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Q: Can you list your top 5 best ideas for buying yield/income > 3% with potential for some capital gains - due to being undervalued - right now?
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on July 10, 2018
Q: I have recently taken over my parent’s investment account management because of health reasons. I found that my parent’s financial advisor had their money tied up and mutual funds with heavy fees, as well as GICs that were locked in for a long period of time. The money is now available for investing. They are retired and in their 80s. I will be keeping most of the money in HISA, GIC, and some short term bonds if the yields ever go above GICs. I would like to include a couple of stocks that are quite secure and pay decent dividends. And suggestions? I was thinking of RY, CM, BNS, PWF, BCE, CU, TRP, and ENB. Do these sound good, and do you have other suggestions?
Read Answer Asked by Federico on July 04, 2018
Q: Hello 5i.... I have watched Morneau 's recent run up and will likely take profits here. Do you feel it still has more growth potential going into 2019 ? Overall I'm concerned about lack of div growth for MSI and wish to "beat" its current div yield with a solid "dividend grower" in a RRSP account geared toward income/some growth, I am thinking about ENB or BNS from your Income PF , also hoping for more growth than MSI going forward..which would you pick here ? Or perhaps you could suggest another ( I already own RY BCE, BEP.un, ECI, FSV, WSP in various accounts)
thanks/Art
Read Answer Asked by Arthur on June 27, 2018
Q: Hello 5i team. I own TD and BNS. I'm up over 20% on TD this year while I'm generally flat on BNS. Should I rotate out of TD to another bank or does it have more legs to run. I also own a half position in VB and own BAC and C in the US. Thoughts?
Read Answer Asked by David on June 22, 2018
Q: Hi peter I rode the bns pony for the last five years .
I am not comfortable with there latest addition and how it was financed .i can afford the tax gain this year so it is time to move on .
Question what blue chip would you suggest for a long term hold with modest growth and dividend .
Kind regards
Stan
Read Answer Asked by Stan on June 19, 2018
Q: BNS recently acquired assets totalling $7b over a short period. resulting in downgrade by BAC,& Merill Lynch to neutal & RBC(sector perform Tp$86 fr.$95) & NA(sector per,Tp $85 fr $88),There is a fear of indigestion.BNS is making purchases @ the heights(so far) of a 9/10yrs(long tooth) bull market.There are doubts from some circles about the strength of the global markets,where BNS invests.Your views please.Is this a good time to buy/nibble? Thanks foru normal great services & views.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on June 13, 2018
Q: I am wondering why BNS is maintained in the Balanced and Income portfolios instead of TD given that the latter has consistently outperformed. Over 10 years TD price is up 125% and BNS 50%. Given your philosophy of looking for strong momentum would TD not be a better replacement? Some insight into your thoughts here would be useful.
Many thanks.
Mike
Read Answer Asked by michael on June 12, 2018
Q: RBC direct investing is offering a private placement at $76.15 while the last trade was at $78.24, does it make sense to place an expression of interest. Secondly what does the following mean. " Please be advised that if you participate in this new issue offering, RBC Direct Investing will receive a selling concession equal to C$1.43 per share"
If i expressed interest in owning 1000 shares would i actually get less? Please help me understand the math and logic behind this?
Read Answer Asked by Brian on June 04, 2018
Q: What are your thoughts on BNS at these prices and the negative sentiment around a few things (expense increase, acquisition today SP down 2.5% afterhours, and Russia)? I own the stock but have been looking closely at it lately and wondering if I should be sticking with it, buying more, or moving elsewhere. I feel the south american presence adds diversity but also risk. The market is clearly beating BNS up more than the other banks for a few reasons. Most concerning is when I look at the top 4 biggest banks in size (BNS being 3rd), BNS has performed the worst over 1yr, 2yr, and 5yr periods. Looking at that I'm not seeing the higher dividend being worth the lack of performance. What am I missing?
Read Answer Asked by Adam on June 01, 2018
Q: My question is about allocation of Canadian Banks in 5i Portfolios and what would be a reasonable weighting in a broad portfolio of 30-35 holdings which looks 80% like a Balanced with 20% Growth. BNS is the only Canadian Bank held in 5i Balanced Portfolio (4%) and Income Portfolio (6%). Historically, Canadian Banks have provided substantial returns through dividends and capital appreciation. But, I like 5i approach of finding companies with value/growth potential in small/mid cap universe and structuring portfolios. By association, my portfolio weight in Canadian Banks has grown to about 15%, CM,TD and RY, in order of 10.5%. 3% and 1.5%, respectively.
Would it make sense to reduce these holdings to align more along the line of 5i approach ?

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by rajeev on May 28, 2018
Q: 11:10 AM 5/16/2018
I very much appreciated the geographic distribution of business exposure to different countries for BNS that you provided this morning to Ron.

It would be very helpful to me and likely to many other members if you could provide a similar geographic breakdown of activities for the other 5 Canadian banks. It would help us to calculate our exposure outside of Canada.

Thank you............. Paul K.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on May 16, 2018
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