Investment Q&A

Q: Please comment on the sale of the generating assets.

Q: I have all these stocks in my non-registered account, I have some money to deploy. My two smallest holdings are CP and WCN, should I add to either one or would you suggest a new stock?

Q: Thank you for for answer yesterday about setting up my parent's investments. To summarize, they are very conservative, above 80 years old, and looking for safety and income.

I would now like to ask you about the distribution of the equity component of the investments (composing only 17% of the total, the rest being in bonds, preferred, and GICs). Those below are all in equal weight. What do you thing?

BEP.UN, BCE, BNS, CM, CU, ENB, TRP
XHC for healthcare exposure
IWO for US growth
VGG for US exposure
XEF (in a half position) for international exposure
VEE (in a half position) for emerging market exposure

Could you please suggest some more to round things out? I need another 5 or 6 stocks.


Also, do you have any objection to using ZAG and HYGH as bond substitutes for their conservative portfolio? I am buying individual preferred shares for that component.

Thank you once again,

Fed

Q: Hello
Could you comment on VLO and CU earnings?
Thank you.
Stephane

Q: I need raise money from my cash account.
Current dividends have been paid.
What would you sell first, second, third,4th, etc.?

Thank you ian

Q: Can I get your take on CU? How would you compare it to EMA, AQN and FTS?

Thank you

Q: Good morning,
I currently hold the following Utility and Telco stocks in my non registered account with the following weight:
Utility stocks:
AQN 3.3%, CU 4.5% and EMA 2.4%
Telco stocks:
BCE 11.70% and T 2.8%
I would appreciate your thoughts and suggestions on the quality and current weight of theses Utility & Telco stocks along with your best ideas in both of these sectors and whether or not you would replace or add to any of them.
Looking for some income and moderate long term moderate growth.
Thanks for your great service.

Q: Good morning,
I'm 70 years old and with yet a new year upon us and a review of the holdings in my non reg equity portfolio, I'm concerned that my $650K non reg equity portfolio has slowly grown into a "hodge podge" of miscellaneous holdings that need to be trimmed, better concentrated (minimum 5% per holding) along with the addition of a few additional names in sectors that are not currently represented. My current holdings are as follows:
AQN (3.3%),BCE (11.6%)BAM.A(3.8%),CU (4.5%),DIV(2.8%),EMA (2.4%),KEY(2.2%),XIU(5.2%),XIC (33.2%),XDV(18.4%),SLF(3.6%),T(2.9%),T(2.9%),MAW120(3.1%)MAW102(3%).
I would very much appreciate your suggestions on how to best to adjust my current non reg equity portfolio to make it easier to manage and follow. I'm open to adding an appropriate mix of ETFs or Mawer equity funds as need be. My RRSP and TFSA are pretty much all populated with a mix of relatively low MER Mawer equity funds which have performed well over the years. I thank you in advance and look forward to hearing your sage advice and recommendations.
Francesco

Q: CU has been dropping steadily from over $42 in June 2017 to just over $31 today wiping out over 5 years' worth of dividends. What is happening? CU has raised it's dividend every year for 45 years. Is this the end of the dividend growth ride? It makes me afraid to invest as a senior looking for for the 5% dividend. Your advice? What utilities would you prefer [ie "safer" less volatile] with growing dividends around 5%.
Thanks......... Paul K

Q: I own ALA (Alta gas )CU (can utility ) VET (Vermillion ) all with a loss.I am planning to sell for tax loss.When is the best time to sell so I do not loose the divider for month of DEC, before end of the year.Thank you

Q: What is your outlook for CU in terms of dividend increase and modest capital gains for the next five years. As a senior, my expectation is a7% total return on average. What other stocks would you prefer to meet or exceed my desired return?

Q: Hello

Could you comment on Mondelez and Canadian Utilities recent earnings?

Thank you
Stephane

Q: Being retired we look to invest in long term stable companies with a reliable growing dividend. We own a few hundred shares of CU. The share price is lower than it has been for a very long time! We are wondering if you think the low share price offers a good opportunity to purchase some more shares or are there looming issues that could be problematic in the future. CU is part of our utility sector holdings.
Thank you.

Q: If one were to sell Atco at a loss and purchase Cdn Utilities, would CRA grant a tax loss or are these two companies considered too close to the same? Tx.

Q: Yesterday I asked the ? if you had any suggestions for an alternative to Fortis that pays a decent dividend and has some growth prospects, utility or not. Unfortunately, I forgot to mention that I already
own Algonquin @ Brookfield Renewables, my bad.
Any other suggestions.
Thanks: Jerry

Q: What are your top 10 defensive canadian stocks that, in your opinion, will best weather a significant economic downturn and/or market correction.
Thanks

Q: which would be your choice today Thanks

Q: Hi
Do you know when ENB plans to buy ENF? And, please advise your favorite Canadian dividend grower that yields over 4.5 %. I, like others, will be overweight ENB when this deal consumates. So I will need a replacement. Thanks Frank

Q: Would you support buying CU for income at this time? Is the price likely to decline further? As of today, the stock price is close to it's 52 week low of $30.80. I'm attracted to the 4.73% yield and the 10% dividend increases. If not CU, what else looks like an attractive buy for a longterm dividend income portfolio. (No banks please. I have plenty of bank stocks.)

Q: Payout ratios

I am confused about payout ratios. I have read here several times that you prefer to stick with dividend income stocks that have payout ratios below 50%. You have also suggested recently that the following were good solid choices for dividend income stocks. Your website does not include payout ratios, but I suspect your calculation is different from those I have found elsewhere. Below are the payout ratios I found in other places. As you can see, they are mostly above 50%, and some are above 100%!

Could you please comment on your calculation of payout ratios, that have these below 50%, or why the high ratio is acceptable presently?

Thanks again.

PWF 72%
BCE 97%
CU 116%
TRP 78%
ENB 182%
TRI 169%
QSR 79%
AQN 130%
T 82%