Investment Q&A

Q: I have the following bond ETF's: HFR,VSC, ZAG and XHY. They total 22% of my portfolio. My question is do I move out, reduce or shift into different bond investments. I am 70 and they are split evenly in registered and non registered accounts.
Cheers and thanks for your great work. Bob

Q: I have some extra USD money from a small US pension that is used for going to Florida in the winters. Since we have not gone in the last two years, I would like to put some of it in our TFSA. My questions are, if I buy say TD on the NY stock exchange would the dividend in US dollars be subject to 15% withholding tax. Could you please give me several companies I could buy into if this is true. Could you also give me several US companies or ETF's that would give me a dividend and hopefully growth for a long term hold. Thank you for all the help I get for being a member. Gary

Q: Happy New Year to all. With the new pill to help people with Covid 19 do you feel PFE will continue to rise or at least hold steady? The variants may be with us for awhile!
Thankyou for a solid year and here's to a HEALTHY 2022

Q: Looking for a Canadian version of the RSP, equal weight weight S&P

Q: Hi group what you feeling on the big tech stocks at present are they a buying opportunity or a value trap? also is oil an attractive entry point right now or is it just a blip to the upside thanks for your insight. what your favorites in tech / energy or should i just stay away till everything settles down

Q: In an economy of rising interest rates how will GSY react? Is that environment positive or negative to the stock?

Thanks


Sheldon

Q: Good morning, I have 32 positions spread between the two TFSA's that I manage. I'd like to get that down to 25. The above are holdings that have fallen to less than half positions and I'm wondering if you could suggest 6 or 7 for removal. Also are there any that you would add to in order to bring them up to half positions. Secondly, without knowing my weightings, do you have a suggested sector or two for this years TFSA contribution?

Q: Happy New Year!
As a broad-ish generalisation, could one substitute 'structured notes' as an asset class in a portfolio with one or more covered call ETFs?

Q: Hi,

I need a good dividend energy stock, with some growth, and limited volatility, for the next couple years? Can you give me 2 of your favourite CDN and 2 US picks?

Q: looking to start purchasing the income portfolio in preparation for my retirement, which company from the income portfolio would you invest new money in?

Thanks

Sylvain

Q: Hi 5i: Even with a nice recovery I am still down 28% with vet.Would you advise to hold or do you think I could diversify to other sectors with more upside to recoup the loss.If I include enb I am overweight in energy. I need 22.60 to break even with vet. Tks. And all the best for all for 22. Larry

Q: What do you think about the companies mentioned above? Are their potentials worth the risk?

Q: Hi Peter and Team, Happy New Year!

The portfolio Analysics tool suggested me to add 20% of fixed income instead of 100% equity. Can you suggest any fixed income name that I can invested on? Does CVD can be considered as fixed income?

Thanks,

Q: This will be an ugly day for Berkeley. Is this a good opportunity gone bad. How do you like it’s future prospects? Would you buy today, being it’s all time low?

Q: Please comment on Stelco news. Would you hold?

Q: hi. can you provide the PE and PEG on shopify (current and forward). I see different numbers on different websites. and do you see any new challenges for SHOP going forward re today's fed minutes? and is this a good entry point? thanks chris

Q: Happy New Year from Panama!

I will be receiving RRIF payments at the end of each month going forward.
My question to the team is could you please give me a couple of US and CDN stock ideas? looking for safety of principal, with some growth,and monthly payouts? or quarterly?

Thanking you in advance

Stephen

Q: I currently hold Maple Leaf Foods (MFI.CA) in my TFSA. It appears to be currently trading around its fair value (at least according to Morningstar). And MFI.CA just announced that it is reviewing its recent investments in plant based protein products (like veggie burgers). So it future growth prospects may be suspect.

I suspect it may be a good time to exit. Can you recommend another consumers staples stock for my TFSA as a long term hold?

Or maybe I should not have ANY exposure in the consumer staples sector in my TFSA given the slow growth and typically lower returns in the long run in this sector. Your thoughts please!

Q: Hi, We have 3 TFSA accounts, where we sold some SHOP, last year and made cash withdrawals. As a result, this year, we have available contribution room between $30-40k, in each account. We like to wait for an opportunity for a Growth stock to transfer from our Non Regd accounts ( there are separate accounts for each) for an in-kind contribution. Present allocation in the TFSA accounts is as follows.
CSU 25-30%
SHOP 35%
LSPD 30%
NVEI 10%

We are not worried about concentration, as TFSA funds are less than 5% of our Total Investment Portfolio, which is fairly diversified. Objective is to optimize Growth stocks in a TFSA setting. There is sufficient quantity in Non regd accounts, for all the five stocks listed in the question.

We were planning to add SHOP, with today's 10% decline and some TOI, as we have none in TFSA's.

What would be your recommendation ?

Thank You

Q: I keep hearing that a rise in interest risks adversely affects tech stocks. Understand that comment in the context of companies that are reliant upon financings but don’t understand it in the context of the FANG stocks which are cash rich and have significant pricing power. Please clarify.