Investment Q&A

Q: Hello, I would like to have your thoughts on Fairfax preferred share issue. The 4.75% yield seems appealing. What is the major risk ? If rates go up could I be stock with a capital loss and not be able to sell the shares in 5 years at par ? I think that is what stopped me from buying preferred in the past. The reset rate seems appealing to me.

http://www.fairfax.ca/news/press-releases/press-release-details/2015/Fairfax-Announces-Preferred-Share-Issue/default.aspx

I also saw a TRP issue at a yield of 3.8%. Can you please comment on this one as well.

I am considering buying a good position of FFH and some TRAP for the fixed incomre portion of my portfolio. Thank you.

Q: InnVest REIT INN_UN
There has been an uptick in insider buying on the public market. The next Ex Div date is 25 February. Is this one worth jumping into at current price? Thanks

Q: What is your take on the results and why the drop .. Should I add on this pull back ... Thx

Q: I am thinking that the oil glut is a lot larger than prices are indicating. I base on the very unscientific observation that even with the record long term freezing temperatures in the US, the price of oil seems to actually be dropping(although apparently heating oil is up). In the past, again based only only my recollections, a weekend of cold weather seemed to cause a spike in the price of oil.

I am therefore left wondering if there is too much optimism in oil prices and are we really looking at an extreme glut? Or is all this quite quantifiable and the market probably has it right?

Thanks.

Paul F.

Q: Do you believe the American banking sector is a good place to be right now or would chasing the tech sector make more sense. Thanks

Q: Hi Team,

Looking for some advice between 2 U.S Utilities....AT&T or Verizon.Growth and Income would be my main criteria in my decision with a 2-5year time horizon. I'm thinking of placing the position in one of my U.S registered accts for tax benifits.

Thanks

Stephen

Q: Hello Peter and the 5i team
My question's are concerning Stella Jones.
1. Who are Stella Jones competitors and how much market share do they have in the rail tie business?
2. Which rail companies are customers of Stella Jones?
3. I have heard that some rail companies are starting to go with cement ( or some other material) for the use of their ties. Is this true? and will it affect Stella J?
4. How much growth do you see in this company over say the next 4-5 years?
5. What is the payout ratio of SJ and is it sustainable?

Thanks

Q: My former advisor put me into these securities. I don't know whether I should keep them (I have enough financials otherwise). Your opinions greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Q: SVC vs RKN ... which stock do you prefer ... briefly explain why.

Thanks for your insights.

Q: Hello 5i:
given that BEP.UN is the favoured utility (and its been a GREAT stock), can you please give me your second and third choices in this sector? Would BIP be a logical choice, or, for the purposes of diversification, is one Brookfield company enough.
thanks
Paul L

Q: Hi - I'm just starting to invest actively at age 45 with a 15 yr timeline. I have 25k cash in a self directed rrsp and 8k cash in a tfsa. I want to keep long term growth in the rrsp (I can tolerate volatility) and make riskier investments in my tfsa. I'm looking at flyht (fly.v) and CMH for starters in my tfsa and wondering what you think and if you have any other suggestions. For my rrsp, I'm going to take positions in the model portfolio but so many of the stocks have had quite a run up and have high PE's; should I take my time and wait for a pullback? Thanks for your time. Our total portfolio is the 25+8k I mentioned in my question, but I am contributing 30k per year now and intend to increase that over the next 15 years.

Q: Hello Peter & Co,
Could you shed some light on the following, please?
Regarding CXI: it seems the share price has remained stable despite the lower than market issue because the institutional demand was very high and also because there was a 12 month trade restriction.
Regarding CGI: it seems that Computer Sciences CSC in the US is planning to split its business in government/commercial halves and that CGI is very much interested in acquiring the commercial half.
Thanks,
Antoine

Q: Hi Peter and Team,

I've acquired Goldcorp, Franco-Nevada and Silver Wheaton in roughly equal proportions over the last 18 months or so. G is up 3.1%, SLW is up 18.2% and FNV is up 35.9%. I was thinking of selling G and splitting the proceeds equally between FNV and SLW since they seem to perform better. I realize G is an operating company and the two others are royalty streamers. Do you think I am better holding all three or focusing only on SLW and FNV? Taxes are not a consideration if I sell G. FNV and SLW would represent ~4% each in my portfolio (which is fine with me) if I make the switch. I realize I'd be giving up on some dividend yield if I sell G, but perhaps the dividend is not that safe anyway. Any thoughts you have would be appreciated.

Many thanks. Michael

Q: can you provide any outlook for this name -seems to be somewhat similiar to Brookfield infastructure -

Q: You recently mentioned that for international exposure consider FEZ, and VXUS. Both these trade in the US but I have a difficult time getting my mind around buy US $ at this time. For Cda $ hedge ETF, would you consider the following as substitutes - ZEQ-t for FEZ-n and ZDM-t for VXUS-Q.....or are they other more suitable replaces?..........thanks......Tom

Q: Could you please give me your opinion on this company. Thank you.

Q: Hi 5i team,
XLU (SPDR-Utilities) has fallen by 9.6% since it peaked on Jan 29, 2015. Please comment...is this the canary? Thanks

Q: Company reported recently. Can we expect an update by 5i? Is there a time frame between same and a financial/material release? Thanks.

Q: Besides Chartwell what are some other names that provide assisted living at various increasing levels of care for Seniors? I would be interested in US names because of the larger population. The Canadian names all seem to have large dividends the are unsupported by published earnings.
Thank you.
David Kendrick

Q: SJR.PR.A now trades at $17.50 or there abouts and it will be going to a floating rate next June 30, 2016 using the 5 year BOC +200 basis points. What do you think might happen to the price of this preferred when it goes to the floating rate?