Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Guys,
This question has probably been asked before but what's the best website or sites to see company insider buying and selling?

Thanks,
Charlie

Q: Hello Team

I am not panicking with this correction, even tough I am way way down, this is not my 1st rodeo, been through a few of these, still I am in awe with the hit that energy stocks are taking, mid caps priced like they are going out of business. Anyways my question is bout the pipelines, do they normally charge a flat rate or a percentage of the wti price for shipping the product. I would assume that with the shortage of pipeline capacity they would be going full bore, why are they down so much
Thanks

Q: Ok so manulife cut its dividend in 2009 .Im quite sure the banks have never cut theirs or it was 100 years ago bns at 7% yield would be great for someone for yield and gain what are do you think.

Q: Hi,
Multuiple questions here, please deduct the credits you think are appropriate.

1) Can you please explain when it makes sense to hold a hedged version of an ETF
2) If one holds a Canadian ETF with US holdings, how does taxation work? Does it change whether they are held in a cash acct, TFSA, or RRSP and how?

Q: Hello Team,
Both are large with now, high dividend. Which would you choose for sector exposure and why.
Thank You,
Barry

Q: Interest rates are dropping but bond funds are getting clobbered - they normally would go up - is there fear that huge numbers of companies are going bankrupt such that bonds will not be repaid? It doesn't seem to matter whether short term or long term bonds - they are going down. XBB down 3%, ZAG down 3%, ZCS down 4% today so far. This seems crazy. Is this a buy opportunity for corporate bond funds or is the great depression about to happen and everything should be sold into cash?

Q: Is this a buy at this price? If I was to pick 3 companies on your growth portfolio which would you choose in order?

Q: A few times I've seen replies to member questions about oil companies and their debt to cash flow metric (OXY and OVV ring a bell, and 5X and 3X respectively ring a bell too, if I remember correctly). Are you calculating this? I don't see it in security details in 5i or my broker's site (or on other finance sites). Is it a question of having to read the balance sheet and cash flow statement, and if so what are you comparing? "Total Debt" (rather than "Total Liabilities") to "Total Cash from Operations" for the year ? For OXY the data I get presented (source is Morningstar via online broker) are Cash from/Used by Operating Activities + Cash from/Used by Investing Activities + Cash from/Used by Financing Activities = Increase/Decrease in Cash, however, I'm guessing you just use the first number, which for 2019 is 7.3 billion (so 38.6 debt / 7.3 total cash from operations = 5X)...is that correct? or do you get the ratio from somewhere else? Thanks

Q: Do we have an ex-dividend date set yet for the Canadian share spin-out/dividend for these two companies?

Thank you............ Paul K

Q: In view of the severity of the selloff, would you accelerate buying stocks in this market or spread the over 6 months or more ?

Any indication what the new multiple looks like for the US and CDA markets vs foward earnings. I suppose it s anyone's guess but I thouht you might have interesting comments. Thank you!

Q: How low does Shopify have to go before it is an attractive entry point? Small business online may do better in this environment if there are people available/willing to deliver packages?

Thanks,
Jason

Q: Hi, I am surprised bond index funds have not performed great at this time either? Which ones are doing well? Today is another bad day...investors brought to their knees..I personally have several lessons learned..One of them being never feel shy to take profits off the table due to tax consequences. .The second one being, the day you feel like selling your bond fund in order to purchase more equities ( while assuming that this would be for the short term)..is the day you should be selling more equities.. cheers,

Shyam

Q: What Canadian ETF would you recommend today for covering the Nasdaq including the FANG stocks?

thanks
Paul

Q: Hi, if we are in a lower for longer or forever energy pricing environment what might be the impact on the above companies? Also, do you think their dividends could conceivably be in jeopardy? Thanks.

Q: Hi 5i team,
My question is regarding index ETFs for NASDAQ. Would you endorse HXQ for TFSA? Somehow, the daily chart of HXQ does not follow closely QQQ.
For RRSP, which one will you prefer? And how about for Non registered?
Thanks.

Q: If you were holding a Real Return Bond here, would you convert to a regular Bond fund? Or are bonds also not safe in the current environment? They also have been negative in the last week which is puzzling. This is for a company pension so my options are limited to funds - or daily interest savings.

Q: Hi folks,looking longer term, Whitecap resources wcp/t had fairly decent Q results with Paying down $100M in debt,lowered payout ratio to 72,and there has been lots of recent insider buying at higher levels. Stock currently crushed to 1.30sh level....aside from problems/negativity of world/wti oil....does Whitecap not seem like a reasonable buy here??? thanks as always, jb

Q: I'm holding the following since I thought they would be considered safe stocks, however they are going down with all the rest.

1) I made the big mistake that gold miners would actually do well in the current situation, however I know see my mistake that I should have purchased gold directly. Would you, given the situation today, sell the miners and buy gold directly - what has the past crises shown about gold versus gold miners?
2) Do you think the utilities above will stabalize near current levels, or do you see that there will be a reset in all P/E and P/C levels down to lower levels?

Q: What are your views on these companies?
What would you recommend in this sector?
With the sharp declines would this be a good time to add?

Q: With all the issues going on when is it time to start investing and what stocks to look at?