Investment Q&A

Q: I am trying to clean up our RIF, TFSA, and cash accounts. I believe that 5i has suggested that capital gain stocks are best in the TFSA. A RIF should not have dividend stocks, they should be in the non registered account.
I want to move in kind BCE from a TFSA account to our non registered account in December. In January I want to move BCE, CN, and RY out of a RIF. This would be the 2021 withdrawal from the RIF. These would be moved in kind from the RIF into the non-registered account. CN would be moved same day to theTFSA in January as a part of the contribution for 2021.

I thought I had sent the same question on Sunday night but I have not had a response yet so I’m assuming that it was lost somewhere. Hopefully I have not confused you and I have given you the picture. My question primarily is your thoughts on the general idea of what I have proposed. The CN stock is being put in to the TFSA because it will be more of a growth stock and the dividend is smaller.

Also where would you suggest a US stock be held? We have one or two growth stocks like SQ, no dividend, that we would like to put into the TFSA. Is that appropriate?

Thanks again for all that 5i does. Much appreciated.
John

Q: Ah! The magic of compound interest. Be warned I did this by my adding machine. What I came up with:
If you contributed the max. amount every year to your TFSA starting Jan.1/09, & made 10% every year, your total contributions of $69,500. magically became $133,029. on Dec. 31/20.
Almost a double! It will be when you put up $6,000. for 2021

Q: I have several under- performing and losing stocks in TFSA and RRIF accounts. Sometimes the loss will be as much as $3000. What is your opinion about selling such stocks and deploying the money into something else, bearing in mind that it solidifies the loss and a tax loss can't be claimed.

Q: All things being equal, which stock would you transfer into a TFSA from a cash account. I will have the room in Jan

Q: Hi guys,

I will be able to move on January 2nd one of the following from my non registered account to my tfsa. (Lspd,gsy&shop)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's to the staff of 5i
Jim

Q: Hi Peter,
I have taken a very small position in NGA.WS using my margin account. I agree the company/warrants are highly risky but I like the 2027 expiry date and that some large investors have put money in. Lion also seems to be making and selling a small number of EVs currently so there is some experience - but certainly it's going to be stretch to scale up. The warrants will either go to zero or pull off a "multi-bagger". I think the warrants should be placed inside my TFSA but I have no contribution room available until 2021. As the value of warrants exceed the $6,000 allowable deposit for 2021 I would need to transfer out 2 or 3 of my CSU shares before the end of the year and then transfer the all the warrants inside the TFSA in the new year as a contribution in kind. Do you think this is a good strategy? Possibly you feel the warrants should be kept inside the Margin account so I could claim the loss! Any thoughts you have would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim

Q: Which do you think makes a better long term TFSA investment?
Thanks

Q: Can you suggest any stocks (non tech) US and/or Canadian, which looks attractive from a capital growth perspective for a TFSA for the long term? Does anything look attractive after tax loss? Thanks. Shyam

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan and team,

There are 8 stocks in my TFSA. REAL is 5% and LSPD also is 5% of the value of my TFSA. Which of the 2 stocks do you think I should buy more of?

A more broader question, is 8 stocks in a TFSA too many? Should I try to amalgamate to 5-6 stocks?

Thanks.

Q: Can I transfer cash from my CAD TFSA to my USD TFSA (same institution) without it being considered a withdrawal and new contribution? Thanks.

Q: If you were to buy any 3 US stocks at today's pricess for long term hold with a focus on growth what would they be.
Thx

Q: I have these stocks in a tfsa. Any you feel could be eliminated and can you recommend an addition or 2? Thank you.

Q: I plan on adding to the following positions within my TFSA. What would be your order of buying?

Q: Which to move from an investment account into a TFSA?
KBL or BAM.A?

John

Q: Which of these is better to move from my investment account to my TFSA? I own both but can only move one (80 BIP.UN or 100 BBU.UN).
John

Q: I have both Canadian and US stocks in my TFSA in separate accounts. Is it a mistake to own US stocks in a TFSA due to potential tax issues? Thnks

Q: I hold US Funds (shares) in my LIF Account.
I will need to deregister a portion next year and wish to transfer to my US TFSA account in US$. I could try doing it in KIND but will probably run into equivalency problems.
If we are allowed to load our TFSA's next year at $6000.00 (if) at what exchange rate do I use for the US vs CDN Dollar not to exceed the maximum permissible.
Thanks

Q: If you had $75k US to deploy in a TFSA, what 5 US stocks would you consider given today's market & recent run up? Investor profile is Growth with a 5 year time horizon.
Thank you!

Q: The above positions are held by my daughter's trade account and I would like to transfer a few into her TFSA. Of these, what order would you do it in, aka rank?.......(For information purposes, she currently holds these US positions in her TFSA...PLTR, ROKU, TTD and VEEV in addition to a diverse group of Cdn positions.)......Please deduct extra credits!!!
........Many thanks for the wonderful advice...Tom

Q: Good afternoon, I'm feeling grouchy about my TFSA today. Quite a few of my holdings are underwater. Tech is the only area that has shown me any growth. I am down 46% on XTC, down 80% on HWO, down 36% on GUD, down 6% on BCI, up 5% on DOL, and down 6% on SIS. I know I can't claim losses but is it time to dump some of these and redeploy. I don't need the cash and can be quite patient and I know my tech weightings are getting high but it seems as though that's where most of my winners are. How high would you let your tech weighting go in a TFSA that is a long term savings vehicle. Thoughts?