Investment Q&A

Q: I am considering selling ALA in my rrsp to buy ENB or T. Where do you see better potential total return? ALA, ENB or T. Thanks

Q: good morning:
having trouble finding out how much of enbridges business is regulated in long term contracts and wondering if you know the answer to this question. wrote company but they did not really give me an answer. I think trp is 95% of its business is regulated just in case anyone wanted to know.
thanks

Q: Hello, I am looking at making some adjustments to my portfolio over the next few months as I am concerned about the possibility of the next recession perhaps coming by the end of 2019 or early 2020. I would appreciate your recommendations for some defensive stocks which would weather a recession without too big of a drop. I already hold ENB, FTS, BNS and TD which I intend to keep but am looking to replace some of my other stocks with more defensive names.
thanks for your advice.
Paula

Q: I have little experience with individual preferred shares. Regarding ENB.PR.V if I were to purchase this today what would my yield be? what would the downside be of such a purchase?
thanks
Joe

Q: Which one or two of these would you add to a RRSP for secure income, with a brief rationale please.

Q: In your opinion does Brexit have a negative effect on VET and how would you compare it with ENB. Which one would you favor.
PB

Q: I’m looking to add a 3 positions to this list. I was thinking about bns or slf. Can you give me some other suggestions from the balanced portfolio? This account is 20% of my total investments, and is for medium to long term savings. The rest is in well diversified funds. Thanks.

Q: Hi, please comment on my method of transferring unwanted volatile stocks (nflx,vgt,itx,vmd) to safer div. options. I have placed 5% trailing sell orders with a 2% limit until sold or cancelled in order to capture more upside in this likely short bull rally.
Please suggest your best 5 core div. names in Canada, USA and international.
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Q: Hi there, I'm looking to replicate your balanced equity portfolio with a few adjustments for a slightly higher tilt towards growth. I have a 2 part question: Would AQN be a suitable substitute for ENB for an investor? Also, what other more conservative names in your balanced equity portfolio would you swap out for higher growth names at this time?

Thanks!

Q: My daughter TFSA contains the above stocks. She can add 1 (full position) or 2 (half position) this year. What would be a good fit for her present holdings? Would you suggest selling Stella Jones &/or Telus and replacing it with something else? She has a long time frame as she will not need the money in the foreseeable future.

Q: Hi,

I'm looking for two good dividend payers, with some growth, and minimal volatility over the next 2 years. If they perform, I'd prefer to hold them long term. What to do you recommend and why? I already own AQN. If theres a better choice I haven't mentioned, pease do.

Q: I am a 65 year retiree and I have app $22000. in a TFSA and I am looking at adding another $3000. Looking at an income portfolio. Can you make a suggestion as to how to balance my portfolio and add to my portfolio.

Q: I purchased 300 shares of ENB.PR.V on TSX @$21.25 but Itrade charged me $29.24 USD, on inquiring with them, they told me this PR would only be purchased in USD. I understand dividend is paid in USD . How could I tell when I purchased them (for future) since quotation was in Canadian dollars? Lots of Canadian companies pay a dividend in USD
Thank you
Cec

Q: Good Morning,

Currently hold the following in my TFSA ($30,000): BNS, SLF, AQN, AW.UN, AD, SPB, BEP.UN, GSY, SIS, TOY, TSGI, PBH, MX.

Looking to deploy $3,000 and add one or two of the companies addressed in this question. What would be your order of preference in terms of combination of dividend and some growth. Feel free to suggest others.

Thank you.

Larry

Q: I hold ENB and recently read that the state of Minnesota has appealed the approval of ENB's line 3. What are your thoughts on this ? Is the appeal likely to be successful? I am thinking that if the appeal was successful that the impact to ENB stock would be huge.

Ken

Q: What pipeline would you recommend and also what company or companies would you suggest in the oil & gas sector.
Many thanks and Happy New Year.
Joyce

Q: If I purchase ENB.PR.V (series!) will I receive$0.372 USD per Q until recalled by Embridge. If I held it in TFSA, in Canadian dollars would there be any US holding tax?
What is recall date? Would it be for $25.00?
Thank You
Cec

Q: My mother, presently retired (almost 80) has a little bit of extra savings that I would like to invest in very safe businesses (she has no equity investments at the moment). I am not anticipating much upside, as safety is more important; however, with recent market turmoil there has been no place to hide. As a result a lot of companies, both big and small, both profitable or not, both stable or not have all seen their evaluations erode.
Can you please provide the names of 5-6 Canadian companies preferably in more than on sector (along with a few words explaining why you like these companies) that pay dividends (the higher the better but should not be the only determining factor), that you feel are good companies (and have demonstrated this quality for many years, possibly decades), that have eroded in price for little/no reason and have a good chance of recovering their lost market value.
As an aside, I sometimes feel (without having done any historical analysis) that these are the winners in the long run. They tend to be stable, are of low risk, consistently have some growth, regularly return money (dividends) to their owners, may buy back shares,... And if bought at the right price become pretty good investments with limited risk.
Thank You and Happy Holidays :) !

Q: season’s greetings and thanks for your good work which I’ve been following for the last year. My wife and I are retired, income investors and recently sold out of ALA ( tax loss selling). We want to return the proceeds to the energy sector and am wondering which company or companies you would recommend for best dividend, company security perspectives. We have a little SU at the moment and it looks steady but the dividends are a bit low for our liking. thanks very much.

Q: Would you consider Enbridge expensive right now? Do you expect more growth over the next couple of years? The PE seems high and I would like to add. Thanks