Investment Q&A

Q: Me, want to share this zinger that made me chuckle like hahaaaa.....BNN attributes it to Lorne Steinberg​ that I understand is a "value portfolio manager"
here is Lorne's "elbow" at investment analysts - If investment analysts were meteorologists, rain would never be in the forecast.​

Q: I will soon start to withdraw from my RRSP and I am looking for tax saving ideas. I don’t like the idea that if I was hit by a bus tomorrow (aside from negative outcome for me) that my RRSP would be taxed at 53.53% and my dependents would be left with less than my hard-earned savings. I need your advice and yes I will look both ways before crossing the street. I recently listened to an audio by Allan Schieman where he suggests flow-through shares as a tax saving option. It seems like an interesting idea with some risk. I searched and found a Maple Leaf Fund managed by Craig Porter in BC. I suspect there are many pitfalls here, and I seek your advice and input on two questions i.e, 1. are there any reasonable/recommended flow-through share investment vehicles to help save taxes and 2. How else can I reduce RRSP withdrawal taxes? Please deduct as many questions you see fit. Thanks for your valuable advice.

Q: Where can one obtain a chart of the margin levels on the TSX as is available on the US exchanges? Tx.

Q: I realize that markets can be somewhat unpredictable at best sometimes but I see some commentators who say that fall through to spring is a good period for some commodities per se. I try not to invest or trade based on these notions but rather on the merits of a company and 5I advice. However I noted once that 5I had a comment that August/September seemed to be a good period for technology stocks. Does this seem to be a general trend
Thank You for Your great service
Clarence

Q: This question is about trimming a position when overweight relative to the portfolio.
Previously, I monitored the weighting for a specific position depending on which of each of the 4 portfolios it was in -  Cdn Balanced, US Balanced, Cdn Income and Cdn Growth.
But then I signed up for Portfolio Analytics.
Taking WSP as an example, it is about 8% in the Cdn Balanced portfolio. But well under in the one, all inclusive portfolio, like less than 5%.
Going forward, do I continue to trim based on the weighting within each of the 4 separate portfolios or based on the one all inclusive portfolio, aka the Portfolio Analysis one???
Thanks for settling this quandary of mine........Tom

Q: Does anyone know why he & Fast Money, etc are NOT on CNBC CH # 79 in Toronto as of yesterday?

Thanks!

Q: Peter,

What have you heard about the Money Show in Toronto this fall. Are you participating.

Thanks
Paul

Q: A general Question. When the after hours trading numbers and percentages of US traded securities have stopped am I then looking at the opening price the next morning? If not what is the significance of the numbers? Thanks! John

Q: Thoughts/preferences regarding these stocks?
Thanks...

Q: Good Morning Peter, Ryan, and 5i Team.
My question is regarding position weightings. I have trimmed TFII once since I have owned it but it continues to run and now represents about 8% of the account it is in. (Thank you so much for the original recommendation) I have owned CSU since $88 (Thanks again) and trimmed it along the way as well. After the last time I trimmed CSU I vowed to never trim it again unless Mark Leonard sells out or the wheels really fall off. How do you approach position weightings when the trend is your friend ? Thank you for your ongoing help. DL

Q: Can you please tell me the best book to read to learn about Japanese candles. Thank you. Bob

Q: There is an article in today's Financial Post "Top five investor worries and 10 ways to solve them.
I did not see the 10 ways to solve them, am I missing something?
Thank you for all that you do.

Q: Hello 5i,
Not a question, merely a comment.
I have had some trouble this morning logging in to both Globeinvestor and RBC. All of my other websites and bookmarks are fine. I get a DNS Failure message even though I have tried accessing these with three different browsers.
As a result, I have posted a new thread in the Forums under Trading entitled Financial Website Alerts with the goal NOT to complain, but merely to share any kind of on-line access problems folks might have with any financial websites so that others will have a sense if the issue is localized or broad-based and any information the members have can be shared.
I hope it proves helpful.
Cheers,
Mike

Q: Now that Wealthsimple is offering Fractional Share purchases does it make sense to buy the Faang?

Thanks!

Q: Hello. I am looking to add a name or two that has been weaker over the last month or so that offers some good value and above average prospects. Could you please suggest a couple names in both US & Canada that look interesting here? PS I have enuff financial exposure currently too. Thank you

Q: Could you explain to me the difference profitability and positive cash flow and if possible could you give me an example thank you

Q: Big drop in the market today. Is this a correction or are there bigger issues. Thanks. Ernie

Q: This question is about first things first. I would like to add to ATZ which I'm underweight but am already overweight Consumer Discretionary. At the same time, I am underweight Health Care and could add to this sector. Now for the lead up to the question - If the first principle is tp focus on the portfolio, then I should go with the health care stock rather than ATZ. Is that right?!.....What a quandary, eh?!......Tom

Q: Hi team
do you have a website or link to list
the monthly (listed from the 1st to the last of month in chronological order) dividends of Canadian stocks from Jan to end of December every month of the year?

thanks

Michael

Q: Hi !

I am interested in buying brk.b. Would you please tell me the cheapest way to do so. I have a TD trading account. I want to minimize currency conversion losses.