Investment Q&A

Q: I invested in QSR and TRI which to the best my know is with out a deposit receipt but that something for another day). I hold these in a balance portfolio. Now I see QSR is in the 5IR Income Portfolio. With that, would 5IR hold TRI in a balance or income portfolio?.
The reason I ask this as the weighting of these positions would be different in a balance portfolio than in the income one.
........curious me....Tom

Q: I would like to add two companies to my portfolio to increase my US dividends. What would you pick from these 5? Currently NTR and QSR have a higher yield. Does this indicate a higher risk and should I look at a lesser Yield in order to preserve capital?

Q: Hello 5i,
I hold TRI as a Canadian Equity. If I journal it over to my USD account, would this serve to change my Asset Allocation for purposes of portfolio re-balancing - i.e. reduce my Canadian Equity and increase my U.S. Equity accordingly? Held within an RRSP for what it's worth.
If so, I can only assume this would apply to all dual-listed equities?
P.A. shows I need to increase my U.S. equity by about 6.70% so am looking at options.
Also, what are your thoughts on QQQ versus any individual component in the FAANG category? I am underweight Tech in general.
Thanks as always!!
Cheers,
Mike

Q: Looking for 2 stock recommendations for each of my children's RESP account. I tend to prefer companies paying a dividend. Child 1 is 15 years old, needing the funds in 3 to 4 years so picks would need to be conservative. Child 2 is 11 years old, needing the funds in 7 to 8 years.

Q: I have a room for ONE of these in my TFSA. GIB multiyear growth profile seems tantalizing and the valuation looks good recently. However, in my view with recent changes in company TRI has just started to warm up.

Q: Hello Peter and Team,
I currently have 50K ready to be invested in the market. I am looking for capital gain in the next 24 months. Above stocks have been hammered and did not fully recover yet. Agree that they are in different sectors, my portfolio is otherwise diversified.
Could you give me your expert opinion and prioritize your choices if any from the above.
I always value your opinion
Raouf

Q: Hi Peter,
Like many, I'm interested in possibly buying a couple of stocks that have been hit by COVID but that should recover well when the world gets back to normal. However, I want to do this in a conservative way - with larger, stable companies with low debt and strong balance sheets; assured 'survivors'. Can you please suggest six North American stocks (other than banks) that I might consider. And would you see CGI (GIB) qualifying under those terms? Thanks as always.

Q: Hi there,

Which would be your preference today with a bit of growth and a dividend for a retiree?

Q: Comments on their earnings please.


Sheldon

Q: Assuming markets will tank again, which would you suggest be purchased for a long-term hold at that time: BAM.A, SLF or TRI? Retired investor looking for dividends with some growth.

Many thanks to the entire 5i team for your collective efforts to provide us with timely, thoughtful information and a much-needed balanced perspective during this most challenging of times.

Q: How do you think Thomson Reuters will go moving forward
Thank you
Peter

Q: Good afternoon.

I’m interested in which you prefer (1 and 2) in each category below.

ATD.B, PBH, MRU, L

SLF, TD, BAM.A, TRI

WSP, SIS, CAE

CSU, SHOP, ENGH, KXS

BEP.UN, FTS, AQN

Thank you.

Q: HI Guys
I have never used any margin to do any investing but thinking of when I was around in 2009 and some CDN banks were yielding over 10% and wondering afterwards why I did not but more of these, suddenly, high yield "safe" investments. Afterwards it stuck myself how nice it would be to have that yield for life! So this time around I have no debt, a house paid off, and considerable assets, so was thinking of borrowing a bit to see if we could take advantage of this unfortunate downturn. So wondering if you could suggest 5 CDN companies to invest in, in 5 different sectors, and whose stock value has dropped considerably. Companies that have great risk management, have rock solid balance sheets, that are now yielding above 5%, and whose stock you could see substantially higher when the market swings up again, or at least will maintain their dividend. Thinking in terms of time - at least a year or two here.
Much thanks for all your guidance through these tough times.

Stuart

Q: Hi Peter and Ryan,
I am looking to take advantage from the current market dip and add the the above securities and ETF to my RRSP Portfolio. My time frame is 5 to 10 years. with adding the above I will be having all the 5i balanced portfolio stocks included. In addition I am adding some ETF and other stock that I think it can help my portfolio. Appreciate you advise of which stock look good at this time to buy (please rank). Is there any of the list I should avoid. Do you have other suggestions for good quality stocks and ETF (in the US and Canada) that have a good growth potential.
Thanks,
YR

Q: Top 5 picks for a Smith Maneuver portfolio of dividend paying stocks for someone in their late 30's?

Q: I am interested in purchasing some stocks for my non registered US account with the primary purpose is to provide income. What would be your top 3 Canadian companies that pay their dividends in US funds and what 3 US companies would you recommend?

Q: What's with the "second wind" of TRI?

Last year I bought TRI around $88 and sold it in 11/2019 for a loss after it seemed to have lost its momentum. It's now up 20% since (up $18). What's with this "second wind"?. TRI was a sleepy blue chip for years and woke up in 2019 for its "first wind". Is this stock still worth chasing for momentum investors like myself?

Love to have your take.

Q: Please recommend a few stocks to deploy some cash. I am hesitant to buy into these strong markets (I'm cheap) but am getting impatient waiting for any kind of correction. Looking for reasonable safety, decent dividend and some growth, irrespective of sector.

Thanks as always

Q: I am looking for a stock for my TFSA and am thinking about either Nutrien or Thompson Reuters. I am retired and not likely to need this money for many years, if ever.

Ntr has a pretty ugly chart with lower lows and lower highs for the last year, but a pretty good dividend. It might appear to be bottoming at around $60. They also seem to be rather wedded to their old production technologies and are not putting much into R&D (unlike some competitors), which causes me some concern, though it is perhaps offset by tremendous change taking place on their retail side .

TRI seems to only go up, but has only half the yield. They've certainly made a lot of changes in the last couple of years.

Recognizing that they are very different businesses, which would you prefer to own and why?

Q: The stock price keeps going up. Globe Investors indicates a PE of $219. Is it a sale? Thanks.