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Q: For a conservative income account, which of these two equities do you favor? Is there an alternative in the residential category you would prefer? Thank you, Barrie
Read Answer Asked by Barrie on May 26, 2016
Q: I have a small position in SRU.UN and it has done very well. I noted your comment about valuation. I was looking at TMC as the stock I would switch to. I would certainly like the divvy uptick. Could you flesh out TMC's prospects a bit more and tell me what you think of this move? If you have an idea for a better trade please mention that.

TIA
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on May 25, 2016
Q: I read with interest your recent article in the Post and was intrigued by the comment that research shows 90% of portfolio returns come from sector allocation - if a person wanted to take advantage of that, in a simple, easy to manage and inexpensive way (ignoring taxes for the moment) what would be your view be on an approach where one's equity component of their portfolio consisted entirely of a number of ETF's with each one of the ETF's focused on a particular sector, with a periodic (say quarterly) rebalancing? What specific ETF's would you suggest for such a portfolio? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by RICHARD on May 20, 2016
Q: Sent a question yesterday so if it is still in the queue, please ignore this.January 2016 you considered MIC to be 'an attractive stock for long term investors willing to go against the current market craziness.' The delinquencies 12% in Alberta in January would likely be growing with the Ft. McMurray fires and Saskatchewan industry being hit also. Should I continue to hold for the dividend?
Read Answer Asked by Gayle on May 19, 2016
Q: Hello 5i team.

I appreciate your answer a day ago which gives me a good understanding of the income from REITS in general.

As my questions stemmed from a specific interest in CAR.UN, am I to assume that your answers apply to CAR.UN? Do you wish to provide specific answers to my questions as these relate to CAR.UN.?

Can 5i inform which of the few REITs would be providing income that meets the qualification for eligible dividends?

Thank you,

SGR
Read Answer Asked by SG on May 13, 2016
Q: Your income portfolio shows this REIT to have a yield of 5.5%. Not bad in today's low interest rate environment. It seems that reits are trading at historically low yields. How high do you think the yield on ZRE or reits in general wowuld go if interest rates eventually normalize? For bonds, I would simply use the duration to calculate the price risk, but reits do not have a fixed term, even though they are ofter referred to as "bond proxies". Can you provide some insight into how high reit yields could go if interest rates were to normalize?
I really appreciate your work.
Thanks,
Read Answer Asked by Hans on May 13, 2016
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