Investment Q&A

Q: Why it is dropping? Is this good entry point?

Q: Would you buy these today. Which one you think has better future.
Thank you for great service.

Milan

Q: I realize that shareholders of record on 15 January will receive the annual dividend of US$15.00 per share. That said, any reason for the stock to fall C$134.00 the following day? The Canadian dollar is weak but c'mon now.

Thanks as always.

Q: I have a very large position in the 5 big Canadian Banks. How can I hedge my position in the event of a decline this year (and longer). Thanks.

Q: Sold my full position in RY in open div account in Nov to ink some nice gains over several years.

Of course, this timing was perfect to miss the nice Dec bump. Out at 213, now around 235.

I also have BNS in this account of 10 or so holdings and was planning to get right back in to RY after the 30 day period. Now have sellers remorse. What to do?

Thanks

Jim

Q: Good morning, Goats!

JPM is a favourite. With its cheaper valuation and current rate outlook it will benefit more on broad banking and scale. Is it landing on the higher valuation side of things now?

A crypto recovery, IPO’s, M&A activity, strong markets continuing. Garp and other metrics would favour GS.

What say you? Does GS actually pull away here on another steady run? Or would you still pick the more conservative and diverse JPM. If there is an alternative winner please share.

Thanks for all the continued work this incredible team does.

Q: After a quiet year, P&C Insurance stocks are showing some buyers' interest, over past 2 months. We sold IFC and FFH positions, late last year. Do you think, the sector is showing some strength and it is a good time to re enter ?

If Yes, what would be your preferred route- Fairfax or Intact and why ?

In my personal view, Fairfax stock has shown remarkable resilience vis-a-vis Intact and Co is more diversified, with several interesting investments like Foran mining, Orla mining etc and potential for more similar investments. ( They sold their position in Eurobank ).

Thank You

Q: Hi, Any changes in Gsy’s situation? Is it out of penalty box after the short report and management changes? Thanks. Shyam

Q: Good day may I have your thoughts on NRIM
thanks again

Q: Thoughts on Mastercard? I've had a "medium"-size position for several years and treated it more as a "buy-and-forget" stock. I'm thinking the recent 10% cap proposed in the US is likely just noise, but made me look at Mastercard again.

Do you think this is a good time to add to a long-term position in Mastercard or better to wait for a larger potential pullback?

Q: What are your thoughts on Visa and JP Morgan - are these a buy on weakness due to rate cap announcement ( selling overdone?) or should positions be paired back?

Thank you.

Q: Hi Peter & Team,

My observations are that, at the present, owning BNS is much better than being a client of BNS.

I've noticed, for example, that the customer service at Scotia iTrade, which incidentally has among the highest commission rates in the online broker category, has recently deteriorated to the point where they don't acknowledge that 'they'll get back to (me) within several days' or a similar phrase and response used by most other organizations. Indeed, with some issues I raised with them via a secure message and/or the 'service @' email, they don't respond at all.

They recently let go 3000 employees.

https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/banking/scotiabank-laid-off-3000-people-2025

In my view, going forward, their client base will drop over time unless their customer service improves, making BNS less of a viable investment.

Q: In your Jan 8th answer to Jeff you quoted TD as having 14x earnings. What is that number exactly and where did you get it please.
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Q: Fairfax Financial is up about 100% in two years. I see that Orla Mining Ltd. is 29.6% of the FFH portfolio, and is up about 350% in two years. Can you calculate how FFH would have performed without OLA in the portfolio?

Q: Hi 5i Team; Would you continue to hold AXP or shift the funds in an area with less noise ? Thank you.

Q: Is it time to switch from PRL over to TSU? TSU looks to be getting close to breaking out to an all time high and a trading range that its been in since 2021.

Q: I'm thinking to rotate some profits in BNS, MFC, POW & TD into GSY for a long term value/income and BANK or HMAX to add some extra income.

What do you think of the move and how would you rank BNS, MFC, POW & TD, are all worth keeping a position in?

Of BANK/ HMAX which would you prefer or is there a better name for a banking & insurance extra yield ETF.

Q: Hi guys,

In a balanced portfolio, when would you trim Brookfield (Bn) above 8%, 7%???

Thanks

Jim

Q: Can I please get your current opinion on glad? Do you feel its dividend is safe?

Q: A question regarding portfolio construction.
Currently, my RSP portfolio includes 25% CAD financials, including (in roughly equal amounts) BAM, BNS, CIBC, GSY, POW, and SLF.
The balance of my portfolio is pretty well diversified and includes both CAD and US equities and ETFs, with no one sector accounting for more than 15% of the total and no one holding being worth more than 5%.
My question ... would you consider my financial sector concentration too high (even though it consists of a variety of types of companies) and, if so, in what order would you reduce holdings?
What general guidelines can you recommend?
Thanks for the help. Rick