Investment Q&A

Q: Could you rank these companies for me EMA , FTS , H , and AQN

Q: Should the recent sell of 500 million shares move the share price in the short term?

Q: I am retired and use the revenue from my RRIF to fund my retirement. I am overweight in financials and energy.I need to add to utilities as I only have 1 stock KWH.UN. I am considering FTS, AQN and BEP.UN. Would like to add 2 from this list. Appreciate your thoughts.

W

Q: Would you by Fortis at today price ???

Q: Hi team
I have a full position on FTS
and a 3/4 position in ema
I would like to add more to my utilities for dividend and
a slow growth purpose
would you recommend ema, aqn and cu, which one is safe
and which one has the potential for higher capital gains ?
thanks
Michael

Q: Hi Peter and Team,

Thank you for all the great work that you put in. My daughter's RESP is doing quite well thanks to your model portfolios.

Currently in my TFSA, I am holding DSG, FTS, NFI and WPK. I would like to add a fifth stock to my portfolio. The time frame for the TFSA is 10+ years. Any suggestions to increase the diversification?

Thanks in advance.

Marvin

Q: Could you please comment on these 2 {FTS & SAP} Companies for a long term hold. I'm looking for income and modest appreciation. Also, do they qualify for the Dividend Tax Credit on a Non-Registered account.

Thanks Valter

Q: In a TFSA, 5+ year hold, if purchasing today, would you buy ALA, BEP.UN, or FTS.

Q: Currently I have AQN in a registered account which is about $4.12% of my portfolio in Utilities. I would like to add FTS for another 4%. I have 16% in energy. Does this sound reasonable?

Q: Hello Peter, Should have sold DH Corp sooner but will take a loss and deploy the cash to these three companies also some to TIO networks. Do these choices sound suitable to you? Herb

Q: Hi. I was wondering what your opinion is about Fortis? Perhaps for the next year or so. Thanks Sean

Q: Good afternoon:
I am underweight in pure utility equities and would like to add. My primary holding is AQN with a lesser position in EMA. Would you recommend switching EMA to FTS and then adding to that position. Or do you consider that unnecessary?
Thank you for your advice.

Q: 5i Team:
thanks for all the help in 2016 !!.
The idea is to capture the electrification process of our society. It is a slow, but secure process/trend, in particular if use of electric cars increases, and robots and so on. This means more elect power will be required. Are Fortis (despite increase in interes rates) and Stella Jones good candidates ??. If not, are there other safe companies to capture the trend.
Also, if interest rates go up, would not ECI benefit more ?, as more people would preffer to rent than buy due to increase cost of capital.
thanks again ! Should I start buying now ?

Q: WORKING ON GETTING THE SECTORS BALANCED--HAVE 3 UTILITIES AND ONLY ONE TEL COM--WANT TO ADD SEVERAL THOUSAND TO EACH SECTOR---WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?
THANKS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

Q: Hi, I want to purchase a good dividend paying stock. I am thinking of either BCE or FTS. What are your thoughts on BCE and/or FTS maintaining & growing their dividend yield. Thanks.
… Cal

Q: With interest rates rising (in the US) the ongoing babble from so many 'experts' has been to stay away from 'bond proxies', namely utilities, telcos, pipelines, etc. However, those stocks have been performing quite well since the fed raised rates. Today Desjardins came out with top picks for 2017 (in the G&M which suggested Algonquin's forecasted returns would grow by 39% next year and Fortis by 17%. Do you think they're being too optimistic? And are these forecasted results already baked into the stock prices?

Q: Hi Peter and Team,

I find that we need to buy some more in the Utilities sector, to keep to a 10% weighting. We presently have about a three-quarter position in each of AQN, BEP.UN, and FTS. Do you think that INE would be a good addition to this mix or is it too similar to AQN and BEP.UN? We can buy and sell XUT commission-free, but I notice that ZUT (not commission-free) has a better chart. Should I increase our positions in each of the three we already have, buy a new one, or top up with XUT/ZUT? Or is there a US ETF in this sector that looks compelling? Or perhaps in the present "climate", could the utilities sector weighting be reduced below 10%? What sector should take up the slack?

Thanks for all your great advice which has been and continues to be very valuable. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you at 5i and the members as well.

Q: Hi Peter
I have 8stocks average amount 250shares with a div of $12 per month Ifeel I should
Sell and buy some other single stock ie fts with a better monthly return most are small energy ie tog wcp etc your opinion please
Happy Xmas. Pat

Q: Your response to Brian on Dec 15 included the following comment: "if you own 85% of your portfolio in high dividend stocks, then this is more of a concern".

I am a retired, conservative, dividend-income investor, with a pension, CPP, annuities, the above listed stocks and 3 income producing MFs (RBC Cdn Equity Income, Sentry Cdn Income, Sentry Global REIT).

I fit the 85% easily. I believe my portfolio is diversified by sector and by security. I also believe the securities have, for the most part, sustainable and growing dividends. I am a "buy-and-hold investor with reasonable tolerance for volatility.

Your comments and concerns please, along with any recommended improvements. Thanks...Steve

Q: I need two names in the Utilities sector to bring my total % to 10. Already hold VNR and AQN. Thanks.