Investment Q&A

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”.

Q: When you last rated Stantec, it was trading at a P/E of 15. Now, it is trading at a P/E of 22. Are you still comfortable buying it here? If not, how much of a pullback would you wait for?
Thanks,

Q: Re. NFI..... New Flyer Industries.
I am looking to deploy some money into some of the companies I already own as I have too many now to properly follow. I have made very good money with NFI over the last few years going in and out several
times. I would like an opinion as to the prospects from 5i point of view. I am am looking for a place for cash that is not in RRSP or TFSA. Whatcha think?

Q: What is your view of (1) the new IPO- Scotia "Europe Blue Chip Dividend and Growth Fund (2)AIM.PR.C pref shares, and (c)IShares Global Telecom Fund (IXP)?
Many thanks for your excellent service.

Q: Greetings 5i
When I subscribed to 5i back in April 2013, I was pretty green (still am) and started picking (mainly growth) stocks instead of creating a portfolio. I think I picked some fairly good stocks but I do not have market cap or sector balance. For the first 9 months or so everything went UP. But recently I learned that stocks sometimes go down.

I own Avigilon, Badger, DHX Media, Descartes, Element, Fiera, Macro, McDonald, Paladin, Redknee, and Tricon.

Now I plan to somehow transition to a portfolio, still leaning toward growth.

In addition to the stocks listed above, of the Model I currently own Amaya, Constellation, Enghouse, and Stantec.

Over the next 12 months I am wondering if I should slowly build the model portfolio, one stock at a time, or should I just add select stocks to create some balance to my current holdings?

Can you give me a sense of the order in which I might make my monthly purchases to create some sector balance. I do not need yield as I have very secure income from other sources.

Outside the Model I am looking at Boyd, SunLife, and Stella. (and maybe ACQ or Davis?)

Thank you for fabulous service.

Q: do you have an opinion or info on deswell indus.- dswl

Q: XSR: reported FQ1 miss, conversion convertible notes to shares and has come down a lot-so; worth buying now for a trade as a very small part of my portfolio??

Q: Hello Peter and the 5i Team,

In an answer to a member's question, VIG was recommended as a US Dividend ETF. I own CLU.C, and its chart seems to be better than VIG. I'd appreciate your comments regarding CLU.C. Thanks in advance.

Q: Peter I'm a new member (One Day)I held Agrium & sold at around $115; Bought 1/2 position back at $105 & it tanked since.Why is it not increasing with the on-come of the seeding season? Thanks

Q: Peter What are your thoughts on tck-b.TX