Investment Q&A

Q: Can you withdraw us$ from rrsp into tfsa without currency change into Can$? Thanks rose

Q: Can you please give me the 2020 Percent increases for the TSX, Dow and Nasdaq. I have searched different sites and I get a variety of answers. Bloomberg results are TSX 5.63, Dow 9.32% and Nasdaq 44.27%. Do you agree with these numbers and if not please set me straight. Thank you.

Q: does the motley fool research make sense

Q: I know you are not big fans of short etf's but what in your opinion are the best un-leveraged managed and unleveraged index short etf's ? Should an investor be concerned if the etf is using derivatives ?

Q: Review your employees
Last year was very revealing because it tested the mettle of everyone, including advisers, investment managers and discount brokers. This makes January 2021 a particularly good time to sit back and assess the investment professionals you work with.

Here are some questions you should think about:

How prompt and effective was the service?
How transparent were they about long-term returns and fees?
Was the investment advice timely and useful?
Are their strengths your weaknesses?
Do I trust them to put my interests first?If the answers to these questions are unsatisfactory, then it’s time for a change. If you’re supposed to hear from your adviser regularly (and are paying fees for it,) but didn’t get a call in the first half of 2020, or the whole year for that matter, then you’ve got grounds for divorce.
Peter; With thanks to Tom Bradley - the above questions could all be answered positively by 5i members. Thanks again- we won't be getting divorced !!
Publish if you wish,
Rod

Q: Hello, I presently have US stocks invested in a Cdn non registered account. Seems to me I am at the mercy of the rate of exchange.
How do I correct this? What do you suggest?
What about US stocks in a TFSA?
Thank you for your time.

Q: Hi,

The last answer on GC wrt holding or selling was "We would suggest keeping this at least into the new year, as a relatively low risk cash proxy. If in a gain position this will also defer taxes a year. "
I had accumulated 2800 shares over the last several years which today equates to $121,800 @ a current stock price of $43.50. A gain of approx. 6% in an RRSP account.
Given the buyout transaction will not officially close until Q2 (when in Q2 I am not sure, do you know the specific date?), at max I can only make another 3.3% (another $1.50/share), ie at buy out price of $45.00 it equates to $126,000, assuming nothing changes wrt another bid. I assume Brookfield will not counter-offer?
If I hold until Q2 and accept the $45/share, this money is basically not working for me for another 3-6 months! Does it not make more sense to sell at the current market price (at a reduced offering price) and purchase some of your more recent top recommendations/suggestions?
This may sound like FOMO but is it not better to have your invested money working for you?

Cheers,
Steve

Q: If a Canadian Cie does most of its business (like AQN,etc..)in the USA,or even a smaller part of its business in the USA ,does this impacts the "tax avantages" on dividends (tax crédit),and if this were the case,is it in proportion of CDN vs US revenues ? Thanks ,I wish you all a wonderful new year

Q: Do you subscribe to the theory that it is good to wait for lockup periods to pass before buying shares in a new public company? I’ve listed a few newer stocks - do you happen to have the lockup period dates for these? Any other notable ones?

Q: I purchased some of these warrants a few weeks ago. They are convertible at $11.50/share.
I can't find if there is an expiration date for conversion anywhere. Do you know if there is and/or when the expiry date is?
While on this subject can you direct me to any public databases that list warrants and convertible debentures?

Q: I would feel remiss to let the year go by without expressing a heartfelt thank you for the service that you provide! Your steady hand and the knowledge that you share has helped us to achieve unbelievable financial returns in this crazy year. All the best in the New Year.

Janet

Q: The TSX total return is now positive for the year. I would like to better understand whether the market breadth for the index is quite narrow, and whether the TSX returns are based on exceptional performance for a few stocks only, such as Shopify.

Are you aware of any site which provides details about how each stock has contributed to the overall return of indexes, such as the TSX? I would like to understand how many (and which) stocks are up, and how many are down, over the last year.

Many thanks for your assistance. Best wishes to you and to your team for a very Happy Holidays and a prosperous New Year!

Q: Purchased Denison Mines about 10 years ago @ $3.62 and have been hopefully awaiting the return of uranium prices since. The stock price was up about 12% today to $.91 after being into the low teens earlier this year.
Would you take the money and invest in something with more potential or
continue to wait for further positive moves in uranium?
My financial consultant suggested the purchase of BMO Auto-Callable
Notes for my RIFF and after a brief review I ok'd the purchase. Subsequently I read an article totally against such an investment. Definitely to late to cancel without substantial costs. However, what are your thoughts on this particular type of investment ( possibly your answer would be of interest to my fellow subscribers)! I should add that I am in my early 80's and have requested minimum risk investment for my riff.

