Investment Q&A

Q: Don't see much Q/A on Airline companies. Would have thought they would be getting a boost to the bottom line in 2016 due to the low (and going lower) cost of oil. WJA share price looks pretty beat up right now. Can you come up with any negatives on this stock?

Q: Hello, would you recommend this fund over HFR? VSB has a management fee of .10 vs. .40 for HFR, and VSB has lower mer as well. Is one lower risk than the other? I have a fair bit of cash and wish to "park it" in a low risk bond fund. Thank you. Bill.

Q: I hold EEP in my RRIF and have watched it drift lower these days from 40.00 to 17.00 U.S. in the past year. The dividend is now over 13%, is this sustainable? I also hold ENF and their shares are much in the same boat dropping from 40 to 26 dollars. Do you have any recommendations here for the future. Thank You

Q: Hi Peter & Team!
Can you name some company stocks/investment vehicles that would do well due to the constant demand for internet bandwidth/data/streaming. These investments could be either on the TSX/Nasdaq/NYSE. Thanks.
denzil

Q: I own (have for 6 yr.) the ETF XRE in my RIF; however, was thinking of buying this one for my non-registered acct: on a TTM basis P.E = 4.6, P/B = .75, ROE a healthy 21% and the P.O. Ratio 55% - the only negative I can see is debt is over 4x equity. I was thinking of adding this one as a small position of 1500 shares - what do you think??

Q: I am looking for 5 examples of long term buy and hold CDN equities that with dividends reinvested along with regular dividend growth will act as compound interest vehicles over time.

These will be held in a TFSA by a millennial friend of mine and have a 25 to 30 year run to her retirement.

Thanks in advance,
Greg.

Q: Good day to Peter and all the 5I staff,
I am looking to add to our taxable account another position in consumer discretionary sector. What are your thoughts on ctc at this time? It is off it's highs hopefully due to general market malaise. We are retired and this is for a long time hold.
Thanks for everything.
Larry

Q: I was thinking of buying this security for my RIF? It seems to have a high PE of 17x - concerned if we go into recession? Would you consider this a safe investment for income? Also, where are they going to get grwth in sales and income going fwd.? Unfortunately not a lot of choices here in Canada -trying to diversify with a consumer discretionary.

Q: When does the deal close buying CUS? Will they be able to get and cost saving synergies with this acquisition? When I look at my data supplied by CIBC this company looks like a stay away from stock; however, when I read your analysis from Dec. 11 it looks like it is o.k. to buy -I was thinking for my TFSA?

Q: In my financial sector, RY & TD are both up around 40%, AD is down 35%, I am considering taking some profit from RY and TD to reinvest in AD, purposes are to re-balance and bump yield up a bit.

Is AD a worthwhile one to re-balance into now and is this type of re-balancing a good strategy?

Thanks

Q: In reply to Howard's question on Milestone Apartment REIT you quoted a dividend of 3.9%. I have MST in my portfolio and BMO reports that the stock pays 5.59% per year, on a monthly basis.

Q: Hi,

Given the mkt direction, do you think Canadian banks are a good place to hide out for two years and should I wait or buy now?

Q: I sent this question on Friday afternoon but it seems to have been lost in the deluge.

I would like to increase my holding in the utility sector for balancing purposes. I am looking for a solid dividend and some growth to balance out the more risky areas of my portfolio. I have looked at your answers regarding ENB, TRP and IPL and can't discern which one you favour. I am thinking IPL because it is the most beaten up and offers a high dividend yield. I have learned not to just chase yield but they are an exerienced company who have just increased their dividend, cut their cap x and provided thoughtful guidance (I think). The one negative I see is that much of their volume comes from the oilsands and perhaps there is fear that this supply will decline in this low priced environment because it is expensive to produce.

With this background, are pipelines a good investment as utilities and if so, is my thesis on IPL sound? Secondly, would Telus be a better "utility" choice as some analysts/advisors do include the telcoms in this sector.

Thanks for your insight.

Paul F.

Q: Because I am primarily a dividend investor , I don't really have a "sell discipline" for bluechip stocks and simply ride the ups and downs while dripping dividends. This has been painful for pipelines and REITS and banks etc, some of which are down substantially. Some would say it's wiser to sell at breakdown points such as 200 day average, or sell a portion when the stock is up 50%. I have only sold rarely for re-balancing and so have taken some lumps lately. Any words of re-assurance would be appreciated.
Thanks

Q: current price for this preferred stock is 9.75 with 5% dividend if fund winds down; the original issue price of 10.00 per unit will be paid to the share holder. is this correct or am i missing something. i have shares in dgs.pr , ftn.pr & dfn.pr how would you rate these funds as to saftey of dividend &repayment of orginal issue price

Q: Hi Peter and Team,

With the recent market turmoil and economic conditions expected for the next little while can you name 3-5 companies that you think would be absolute BUYs? Whether they are solid companies that have been brought down with the general market, or ones that can actually benefit from the current conditions.

Thanks,

Jordan

Q: What would be your top picks in consumer staples stocks for 2016?

Q: i keep looking at this company, i own some and i wonder why you guys are not all over it.
13.5 per cent yield which is safe, stock is cheap, earnings were good,paying down debt, what am i missing.lawsuits settled.
great operator in this jeff smith, do you know him. dave

Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
I know you are quite negative about TA because of there past record. Yesterday they cut there dividend and are seeking provincial assistance in transitioning from coal to other forms of energy. What are your thoughts about there prognosis going forward? Do you have any faith in there CEO this time around?
Thanks again for your assistance!
Dr. Ernest Rivait

Q: The stock price is in free fall,cant just blame volatile markets, whats your thoughts on this co.