Investment Q&A

Q: Greetings.

I am planning on early retiring next year at 55. I am looking to transition my portfolio form balanced/growth to income. It would seem that although timing the market is not a predictable strategy, it would seem to me that this is probably the perfect time to transition my portfolio given the weaknesses in the utilities, telecom, pipes etc.

I have cash saved for my first 2 years of retirement to avoid being forced to withdraw funds at a 'inopportune time'. However, i also know my portfolio may need to last a number of years prior to being able to claim cpp, oas and social security (spouse of american citizen collecting social security). Would you recommend transitioning now or do i risk too much growth in the next while? Your thoughts/recommendations are always appreciated.
Cheers

Q: We have major positions in TRP and PPL in our joint and two TFSAs and both stocks have fallen substantially in the past few days. Hold, sell, or add to the positions? Cheers, Edward

Q: TD Waterhouse said, they did not have any US Treasury Bills in their inventory. Therefore, I could not buy any US Treasury Bills. Is this right and where can you go to buy? TD does have TD Ameritrade in the US, why would they not have US Treasury Bills there?

Q: Can you give me the actual share count of short interest in Kinaxis? For both the US and Cdn exchanges.

David

Q: GUD. The stock concluded the day at $7.65, a very low price. GUD does not do much
lately. Patience is indicated, seemingly. Any other advice ?

Q: HI 5iResearch team,
Can you please advise re: US utilities? I believe Stephen Jarislowsky's view that the US $ will increase relative to Can $ in near term, so have converted some US$ to Cdn$ recently with plan to repurchase at better exchange. He recommended US utilities for a longer term hold. Do you concur and if so, what would you buy?
Thank you, Linda

Q: In following your recent responses you seem quite comfortable with AVO and its momentum combined with its risk/return factor. Using that as your base measurement could you list 3 more that you would feel have the same or more momentum and you feel the same level of return/risk confidence. These would fit into my Tfsa

Great Q & A section. Goes very well with my morning coffee
Terry

Q: Hello team,
Would you have the Jan 15th short interest share count in the US and Canada for Kinaxis?

David

Q: Hi Team, what are your thoughts on Intest Corp (INTT) .Would this be a good TFSA candidate? Thank-you in advance. Sam

Q: Following up on a question from Greg Jan 24/18 do you have any information regarding how both ETF's compare. I understand that BLCN has many more stocks while BLOK is concentrated on fewer stocks.Fees tend to be the same or almost the same. I realize both funds are very new ,just launched last week and would be speculative but any investment would be a very minor part of my portfolio. Thanks for any guidance. Too early to invest?Paul

Q: 2 Canadian stocks that I have been following and they are doing quite well are NNO and PAT ($1.78). How do you like them? Also, a U.S. stock I have has been on a down trend for some time. It is called ALB. In the Lithium market. It was mentioned by you some time ago. Is it a keeper? Thank you. Dennis

Q: Please provide a little in-depth opinion on Equifax as it works to regain its position as the leading credit rating agency for NA. You can use two credits. Thank you

Q: I have heard that energy service companies should benefit from the increased drilling going on. Do you have any suggestions on this?
Thanks

Q: Please give me your updated view of zoetis. Do you like the sector? Do you consider this a buy, and if so, would this be a compelling buy?
Thx
Karim

Q: have an assortment of small cap oils in small amounts I'd like to clean up.
Which would you keep, and which dump?

Q: Your thoughts on Richelieu's last results ?

Thank you

Q: Thanks for the quick answer, further, then to trimming. If you suggest a 20% total in the sector, would you suggest 5% in each holding, or some 6 and some 3? Thanks for the detail!

Q: Any news behind the 2.5% increase in PKI today?

Q: I am following the BE portfolio. In tech, I already own Constellation and Kinaxis. If I want to add to technology, which of AVO, CLS or SYZ should I choose at the moment? Any particular stock with good momentum? Thanks!

Q: Having followed this company for some time a 5% drop in a day is absolutely not the norm even on a bad day, which this is not. It follows a 2.5% drop yesterday. Something is going on here other than normal trading. Are sell volumes very high and in high blocks indicating some major holder is dumping shares?