Q: Will I get the dividend if I sell my position on Dec 30, the ex dividend date?
Thanks

Q: Hi, thanks for the work that you do for the average Joe.

I am about 8-10 years from retirement. Earlier this year, when good Cdn blue-chip dividend payers were "on sale", I started creating an income portfolio in my non-registered account. The idea is that these stocks would form the basis of my income in my retirement as I don't have a DB pension.

I am currently in the highest tax bracket so will pay significant taxes on the dividends that I receive until I retire, in 8-10 years.

I also have funds in my TFSA where I focus more on Growth.

Am I too young to start creating a dividend account when I'll be paying significant taxes? Should I instead focus on Growth stocks now, and convert those to dividend paying stocks when I retire?

Or does it really matter that much?

This is a non-urgent question and can wait until the NY.

Thanks
Robert

Q: May I add a small contribution to the momentum discussion..
AS MY OWN OPNIION may not be very relevant, i would like to list below the famous 10 rules of Bob Farrell that have been core how I believe the market (trading or investing) should be regarded

Markets tend to return to the mean over time.
Excesses in one direction will lead to an opposite excess in the other direction.
There are no new eras — excesses are never permanent.
Exponential rising and falling markets usually go further than you think.
The public buys the most at the top and the least at the bottom.
Fear and greed are stronger than long-term resolve.
Markets are strongest when they are broad and weakest when they narrow.
Bear markets have three stages: (1) sharp down, (2) reflexive rebound and (3) a drawn-out fundamental downtrend
When all the experts and forecasts agree, something else is going to happen (this is my favorite).
Bull markets are more fun than bear markets.
And to finish, I also would like to quote one of Charlie Munger best quote:
"It is remarkable how much long term advantage poeple like us (he is probably thinking of Warren Buffet)have gotten by trying to be consistently nt stupid instead of trying to be very intelligent"
All the best to you , your families and also All your members that asked so many interesting questions over the years, they are to be, no doubt, counted as part of the success of your letter
CDJ

Q: I see the request for "top picks" is a question that gets asked a lot, is there a section for most recent top picks? Any chance we could get a filter to filter by most favourited from other 5i users?

thanks for a wonderful 2020, love this site, zero hesitancy when it comes to resubbing. happy holidays!

Q: I have seen the Vector Vest ads on BNN over a period of years. Do you have an opinion on how useful / accurate their system is? Thanks for any opinion you might offer.

Q: Seasons greetings, everyone.

Question: I am trying to get my head around ENGH's eps expectations. Thomson Reuters has ENGH's 2021 consensus estimate at $1.75 with the high being $1.93. Thomson Reuters also has 2022 consensus estimate at $1.83 with the highest estimate being $1.99. However, on Scotia's ENGH report, they have their 2021 estimate at $1.95 and their 2022 eps estimate at $2.37, both higher than what Thomson says is the highest ENGH estimate. Any insight as to this inconsistency?

Also do you think consensus estimates or Scotia's 2021 and 2022 eps estimates will prove to be more accurate?

Lastly, what weighting would you be comfortable with, if you were presently building a position in ENGH?

Thanks.

John

Q: Peter and team: I want to sincerely thank you (!!) for your service--from a long time BNN viewer, avid reader of Peter's published articles, and very, very enriched long time 5i subscriber.

It is difficult to think of how 5i could be meaningfully improved. The responses to subscriber's questions in particular have terrific value when The questions are short and focus on one or a couple stocks, and I read the incredibly well thought out responses with keen interest, and have acted on these responses many many times over the years, profiting handsomely as a result.

I have one small suggestion to some subscribers. My wish would be for those offering criticism of 5i--David's recent remarks on Peter's endorsement of high flying TTD is top of mind-- to refrain from criticism of 5i's picks. If you are unaware, Mr Hodson is one of the very, very best in his field in Canada, full stop. He has made serious money from momentum plays. Your idea that TTD is too expensive is your perception and if Peter is endorsing it currently odds are you will likely be proved wrong, not Peter.

For a very modest annual sum we, the subscribers, have access to his thoughts on securities and the market. If you act accordingly on his recommendations, you will be rewarded over time.

To those who occasionally use the Q&A feature to be critical of research offered by Peter, on behalf of (Im sure) many subscribers, please, we don't want to have to filter through criticism, we want instead, ideally, just short, pointed questions on Peter's opinion regading say, one or two stocks at most.

Finally, those who ask long winded questions, or questions involving a dozen or more stocks, or those subscribers who occasionally angrily vent that a stock that was recommended lost altitude (that is part of the game folks) please consider the hundreds ? thousands? Of us who read these questions daily and are craving quality questions to elicit meaningful responses from Peter along our financial journey. Let's continue to give Peter reasons to continue operating this amazing service and continue personally responding to many of our questions by being reasonable subscribers as many, many of us are.