Investment Q&A

Q: I own the companies in question in an unregistered investment account. To offset some capital gains I was thinking of divesting myself of some of these investments. Please rate them in order of disposition in your opinion. I am a retired investor who believes in companies with a history of dividends. Additionally, can you suggest 3 potential investment replacements, thanks.

Q: Which one would you prefer now? Kinaxis or Docebo?

Q: In your answer to Terry today you stated "we would suggest also looking at sector exposure in this decision, to see that sectors align with objectives." My objective is to secure a very comfortable retirement that includes travel with investments that are as tax efficient as possible. I'm 63, and struggling with my sectors. How would one with align their sectors with this objective. I know sectors are a personal decision and you can't give personal advice but I'm looking for an example as a starting place to make my decision. Thank you

Q: I hold a significant amount of those 3 ETF in my non registered account + RRSP.Assuming that ROC represents a large part of the dividend ( true?),I suppose that we could tolerate a "reasonable or slight" réduction of the NAV ,compensated by the much lower income tax + partial compensation of capital gain if eventually sold .Those advantages are not present in the RRSP , maybe should I reduce the % of covered call ETFs in the RRSP if the NAV is not stabilized... Please comment ( or criticize ! )my observations since I am far from being an expert, regards J-Y

Q: Good morning,
I have held Xlk as my US tech portion of my RRIF as well as A few Canadian tech stocks.
I feel this is not a favourite tech representative of yours. What would be your choice considering I also hold VOO and should I switch.
Tom

Q: Your opinion on headwater?? I also own Supremex that I am up nicely and could move that or move on from AQN.
Thx

Q: Finally.... 1st Analyst coverage from RBC capital Markets

" Mr. Kwan became the first analyst to initiated coverage of Lumine Group Inc. (LMN-X), giving it a “buy” rating and $28 target, and Topicus.com Inc. (TOI-X) with a “hold” rating and $99 target. "

Any comments on above ratings/reports ?

They seem to support 5i thesis on both companies.

Thank You

Q: Peter; Slate Office just cut their payout - could AP.UN be inline to do it too?!My wife holds AP.UN in her TFSA - no tax benefits- would you move on and into saybDIR.UN? Thanks.
Rod

Q: Hi Peter,
I Would like to expand my question posted earlier. Here is the original, and your reply:

Q: Hi Peter,
I am helping my kids who are in the mid-twenties to invest. The funds will be in RRSP & in TFSA for long term. Would you please recommend a list of ETFs and/or Stocks to invest in for growth. I would like to have the portfolio diversified globally and invested into various sectors.
Thank you,

Asked by Roger on November 08, 2023
5I RESEARCH ANSWER:
We can suggest: CSU, BN, WSP, TFII, ATD, SLF for a conservative mix of stocks from differing sectors. XIC could be a general Canadian ETF, and VFV a US market ETF. We prefer international exposure to be done through an ETF. VIU is an easy solution in our view (it is ex North America).

I have a tax efficiency question. If I am holding VIU in either RRSP or TFSA, would the dividends, even distributed through DRIPs, be subject to an international withholding tax of 15%? If that is the case, do you have another suggestion for investing in an international EFT where dividends are minimized, and the value of the EFT is in growth?

Do you have a suggestion for investing in the emerging market? Again, an EFT with the similar focus on tax efficiency.

Thank you again,

Q: I hold a basket of small, speculative tech stocks, each with a small investment only in my TFSA. Those listed above are down significantly in value and I wonder whether any are worth continuing to hold? I would appreciate your views.

Q: Good Morning Peter & team,

Have $6000 to add and do not have enough exposure to chip manufacturing. Was thinking about QCOM but read a few of your comments and don't necessarily like they're dependency on cell phone. NVIDIA has had the big run up along with a few of the other popular names. Is there a late bloomer/less popular name you might recommend for a 3 - 5 year hold if not longer? Growth is the priority.

Thanks for all you do

gm

Q: Hi Peter,

I'm a bit confused re: the dividend for DRI Healthcare. Your profile shows a current dividend of about 9.6% (even higher for DHT.U) but other sources such as G&M and Morningstar show it at 3.49%.

Why the difference? Please clarify.

Many thanks for your excellent service.

David

Q: Hello 5i team,

I recently subscribed and bought a significant qty of CSU debentures @ the strike price of 133.
With the Canadian economy perhaps going into a recession? and rate cuts, how would you project the price to behave over one year? The percentage drop in price is more than the yield. Can one expect a total return of 8% for the next year? Would you suggest a sell and deploy in stocks?
Appreciate your analysis on the subject.
Regards
Rajiv

Q: Apparently there are successful fund managers that charge only a percentage of their profits and not a MER on holdings….How does one find and evaluate such folks… l

Q: Good morning - I understand that AAP is the parent of Carquest, which in our region is a well-run autocrats supplier. I know some shop owners personally and am impressed with how professionally the Carquest organization is run ( at least at the regional level). Then I look at the AAP stock history and analyst comments and it does not look great. What are your thoughts on AAP? Sleeper or stay away?

Q: Hello,

I am trying to determine whether tax loss selling would make sense in my current scenario. I have an over 20% weight position with CSU. I want to reduce this position which will trigger a large capital gain. Does is it make sense to sell my fixed income positions in CBO, XHY and VAB which will trigger a tax loss to help offset the CSU capital gain? I can also leave as is and hope the interest rate situation turns around in 2024?

Thanks for your help.

Q: Could you comment on DRM earnings and outlook? Thanks!

Q: Could you tell from which metals (gold, silver, copper, others) these royalties’stocks or ETF are getting their revenues/profits. And in what proportion? If possible, from which countries?
I own OR (gold), SSL (gold only?). Also these stocks: MAG (silver only?), FVI (silver&gold?).
I hope the question is not too complicated. Thanks a lot.

Q: Hello 5i,

Would you be buyers of Dexcom today? With the recent drop in share price do you think their growth story is attractive? Or is there too much competition in this health/tech space?

Appreciate all you do!

Q: I bought GSY at its peak. Is it time to dollar cost average now or would you wait for the price to drop more?

How do you see the stock price move if interest rates stay stable until mid 2024?

Would you recommend different stocks which pay 3-5% dividend with room to grow 50% over the next 12 - 18 months,?