Investment Q&A

Q: I see more and more questions about bond funds. A comment only. I will never buy another one. Even in a declining interest rate environment I had no success. Good luck in a rising environment. Laddering individual bonds in my opinion is not utilized nearly enough. Look at bond ratings when purchasing.

Paul

Q: Can you define "secular compounder" and list a few Canadian companies which meet that definition and which you would find attractive today?

Thanks,

Q: Current thoughts on lightspeed? Would you buy it today?

Q: For the infrastructure sector US and global - what would be a good ETF to reference. Do you have any high conviction infrastructure stock recommendations? Thank you.

Q: Hello 5i team,
Need to build equity portion of a portfolio for a recently retired almost senior citizen.
Very conservative, sleep at night stocks. Not needed for at least 5-10 years.

Need about 10 for RRSP and 4-5 for TFSA.

Do you agree with above stocks or would you pick others?
No oil stocks and no significantly cyclical stocks.
Don't need to be dividend payers but looking for total return of 5-8% or more per year on average.
Can you provide about 12 choices including above suggestions if you agree for RRSP and 4-5 for TFSA.

Take as many credits as needed.
Thank you so much for this great service.

Q: Hold a 1/2 position in NEE and would like to top up. Have been waiting for positive momentum but concerned with hi P/E. Was yesterday's sell off due to interest rates combined with hi P/E or a changing fundamental.

Q: Good morning, Both companies report earnings in early February. What are your predictions for these reports and what do you envision for the future. Many thanks.

Q: Please take as many credits as you need to.

I'm so tired of seeing my fixed income portion of my portfolio trickle away. What would you think about equal allocation to the following?

I'm not so concerned with costs if the holding doesn't degrade, but I still want some yield. Please pick it apart and make suggestions. Thanks!

HORIZONS ACTIVE ULTRA SHORT .HFR

RBC CDN DISC BD ETF .RCDB

KRANESHARES TRUST IVOL

PIMCO MONTHLY INCOME FD CDA .PMIF

PENDER CORPORATE BOND FUND .PGF550

FIDELITY GBL CORE PLUS BD .FCGB

BMO PREM YIELD ETF .ZPAY

PICTON MAHONEY FORTIFIED .PFIA

DYNAMIC PREMIUM .DYN3361

BMO AGGREGATE BOND .ZAG

FIRST ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE .FIG

Q: Good Afternoon,
I would like your opinion on which of the above stocks would be a better buy for growth and income for a multi-year hold.
Thank you,
Jane

Q: Dear 5i team.

May I please have your updated views on TAN? Last flurry of Q's date back to Oct'21 when it bumped it's trading head at the 100 dollar range for several weeks before beginning current decent to 60ish.
How do the technicals/fundamentals look to you today and is it time to begin a small position?

Many thanks for your help.

Q: Hi 5i.

I have studiously avoided investing in tech companies, largely as a result of not taking an interest in/understanding their businesses. (This is similar to my reason for never investing in crypto, which I can see only as a load of hogwash.)

With the recent drawback in tech prices, I now have some interest in putting some money into a couple of tech stocks that have a good growth outlook in the near- and mid-term. With that as the goal, simply some growth over the next few months or year, what 2-3 names, Canadian or American, would you suggest? (NB: I am thinking of putting no more, and probably less, than 10% of my portfolio into this play.)

Thanks for your help.

Q: I own KL shares. Do I need to do anything to receive AEM shares or is the process automatic? If not automatic, what do I need to do?

Q: I currently hole MMM in a dividend portfolio on the US industrial side and thinking of ITP on the Canadian materials side. Are these to companies too similar in nature to include in a diversified portfolio? Would you have another dividend grower materials related stock to consider?

Q: I have been looking into HCAL lately as an alternative to buying Canadian bank stocks directly. I'm aware that it uses a little bit of leverage and possibly some covered call writing to increase returns and am comfortable with the increased risk. I noticed that it appears to rebalance its holdings quarterly moving 80% of the funds into the 3 most oversold banks. I'm assuming that this would create a fair amount of capital gains each year within the fund. Would this create a capital gains for the holders of the ETF at year end or would the holders only claim the capitals gains once the ETF is sold? If so would this be better held in a registered account? Additionally a portion of the distributions would be due to dividends from the banks. Would this portion of the distributions count as eligible dividends for the holders of the ETF?

Q: Your thoughts on PYPL, do you see a recovery anytime soon ? Or am I better to sell it and move elsewhere .

Q: Hello 5I. I have a full position at about the current price. With that said I am wondering if you still consider this stock to be a very good growth stock longer term? Or if you think there are much better alternatives in the high risk segment this lives in. Thanks

Q: I am light on materials. Please provide a recommendation for best 3 'materials' stocks in US and Canada at this time. What is a good materials ETF for reference. Thank you.

Q: Do you think we are looking at a dot com crash 2.0? It seems to be a slow meltdown with no end in sight. Thanks,

Jason

Q: Hello,

With a five to ten years time horizon, what are your top five US tech stocks?


Thanks!

Q: can you please provide the short interest on PINS and what are the earnings expectations for the coming earnings( or lack thereof) ? also if they disappoint on the next earnings report would it be time to throw in the towel? down 79% and not counting....