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Investment Q&A

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Q: I am looking to invest sale of a property of approx 350,000. I am a Senior and my goal is to have a income stream at around 5% please suggest some ideas that would meet this goal with as low a risk as possible. some growth is desirable but avoiding downside risk the most important.
Read Answer Asked by Ron on August 12, 2020
Q: DHT reported and raised their dividend. Current yield 35%! And SP is only up 3% at the moment after reporting after close yesterday... They paid off a bunch of debt early in Q2, and have many of their ships on charters rather than spot. I'm long on them, and I'm not seeing a reason I shouldn't buy more. What are your thoughts?
Read Answer Asked by Rick on August 12, 2020
Q: Hello, split shares have dropped quite a lot recently. Most are well below the $5 threshold (DF-$3.08, DGS-$3.50, FFN-$3.52), where monthly dividends ($0.07-0.08) are distributed. Most of the companies that are being held in split shares are bank stocks and other high quality Canadian stocks.

I am trying to better understand the risks of owning split shares. I estimate the only circumstances I would not collect dividends are when:
1) the prices of the equity inside the split shares never go back to the normal level, and
2) the dividend-paying equity inside the split shares cuts and suspends dividends.

What other risks can you think of? Do you think the risk outweighs the rewards?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Esther on August 12, 2020
Q: Inflation expectations - which sectors are expected to do well as inflation picks up? Please name your top picks in those sectors.
Thanks for all your advice.
Read Answer Asked by sam on August 11, 2020
Q: Further to the active discussion of BEPC versus BEP.UN, I switched over to BEPC (from BEP.UN) in my registered account. I phoned TD-Waterhouse today to see if I could enroll my BEPC shares into a synthetic DRIP, and was told that BEP.UN is eligible, whereas BEPC is not. I am curious-- can you confirm this, and if this is indeed the case, why might that be? For those 5i subscribers who are interested in enrolling in a (brokerage) DRIP, this could be a relative advantage of BEP.UN, especially with a lower price (and higher yield) versus BEPC, one would be gradually adding to their position via a DRIP. Your thoughts on this situation?
Ted
Read Answer Asked by Ted on August 11, 2020
Q: Analysts (TD) are predicting that SPB will go to positive earnings (0.33/sh) on Q3 , would you agree ?, and if the prediction becomes true , would the share price go up ?, or this earnings prediction is already baked in the actual price ? You said ( on June 24) that SPB is good mostly for income, does it mean that the dividend can be considered secured ?.
Read Answer Asked by Alejandro (Alex) on August 10, 2020
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