Investment Q&A

Q: I own XEI, ALA, and TOUr but little oil.

I'm hoping to buy base metals and oil in an CDN etf. Do you think this is a good idea and what would you recommend?
I'm hoping to buy base metals and oil in an US etf. Do you think this is a good idea and what would you recommend?

Q: Could you list your current top five Canadian energy names from a capital gain potential

Q: SLB is finally turning green, really green in our holdings. I did trim a bit today and appreciate having your opinion on whether we should buy, sell or hold? Or switch to other names in the same sectors that may have more room to run: Halliburton or Baker Hugues or diversifying the risk in IEZ - an ETF . Thank you!

Q: Hi Peter and Team, I have a small position in PD. It has doubled since December. Does the run up have more room to go? Shall I hold or trim into strength? Appreciate your insight!

Q: What do you think of Brookfield's superior bid for IPL at 4.4% premium to Pembina bid?

Q: I hold both Interpipeline and Pembina. If the PPL takeover of IPL goes through, I will have a bit more PPL than I am comfortable with, and would consider moving a portion to a company in a similar space. Assuming the deal happens, how would you rate the combined PPL/IPL compared to similar alternatives ENB, KEY, TRP. Could you give a rating for each of the 4 on a scale of 1 -10 for desirability as a long term hold in a balanced portfolio. Looking at total return over a 5 - 10 year period. Thanks.

Q: a) Could you please clarify the advantage of owning bep.un vs bepc.
b) Would you recommend adding either to my current holding of aqn/npi/blx?
c) Please list in order of preference
d) Do you think all four would give greater diversity, or would you prefer owning only 2 or 3 of theses companies and if so which ones!
Ed in Montreal

Q: I have been holding IPL for approx 7 years. Needless to say I'm below water even with deal on the table. I was thinking of getting out of IPL and buying ENB.

Thoughts.
thx

Q: Greetings,

I have 4% cash currently and would consider short term opportunities. With a new competing bid IPL is trading below the offer price. Do you see an opportunity here to purchase IPL and hold for the sale and possible counter offer? Or is the difference more related to the half cash half PPL stock offer which will be more volitile? Hence risk. I appreciate your insite.

Cheers!

Q: I realize it is early in the acquisition, but would you be able to highlight the move, and give us your thoughts on the new, and hopefully improved PPL with the addition of IPL and the amount of debt they are taking on. Thanks

Q: If you owned IPL today would you:
1. Sell the stock with today's news
2. Accept the PPL stock (if the deal goes through)
3. Wait and see if Brookfield offers more
Thanks!

Q: Is the purchase of IPL by PPL a taxable event? Thanks. cheers

Q: what happens to ipl shares after the deal is done?

Q: Hello 5i,

We are considering moving our ENB position into two other stocks, CNQ and EPD.
1. Is CNQ considered to be a safer haven than ENB at this time with higher 3-year upside?
2. Would you recommend EPD over ENB now and for the next 3-years?

Cheers,
Debbie and Jerry

Q: Which would be your 3-4 favorite Canadian energy stocks in order for growth in the short to medium term.
Thank you.
PB

Q: I am considering purchasing BEP-UN. I already own AQN and BIP-UN. I have noticed that most of these renewable stocks have pulled back somewhat and I’m wondering if this would be a good time to pick up a renewable stock such as BEP-UN. what are your thoughts? Do you think that there might be one or two other better choices for renewables? Also this is for a TFSA so should I consider BEP instead?
Thank you for your always appreciated wisdom.
John

Q: What would your 3-4 favorite energy stocks be for growth and income.
Thank you
PB

Q: If Line 3 was court-ordered to be shut down, what would the likelihood be that ENB would cut some of the dividend?
Thanks!
Paul K

Q: I have held Enbridge for 10 plus years and done quite well with it
Given all the headwinds they are facing I'd be interested in your thoughts on continuing to hold
it.

Q: I currently own Eric's Mutual Fund (NPP314) and am considering switching to his ETF (NNRG). Just to understand the tracking differences, I monitored the daily movements on 3 days...May 26-28-31 (small sample, I know).
May 26 => NNRG = 0.91% vs NPP314 = 1.68%
May 28 => 1.70% vs 1.90%
May 31 => 4.93% vs 3.71%
Total all 3 days => 7.54% vs 7.29%

Can you please provide your understanding of the daily differences?
Also, is the May 31 difference, due to month-end adjustments?
The totals seems to make sense, due to the different MERs...agree?

Do you still agree it makes sense to move to NNRG (I can't find much information on the ETF in their website (or through RBC), except it is in their drop down box for options to buy, on the Ninepoint website. To me this implies that the holdings are identical)? There is only $1.1 Million in NNRG...is this an issue to be concerned about?

Thanks for your help...Steve