Investment Q&A

Q: Good morning, I have room for one more stock in my income portfolio. I hold many of the stocks in your income portfolio. Could you list 3 choices for a dividend of at least 2% with growth possibilities as well. I don't really need the cash at this point so I'm happy to liven up this account with some growth.
Thanks for your advice.

Q: Hi,
In a recent question from Jacques about renewable energy, you respond:
We would suggest; BEP.UN, AQN, BLX, NPI
Where does FTS fit in this list?
I own BEP.UN and FTS and considering selling FTS and replace with any of the other 3. Would you agree with such a move? What would be your ranking of these 5 companies in order?
Thanks

Q: 11:26 AM 12/11/2020
I am interested in TCL.A. Nice dividend growing slowly and good share price growth from 2012 to September 2018 when it was over $28. Then a sudden plunge downhill to May this year at under $10, with Covid just one more small bump along the way.

What happened in Sept 2018 to trigger the plunge?

Now the company appears to be doing well but I worry that they are in print media which is a sunset business. How much of their business and income is geared to printing? And are they reducing dependence on printing and if so what is the replacement income source?

Overall what is your opinion of this company for an income/growth investor for a very long term hold? It has always seemed a bit less than exciting to me but the dividend if it continues to grow, is appealing these days.

Would you buy now or could you suggest 2 or 3 other companies with a growing 4%+ dividend that you might like better in the same or similar space?
Thank you...... Paul K.

Q: How do you feel about the latest earnings report? They raised the dividend, usually means that they are confident about the future, tempered by the fact that they had cut it by over 50% a couple of years ago.
Thanks
Keep safe

Q: Presently hold Enbridge shares in a couple different accounts. ENB is down considerably from purchase - would like to sell as tax loss. what would you recommend as a solid replacement.

Q: Thinking of adding some telecom/media exposure to my portfolio. BCE is the only one in your portfolios. Would you buy BCE right now or do one of the others offer a better buying opportunity currently. 5 year hold, I follow a hybrid of growth and income portfolios with more recent moves toward income thus the interest in these names. Or is it evan a good time to buy into this sectors?

Q: Good day all.
I've read a note at Motley Fools that An IPO of TELUS International is planned for Q1 of 2021. Are you aware of this? If yes can you elaborate on how the current investors would be involved? Would we get shares of the new entity? If we got a special distribution would it be taxable as a special dividend? Do we have an idea on the split would work?

Thank you for leading us through these tough times.

Yves

Q: Evertz has reported and looks better than the last quarter. What information can you parse from this Q release to help a shareholder looking forward? Will you be listening to the call and, if so, could you report on what you hear?

Q: Thoughts on Evertz latest quarter and future prospects. I see they declared an .18 dividend so I presume the divvy should be reasonably safe going forward.
Thanks and Happy Holidays to the 5i team.

Q: Hello 5i,
I was looking up some old answers about AD. An old answer from Sept. 19, 2019 states that AD had an ongoing tax dispute with CRA and potentially the US Treasury. Have these issues been resolved with the AD.UN income trust structure? Are these issues still a potential overhang for the AD.UN structure?

thanks for your insight

Q: Hi,

I have no utilities exposure at the moment. Looking or a Company with a nice yield that has part of their business in renewables since this is a trend going forward. I will also hold this name outside of my RRSP and TFSA for dividend distribution is ideal rather than other forms of return on investment. I am thinking of a 4% position given record low interest rates and the fact they MAY rise sometime in 2022 or beyond. My questions are: 1- Do you think 4% is a good weighting for the utility sector given current environment? 2- Which is your preferred name among these 3? I am leaning towards AQN for dividend level and the fact that it is paid as a dividend as well as the fact that some of the business is in renewables and they have a nice growth profile.

Thank you so much,
Jason

Q: Dear 5i,
For relatively safe income would you invest in either AD.UN or DIV today?
If yes, would you purchase in RRSP, TFSA or NonReg account?
Is 100% of the DIV income eligible for the dividend tax credit?

seasons greetings

Q: Yesterday I sold BEPC in my RRSP as the stock had a huge run. Now I am underweight in Utilities. Is it a good idea to buy BEP.UN now as a replacement now or wait for the price to go down. Would you recommend XUT ETF instead? Currently own small position of AQN in utilities. Sincerely appreciate your opinion.

Q: Do you see INE continuing to to outperform, as a hold or is it time to take profits? The payout ratio is a bit concerning. Thanks

Q: Could I please have your view on ET. (US) Is this good for a long term hold? Will it ever get back in favor? Is there better places to be? Thanks in advance. Appreciate your inpu.t.

Q: Just wondering what your thoughts are on Alaris.

Would you be buying at these levels?

Q: Why has CGY dropped in price recently and what is your opinion of the company in general?

Q: enbridge came out with annual investors day presentation today and just wondering if you guys listened to it. they increased the dividend by only 3% but to me that was being cautious for outlook next year cause who knows what will happen but happy in their decision to raise a bit at least. just wanted your thoughts and as a sidenote i get a
newsletter from a reputable writer in ontario here and he was saying in one of his latest reports that 80% of all trading on the canadian markets [tsx] comes from south of the border now. i did not know that and is this right?
thanks

Q: I have owned BIP.UN for four years and have a 76% unrealized capital gain. I also have a small amount of BIPC as a result of the recent spin off which has a 78% unrealized gain. I do not want to own both as they are essentially the same and BIPC represents only 0.3% of my portfolio. The plan is to amalgamate by selling one and using the proceeds to buy more of the other.

The question is which one to sell? This is in an unregistered account. Which of these two do you favour in an unregistered account? A sale of BIP.UN will result in a greater immediate tax liability than BIPC but the tax will have to be paid at some point anyway and it might be a good idea to decide, at this time, which is the best one for me to own going forward. I know the premium on BIPC is expected to decrease but so for it has not. In fact, over the past 8 months BIPC has increased approximately 78% while BIP.UN has decreased 6%. Over this time, BIPC has increased in market value approximately the same percentage as BIP.UN has over the past 4 years.

Q: Good morning - I am overweight Utilities and underweight Energy. I have large positions in BEP and AQN, both of which have considerable capital gains as well as FTS which has plowed along steadily but not much gain. I am thinking of selling FTS and buying ENB or TRP. In an earlier question you suggested that you liked TRP over ENB if you had to choose. Do you like any other energy sector company better for a long term dividend loving old timer? I already have a chunk of SU and Canadian Natural Resources. On the other hand, I am noticing analysts starting to love FTS. Should I stay or should I go, and to which energy company? Thanks for helping me stop going in circles. Al