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Q: Hi, looking to invest 70,000 in two etf’s one Canada one U.S in a rrsp. (or two U.S. etf’s as I have no U.S holding yet)
Two suggestions that are a conservative sleep at night, and longer term hold, with a 2+% dividend.
Also would like to have if possible a balanced sector allocation. I already have lots of financial and oil- gas stocks, which is heavy in Canada.
Hope this makes sense?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Brad on January 30, 2024
Q: Looking to add 1 of above etf to my tfsa for a 3 to 4 year hold would you please analyze and compare. Which would you recommend? Is there a tax implication to consider? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Steve on January 30, 2024
Q: Good afternoon,

The Globe and Mail reported that the Trans Mountain pipeline is scheduled to start in Feb 25.

Although the news of the opening is already baked into the market, are there any undervalued energy stocks that you could recommend as a good addition to the energy sector of a well diversified portfolio that may well benefit from the opening of the Trans Mountain pipeline in the next few years?

Tank you and I'll await your recommendations.
Read Answer Asked by Francesco on January 30, 2024
Q: hi,
I own these as a basket of these smaller renewable stocks ( I own other larger names including Brookfield renew. as well ). the share price of these is struggling. what are your current thoughts on the balance sheets, growth prospects etc. If possible could you rate as a buy, hold,sell, and flag any that are in significant financial difficulty. my feelings are to just hold them all, perhaps a few get takeover offers, and prices move up when rates go down?
cheers, chris
Read Answer Asked by chris on January 30, 2024
Q: I am recently retired, a DIYer, and don’t have much of a withdrawal strategy in place and would like to learn more about this as well. Is it possible to devote a blog about this or would David like to share some of his “secret” on the forum so we could learn from his success. At the very least could you suggest some high quality dividend-paying stocks that David refers to that we should be drawing from in retirement
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Craig on January 29, 2024
Q: Hi this is a question about David’s reply to George’s question about how to achieve an effective withdrawal plan for your retirement portfolio. Would you list 6 or 7 high quality dividend paying stocks to include in your RRIF portfolio. And David if you want to consider taking your expertise on this subject to the forum, myself and others would appreciate it
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Craig on January 29, 2024
Q: Hello 5I,
Just wondering if there are many stocks out there right now that are dividend growers and have a yield of 6% plus? and do you like any other them as picks longer term?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Tyler on January 29, 2024
Q: In today's Globe and Mail:
Premier François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec government plans to table legislation soon that would allow private wind, solar and small hydro-power producers to sell their electricity directly to industrial customers. Currently, the private producers can sell only to Hydro-Québec.

Are there any public power companies that would materially benefit from this legislation?
Read Answer Asked by Murray on January 29, 2024
Q: Hi, follow up the on the previous question about AQN and their dividend versus Cashflow and earnings: The dividend is $0.44 per share but the Free Cashflow per share is -$0.35. Doesn't that mean that if they killed the dividend the company would have free cash per share of $0.09 and therefore be adding cash per quarter instead of losing cash?

Am I reading this wrong? AQN seems to be reducing the financial capacity of the company to pay the dividend. Wouldn't a more appropriate practice be to pay the dividend out of free cash?
Read Answer Asked by Marc on January 29, 2024
Q: hi,
I hold all these, several fro many years. they are all in the red. many are (former) stalwart blue chip dividend plays. I am basically comfortable holding them, and I do expect a good rebound in prices when rates start to fall. 1) am I missing something? are there any in the list that you think the dividend may be in jeopardy, or you see no runway for growth ( small or large). 2) are there any in the list you would be comfortable adding to ( which is what I am wanting to do)?
cheers, Chris
Read Answer Asked by chris on January 26, 2024
Q: Hi 5i,
I have about 15K that I want to put into my RSP before the February deadline and then immediately invest for a minimum 5 year hold to accumulate capital gain and dividend income. Currently I'm considering TOU or DIR.UN for this, and would appreciate your thoughts about the relative merits of each for this use of the funds, and which one you think will outperform the other on a total gain basis in that time period - based on just the standard ups, downs and risks that are out there and not taking into account any potential calamitous economic events.
Thanks!
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 26, 2024
Q: What do you think of the waste companies in Canada or US as industrial candidates?
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 24, 2024
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