Investment Q&A

Q: What do you think of the recent news from TD? I currently have a small position. Ok to add more?

Q: How would you rank BAC vs.C, and then vs a couple of Canadian banks, TD and BMO as examples.

Q: I am considering writing covered call options on Canadian banks inside a RRIF, as part of an income-generating strategy. All of the Canadian banks trade in the US as well as Canada. Would you write call options on the Canadian exchange or on the US exchange? Presumably the latter is more liquid and pricing would be better? Or would it make no difference? Is any Canadian bank better than any other for covered call writing?

Q: Hi 5i

Please as many questions as needed.

I am heavily invested in stocks and want to raise cash, putting more money into bonds. I have about 10% in Canadian oil and gas, 5% gold stocks, and about 13% in uranium stocks. I am going to hold my gold and uranium.

What allocation would you suggest for a retiree in terms of portfolio holdings of gas and oil?

I am concerned about the possible coming tarriffs and the effect on the Canadian ecomomy. Most of my holdings are Canadian. A lot of these are in dividend stocks. I have held them through the past few years but I do need to increase the allocation to conservative investments. I plan to reduce most by about 20% or consider outright sells. I currently prefer to reduce downside risk than worry about the upside.

Can you help me decide from the viewpoint of possible tarriffs and effect on the Canadian economy which are at risk the most. Could you class these as hold, reduce or sell. I will hold all my U.S. stocks which are about 15% of my portfolio and haven't listed those here.

Thank you for your very helpful advice.

Q: I'm over allocated in Financials at 23%. Recognizing BN represents a diversified holding and Visa could be considered Consumer. What changes would you make if this was your account. Most of the 1% holdings are in my unregistered accounts with BN, Visa, JPM, BAM are split RRSP/TSFA. Long term investments +10 years with a tilt to risk/growth. Retirement in 2035.

BN 11%
BAM 2%
Visa 3.6%
JPM 2%
GSY 1.6%
PRL 1%
TD .8%
BNS .8%

Happy New Year and thanks for all the help in 2024!

Don

Q: Just double checking….. I sold TD on Dec 6 but as that was a Friday, it settled on Dec 9. TD goes ex-dividend on Jan 10. As my sell settled on Dec 9, am I correct that the earliest I can buy TD to avoid the superficial loss rule is Jan 9 (day 31) and this should settle on Jan 10 as the 9th is a Thursday, thus allowing me to get the dividend?? This is a follow up to an earlier question where it was indicated I could repurchase TD on Jan 8 but I suspect that did not take into account the delayed settlement date due to the weekend.

Thank you

Q: I have a full position in CM and am up 58% in a taxable account. With CM tied more to the Canadian economy and with this economy on the verge of recession, would it make sense to take profits in CM, pay the tax and reinvest the money in RY or TD which have a larger stake in the US economy? CM has a larget dividend than RY but a lower one thanTD, although TD is affected by growth restrictions in the US. Or would you just ride CM?

Q: Hi 5i Team,

I have held DFY for awhile and have doubled my investment. Experience has taught me to take some money off the table when one of my stocks has reached this point. I'm thinking about selling 1/3 of the position and reinvesting the rest in 2 or 3 of the following stocks:

I have partial positions in BCE, EIF, NWC, WCN and X
I have full positions in T and TD and open to averaging down

My questions are:

1) Would you trim a position in DFY given current market conditions?

2) How do you currently rank the 7 other stocks listed

3) Would you add to existing positions in T and/or TD given their current outlooks or look elsewhere?

These are a held in a TFSA and are planned to be 15-20 year holds

Thanks for the Great Service and Happy New Year!

Colin

Q: Happy New Year Everyone. Thanks so much for your much appreciated service. I have $10,000 to deploy in an RESP account for three grandchildren with a 10-15 yr time horizon. What are three new stock ideas along with suggestions on what current stocks I could add to assuming they are equal weightings. Current stocks: AEM, ARX, BN, CSU, ENB, IFC, LMN, RY, TD, TOU, TRI, TVE and WSP. Thanks.

Q: Good afternoon,

The class action lawsuits against TD bank may require a very large payout to settle, is it not better to wait until they settle and then buy the stock?. TD has pleaded guilty to all the charges and will have to payout for sure.

Thanks,
George

Q: Comments on keeping existing holdings in Td versus other banks? Would you rate as a buy, hold or sell?

Q: Hello. I would like to add to an answer given today about selling TD Bank shares with significant capital gain and Tax mitigation

Asked by Dave: "Can you suggest any way to mitigate/reduce any tax hit if I were to dump my TD shares?"


If an investor is so inclined, it is beneficial to Donate shares where upon donation there is zero capital gains tax and the full amount of the share sale value is considered a charitable donation.

With annual charitable donations, I have been running off gains this way for years.

Q: I've owned TD for over 30 years and am sitting on a large unrealized capital gain. I know this is a great "problem" to have but I resent paying up to 33% tax on any sale now that the feds have upped the tax inclusion rate to 2/3 from 1/2. I took all the risk but lose close to 1/3 of the reward.
Can you suggest any way to mitigate/reduce any tax hit if I were to dump my TD shares?
I hate to say it but I suspect that this issue will only increase (i.e. next step will be 75% inclusion) as the feds look to gouge people to cover their horrific fiscal ineptitude.

Q: I am thinking about selling my TD shares and replacing them with another Canadian bank or financial services company. Do you thinking selling TD is a good idea or should I hold on and wait for a rebound? If I sell what would be your first choice of a Canadian bank or financial serviices company? Looking for growth, yield and stability for total return for a 5 year hold.

Q: Hell 5i I am considering selling BMO shares holdings and RY holdings as they in their higher price range. Sell high buy low! My plan is to reap the profit to buy ZEB. I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Thank you

Q: What are your current thoughts regarding plaza reit as an addition to the income side of my portfolio? If negative, do you have any suggestions for stable high-dividend Canadian stocks that I can investigate? thanks, J

Q: I have these stocks in my TFSA. How would you rate them for growth and dividend.

Q: Which would you buy today?

Q: Just a comment to a question asked on TD today and you replying about the worst performing bank one year can often be the best the next year.

TD WAS the worst performing bank last year AND this year.

That is pretty rare.

Sheldon

Q: Did Td increase their dividend when they reported their Q earnings this week,if so how much is it now?