Investment Q&A

Q: What is the best way or stocks to invest in Silver & Gold ?

Q: Hi
I am holding about 50 % cash

Does it make sense to just hold it for a while or put it into USA treasuries. And if so what would be the best choice? Stocks like ztl zvi or zmu or something else

Currently I hold no bonds … mostly dividend stocks like bce- enb- dvn - financials - reits.


Thanks

Q: I believe you have suggested PSA as a means of accessing higher interest on cash and maintaining liquidity and avoiding risk. Is there an ETF that fits this bill for US dollars that you would recommend that trades on NYSE or the TSX? Appreciated as always.

Q: Good Morning,

As the market gets beaten down yields on some very good companies are becoming difficult to ignore.

With a recession in sight yields could possibly get even better.

I am retired and an income investor sitting on substantial cash.

What would be your preferred course of action at this time?

What companies would be most attractive to you?

Thanks

Q: I am in my 80's and am changing my investment philosophy.
Can you suggest 6-8 stocks US or Can that would be in a solid l-o-n-g term growth and income portfolio. I would particularly like stocks that have recently been a little soft.
Thanks
PB

Q: This has really sold off, but from what I hear the industrial sector is doing really strong/there is a lot of demand and not much supply (at least in Canada).

Is this general market weakness or is there something else going on? Do they say if a lot of their debt is fixed rate or floating/are they getting crushed by higher rates? I though most real estate managers used mostly fixed rate.

What do you think of it at this price?

Q: Some of the bank brokerages won't let you buy PSA. What brokerages will let you buy it?

I was told that MNY is a new ETF that apparently addresses some of the bank brokerages' concerns. What is your opinion of MNY and would you recommend it as well as PSA?

Thanks!

Q: Understanding that we are currently seeing significant negative sentiment and volatility, can you please rank your current top Cdn and U.S. quality-name buying opportunity candidates that will reward patient investors with 3-5 year time horizons?

Q: Retired dividend-income investor. I have a half position in ZRE in my Cash account.

I am looking to add to ZRE using my wife's monies, which are available in any of her Cash, RRSP or TFSA accounts. Please rank the order of which account ZRE should reside and why.

Thanks...Steve

Q: Having sufficient cash flow and/or ready liquid cash on hand plus sufficient prospective new business in the hopper to get to the other side of this nasty market being the criteria, in which order would you liquidate?

Carl

Q: looking to sell one of these stocks in a non registered account for tax loss and raising some cash. looking for advice on which one to let go?

Thanks Dave

Q: With free cash flow and/or sufficient ready liquid cash on hand and a healthy prospective new business list in the hopper, in which order would you liquidate. Obviously the weakest one being the 1st to go.

Carl

Q: Morning 5i team,
The Canadian dollar is down about 10% over the past year.
Does it make sense to convert Canadian to US dollars to purchase US securities at this time? The securities may have to increase 15 to 20% just to make up the exchange rate.

Thanks for your opinion

Joe

Q: I've been curious about the Buffett Indicator (the ratio of total stock market valuation to GDP) for Canada. Am I correct in saying that it is about 1.7X or so, whereas it should be closer to 1:1 ? If so, what TSX stocks / sectors are pushing it up so high? I grabbed three large caps from different sectors to have a look at their present valuations...

You mentioned that BNS is historically cheap with a P/B of 1.2, so I'm guessing this one is fine.

If one looks at BCE's present P/E ratio it would be approximately brought back to 2012 levels if today's BCE stock valuation was reduced by "today's Buffet indicator overshoot".

TRP's present P/Cash Flow appears to be fairly high compared to some metrics in the past decade. Again, if the stock price was reduced by that 1.7 factor, maybe the valuation becomes more realistic.

I am only able to compare to metrics going back the past 10 years, so this may be part of the problem. Or perhaps I'm analyzing things wrong here and you have a different way at looking at this (?)

Q: Everyone, stocks go up and stocks go down. Own the best and wait for the dust to settle either way. I have been through the tech crash, a few financial crashes, the COVID crash and now we are going through the Putin war crash. I have also been there during the market rallies. Stuff happens and believe that holding for a long time is better than picking the right day or days to invest in the market - time in market beats timing the market every time. Take care and see you on the other side. Clayton

Q: Me, like JWEL for the health nutritional products that should continue to do well as the population ages. In the last while it has declined and is now trading about $33 per share. Pays a dividend of 2.2% or so.The market cap is small about about 1.4 billion but then again, the products don't demand a lot of capital investment. What are your thoughts on JWEL - buy now or over time or just pass?....is it more an income stock or balanced or growth? and does its future look bright? ........Thanks....Tom

Q: I do have a small space in my portfolio for speculation and over the years have both won and lost. What I have "sort of learned" through my losses is to avoid speculative investments based on "hope", "discovery", "hype", Fomo etc. When I look at the above investments my opinion is that they are more likely to be taken private/over and unlikely to go into recievership/bankruptcy. If I didn't already have these I would consider entering a speculative position. For me this is 1 or 2% per company with a combined speculative exposure of 6 to 7%. So my question is does my thinking make sense and given the present market will these companies GSI. GRN and QUIS given time live or die. Thanks John

Q: Thoughts on BNS news today with new CEO?

Thx

Q: Comments on the RPS situation?

Q: Thinking about VGK for Europe exposure (buying over the next couple of months). What is your opinion of this ETF? Do you feel there are better ETFs for this type of exposure?

thanks,

Paul