Investment Q&A

Q: Hit "enter" to fast on my last question. Looking for some ideas with the understanding you can't offer direct recommendations. I have 40 K to add to my non-reg account. I have full positions in all the pipelines, OLY, GWO, BNS, CU, NPI, BIR, PEY, TPZ, CNQ, PRL and BMO. I have no need for any income for at least five years, not opposed to going overweight if necessary, have lots of higher yielders so would perhaps benefit from some choices with capital gain and dividend growth potential versus just high yield.

Q: May I have your comments on earnings for First Service and TFI please?

Q: What would be your top 10 Canadian stock picks now, maximum market cap $10 billion, long term hold. Thanks.

Q: Hello 5i,

I'm thinking of selling my BCE shares in my non-registered account for tax loss purposes since I'm also expecting a dividend cut shortly. I'm looking to replace the dividend income as much as possible and I'm thinking of putting the proceeds in Telus (which I already own) or FRU.UN (not owned but I already own TOU). I'm debating whether a possible capital appreciation with BCE following a dividend cut makes it worth rebuying after 30 days instead of continuing to hold T or FRU.UN for the long term? Overall, my goal is to maintain my dividend income with this particular trade.

I'm also thinking about replacing FSV with HPS.A (I had HPS.A FOMO a few months ago but I'm not sure it's going back to its previous days?) in my TFSA for overall returns and I'm wondering if you have a preference between the two?

Thank you,
Lisa

Q: Have some cash to deploy and redeploy. What would be your 10 absolute top conviction picks for long term capital appreciation? Thanks!

Q: I have decided to orientate my portfolio more towards the US, while keeping approximately 30% Canadian. I am also looking at India for my first international investment. Most of these stocks are asset light and large cap.
In the US the sectors are non bank financials, tech, and industrials. In Canada I have chosen large caps with significant non Canada revenue.
My dividend income would decrease but I can handle that. This would be an equal weight portfolio.

What do you think of this approach and of the individual stocks?
Should I just buy an SPY 500 etf for the US ?
Is FFH appropriate for India or is there an ETF you would recommend ?
Thanks .Derek

Q: Please ranks these stock for risk from US Tariffs from High to Low.....Tom

Q: First Sevice is trading significantly lower today after reporting earnings. I hold this secrity and have done very well with it. Is this serious or a one quarter blip? Your overall thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.

Q: Hi,

I own the above in my TFSA. With limited funds, what is your preferred order in which to add?

Thanks,
Robert

Q: Seasons Greetings to all at 5i, and fellow members as well!

Our Real Estate holdings include DIR.UN, FSV (thank you 5i for this stellar pick!), and XLRE. Portfolio Analytics indicates that we should increase weighting. I was considering adding to DIR.UN, or starting a new position in CHP.UN. If this was your portfolio, what would you do, or is there even a better opportunity? Thanks as always.

Q: FSV has had a great run this year. So I am thinking of your general recommendation to "buy on momentum". Is FSV a solid momentum buy or does it's quick rise suggest that I look elsewhere? I like that it's business is in the US.

Q: Your comments please on recent earnings of these two companies. Thanks.

Q: May I please have your comments on earnings?

Q: Will the hurricanes in Florida be positive or negative for FSV?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Ian

Q: We are planning to set up a separate investment account for our grandkids. Assume a 10 year hold. There are a few sectors we would want to overweight - 3 stocks, CAD or US, in Financials, Industrials, Technology and 1-2 stocks in the others. What would you look for and how would that translate into individual stock selections.

Q: Good morning 5i
You recently published an excellent report on which companies to buy in view of upcoming interest rate cuts. Most of them were companies with dividends and struggling with debt.

If you were to buy a no dividend or low divident Canadian company today, what would it be? Or, perhaps three, ordered from first choice to last?
Thanks

Q: In preparation for putting proceeds of PLC tender to work, can you please rank these stocks for potential total return over a 5-7 year timeframe and taking current valuations into account?

Q: Could you tell us what 5I's opinion is of the top two Canadian dividend growing companies in the last 10 years in the following sectors are:

- Consumer Staples, Information Technologies, Utilities, Energy, Real Estate and Financials

My 5I subscription is paying invaluable knowledge,

Jim

Q: The more growth portion of my cash portfolio ( which is full of financials, utilities etc) now consists of BN, GSY and LMN and have been very happy with them ( thanks to you).

Now am looking at one of the 3 highlighted companies. I have not been in oil for years and do not see the price of oil being in an upward trend , however CNQ seems to be favoured by many analysts. I am impressed with TFII earnings in a sector that is experiencing softness. FSV , again , has reported good earnings with their newly acquired roofing business leading the way.

I suspect you would pick any of this 3 as my next acquisition. Should I throw a dart and see which one I hit or does one stand out from the others ?
Thanks. Derek

Q: Your comments please on earnings of FSV and WCN.

Thanks