Investment Q&A

Q: Hi 5i
I have $50,000 that I want to put into an income producing account for retirement. I want it to be relatively secure and produce some monthly income. I have no other investments other than a small company pension. What would you recommend? ETF's or a number of good income stocks, or a bit of both. Do you have any recommendations on the specific etf's and stocks that I should get? I will retire in a year. I really appreciate your help as I have been a member for almost 2 years now and have finally saved enough money to begin a little portfolio.
Thanks again for your recommendations
Kevin

Q: CUS Canexus The value investor in me is feeling tempted by Canexus. It seems that a low has been established for the stock. The biggest danger for breaking that low would (presumably) be a cut in the dividend. Given that the main business is well understood by the market the speculation would be in NATO upside. Lately the Canadian energy sector has been on fire. Everything is up! It seems shipping by rail has been of benefit. Could you put this picture in a CUS frame for me? My idea is to take a 1/2 position in this price range and wait for good (or bad) news to make the next decision.

Q: A follow up to Paul's. I find it difficult to monitor overall weightings is there a software to automatically update and consolidate multiple portfolios. I am trying to load my families 7 portfolios with some common shares.
mike

Q: What do you think of Blackpearl..PXX..Thanks

Q: I am a big fan of mutual funds and have owned lots of them since 1980 and that is how I first met Peter. I have had an online account for about 7 years and always lost money. Hopefully with your leadership, I will give my online account one more year. Lately have a lot of stocks that are on this recent down trend. 2 I sold once they got down 40%. I have 3 more that are down considerably and at the rate they are going down I am afraid they will be down 40% very shortly. They are LEE U.S. AVO and COM. A few stocks I noticed that are doing well are IBG, BCI and S. Should I cut my losses and get into something like these? Dennis

Q: Regarding your report card in new reports. If this is still under development, could you please use different colours for us old folks, perhaps black on white or white on black

Q: GOOD DAY
Huge volume today on TBE, 44 million plus. I have seen no new releases. Any ideas?
Thanks,
John

Q: Crescent Point Energy has released what appears to be positive results in their work on the Torquay play. The stock is reacting well. I own it and am benefiting from the rise. I know it hasn't been a favourite of 5i in the past but does this update look good? Should we think about selling into this strength?

Q: On Friday VFX (which had a market cap of $8 Million in November) announced it now has revenue of $500,000 per day. The stock rose 25%. Can you tell me what would be a fair market value of the stock?

Q: Hi, 5i Team.
In a diversified ETF portfolio, is there any need or benefit to holding both CDZ and XDV? If not, which one do you prefer?

Thanks,

Q: jpm had a tough day on friday, if you on hold as i have looked at this more long term or is this a buying opportunity

Q: re:AYA

Wiping my tears so I can type and, I am sure you are tired of hearing about this company.

My position is small ($1,000 & less than 1%) but I am a little tired of watching this precipitous fall.

On Saturday a 5i member commented

"there is a zone of resistance between about $5.75 to $6.13. It touched $6.11 in intra-day trading on March 31st but closed at $6.30. If prices close within, or more seriously, the resistance zone, watch out."

I'm close to jumping ship but would like to hear your thoughts on the aforementioned comment and maybe provide some explanation as to what exactly he is saying. If it gets to $5.75 it will drop to a dollar?

Thanks You Peter & Family

Gord

Q: Questrade
Dear Gentlemen,
Not a question, only information, to follow Mr Jeff
"A reason to NOT use ....Questrade"
As Jeff, I have almost same problem with Questrade, tax slips (T5,T3) are all mixed, some revised or modified (?) 2 times, some 3 times, I was lost with all these changes, even the Kind Questrade agent who try to help was mixed up too. we spend 46 minutes on phone together to try to setup Questrade mix up.
I am still waiting for another to be corrected T5
Also the tax receipt for MY Resp contribution to wife account was on her name !
Except agent Mr MB, the customer service is terrible.
After the tax season I will transfer all accounts to another broker.
Best Regards

Q: Hi Guys,

This is a couple of questions about Amaya (AYA)

Why is your report so out of date (Sept 2012) for such a growing company?

Why does your opinion differ so much from the market on this company? It is down 25% from the beginning of the year. Obviously the market does not like this company. Is the growth really there? Please provide more than "it's a good company" answer.

Regards
John

Q: Good Day, for those who are wondering why ANY.v is tanking, this came out today.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/2140303-sphere-3d-investors-falling-for-the-same-old-tricks-fair-value-is-zero

Q: ANY Sphere 3D: Can you help me to understand or identify what I missed in reading today's news release? It looks very positive in terms of achievements and they are also applying for a Nasdaq listing and the stock promptly drops 10%. I am tempted to significantly add to my position - but want to make sure there is water in the pool - and no sharks in waiting - before I jump in.
Always a constructive learning experience. Thank you.

Q: Hello Peter,
I sent in a question a couple of weeks ago but didn’t receive a reply… so here goes again:

I was a bit surprised by some of your stock selections for the Income Portfolio, and also by some of the exclusions.

Loblaw, for example (a low margin business with big competition, small yield and only recent dividend increases) made the portfolio while companies in a somewhat similar space like THI, PBH, NWC, HLF, CSW, ADW, BPF (having generally higher yields/better 5 year dividend growth) did not. Can you explain why Loblaw?

If I follow your advice, is there a particular company in the names I mentioned that you feel would be best switched-out to acquire L?
Thank you very much,
Paul

Q: Hello
I'd like to ask about Medical Facilities Corp. I've owned it for over a year. Todays open gaped down hard. There is twice the daily volume and it's not even lunch time! No news as far as I can see. Is this an omen to take fat profits?...thoughts?

Q: XSR
Hi Peter
I am asking about Sirius XM . What do you think of this company . Is it a buy at these levels for growth .
Candi

Q: A reason to NOT use Virtual Brokers: When I complained that they had posted 18 T5 slips for my account as opposed to the one T5 in prior years, I got this response-

"Virtual Brokers has changed its carrying broker and, as a result, has become responsible for all administrative tasks including the issuance of tax statements. For this reason you may have noticed a difference in the presentation of tax statements this year as compared to prior periods.
We have posted a T5 for each individual holding which produced income throughout the 2013 tax year per the regulations imposed by CRA."

And to finally imply that it's all CRA's fault and out of their hands! TD and Scotia had no trouble summarizing all dividends into one T5 for me. So easy to blame CRA these days!

Publish only if you feel this is instructive. J.