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Q: Are FSV, CIGI, SIA, and CSH.UN considered to be REITS? I would like to increase my REIT exposure and I would appreciate recommendations on 2 or 3 that you believe to be reasonably priced now for growth rather than income. Do you consider ownership in property to be counted as part of an exposure to REITs?
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on February 22, 2019
Q: Re: your answer on FCR today "The move will lower the company's cost of capital (probably). It makes sense, and most investors have likely been treating like a REIT anyway. It is a real estate company with a portfolio of assets, with a high dividend. Similarities exist already. It will be similar to others, but with a retail focus, but at least anchored by grocery stores and drug stores. It will 'probably' be a taxable conversion, so this may annoy some long term shareholders with embedded gains. "

On your last paragraph saying "will probably be a taxable conversion" that means holding FCR on non register a/c
may get taxable conversion.
I hold 1013 shares in cash a/c and have 28% gain, so should I sell before the conversion?
Thanks as always,
Tak
Read Answer Asked by Tak on February 14, 2019
Q: I have the above Reits which I would like to consolidate into much smaller number. Appreciate your opinion on your preference of which ones I should keep/switch to, based on expectation of total return over 3-5 years period.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Saad on January 15, 2019
Q: I'm new to the service and am interested in (mostly) following the balanced equity portfolio. I'm not interested in investing in oil stocks and am wondering what would be a good way to invest that portion of the portfolio outside of the energy sector. I'm not sure if i should just spread it out evenly between the sectors or if there are other companies or an etf that you would recommend to replace the 3 energy stocks. My time horizon is 25 years and I'm fine with some volatility.

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on September 06, 2018
Q: "We certainly see FCR as a 'slow but steady' type of income name, with not a whole lot of catalysts." A 5i response to a question dated 07 May 2018 from another Stephen.
With the investment news announced today (9 July) and the Short Description: Treasury Offering of Common Shares Price @ $20.50, is this looking good? Any possible problems for example debt loads? Unlike the other Stephen I am down a bit from where I bought this over a year ago.

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on July 10, 2018
Q: I have held these two companies for 2 1/2 years and excluding dividends my gains are 7.1% and 4.6%; which are the lowest performing stocks in my balanced portfolio. Do you see any thing happening in the next few years in these companies to improve the share price; or should I expect more of the same? Would you consider these companies to be more suited to an income portfolio vs. a balanced portfolio?
Read Answer Asked by stephen on May 07, 2018
Q: My weighting in the financial sector is 12% and I am wondering if it is time to increase it to 15%. I already own BNS,RY and SLF. I was wondering if ECN and FCR would be good choices to add to the mix or if you have any better suggestions.
Read Answer Asked by Terry on April 11, 2018
Q: I am a current holder of AAR.UN in my RRSP. What are your top 3 real estate companies to replace AAR.UN in an RRSP with a view of a hold of over ten years?
Read Answer Asked by James on January 11, 2018
Q: Could you please rate from best to worst. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Anne on January 03, 2018
Q: By letting my winners run to overweight positions, while recognizing the importance of overall sector allocations, I am in a constant debate with myself feeling the need to rebalance. My question is regarding 3 sectors with the backdrop of assuming we are in a rising interest rate environment. Currently having a 10% Utility weight, with 0% Real Estate and Telco's, would you suggest trimming Utilities to acquire one or both sectors, if so what names would you suggest? If rates rise faster than expected, will all 3 sectors perform similar ? I watch my portfolio very close, am quite comfortable with higher risk for higher return.
Read Answer Asked by Charles on December 15, 2017
Q: Hi Peter and Team,
For this year's RRIF payment, I need to sell approximately 14K of stocks as I've been almost fully invested over the last year, in large measure due to 5i's superb recommendations. The stocks listed above are in sectors where I am overweight. I have several questions, so please deduct credits as you see fit:
(1) If I sold CGX outright, I'd obtain roughly 14K and would reduce my total number of holdings and lower my overweight consumer discretionary stocks. Even though CGX has fallen from its lofty heights, I'm still up, especially when factoring in the accumulated dividends. Also, there would be only one sell transaction. Are you OK with this plan?
(2) Are there any others in the list that could/should be an outright sell?
(3) Or, would a better plan be to reduce holdings in each stock by taking profits?
Of course, this would mean more sell transaction fees.

As always, I defer to your recommendations, and have been rewarded for doing so. Thanks in advance.









Read Answer Asked by Jerry on December 04, 2017
Q: Hi 5i team,
Can I get your assessment of FCR's most recent quarter? Appeared to be a bit lackluster to me. Apart from interest rate sentiment that seems to keeping most REIT share prices down, are there any heightened business risks to this company given the type and location of the properties they own? And is the current payout ratio reasonable in your opinion?
Many thanks,
Brian
Read Answer Asked by Brian on August 04, 2017
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