Investment Q&A

Q: What is your current opinion of HME? Do you feel it is similar in balance sheet strength, dividend reliability and future prospects to such firms as ARX, BIR, and HWX? Thanks

Q: Will Alberta’s recent anti renewable energy legislation affect CPX’s future prospects. How do you rank this company compared to other Canadian utilities?

Thanks

Paul

Q: I need to add to the utility sector. Is this a good time to buy?
Could you please provide 5 names and rate them in order of preference and why.
Would prefer U.S. exposure though Canadian is fine as well.
Thank you.

Q: Do you see interesting dividends stocks down that we should keep an eye on with potentiel harvesting tax-loss season coming? Canadian and US stocks with a good balance sheet.

I have been looking at dir.un, plc, ko and pfe

Q: Could you please give me your top five dividend aristocrats. Thank you

Q: I currently own each of these oil & gas industry stocks. Are they well positioned for any potential consolidation/takeover activity that is rumored to occur as a followup from the XOM Pioneer story? Which firms are best positioned for takeover/merger/consolidation?

Q: Hi will any of your representatives be attending Exchange Income Days today or tomorrow?
Cheers

Q: Hi folks,
I am looking at topping up to a full position in either Telus, BCE or ENB. This will be in my TFSA account. Can you recommend one that not only will have some growth when interest rates peak but the dividend will remain intact as well.
Thanks

Q: I have been holding ENB and PPL for over 5 yrs. The dividends are great but the stocks are not going anywhere. Down 15%. Would like to sell one of them and buy IMO. Have full position on both of them. Which one should I sell?

Q: Good morning 5i. Any recent news on The Keg.un?
It seems to be on somewhat of a slide lately.

Q: How would you rank these companies in terms of growth and evaluation in the energy sector in the next 3 years. Thank you.

Q: Some of my ETF pay a dividend with a code txpddv

Tax paid dividend.

How are they able to do this. What is the possible

down side risks. Thanks.

ralph

Q: How material is today's Suncor news? : "Suncor Energy (TSX: SU) (NYSE: SU) announced today that it has agreed to purchase TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd., which holds a 31.23% working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project (Fort Hills) for $1.468 billion". Will it have a positive effect on the stock? Thank you

Q: I am close to retiring and have all registered accounts maxed out, but have $200K of non-registered funds to invest, and wondering what recommendation would be. I am leaning for simplicity to spread across a few ETFs to get some balance of growth and dividends. Thoughts/recommendations.

Q: I haven't been following the market too much for several months and was shocked to see that AQN has fallen dramatically (from about $10 to $8 in one month). I don't see much news or questions on AQN. Any insight into why there has been such a dramatic drop?

Q: Hi Peter
I added to wcp with the pull back (pays a dividend)

I am thinking of putting in a 1/2 position for BTE
what do you think of the company
and a good entry price? thanks
Michael

Q: As a follow up to my question on natural gas suppliers please provide what the information is that you find interesting about Peyto.
Also would you be able to direct me to a site that I might find 5 yr. history of a companies ROE, ROA and ROC.
Thanks again
Les

Q: please comment of DIV acquisition announced after close today oct 4

Q: The dividend on ENBR is over 8%. What is the likelihood (probability estimate) of the dividend being cut? Is this an issue that should result in a sale, hold or buy? A dividend rate this high often signals an issue and reason to sell.

Q: Dividend Pay Dates

We all know that dividend pay dates are a matter of record. My question concerns delays in receiving these dividends. For example, some companies make their payable dates on a Saturday, Sunday, Monday or Holiday. TD Bank is a prime example of this & often has a payable date on a Saturday. As a result, you are lucky if the dividend shows up in your account on the Monday, many times later. Also, some companies declare an extra or Special dividend, normally payable on the same date as the regular dividend. INSW is a perfect example of this, with the regular dividend showing up a day after the payable date & the extra won't be in my account for a week??! It is pretty obvious that someone is making money on the FLOAT - don't know if it is the Company issuing the dividend, some sort of middleman or transfer agent, or the Banks? It certainly is not the individual investor!? If you consider the same practice affects dividend income on Mutual Funds & Canada Pension Plan, perhaps millions of Canadians are affected. Would you comment on this practice - anyway this might be avoided? Thank you - Ross Siemms