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Q: I would like to increase my holdings in infrastructure of which I have very little. I am looking at Atco and Emera. Could you give me your thoughts on these two possibilities please?
Also, could you give me your current favourites in this space, other than pipelines.
Thanks
Elliott
Read Answer Asked by Elliott on January 27, 2016
Q: I'm thinking of adding to the utilities sector of my portfolio. Considering all metrics, do you think this is an opportune time to be adding? Also, the companies I'm interested in are Fortis, Emera, Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners and Algonquin. Please rate your first, second, third and fourth choices, and explain your first choice.
Read Answer Asked by Les on January 26, 2016
Q: Corby Spirit and Wine versus Diageo plc (adr)

Please comment which is a better hold for long term capital growth and dividend growth.

I hold Diageo in a rrsp account to mitigate the fully taxable dividend and would hold Corby in a taxable account to take advantage of the dividend tax credit.

Thanks for the excellent service.

Read Answer Asked by Stephen on January 26, 2016
Q: Would appreciate your comparison between High Liner Foods and Clearwater Seafood regarding best choice for investment.
Read Answer Asked by ken on January 26, 2016
Q: Could you tell me what the expected earnings are for csh.un please? Thank you! Don.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on January 25, 2016
Q: Peter,I raised some cash recently(not that I was fearfull of the market),but there looks to be an opportunity to pick up some Blue Chip stocks with enhanced yields!I recently purchased ALA,IPL and already own AQN and 3 or 4 apt. reits.I soon will be 63 and I will need some income from my investments in a few years,so I view this as an opportunity.First of all do you concur,and if so any Blue Chip names with increasing dividends that fit this strategy
Read Answer Asked by Randy on January 25, 2016
Q: PAR Value: 5,000
Security Type: Corporate Bonds
Issuer: IPE
Maturity Date: 14 Jul 2028
Coupon: 6.1%
Approximate Annual Yield: 4.679%
Approximate Semi-Annual Yield: 4.626%
Rating*: BBBH/Baa2/BBB+
Amount of Inventory: 291,000
Special Term: CALL D+16
Approximate Price/100 CAD: 113.84 CAD
Hi, I dont have much experience in buying fixed income corporate bonds. What do you think about this one as a part of my fixed income allocation. The bank charges a $50 commission so a $5000 par value comes to about $5,703.85 CAD at todays rates. My other fixed income buys are etfs like VSC, BXF, VAB for about 15% of my portfolio. Thanks very much. Have a great cruise! Cheers, Shyam
Read Answer Asked by Shyam on January 25, 2016
Q: Your opinion on this company and wouldIs would u buy for income? Thanks Clare
Read Answer Asked by clara on January 22, 2016
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.
Read Answer Asked by Bill on January 21, 2016
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
Read Answer Asked by Herbert on January 20, 2016
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
Read Answer Asked by Denzil on January 20, 2016
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.
Read Answer Asked by Greg on January 20, 2016
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.
Read Answer Asked by James on January 20, 2016