Investment Q&A

Q: Hello 5i,
Let me say first of all that I thank you for venturing out beyond simply stock analysis and providing many of us with answers and advice to broader financial questions. This may not even be in your mandate. But, it is certainly appreciated.
Following the good words is such a question:). I have always loved making what looks like free money on dividends. But, I have been wondering lately whether I might be better off moving to a capital gains strategy, instead. I am only at the beginning of this inquiry and wondered whether you might be able to steer me in the right direction.

I have been looking at swap based etf's as one possible way of doing this. Would this be the best way? what recommendations might you make?
I also don't know quite know where to start in determining whether this would be a better strategy for me. I am wondering if in your portfolio review whether you would from time to time, look at the tax consequences, as well as the asset allocaton?

thanks as always

Q: Yesterday’s question regarding short interest for Tsgi, what is the website for short interest?
Thanks always

Q: Further to your comments in the recent Member update regarding The Canadian Market outlook , would it be possible to indicate on the 3 Portfolio Holdings charts, those companies which have a worthwhile (whatever you might determine that is) international exposure. Perhaps, that could also be shown on the covered stocks summary charts that are not included in any of the Portfolios ?
Many thanks .

Q: I am considering borrowing to invest in these two companies to take advantage of a rise in the oil price,if it ever happens.Perhaps SU or CNQ would be safer choices.What do you think?

Q: Hi team,
Do you think there will be a rotation from "growth" to "value"?

Could I have three value names you like(CA or US)
Thank you!

Q: I am a subscriber to the ETF and Mutual Fund Update website, although so far I haven't used it that much. One of my issues with that service is that it seems designed for reading each and every monthly issue to get the most from it. However, it would be useful if I could just somehow search on particular etf's or etf types to see what has been written on such searches in past issues. Is there a tool for that that I am missing? Or is that something that might be added in the future? Thanks.

Q: Please tell me the advantages and disadvantages between holding gold , for example mapleleaves, bought through a broker and buying a gold ETF.

Thanks

Q: this question is about tax loss selling. Close to 30 days ago I bought a company in my RIF for the equivalent in a taxable account. The plan was to sell the company in the taxable account in 30 days and keep it in the RIF. Well, I forgot about this and bought it again in the taxable account today. I don't think this will affect my selling it in the next week or so for a tax loss? but, I wanted to check to make sure.

Second bonus question with applicable credits deducted: We have a fairly large RIF and thus have most of our US holdings in it. I was wondering if there are any downsides to holding most of our fixed income in the RIF in US dollars? The only downside that I can think of is that the American econonomy is so much bigger than ours that it may be a better place to invest in stocks.
thanks as always

Q: For self-admin a/c's TD now offers clients do their own sec. tfr.'s between US & CDN ac.'s. Makes foreign exchange tfr.s or to get div.'s in the right a/c
a very simple procedure.

Q: What’s your opinion on safety of $20,000 investment in GICwith large Credit Union? Would you rather invest with TD, RBC or other large bank due to insurance on deposits under $100,000? Thank you.

Q: I sold my entire portfolio on 21.Dec.2018 .
Currently I m siting on a cash CAD$ 550 K . My entire portfolio was 65% CAD. stocks from your B.P. (7 stocks) and 35% US stocks (6 stocks).
I have not invested in materials ,energy & healthcare.
I had good growth with my selection in portfolio and now I want to start to buy back all my previous selection from my portfolio.
My question is this the time to start buying or should I wait for end of February after all reports and predictions are done .
What about 65/35% (CAD/US) stocks ratio in my portfolio I am thinking of changing to 50/50 (CAD/US),dos it make sens in going down Canadian economy predictions to buy more US stocks.
Thanks Andrew

Q: For question re Nest Wealth - episode 32 of the "Fintech Impact" podcast is an interview with Randy Cass, founder of Nest Wealth and may be useful.

Q: Wondering if some of the members here have experiences they can share about Nest Wealth at Work, as my employer is considering this for our RRSP plan?

Thanks.

Q: I have a question about a Canadian Heat map for stocks like the excellent Finviz.com
The two that I've found ...
http://www.watchstockprices.com/tsx/
http://www.digitallook.com/dlmedia/investing/visual_tools/heat_maps?&username=&ac=&country_id=25
... are not visual or user friendly like Finviz.com. Can you recommend one?

Q: I learned from TD Waterhouse that Enghouse did a 2 for 1 stock split in December. I discovered it when I saw, what I thought, was a drastic fall in the share value to $37. My question is: should I not have received some sort of advise about the stock split from the Company?? To my knowledge I did no receive any such advice. And, also can you give me some background about the split?? Thanks

Q: After 7 years of being a member of 5i I just want to say thank you. With your assistance my wife and I are in a position that we can retire and live off our dividends. We have reached a level that our retirement income will surpass our working income, without touching the principle. We have always saved but 5i, let us put it all together.
To think we started off 40 years ago with just $40.00.
Great Service
Sincerely

Mike

Q: How do Preferred shares typically respond to changes in interest rates?

Q: I’m not sure if this is in your mandate, but here goes : If a Canadian retail investor ( accredited) is looking to invest in some ‘ alternative strategies’ , where would you point them? Thanks

Q: I'm using XIU puts for my CAD portfolio and spy puts for my US portfolio, whenever i feel there is a market risk.
A few weeks ago one of the 5i questions was about XIU short selling for down risk protection.
My US portfolio is $290k. I'm interested in providing protection for70% of my portfolio for the next 6months. I would appreciate your opinion of how you would use the SPY short selling for that.one of the problems that i see is that you tie up too much margin and i use it when i buy risky equities ( like NLY).

Best Regards

Frank

Q: I receive emails from Contrarian Outlook on a regular basis and read them with interest. This week they’ve offered 8 high yielding US dividend/ income funds with potential upside. Are you familiar with this organization at all? Do you think their picks are valid? Examples: PDI, EOS, CSQ, EVT... I’m not looking for analysis of each fund but rather if you have a general opinion of this firm.

Thanks