Investment Q&A

Q: If my aim is to raise some liquidity for more prudent re-investments in the coming weeks, which companies in your balanced portfolio would you consider as best choices to sell. Not seeing the road ahead with any clarity, I'm interested in keeping those companies with strong balance sheets, and selling those that may suffer the most in these unforseen times.
Thanks,

Q: I hold RECP in a registered account, receive a 1.5% dividend & am underwater by 50%. Is it worth keeping & hope for future growth or should I sell & except the loss? Do you think the dividend is safe? Thanks … Cal

Q: Does Ballard have manageable debt going forward?

Q: Luckily, I went to cash on most of my US holdings in Feb, but kept some VIG, thinking it would survive better than others. That has not really been true and I notice that it does not bounce as much on an up day as one like VIS, which also pays a higher yield. As I start picking away at re-building my US portfolio, what 3 ETF's would you recommend?

Q: Hello 5IResearch
Are there any canadian ETF that tracks the travel industries such as the air lines and or the cruise lines that you can recommend ? If not what would you recommend to participate in the travel industries recover .Thanks for all the recommendation that are posted each day.

Q: Good morning,
Is there an ETF of big cap Canadian dividend stocks equivalent to PDC but without the large energy component? On the other hand, have the pipelines in PDC suffered enough that I shouldn't worry about the energy component going forward.

Q: would you agree with the expectation of lower rates for longer and if so, what about selling Pref shares which have been killed and switching to a high yield
bond etf or fund? Does this make sense given the current sell off in credit?
Any recommendations for a purchase ? thanks

Q: Hi,
I hope everyone is well. I am doing some tax management. We have a sizeable loss in Great Canadian. I’d like to sell it for a capital loss. What similar company would you recommend to replace for the 30 period should there be a bounce in the sector or should just set sit on the cash for 30 days?
Thanks,
Kerri

Q: Hello All,
Why would stocks raise just because of the stimulus.
The Streets are empty and companies are laying off people or are closed. No production, no income, only stimulus money from governments which is not backed. There will no quarterly earnings now and for the second and perhaps 3rd quarter!
Why is the market bull crazy, doesn't make sense.
Thank you, Frank

Q: How do you think Thomson Reuters will go moving forward
Thank you
Peter

Q: I have held timbercreek in my rrif for a longtime appreciating it's dividend but little growth. This seems to be a dim outlook for the mortgager in this market as it lost 5% yesterday despite the rally. Is it better that I sell?

Q: I submitted 2 questions yesterday, one during the day and one in the evening (from here is BC). I receive answers in my Inbox this morning...one time stamped around 1:30 am and the other around 3:30 am.

Just wanted to say thanks for the obvious long hours and/or split-shifting you and your team are putting in to assist us. Your efforts and guidance is greatly appreciated!

Stay healthy...Steve

Q: Hi 5i team,
Can you please provide your outlook on gold in next 6 month and price range? I am currently holding KL and in small profit. Will there be more downside on the stock?
Thank you,

Q: Retired, dividend-income investor. I currently own ZLB (RRSP, max'd out), XIT (RRSP-TFSA, max'd out), ZRE (Cash, 3/4 position, will add to over time), ZWC (Cash, close to max'd out). I also have some legacy positions in RBF1018 (RBC Cdn Equity Income-D...MER of 1.0) and CIG50217 (Sentry Cdn Income...high MER), both of which I have averaged roughly 7-8% return over the last many years, prior to this crisis. On top of the above I own AD, AQN, AW, BCE, CSH, CM, FTS, NTR, NWC, RY, TRP, WSP in various amounts to achieve my overall asset allocation targets (not to mention my fixed income portion of my portfolio.

I normally like to run a concentrated portfolio of around 20 positions, composed of +/- 6 ETF-MF and +/- 14 stocks. I have mapped out the use of my current cash (15%) into monthly repurchases over the next 6 months. My question relates to the combination of ETFs, but focusing on ZWC. I own ZWC for its high CC dividend, but recognize that the upside is potentially limited in a recovery. Also, when mapping out spending my cash, I reach an uncomfortable level of too high an allocation per individual stock. That led me to consider adding another ETF. I looked at several, and filtered them down to CDZ, XEI and XDV. I have chosen CDZ as my candidate to add. Looking under the hood at the ETF holdings, they appear to not overlap too much with my own individual stocks.

Do you like this strategy? Does it result in a significant overlap in stocks, held either individually or within the existing ETFs?

Thanks for your help...Steve

Q: Hi Peter, VCN and XAW are in one portfolio, VXC is in another. Would you add to these or is there a better choice considering the Canadian dollar or Covid? Thanks.

Q: Thoughts on this one
Thanks Terry

Q: Hi folks, I would like you to reco some good dividend ETFs in the Candian space that you think are potentially a good buy for now. By 'good', I meant the company should have solid fundamentals, and the price should be low so the yield is high. I do not expect the US tech to boom forever, I would rather reap my 7 to 8% percent and hope it last forever. Thanks :) Tony

Q: I have exposure to these etfs in my rrsp. Would you recommend selling zwe and adding zeq? How much overlap is there between xef and zeq?

Q: Is this a good time to buy XQQ and what does the -9% cash/derivative component of this ETF mean?

Q: Hi 5i Team,
I am considering to invest in high yield corporate bond.Would you recommend to invest in corporate bond than equity in this environment? Can you recommend few names?

Thank you,