Investment Q&A

Q: I have an equal position in aqn and rmw. Would you advise selling some rnw and investing it into aqn? What is your outlook for each of these companies for a 2 to 3 year hold? Is the debt a concern for either of these companies? Thanx for your excellent service.

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

Q: Hi Team

Certain companies such as BEP, AQN pay dividends in 'US" dollars. What is the significance to me?

Is there a foreign holding tax on the dividend ? (like for an american equity)


does my taxation change, is there an advantage to holding it an RRSP versus non registered account.

I am with BMO investorline and I think they pay it out converted back to canadian dollars, is that the financial industry way or is it possible to keep it in us dollars ?

thank you

Ernie

Q: am thinking about these 3 . what do you think.. thanks donald.

Q: Could you tell me what the AFFO in 2015 was and what the estimate is for 2016 and 2017.

Q: Do you foresee that BEP, VNR, AQN or RNW would be impacted by a US BAT tax? Thanks.

Q: I bought a bunch of Algonquin Power last year. love the 5% dividend. your thoughts going forward?

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: 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: I have been a holder of AQN for a fair while and have been very satisfied and even have added to the position on dips. I notice that the "short" position of this stock was increased by 51% as at Jan31/17. I don't usually become concerned by changes in short positons however this increase is considerable. Should I view this as a concern by the so-called better informed?

Q: I am looking to add renewable energy companies to both my US and Canadian portfolios. Buy and hold for 5-10-20 years. Can you make some reccomendations?

Q: Good Morning
I currently have a 3% holding of AQN and 2% Rnw. Would you recommend increasing AQN by reducing RNW? If yes by what %? My Utility portfolio is 8-9%.

Thanks Team

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: When analyzing Canadian stocks with considerable exposure to the US, how much of the stock appreciation in the last 5 years would be attributable to the declining Canadian dollar, and more importantly, would a rising Canadian dollar have the reverse effect? Would the effect be different for a utility like AQN with large capital investment, as opposed to a services company like TD? Would management participate in hedging strategies to limit any negative effect on stock price?

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: Algonquing Power (AQN) is considered a renewable energy company, but it has sizable natural gas operations through its Liberty Utilities division. Natural gas is obviously not a renewable resource. How does AQN get grouped into the renewable energy sector? Is this justified?
Speaking of which, what is your favourite company in the renewable energy space? BEP.un or another one? Thanks in advance.

Q: I was contemplating purchasing shares of AQN until I saw a January 6, 2017 report by S&P Capital IQ that rates the company a "Strong Sell". This appears to fly in the face of the "Buy" rating by a number of other analysts. Is one negative report enough to give you pause?

Q: hello 5i:
could you please comment on the debenture issued today by Algonquin? Good investment on the income side of a portfolio? Do you have a "favorite" or favorites in this space, as you do with stocks?
eg. you have said PBH is one of your "favorite" stocks.

Q: i am concerned that owning pipes and parkland (which I do, for income) is going against growing headwinds, and there is a growing international trend toward cleaner energy, renewable energy, etc. I don't think I need dump all of these now, but at some point, don't you think we should be lightening up. Or is it such a longterm issue I need not worry about it. i want to be ahead of the curve.

If you agree, then what would you recommend instead for income, in the areas of clean energy and renewables?

Q: In pursuing my goal to maintain a well-diversified portfolio, I am trying to decide how and even why to differentiate between pipelines and utilities. Both sectors operate in regulated sectors (at least in Canada), both sectors will be adversely affected by higher interest rates due to debt levels and both sectors generally pay reasonably attractive dividends. As for their differences, I see utilities potentially performing better as the economy improves and the pipelines more affected by politics.

Should these sectors be treated as different when composing a portfolio or can companies be "mixed and matched" under a more generic "regulated" or quasi "fixed income" part of the portfolio and thereby treated as almost the same?

If your answer is "yes" would you endorse a switch from IPL to AQN for better long term growth with less volatility? (taxes not an issue)

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.