Investment Q&A

Q: You recently published a list of companies being subjected to tax loss selling. I would be interested in your opinion of the top 3-4 companies that might be appropriate for a TFSA (some growth and a bit of income) come January 2. Thanks.

Q: To confirm my numbers/thinking around tax loss selling could you please confirm if the following is accurate: If I have a capital loss of $5000 and my marginal tax rate is 40%, I can now or in the future use that to offset a capital gain of $5000. 50% of this capital gain is taxable, so I am in essence saving $1000 spendable cash for myself (40% of $2500). Thanks!

Q: Just wondering if you are still generally positive on this one. I am surprised that it has sold down so much after recent earnings.

Q: Do you consider these stocks long term buy and hold ? : CCL, PLC, SIS, BNS, MG, MX, PBH, TOY, DOL, SJ, NFI, SLF.

Which are your favorites ? Would you sell any ?
Thank you !

Q: Could you please provide me with your opinion on the importance of global diversification within a portfolio. How comfortable are you with a heavy weighting in Canadian stocks for a couple in their mid 60's. The way I see it - we live in Canada, spend in Canada and am wondering if having exposure to US and/ or global equities exposes us to currency risk.

Q: Jeffery Gundlach ... in an interview Monday made a couple of key points: ( and might have been promoting his own business at the same time).
1. (In his opinion) A recession is coming and it will likely be "longer" ... did not say how long.

2. 2019 #1 priority should be capital preservation.

3. The key to capital preservation is to build a high quality bond portfolio.

I f one subscribes to his position/suggestion, what would the components of such a portfolio contain?

Thanks.

Q: Internal Damage?

When companies go through a major drop from their 52 week high (TSGI -60%, SIS -41%, GRUB-51%, NVDA-53%, KXS-35%) What kind of internal damage is created? I'm thinking employee moral, to stock options, to the ability to finance future growth? Other items? It's very tempting to continue to average down (although my dry powder is getting low) but when a company loses 40%-50% of it's value is it the same company anymore? Or is buying something like a Microsoft (down only 11%) a more prudent investment? (i.e. it hasn't breached a point of internal damage)

My holding period is very long, but I'm wondering if the current steep discounts currently are somewhat false illusions...

Q: Are you aware of any risks of holding a large ( 500,000.00) amt of cash in PSA in a RSP act?

Q: Can you comment on today's release about debt. Is this the cause of the upswing in the price? What does it mean going forward. I assume it's good news or else the price wouldn't be up on a down day.

Q: Hello 5i,
The link below is for discussion amongst investors. If we look for a correlation between unemployment rate and stock market performance the current situation makes sense (low unemployment and stock market declines).
http://chartsetcetera.blogspot.com/2013/11/unemployment-rate-vs-s-500.html
There are other data sets that can provide similar links. There are no crystal balls or data sets that can truly assess how steep a market correction will be before bottoming out or how long a bull market will run, but we can utilize historical data to provide insight into windows of time to be wary and when it may be safer to invest.
If you are in for the long-term (10+ years) then we are in a normal cycle. The cycle from fall to recovery was 24 months in 2000-2003 and 14 months starting late 2007. This cycle started in October 2018. Anything can happen.
Happy Investing
Debbie and Jerry

Q: Hi Peter:
Season greetings to you and your team.
I would like your opinion on the trade(s) I was thinking about.
1) Sell full positions in POW and NFI.
I've had POW for 5 years and it has done nothing during that time except go down about 20%. However, I also think that at $24.00 it has potentially hit a bottom support number. I would be happy collecting the nice dividend it pays.
I also think based on your recent answers to questions that NFI has potential going forward.
2) If I sold POW and NFI, I would add to the positions that I already have of the other companies that are mentioned.
I'm well diversified and this would not interfere with my sector or geographical weightings or the amount of dividends I am receiving.
I think both scenarios have their positive attributes and would appreciate your thoughts. Do the trade or remain the course.
Thank you very much for your valued opinion.

Q: Good Evening,
Is LAC safe to continue to hold,it has gone down a lot close to an yearly low and a big loss for the year. Any particular reason for the huge recent sell off?
Thanks,
George

Q: I have capital gains in which I would like now to sell one stock in which I have a loss and can use against my capital gain. Of the stocks listed, LNR, MX, NFI, PBH, TOY would you sell? I do have the intention to buy after the 30 waiting day period.
Thanks

Q: Hi Guys,
How would you rank these 3 companies today if you're buying for a long term hold.
Thank you.
John

Q: If you were going to buy a basket of low cost etfs for long term (20-30 years) to hold in an rrsp what would they be? What weightings would you reccomend? Im looking to take advantage of the 8%+ annual market return for the long haul. Or would you use one of the one stop shop Vanguard ones? Could you also explain any reasoning?
thanks

Q: I am looking for a sanity check. I am a retired income investor so I like covered calls like BMO's ZW series. However I believe the market is at or near a bottom so owning covered calls ETFs is significantly less appealing than owning the underlying stocks, especially since I can claim some capital losses. So, for example, yesterday I sold ZWB and bought RY. Am I making sense? I do realize I am a bit less diversified and I realize I would need to buy a few companies to replace say ZWC.
Thanks
don

Q: Today, Bill made a comment about Alan Greenspan. As a former US Federal Reserve Chairman, he has admitted that his policy was wrong when he said the banks do not need regulations and then reduced regulations which led to the great financial crisis. I liked your answer to the question.
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Q: I just transferred $54,000 from my tsfa to my personal account. How do I find out how much I can transfer to my tsfa from my cash account thanks

Q: With the estimated take-over price of NEO at 19.34, are there any risks to buying NEO now at 16.49?

Thank you.

Q: I am thinking of rebalancing my portfolio over the holidays which could mean doing some trading between Christmas and New Years. When is the last day to sell to take advantage of tax losses for 2018?

I was also wondering if you have any concerns about trading next week when many are on holidays or working short days? For example, you have suggested before that one should not do any trading until mid-morning. I am a buy and hold investor and not usually too focused on achieving a real specific purchase price.

Thanks and best wishes for a happy holiday and safe, healthy New Year to all at 5i.

Paul F.