Investment Q&A

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 own both ENB and BIP, although much more of the latter. I would like to get your opinion of the purchase of gas assets by BIP announced today. I realize the benefits to ENB's balance sheet, but is it also accretive to BIP at this price? Are there good growth opportunities provided by this purchase? Also, I believe that a portion of this acquisition does not close until 2019 - how much of the cash flow will be delayed until then?

Q: I rarely ask a question so this is more a general question. ENB today is down 1% in Toronto on above average volume and up 1% in NY on below average volume. I would expect this to sort itself out over the day but I would like your opinion on why? I could I guess transfer my ENB.TO to my US account and get a 2% pop.
Thanks for the great service.

Q: Why the big gain today?

Thanks

Sheldon

Q: Hell 5i Team,
I am planning to cash out mutual fund and invest it in stocks in my wife's RRSP account (75K) which will be around 1/3 od my existing portfolio (150K). I have my TFSA and RRSP invested in stocks (mostly from Balanced Equity portfolio). I am considering these names, which I don't have in my existing portfolio. Do you see any concern with any name? Please suggest a couple of names for growth potential, but not too risky.
Thanks for the great service.
Kuldip

Q: What are your top 3 picks in the utility space and why? Thanks.

Q: Company and dividend as of close
KWH.UN 11.3%, BCE 5.6%, ENB 6.3%, ALA 8.3%, EIF 6.8%, HR.UN 6.8%, RUS 5.5%, BEP.UN 6.2%, GS 6.1%, AQN 5.1%, EMA 5.2%, FTS 4%, H 4.59%
Hi
Could you please choose from the above list (or any additions of your choice) the stocks that you feel would be best suited to be held in an income/dividend non registered account for a long period of time. It would be great if you could also guide me as to whether I should do equal weight or if it is better to invest by a percentage of one company over another. I am interested in trying to have the highest return of dividends but I do not want to reach too far for it (ie 50% KWH.UN). If I could get a blended 6% annually over 10+ years that would be super. Not all the companies need to be included. I know there are some that overlap sectors.
Thank you for all that you do. You are great guides.
Jeremy

Q: I have a question that may be of interest to some of your subscribers who, like me, are relative novices at investment. I've been reviewing my portfolio -- specifically Payout Ratios (I'm using Morningstar data, so there may be some variance when compared to other reporting agencies). I hold the following stocks with payout ratios beginning at 130%; however, two reach into multiple hundreds. VET and AQN are not included in your model portfolios, but ENB and PKI are in the 5i Balanced portfolio; CSH.UN, ECI, and ENB, again, in the 5i Income portfolio; and CLIQ in the 5i Growth portfolio. My question, quite simply, is: Why should we not be concerned about the stability of dividends from these companies? Thanks.

Q: Have you heard anything about line #3 route thru Minnesota, decision expected today?

Q: Hello 5i.... I have watched Morneau 's recent run up and will likely take profits here. Do you feel it still has more growth potential going into 2019 ? Overall I'm concerned about lack of div growth for MSI and wish to "beat" its current div yield with a solid "dividend grower" in a RRSP account geared toward income/some growth, I am thinking about ENB or BNS from your Income PF , also hoping for more growth than MSI going forward..which would you pick here ? Or perhaps you could suggest another ( I already own RY BCE, BEP.un, ECI, FSV, WSP in various accounts)
thanks/Art

Q: Just the read the article on your website about dividend vs growth investing. What are your suggestions for solid, blue-chip dividend stocks that should be held long term in a portfolio?

Q: I own a half position in Enbridge. Would this be a good time to top up?

Q: Hello 5i. From a portfolio perspective, coud you give me guidelines on what would be a full position depending on the company size/profile. For example, would a full position be the same for COV, PBH and ENB? Thanks to your great recommendations, I have COV at 5%, PBH at 7% and in both case am wondering when it is time to trim. Thanks!

Q: What is CRA's position on short term trading of a security in a TFSA while it is also being held in a non- registered cash account or a corporate holdco account?
For example if I have a long term position in ENB.to in my core dividend growth portfolio am I allowed to swing trade ENB.to in my TFSA account? Additionally, would it make a difference if the long term position was in the black or red?
Thanks,

Q: Rising interest rates have definitely put downward pressure on bond-proxy types of companies i.e. those that pay dividends. I am an investor who believes that those companies that pay dividends and have the ability to raise those dividends consistently over time tend to outperform. I would like to purchase 6 such companies for the income portion of my portfolio, and would appreciate the names of your favorite companies that pay, and have a history of increasing, their dividends.

Q: Have held CHE.UN and growing tired of its performance.
Can you suggest replacement for dividend equivalent and growth potential

Q: Looking for income here, would you add to ENB (have 4%) or buy ENF?
Many thanks,
Jen

Q: I own ENB.PR.N and it comes due to reset about the end of this year. I’m down about $4.00 and am wondering what is the prudent thing to do? The reset by my calculation would be similar to the interest I’m receiving now. Is there any advantage to selling or should I keep it at the new rate for the next 5 years and hope for an improvement? I dont imagine it will be called.
Thanks for your input on my problem.

I get a lot from your Q and A. They have given me good guidance through the years.

John

Q: Having sold both of these in the past couple of weeks, I was going to repurchase them in 30 days, but don't think I will. They both seem to be income type of stocks and I would prefer some growth. Can you recommend any stocks with better growth in these sectors or perhaps I just keep away from certain sectors as your balanced portfolio does.

Q: I notice that David Rosenberg will be on Bnn this Friday with Andrew McCreath.
On May 19 He published an article in The Globe & Mail stating that Trumponomics will cause the next recession within the next 12 months.
If he is correct, am I right in assuming that interest rates will then to begin to decline , eventually leading to better prices down the road for the bond proxies?
Could you recomend from your portfolios the best recession proof companies with a history of regularly increasing their dividends?