Investment Q&A

Q: Hello team,
What is the downside risk of BCE from here for the next 1-2 years?
Thanks!

Q: Your website shows the following for BIP.UN:
Dividend Growth 3 Year -17.09
Dividend Growth 5 Year -10.09

Is the dividend growth for BIP.UN actually negative over these periods, or does this somehow reflect the frequent splits and spinoffs and other moves that Brookfield likes to throw at us?

Q: Hi Gang
What are your 5 top Canadian income ETFs

Thanks Mike B

Q: hi, I am down on all these names. I am considering adding to (some of?) them. I am looking for some growth in share price ( to match or beat inflation ) and a consistent growing dividend ( matching or beating inflation ). I also don't want to end up with another AQN or BCE scenario. could you kindly give us your advice on these names and include your thoughts on whether they are a buy (add to ), sell, or hold please.
cheers, Chris

Q: Is it time to add to infosys and/or magna? What about adding to ntr.

Q: My utilities holdings include BIP.UN (3.9% of total equity), H (2.1%) and FTS (1.9%). Considering the momentum of CPX and its higher dividend than either H or FTS, what would your thoughts be about the idea of selling both H and FTS to buy CPX? Seems to present more growth potential and higher dividend. My thanks.

Q: Hi 5i,
Any idea what's going on with Keyera? Right now, it's defying gravity and I don't think there's a single analyst out there who has called that, and although I own it and I like it, to me the underlying numbers don't justify the heady heights it's reaching. Any thoughts?
Thankyou,
Peter

Q: My wife and I are mainly dividend investors. We tend to hold our stocks for many years. Due to the significant increase in the value of our stocks this year, we are considering reducing the percentage of some stocks in our portfolio by about 10%.

Could you please give your opinion as to which of the following stocks you would reduce. Would you reduce one or two selected stocks, or perhaps reduce across the board? All of the reductions would be in registered accounts. You can assume the stocks are all about the same percentage of our portfolio.

The stocks are:
BAM
BEP.UN
BIP.UN
BCE
EMA
FTS
NA
RY
SLF
TD

Q: With the Canadian dollar being so cheap and the share price so low, is a buyout of BCE possible? Can Americans buy BCE or does it have to have Canadian ownership? I know the privatization attempt in 2007 failed in part because of the 2008 stock market crash. It could save a huge chunk of cash if it did not have to pay dividends. A company could take it private, clean it up and then take it public again with a much better balance sheet .

Q: Four members of Bell Canada’s board of directors took advantage of the telecom giant’s stock drop to buy shares. CEO Mirko Bibic purchased shares worth just over $200,000, while Louis Vachon, former CEO of National Bank, acquired shares worth nearly $390,000. Calin Rovinescu, former CEO of Air Canada, invested close to $350,000, and Jennifer Tory, a former vice-president at RBC, over $170,000.. They must see future potential gains in the share price since the only reason to buy shares of a company is to make gains.

Q: Since it is very difficult to maintain or increase market share in mobile telephony. Isn’t it a good idea to turn to fiber optic network like with the recent acquisition of Zippy Fiber to maintain a stable source of income and free cash flow?

In your answer dated Nov 19, you write`` it seems to have lost its way a bit, with selling assets to pay down debt and then making a big acquisition. ``

Your view on this would be appreciated.

Thanks

Yves

Q: I am nearing retirement and planning to rebalance my taxable portfolio towards Canadian dividend stocks and ETFs, so that I can live off CPP and eligible dividends in retirement. What are your favorite Canadian ETFs where all distributions are treated as eligible dividends? You recommended CDZ many times, is it still your favorite?

Q: hi,
I own both BCE and T - both down a bit now. can I get your latest thoughts on these 2 as a buy, sell, or hold. all else being equal, do you see the purchase of assets in Pacific Northwest USA as good for growth, eventually. and what do you see as the risk for a dividend cut for BCE and Telus? finally, if selling, where would you suggest to look elsewhere for some growth ( slightly beating inflation ) and good dividend yield?
cheers, Chris

Q: I bought Hershey in my RRSP in mid-2024. While mostly known for chocolate, the company has been diversifying into non-chocolatey snacks. However, the stock price remains down due to high cocoa prices. Would you be content to hold Hershey and collect the dividend until cocoa prices drop? Would you have some other suggestions? I tend to go for boring US dividend payers that also have some growth potential in my RRSP. My top holdings right now are MSFT, COST, MA, BIP.UN, ENB, and O. I also hold VOO as an underlying holding. Thank you.

Q: Do you feel that BCE is near bottom? It appears for the past two weeks the stock is trending sideways.
What is the risk of cutting the dividend?
Are they making progress on reducing debt and expenses?
Is revenue staying constant, growing or falling based on quarterly reports for past two years?
What is managing forecasting going forward?

Would buy, hold or sell at this point and why

Q: I already had CNR stock in my nonregistered portfolio ,I just added CP and UNP in my RRSP in order to complete my "transportation sector ", choosing mostly railroads for precise reasons. What is your impression concerning the timing + the choices , my objective being here : less volatility + some growth and dividends. Thanks for your always excellent comments.

Q: Hello,

Could you comment on now that Ontario has partnered with Elon, how does the provincial subsidization of fixed costs for installation of internet, etc. bode for BCE, Telus and other "hardwire" "maybe "fiber optic" providers?

I frequently drive along Hwy 7 and see trees fallen down on the Bell lines - so maintaining this lower margin asset is not a top priority.

How much of a moat is fibre optic vs Starlink?

Elon's satellites have a lot of operating leverage vs copper or fibre optic installation.


Thank you

Q: For long term hold and safety of dividend
Bce or Telus, and why
Thank you

Q: Stop me if you've heard this story this year: I am having a once in a generation year with my portfolio up 50%, a chunk of that driven by Nvidia and its explosive growth. NVDA is now 40% of my portfolio which I acknowledge is insane. But having owned it since 2016 and benefitted massively, I have no intention of selling it, at least not yet. The rest of my portfolio is made up of successful U.S. and Canadian tech, and, on the other end of the scale, conservative, low beta, mostly Canadian dividend payers. They provide ballast to my tech/NVDA risk. Getting to the point: I have $35K to invest and it should be directed to the conservative part of my portfolio. What names would you suggest that tick the following boxes: +4 % well-covered yield, slow but steady share price growth, solid fundamentals, probably Canadian though open to U.S. stocks, irrespective of sector. In the conservative part of my portfolio I already own: all 6 big banks, FTS, ENB, GRT.UN, BAM, BRE, EIF, FC, FFH, PPL, SLF, TFII, TRI.

Apologies for the windy question and thanks!

Q: Hi!

I am thinking about getting a chunk of rci.b. Good idea?

Do the markets seem frothy?

Would you suggest your top 5 stocks for share price increase in the short term...and with next to no chance of permanent loss of capital in the long term?

Cheers,
David