Investment Q&A

Q: Brian Acker was on Market Call on September 26. He was asked about some high dividend payers such as BCE and ENB. He said that these high dividends reduce the book value of these stocks, so that in effect one is not really getting a true high yield.
Can you explain this or have a comment?
Thank you, Cheers

Q: Hi Peter and 5i,
Would you please rank the companies for the sustainability of their dividend going forward?
Would you also rank them in the order that you would purchase for yield and dividend?
Thanks so much for your input.

Q: Is this a good time to add to this for a registered account to get to 5% position on a long term hold?

Q: Hi group please indicate in what order and at what entry price would you add to the above stocks. Only comment on the top 10 out of above list (i have a 100k to spend would you go all in now or wait until markets settle Thanks for your help with this decision

Q: What’s going on with Stryker, it’s on a significant downward trend?

Q: Can you give me an update on this stock and whether you would hold.It has come up nice lately

Q: Good morning, Is it a good time to invest in US corporate bonds? What would you recommend to get through these turbulent times in the market?

Q: Hello,
Would you be a buyer of NBLY at these levels for a 5-10 year hold. We are down 50% on our initial investment but I feel this company is just out of favour and fundamentals are solid.
I would appreciate your view
Thank you

Q: Klaviyo Inc
NYSE: KVYO

What's your opinion on this company? Another boom & bust?

Thank you.

Q: Thoughts before they report tomorrow? I know high inventory was an issue but I understand that they do an annual "warehouse sale" in August... should the presumed decrease in inventory overcome the haircut they'll take on the sales in terms of market reaction?

I'm asking you to predict the future a bit here, I know.

Q: Good morning,

For an RRSP hold long term 10+years which of these would you prefer? What are the differences between these FTT & TIH company? In your opinion which as the stronger management and most upside? Both have contracts with CAT would they have similar deals with CAT for sales?

Q: I think there may be some confusion about my previous question re VFV and also a question posed by umedali.
I may have misunderstand, but you seem to imply that VFV would undergo double taxation (withholding) because it is an etf that holds another etf. Is that what you mean by a “second level” of tax?
I am not sure this is correct. The etf being held by VFV would be U.S. domiciled, which would not be subject to tax on the dividends it receives from U.S. companies. However, VFV, being Canadian, would be subject to tax on the flow through of dividends to it from the underlying etf. Then, after this, the dividends should flow through to a Canadian holder without further tax, since it is from a Canadian listed etf. So only one round of taxation. Unfortunately, they call it “level 2” taxation in that link you provided, which is about the most ambiguous label they could have possibly come up with.
As far as I can tell, double taxation would only come into play if the underlying etf held by VFV itself held foreign securities (ex European stocks).
Apologize if I’ve got this all wrong, it’s not very clear on the Vanguard website imo.

Q: Hello, Are Canadian companies listed on US exchanges considered separate entities ? For example, if I buy TD bank on the US exchange because I have funds in my US brokerage account and something happens to TD US, would I have been protected if I bought it on the TSX instead ?

Q: Is MSFT at a good entry point for a long term position?

Q: Can you see any particular reason for this stock to do the nosedive it has taken the last week or so? I have not been able to find anything anywhere. Thanks. H.

Q: A fellow on BNN market call recommended holding actual gold rather then gold minning companies.He suggested PHYS.What are your thoughts??

Q: Gentlemen;

What 5 core stocks, Canadian or US, would you want to add to today?

Q: i own the above stocks.i want to add one more, your favourite mid to small cap oil company for growth. dave

Q: RBC lowered target price to 153. Anything to be concerned about? I looked up report section and last time TFII was formally reported upon was April 2022. Can you explain why 5i feels TFII is a top pick? What are the main strengths and weaknesses going forward? What price do you see down the road and why?
A suggestion: company reports should be updated every 12 months. In TFII's case, it's 17 months and counting. I realize there are lots of questions about TFII but a report formally brings it all together. I'm sure your customers would appreciate this.

Q: Dear Peter et al:

This is a big picture, non-personal question of a "fictional" account of a million dollars :)

From your answers to various subscribers over a period of years, I know that you have always said the portfolio construction is based on individual's personal needs and wants. Agreed!
Hence this general question!

If one wants to have 20% of the portfolio in NON correlated, steady as she goes kind of stocks or bonds, what should one buy?
I see that even though the stocks and bonds are not correlated, in 2022 they both were severely punished. Gold hasn't gone anywhere. Energy was down now but has gone waay up!

Even the ardent fans of Technical Analysis seem to be "confused" about non performance of their Intermarket Analysis approach. (John Murphy)

So, the question is how can one construct a portfolio with non correlated assets and come up with an asymmetrical barbell portfolio (Nessim Taleb?)
I have been looking at Utilities, Financials, Emerging markets, bonds, Gold........nothing seem to be appealing!

Any words of wisdom?
Many thanks in advance.

Mano.