Investment Q&A

Q: Please comment on the Sagicor Financial purchase of Ivari. Do the SFC warrants still exist and, if they do, do they make sense in lieu of a share purchase.

Q: Can you please comment on financials. Thanks

Q: Hello 5i,
It was suggested that MMM is not going anywhere soon, but yet it hasd over 4% yield. As a value investor is it time to let it go, noting its problems or kept for yield? I f let go, would you please suggest a replacement with good yield.
Thank you
Stanley

Q: If I wanted to buy stock in a Canadian software company with general information management services for business and a cyber security arm, is OTEX a buy given it’s being beaten down over its new acquisition. Or, are there better companies to consider in the current market? If there are, what are the better options in your view?

Q: I believe part of Lorraine’s Aug 24 question was about the NEO exchange itself, and whether it is investible as a company in its own right (apart from the question about buying MSFT on NEO)
NEO was acquired by CBOE Global Markets recently. CBOE does trade publicly but on the BATS exchange. Hope it is Ok to mention this.
I would love for 5i to do a review of the various N.A. exchanges sometime and rank them as investments.
I owned Archipelgo back in the day, and have held X for a long time. Exchanges seem to be good long term investments. Which U.S. exchange would 5i favour at this point, if it were to choose only one?

Q: For RESP investment account, which etf would you prefer and why?

thank you,

Q: I am shopping for a single investment offering security over 20 years combined with capital appreciation and accrued dividends (in a DRIP). ETFs do not seem to accrue fractional shares (when they have DRIPs at all); therefore I'm looking at single stocks such as BAM.A, Telus or perhaps BNS. If you had to recommend a single stock, which of these would it be, or what would you recommend instead and why?

Q: Hi guys
Thanks for your initial comments on the Open Text aquisition. I have been a holder of Open Text for quite a while and this new acquisition seems a little out of the ordinary for them. Out of their seDy as she goes approach. Can you comment on their success in turning around companies with declining revenues in the past. As well on the quality of management. I know Constellation would be at the top of your list in terms of skill of management; where does Open Text's management fall?

Much thanks

Stuart

Q: I've held BGI for just under a year. Apart from a brief rebound in April I've been under water the whole time. The low PE and high yield make me wonder whether I should add, but the price performance makes me wonder if I should sell.

What do think of the prospects? (Hold, and add if it tanks on Europe?)

Q: Hello, My loss on these stocks varies from 25% to 65%.. As I get ready for year end losses, which ones may have some life? and which ones to sell.
Thanks
CR

Q: Which North American uranium companies are actual producers at this time. For an additional credit which ones would you buy today? (Ranked please)
Thanks for your great daily assistance!
Terry

Q: Hi team!
I am considering a hybrid portfolio of either (A) 80% ETFs and 20% individual stocks or (B) 80% in an All-in-one ETF (VEQT/VGRO) and 20% individual stocks. I understand there may be foreign withholding tax considerations on the Vanguard All-in-one ETFs depending on the account type in which it's held and I'm wondering how significant this actually is.

Questions:

- Which accounts out of RRSP/LIRA, TFSA, RESP, and Non-Registered would US listed ETFs be a better alternative due to this foreign withholding tax drag?

- At what account value would the tax drag from these withholding taxes be material enough to warrant buying individual ETFs (ex. VT, VTI, XUU, XEF) instead of using an all in one fund (VGRO or VEQT)?

Trying to avoid losing 15% or more of any US/foreign dividends due to unrecoverable foreign taxes if possible!

Thanks for your great work!

Q: could you please list Canadian stocks and etfs that could best benefit from growing hydrogen moves :
1 in order of benefit, stocks ?
2. in order of benefit, etfs?
3. assuming NG is used, stocks in order of benefit ?
4. would ENB benefit ?
Thanks Yossi

Q: Any idea why TFII is down $10 today?

Sheldon

Q: Dear 5i,
I am considering buying these for a long term hold.
Is there a lot of overlap between DE and TIH.
Do you think one needs to own both or none?
If only one, which one would you prefer and what are the key reasons
you chose it over the other one. Thanks for your advice.

Q: Hi,
I own EGLX, PLTR, PINS and U in my TFSA and all getting killed. Would you sell any to consolidate in 1 or 2 or sell them all and move to something else? Holding on is also an option. Looking forward to your thoughts.
Thanks for your great service.

Q: Your opinion on this investment for income risk and future growth would be appreciated. Thx James

Q: This fund is held in several accounts (cash, tfsa, rrsp and rdsp) all at approximately 7% in each portfolio. Thinking about selling all because of the high fees but want to know if we'll miss out on a dividend or distribution if we sell before the end of the year. I can't seem to find this information anywhere.

Thanks

Q: Is trading well above the Oaktree agreed price - why??

Q: In my non-registered account I have BAM.A with a portfolio weighting of 4 % & BAMR with a weighting of 0.02 %. Is there any advantage with holding two separate stocks of the same company. If not which would you recommended aggregating all the shares to BAM.A or BAMR. Thanks … Cal