Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Peter and crew,
I am a recently subscribed member and like what I have seen. Thanks for the good work you do and the information you provide. I particularly value reading your answers to members' questions. I do research, manage my own investments and use a discount broker. I favor dividend payers with reasonable growth prospects and try to keep my total number of companies to 10. I have all on DRIPS. I know I am currently over-wheight the resource sector but believe each holding is in a strong and growing business and believe the next few years may be better than average for this sector. I'm interesting in any comments you would offer on my present holdings which are CPG,BTE,PKI,WCP,AFN,ESN,NA,ALA,TD,and BAD. Thanks for your help.

Duncan

Q: Hi, i like your opinion on ihl.un (ing high income floating rate fund)i require 30% of my portfolio in low risk income ,i was sold this new issue at $10.00. and advised to keep this for many years.is the monthly dividend safe?

Q: Hello,
Financials sector: I hold BNS, TD and ZUB; I just sold CFN to buy either HCG or EFN
Services sector: I hold BYD, CGX and KBL; I'm thinking of buying either THI or ACQ
I value your opinion
Tony

Q: Hello,

Is it OK to buy odd lot shares, to maintain a certain percentage in portfolio. Are they harder to sell? I have so far tended to buy in multiplies of 100 shares. But sometimes this tends to overweight a certain share in the portfolio because the share price is higher to start with. e.g. The etf "IWO" costs $145 per share therefore this occupies more than 25% of my kids RESP portfolio. Thanks fro your advice. I am learning a lot just looking at the question and answer section each day. cheers, Shyam

Q: Hi 5i,

I am looking for Companies that would benefit from the updating, and repair of the US electrical infrastructure.

With the possibility of terrorist targeting the electrical facilities (Apr 17th attack on the PG&E Metcalf Power Substation, San Jose), coupled with the damage done by acts of God (floods, hurricanes, etc) and the latest winter outages, I believe Companies involved electrical contracting / repair would make for good investments.

Another sector would be Companies that supply the components to fix / upgrade the power facilities.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Michael

Q: goodday, are there any stocks out there that would benefit from the water shortage in California ? tkx pat

Q: Hi, I'm looking at buying a Us stock and a junior gold. what are your thoughts on AXP, ESRX and AMgn in the states and tgz, brd, and smf in Canada. Also interested in pli in cnada. Thanks for your advice

Q: hi what's your opinion on AKR Ackroo. They seemed to have turned things around under their new CEO. Seems cheap.

Q: I have a question on Concordia Healthcare (CXR). I know it is a recent IPO and is probably too early to have enough information to make a confident judgment. However, just looking at the chart, it appears that this may have been an IPO which was priced too low. Could this be the case or is it just that it is in a hot sector?

Bryon in Elmira

Q: Hi Peter & Team,

You have mentioned your favourite U.S. ETFs are IWO (Small Cap) and VIG/SPY (U.S. large Caps, I think ?). I have not seen much mention of U.S. Mid-Cap and Micro-Cap ETFs in your responses. Can you let me know which ETFs you would recommend for these and is there a reason why they are not your favourites as compared to IWO/VIG/SPY ?

Thanks in advance.

Q: Do you have a suggestion for investing in water purification?

Q: Bnp - with nat gas prices up but, bnp does not doing much, do you recommend continue to hold or there is better place for money to invest. Thanks.

Q: I have a tiny account $1,200 with TD in efunds (In addition to other investments). Do you have one suggestion for a growth stock. Dividends not important.

Q: Good Morning
I currently own Brookfield Properties BPO which is going to merge with another Brookfield Property group (BPY.UN) Would you:
Accept the offer (part cash and stock)?
Sell the stock and go elsewhere?
Sell the BPO and buy the equivalent shares of BPY.UN?

Thanks Jim

Q: H 5i, my question is regarding HBM. i have noticed that more investors have been asking about zinc lately. one inquiry you had wanted to know if a good zinc producer existed. you went on to recommend TV. i very much believe that zinc will be a great story this year and for the next few years. so as a hobby investor i researched the best i could for good zinc stocks and as you know they are very few and far between. it seems that TV would be a good place to be but i found that HBM might be as good .it appears that they have some serious zinc production soon to be developed. can i have your thoughts on HBM ? pros and cons, can management deliver ? my thinking is TV will most likely be bought out before the zinc story unfolds whereas HBM has less probability of being taken out. thanx norm

Q: Hello Peter and Company
How would you rate Cash America International (CSH-NYSE) as an investment for 5 years in a TFSA account? Is it too volatile?

Q: Peter, I have a nice gain in SU and CNQ but they are now about 8% of my portfolio each, which I suppose is too much. Would you suggest selling none, all or some percentage of both and purchasing Whitecap, Surge, Bellatrix, Tourmaline, or some other energy play with the proceeds. Thanks for your help as usual.
Dave

Q: The US debt load continues to grow as does the associated interest costs.The money supply growth should lead to high inflation and possible devaluation of the US dollar. China and other nations are busy reducing their holdings of US dollars and the dollar will soon be replaced by a basket of currencies for some commodities such as oil. In addition to the obvious hedge of gold,silver and mining stocks should we consider some currency hedging? Their is an ETF for the Chinese yuan CYB which seems safer than the Forex market. Your comments would be most welcome.

Q: endeaver mining had a sharp rise the past week. is it a buy at .72

Q: Helen, re Linde Equity Report. One of his top picks on BNN is listed in Toronto (appears to do business in U.S.) was Element Financial (EFN). Globe and Mail rates it a “strong buy”.