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Q: Hello 5i Team

Caribbean Utilities (CUC) was listed in the blog article as companies paying a US$ denominated dividend.

1 – Since Caribbean Utilities is a Cayman Island domiciled company, is it correct that the dividends would NOT be eligible Canadian dividends and therefore NOT eligible for the dividend tax credit (i.e. would be treated similar as US domiciled companies and dividends treated as ordinary income).

2 – According to the CUC website, there is no withholding tax on the dividends, therefore would CUC be best held in a RRSP in conjunction with other US utility companies?

3- CUC is owned approximately 58.5 % by Fortis, why does this ownership percentage not appear on the company information page of the 5i Research?

4 – How does CUC compare / rank with other similar US listed utilities (same market size cap and/or electrical distribution market focused)?

Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on July 05, 2021
Q: I know that 5i typically recommends 20-25 stocks diversified among various sectors. I’m curious whether the investing approach differs when managing different amounts of money. For example, is the approach the same for someone with a total portfolio of $25k vs $100k vs $1M vs $10M?
Read Answer Asked by Mike on July 02, 2021
Q: I'm a Canadian pragmatist, who also believes that the more profits I earn the more I can contribute to the less fortunate. Yes, I also agree that fossil fuels must eventually be replaced with alternatives. In the next year, your opinion please on this Cdn. Tax contributing, and Canadian Worker Employing Oil Company! CPG.
Read Answer Asked by gord on July 02, 2021
Q: Financials are getting a lot of attention these days which I believe 5i believes is justified.
So I want to increase my weighting in this sector.

Question

Do you see more upside in USA banks and an etf like xlf over comparable Canadian holdings and/ or an etf like xfn ?

Is there a covered call etf for USAfinancials like ZWB for Canadian financials?

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on July 02, 2021
Q: I own GXE, ATH, BTE and SGY. . With outlook for Oil going higher $ 80.00 plus which is the best play of the four. Please rank. Should I buy more of your number one pick. I watch Erik Nutall on BNN . He is very optimistic on Oil Price going higher RAK
Read Answer Asked by bob on July 02, 2021
Q: Hi Team,
I was looking at buying some NVEI. However, I am already heavy tech in general. If I were to buy some shares I would need to sell something to do this. The stocks that I already hold that would consider trimming to buy shares in NVEI would be: LSPD, WELL, SQ, MITK. Do you consider NVEI as having more long term potential than any of the other 4 mentioned? If so, which one of the 4 would you recommend trimming to buy some NVEI? Thanks
Shane
Read Answer Asked by Shane on July 02, 2021
Q: I am considering selling U (down 24% in my TFSA) and replacing it with one of the following: WELL, NVEI, DOCU, MED, or APPS. Please rank in order of preference if purchased today. Can I assume all of the above stocks would likely have higher rates of growth than U and that the sale of U would thus be justified?

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on July 02, 2021
Q: In one of the answers on BAMR it was said that BAMR is economically equivalent to BAM.A. I'm a little confused on this. My understanding is BAMR is exchangeable for 1 share of BAM.A but it is a separate company that will have it's own earnings/cash flow and so on that is different than BAM.A. So BAMR probably will never trade for less than BAM.A but if BAMR does really well economically then in theory it could go a lot higher than BAM.A based on it's own economic numbers. If this is right than owning BAMR is better because you only need one of two companies to do well for BAMR stock to do well. Please confirm on my understanding. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Mike on July 02, 2021
Q: What is the prognosis on this company? And is this a good time to buy in and if so, how large a position? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Homer on July 02, 2021
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