Investment Q&A

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%

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?

Q: Greetings, I have a portfolio of Canadian and US stocks that is weighted about 60% in banks and insurance companies. I want to hold dividend paying stocks and am considering AQN, CU, & EMA to get more exposure to utilities (have Enbridge already) and PG for a consumer staple. Does this make sense or are their other names in the utilities and consumer sectors to consider?
Alex

Q: Does this company pays dividends?How often and what is your opinion about this stock ?.Thank you ,Ebrahim

Q: Can you please comment on the earnings at CU?

Q: With your answer to a Q on ENB as time being on the buyers side I put a low ball bid in for some shares. Could you give me a list of 'safe' stocks (i.e. like ENB and not KWH.UN for example) with great yields that one could put stink bids on? I will assume in your answer that putting ENB over ENF(e.g.) indicates preference of the safer investment vehicle.

TIA

Q: Hi 5i.

Could I have your thoughts on CU.
I'm thinking about adding this to my Income cash account.
I do have some FTS and EMA in the account now.
What percent would you recommend as a max for utilities holdings in this account.
I have BEP.UN and AQN in other accounts already.

Thanks

Q: amongst CU,EMA, ENB AND ACO,
A.please rank in order, best value buy and what metric is most appropriate for them in terms of assessing "value".
B. Also could you please give me some historical perspective on their value (always hard to decide on when to buy in given all of the recent drop.)

Q: Hello Team,
I am thinking about adding Canadian Utilities and Maxar Technologies to my RRSP portfolio. Canadian Utilities is approaching a 5% dividend yield and I do not see any danger for a dividend cut so a 5% yield is not bad to wait for a rebound.

For MAXR it seems that the risk of an additional dive in the share price is limited after the two days of selloff so for me it is more an idea to do "bottom fish" a "niche" company that seems cheap now.

I know it is no easy but I would like to know what would be your bottom "pick up price" for these two stocks considering that both stocks a very bad momentum lately.

Thank you!
Michel

Q: Hello
Could you comment on CU and FRII earnings when they are released. Today I believe.
Thank you
Stephane

Q: Good day 5i team. RE Canadian Utilities. Held in the past, feel it's solid, stable income stock. Thinking of buying again at this level (reg $400k balanced portfolio w 7-10 year hold). If you were to add to 5i's model portfolio, would CU be something you would look at?

Q: I am down 10% with CU, should I hold or sell, I can still hang on but I am getting frustrated
thanks for you help

Q: AQN,CU,ALA,ACO.X
In which order would you rank the above for long term hold?

Q: I currently hold aqn, approx. 11% of my portfolio and am thinking about adding one of ema,cu or fts. I do not expect to exceed 15% in total portfolio value and am not adverse to reducing my position in aqn to add one of the above. Which of these three utilities would you add for both growth and income and why.

Thanks, David

Q: First of all thank you for putting the "sectors" beside the names in your portfolios - that is much appreciated.

Could you please list the "utility" companies you like best in order or preference and could you state if it is "large" company or a "small" company.
Thank you
Margaret

Q: I'm 84 and depend on dividends for income. In the Utility category I have AQN, EMA, BEP.UN. I'd like to add a couple more to this. Can you suggest a few that I can check out. Thanks, Ted