Investment Q&A

Q: I currently have close to my target geographical weighting, but with the current (global) sell-off and cash in my portfolio I am thinking about going a bit overweight either Europe or Emerging Markets. In terms of value for new buying today, how would you rank Canada versus USA, Europe and Emerging Markets?

Q: Aetna has basically been sold and yet the price continues to rise. Does this have any adverse affect on the CVS offer? I'm assuming it's largely good news.

Q: Can you provide any insight into the acquisition announced yesterday?

What could it mean for the stock?

The terms sound too good to be true;
-to keep the asset acquisition cash-flow neutral to FLYHT during this period, PAC will pay FLYHT a subsidy of USD$3.3 million.
-Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition of PWS assets and the transition agreement, FLYHT is paying no monetary consideration to PAC for the PWS assets.

Thanks.

Q: Would this be a suitable ETF to begin a TFSA for a young person just established in a job? They have student debt and other expenses to focus on, but I would like to give them a bit of a start on saving/investing with a small TFSA.

Q: Is there any reason for the selloff in the Power Company stocks? Any negative prognostications by analysts? They seem to be getting sold off pretty hard for cheap dividend payers.
Thanks

Q: Looking at the sell offs/drops on both sides of the border the last week, can you offer any advice? I have a long term outlook, and am ok with some risk. Do you see any stocks (on either side) the present a good buy at current levels that are likely to make a good rebound?

Thanks

Q: Hi Team,

What are some "safer" stock picks in the current market conditions?
I would expect AI.TO (Atrium Mortgage Investment Corp) to benefit from the rising rate environment. As interest rates rise, the credit worthiness of the Big Banks potential customers will be more scrutinized and therefore applicants such as building developers would have to look elsewhere for financing such as Atrium. These applicants (although rejected by Big Banks) would have better credit worthiness than Atriums current customer base and over time I would expect that the average credit worthiness of Atriums loan base to increase (given that the life of majority of the loans are1-2 years, a quick shift in borrowers is not unlikely). Historically, Atrium had a loan loss provision of less than 1.2% and normally has 75% loan to value cap. Please can I have your thoughts?

Q: Ryan your answer as to who is responsible for the dividend debacle on bep Is this .Brookfeid pays into the CDC for all Canadian held at a converted rate in Canada dollars it is then allocated to the Canadian brokerage houses in Canadian dollars the reconverted back to US dollars .the is brookfeild and not the brokerage firms .i can’t tell you the hours I spent on this crap .
This stock is not worth the effort
Stan

Q: Hello. The financial post used to have a site which listed exchange traded convertible bonds. It used to show bond price, conversion rates, premium %, common share price etc. But it is no longer available.
Is there any service, site or brokerage, that provides this info? Free would ideal, but but I'm willing to pay a reasonable fee to obtain this info.
Thanks for your help.

Q: With the recent sell off, have any of the above stocks (contained in either the Income or Balanced Portfolios) reached the stage where you would call them "table-pounding buys"? In other words, has the market overreacted and the pendulum has swung too far?

Obviously, there is always the chance of a continued downdraft, but at some point you just step in top up your holdings.

The Income Portfolio is sitting on 10% cash...any thought to deploying some of it soon? Thanks...Steve

Q: Hello 5i
Do you think that dividend payers will ever come back into fashion. I know they were at elevated levels with ultra low interest rates but has the market over reacted to these stocks? Am I safe with a 10 year time line to stick with stocks like ala,enb,bce,dol and bns for example?
Thanks.

Q: In the current investment environment with the prospect of rising interest rates would you use stop loss orders or just hang in? Thanks, Bill

Q: After recent correction, which 3 companies would you buy/add for long term hold? Thanks!

Q: Do Vanguard's Canadian products require the filing of CRA 1135 form?

Q: I have a question about 2664 can you give me your comment on BEW any reason for the rise in the last couple of day

Q: What is CSU’s forward PE at $900/share? ...and how does this compare to long term average PE

Q: There appears to be a significant sell-off over the past week of various split share funds (DFN, DGS, FFN, FTN, DF). Some are even trading at close to NAV.

Any idea what's going on?

Many of the funds are well above the NAV threshold and continue to pay the dividends so that doesn't appear to be the cause.

Q: do you think RME is a good buy at this level any reason for the weakness

Q: It's getting ugly out there. Any general comments about what to do (esp. if you like the gains you've had and don't want to see them just relentlessly evaporate?). I realize I've answered my own question but am still interested in any comments that come to your mind.

Q: Hi, can you give your opinion on AAV?

Thank you!