Q: The vast majority of my holdings are non-dividend paying growth stocks. The one exception is HMAX, which I purchased earlier this year for its 15% dividend. It is now 3.5% of my portfolio and I am contemplating increasing this to a full position. My reasoning is that most of the bad news in the banking/insurance sector has already been factored into the share price and that, overtime, HMAX's value will rise again. Meanwhile, I'll receive a healthy dividend. I bought HMAX at $13.67; today it's trading at $13. 24. Do you believe the dividend is safe (I'm aware it was reduced last year from 17%) and do you see the current price as a buying opportunity assuming one has patience, likes the dividend, holds no other banks or insurance companies and expects only moderate growth going forward? Thank you.
Q: This Brazilian fintech/bank has not been performing well. I have a small position. Not sure if I should add or hold. It is hard to find good info on Stone since it is Brazilian . What is 5iresearch's opinion?
Q: BAM is currently overvalued per Morningstar (price of $51 vs fair value of 44 ish).
BN is currently undervalued per Morningstar (price of $56 vs fair value of 60+ if I remember correctly)
Would you agree with this valuation?
I am currently owning both BN and BAM. The BAM holding was spun off from the BN holding. I just want to simplify into 1 holding. Would it make sense to sell BAM and add to BN here? My priority is growth as the horizon is 10 + years. Thank you very much.
Q: TMX share price has had a bit of a run up lately, and I think from a review of past answers must now be pretty close to the high end of its historical valuation range? Do you have any concerns about it getting ahead of itself at this point or do you think the fundamentals are supporting this upward momentum? Appreciate your insight as always.
Q: Hi Team,
PRL appears to be breaking out recently. If looking to add to a position here is now the time? Also, would you advise selling Ats and switching into PRL with the funds? Ats has been a drag for a long time now in my portfolio .
Q: Do you think now is a good time to buy Visa? Or do you think there is more downside given the recent Supreme Court ruling on the antitrust litigation?
Q: Hi, Further to my comment on BBU/CDK, the media still mention BBU as the owner of CDK. But with the BAM split in 2022, hard to know who owns what.
BN stock has not really moved in the last 5 days compared to BBUC. Might explain why Gordon was not happy on Tuesday.
Q: Using total return over the medium term (3-5 yrs) as your goal what would be your top 3 picks in the Publicly Traded Private Equity sector excluding BN and BX?
Secondly, where would BN and BX rank among your picks?
Thirdly, what %age of a portfolio would you allocate to this sector?
Thank you, Hugh
Q: I hold TD-T in a TFSA with a loss of about 10%. I have read you comment that TD-T is now a hold. But I keep wondering if I should switch to RY-T and expect to make up the loss over time......keen to hear your take.....Tom
Q: What is happening with BBUC. I thought it was supposed to be one of my steady stocks, but it has been a dog. Is it time to pull the plug and move on?
Q: I bought BX pre-pandemic and held on , thinking that its significant investments in real estate would bottom and share price would again climb. That didn’t happen. I have been trimming my holding in BX but still hold a half-position. I stopped reducing, now again thinking that perhaps long-duration assets owned by BX would become more valuable. Do you think this is true? Or, do you think an investor is much better off to deploy cash into KKR or some other private equity? (US companies only).
Kindly give your insightful reasons, skipping the obvious please.
Thank you! :ao: