Investment Q&A

Q: 5i

I am 75 years old and have $30,000 DOLLARS of cash in both my TFSA and my wife's TFSA. Regardless of sector weighting how would you invest the funds. Great service you provide for both the educated and less educated investors.

W

Q: Hi

I have 25000 investable cash for my tfsa acct, can you recommend 3 stocks I can pick for a long term(5years)hold.

Thanks.

Q: I just saw my daughter's TFSA and she is down 31%, with the above stocks well in the negative. The only positive stocks were the 3 we recommended to her from 5-I; CGX, PHO and SIS! Would you recommend selling these stocks and moving on? If so, any suggestions would be welcome. She has a cash balance in the account of 9,000.00 and she is down around 11,500.00 at the moment. Thanks for any help you can provide. We have been very pleased with our progress since we joined 5-I! Lesley

Q: Just wanted to say that successor holder for TFSA can only be spouse otherwise has to be beneficiary. Beneficiary will get the money whereas successor holder can merge the TFSA market value into their own TFSA.

Thanks for all your work.

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Q: If I may add my two cents worth to the question from Valdis re RRSP or RFSA, another advantage for the TFSA is estate concerns. When a person passes on, should there be say, $100,000 in an RRSP or RRIF, that RRSP or RRIF will be added to the final net income and therefore, attract a huge bill from the tax man. On the other hand, the TFSA will be passed on to the heirs tax free. In this situation, an individual is better off to convert as much as possible from his/her RRSP/RRIF to the TFSA, depending on the current income tax situation (take every opportunity to do so). The TSFA is, of course, paid with tax paid dollars whereas the RRSP pre-tax dollars.

5i Research Answer:
Good point; thank you. It is best to name a successor holder to facilitate the tax free transfer. Otherwise, income generated post death may be taxable.

Q: If I may add my two cents worth to the question from Valdis re RRSP or RFSA, another advantage for the TFSA is estate concerns. When a person passes on, should there be say, $100,000 in an RRSP or RRIF, that RRSP or RRIF will be added to the final net income and therefore, attract a huge bill from the tax man. On the other hand, the TFSA will be passed on to the heirs tax free. In this situation, an individual is better off to convert as much as possible from his/her RRSP/RRIF to the TFSA, depending on the current income tax situation (take every opportunity to do so). The TSFA is, of course, paid with tax paid dollars whereas the RRSP pre-tax dollars.

Q: Advisable to put RDSP and TFSA in low-cost ETFs ?

Q: I was looking @ holding growth w/o dividend stocks in USD in my TFSA. Are there any disadvantages if you remain under foreign threshold for US taxes?

Q: I am designing my portfolio more and more towards steady and reliable blue chip names. I would like to have your opinonion on what blue chip stocks ands or etf's would be good to hold in a TFSA. I have quite a good profit in New Flyer and Savaria in my TFSA, and although tempted to keep them thought i might trim them and begin filling the tfsa with the afore mentionned type of stocks.
thanks

Q: If a Canadian who has lived in the U.S. for the last 10 years moves back to Canada, and wants to start a TFSA, what would his contribution limit be.

Q: Let's say I contributed $51K into my TFSA, and my portfolio grew to $100K. If I decided to liquidate my portfolio and withdraw all of the cash from my TFSA in December, how much can I contribute back to my TFSA in January? Would it be the new year's contribution limit plus the $100K that I took out?

Q: Hi,
I'm young and have good income, good risk tolerance and no need to withdrawal any of my investment dollars anytime soon. I'm looking for long term growth mostly. Currently I hold the listed stocks, do you see any names that jump out as really bad/ should sell? Is anything really lacking and maybe should be added? Right now everything is held in a tfsa.

Thanks!
Dave

Q: My son is diligently saving to purchase a house and currently is taking advantage of the benefits of a TFSA. I have mentioned that he should also consider opening an RRSP to take advantage of their home buyers plan. He can contribute an extra $15k and get an additional 35% tax refund. He has about a 4-5 year time horizon before he needs the money. Is this sound advice? Can you recommend what stocks he should consider?
Thank you

Q: Looking for growth in my TFSA among REIT'S. How would you rate this foursome.

Q: Hi,
I remain somewhat confused about which account it's best to hold Dividend paying stocks in. I've noticed some responses where you indicate it's best to hold the dividend payers in non registered accounts and higher growth stocks (capital gainers) in a registered TFSA or RRSP account.
For whatever reason, I assumed the opposite as I thought receiving dividends was more along the lines of receiving income (i.e.- cash) so it would be best to put these into your registered accounts to lower the tax bill.
So, in my situation, as I receive approx 60k in annual pension income- am I better to put the dividend payers into the registered or non registered accounts to keep the tax bill as low as possible.
Thank you.

Q: Hi5I
We are giving our 3 grandchildren $5000.00 each, so they can each open a TFSA account. Our intention is to give them the same amount for the following three years.
Considering the size of the deposit, and the fees for the accounts, your recommendation on where to open the accounts and what to buy inside the accounts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks MJ

Q: I am confused. The 30 day rule for buying a stock you sold only applies to a cash or margin account and only applies to losses not gains on that stock. The 30 day rule doesn't apply in an RRSP, RIF or TFSA account. Is this true? Thanks.

Q: What 5 stocks would be your top picks to place in a TFSA for 2017?

Shirley

Q: CSH has dividends in something called CAPITAL DIVIDENDS. As I understand it, these dividends are not taxable. Does this mean the cost base goes down by this amount, or what? In a related question, is it best to hold CSH in an RSP (where I currently have my units) or in a taxable account. Should I sell CSH in the RSP and buy it back in the taxable account, adding something else into the RSP?

Q: I currently have ZQQ at a 5% weighting in most of my portfolios and I am considering replacing it with one or two US tech companies. My tech exposure in each portfolio is approximately 20% and I want to maintain that percentage. I have income tax consequences in most portfolios; taking this is account what stocks would you consider to have higher return potential than ZQQ over 5 to 10 years.

Q: I am starting a TFSA for my wife, who is 5 years from retirement with an adequate pension. The stocks in question will be of equal weight. Your opinion on selection or other suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks