time to sell at least a part of my holding. What other semiconductor maker would be less prone to "taking in-house" risks? CSCO maybe? It is clear that both AVGO and CSCO have been and are making big acquisitions in the software space to diversify away from semiconductor risk: this makes me wonder if I should just stay the course and trust AVGO management? As always, I value your opinion.

Q: For etfs like these held in a cash account, is the holder paying a withholding on the yield, in some way?
Is the tax withheld at the level of the etf provider, or would one see the amount withheld in one’s brokerage account.

Q: I will be unable to attend the webinar tomorrow. Where will I be able to see a replay? Sheldon

Q: Hi 5i,

I found the Q&A about Envista this morning very interesting. With the Veralto spinoff that is happening with DHR, do you think that Veralto will have the same low/no growth issues? I think DHR is trying to do the same again by keeping the higher growth assets and spinning off the lower growth ones. Would you hang on the the new shares when received or would you sell and maybe put back into DHR instead? TIA!


Wayne

Q: In your answer to my previous question on HBND you said that a 10% allocation would be good. Did you mean 10% of the whole portfolio or 10% of the bond portfolio (so example 10% of a30% bond allocation would be only 3%).

Q: What do you think of Denison Mines in terms of valuation/leverage to higher uranium prices/balance sheet/risk? Rick Rule called it a no-brainer and said if their leaching process works it could be a big home run. Curious to hear your thoughts.

Are there other names you prefer to gain exposure to rising uranium prices?

Thanks

Q: Hi Peter,
What’s your view of VST and HUBB for a 2-3 years hold? Do these two companies have strong fundamentals, underlying health of their operations, their long-term growth prospects, and ability to generate profit regardless of the economy and inflation? Would you consider them over valuated at this point? What is a good entry price for these two stocks? Thanks.

Q: Just a follow up to a previously answered question regarding which ETFs you would choose. What would be your weighting in a portfolio containing SPY, QQQ, IJH, AGG and VYM?

If you were to remove bonds (AGG) altogether, where would you allocate weighting?

Q: There have been a number of questions recently asking how to construct the best etf portfolio. I thought you did an amazing job in answering these. I had a couple of questions, though, to which I like your response.

You recommend SPY. I believe you also answered QQQ in some place. Would one need QQQ if one already owned SPY? I am speaking here as an average retired investor willing to take a little risk. The concern is that the top ten holdings of the two funds is quite similar. The other concern relates to thèse top ten holdings. A lot of both funds is invested in high flying technology stocks. You often mention that the danger in investing in a Canadian index fund is that they are heavily weighted to three industry sectors. Wouldn’t the same fear hold true for SPY? And if so, would a good work around be a combination of a market weighted fund, such as RSP and an appropriate balance of SPY and QQQ?
Thanks

Q: What do you think of the news today? Would hold still?