Investment Q&A

Q: What are your 5 or 6 top picks in this current market weakness. Long term hold and forget. No specific sectors but preferably large caps. I like dividends but does not have to be a dividend payers. Thank you!

Q: Adding new money into the Income Portfolio- Hello, I am adding new money to the Income Portfolio in my TFSA. Would you suggest/list the top 5is ( 5 investments!!) timely buys at this time, with a time frame of 2-3 years and overall return perspective?
Also, would you consider making this a feature in monthly portfolio reports - like top 2-3 buys? Thanks

Q: I spent some time reading the Offer to Exchange as I was thinking of doing this even before the offer came out. I am trying to reduce my taxable income because of the clawback of OAS and the RoC distributions works for that. However, I noticed that this will be a taxable event, ie it will generate a capital gain or loss on the BN shares that are exchanged. For long time holders with a capital gain it may not be worth doing. I didn't see any mention of the tax consequences in previous questions.

Q: What do you think of the offer to exchange BN shares for Brookfield Reinsurance?
John

Q: Can you tell me of any recent insider buying done by Brookfield Corp.How can I in the future find this myself

Q: Brooke field seems to have found it’s much overdue mojo the last couple of days..what are the reasons? Is this expected to persist? Thanks.

Shyam

Q: Dear 5i
I can't decide on which to buy for a growth stock ,BN or LMN or whether both could be owned . Assume an otherwise balanced portfolio . Would now be the time to buy ?
Thanks
Bill C

Q: What would be the 5 Canadian & 5 US stocks that have the biggest moats at this time? Thanks

Q: Can you please provide 5 mid or large cap stock picks that have dropped recently due to the market downturn and could possibly recover as the next quarter earnings come out or as the interest rate environment peaks. US and/or Cdn stocks.

Q: I understand that BN invests money raised privately. Are these private investors expecting to get a better return on their money compared a BN common shareholder? I'm confused what the fundamental difference is between them. Can you please explain. What happens if the private investor wants their money back? If they withdraw en mass does this create a balance sheet problem?

Q: Hello

Is BN like a Canadian version of BRK.B.

With the major difference BN pays a small dividend and breaks up its assets like BAM.

Would you own both or do you prefer one over the other.

Thank you.

Mike

Q: Hi,

I think there are a few screaming buys out there. Would you list your top five?

BNS is at a silly price would you say? Back up the truck?

Q: What is your top 6 picks regardless if Cad / US based / sectors. Also supply entry price and brief explanation on why you like your picks...Thanks for your help with this.

Q: Dear Peter and team,

Thank you for answering my question earlier about non-correlated assets. Very clear and helpful. For Private equity you had chosen BX as an option (also VXX) and every subscriber knows how much you like BN/BAM :) (I must say that I am tickled by the number of folks in both print and TV media, not just you, are enamored with Mr. Bruce Flatt. A true Bromance!!)

My question is how come not many mention anything about similar European Private equities firms which are publicly traded. Google search yielded CVC capital, EQT, Ardian, Apax...

Which PE firm from the EU would you consider as a reasonable complement for BX/BLK/BAM . Feel free to add any other PE firm that you think has potential.
Many thanks in advance.

Mano

Q: Why does Brookfield spin out subsidiaries rather than keep 100% of their businesses within the parent company like Berkshire? How does the BN approach create greater shareholder value compared to having just one company with all of its bits under one roof?

Q: Assuming I would like to divide recent funds into 4 companies that I can set up as DRIP’s and leave for 20 years what would you recommend. I am diversified otherwise.

Q: I've got 20K to invest in some growth. How do you feel about splitting the funds between these two companies?

Q: Thank you for your answer on stocks and ETF'S for my son's FHSA account that is starting. The answer included mostly US domiciled names/ETF's and we are looking at Canadian names. Could you recommend a combination of Canadian blue chips and ETF's for a 7 year time frame to monthly contribute and compound before needing funds for a home buyer withdrawal
Thank you

Q: Gentlemen;

What 5 core stocks, Canadian or US, would you want to add to today?

Q: Hi Team,
The market has done a good job at punishing growth investors as of late (again). If one is looking for opportunity to add today which of the following is the best buy today (long term horizon). ATS, LMN, SHOP, BN? Perhaps rank the order you would purchase them. Thanks

Shane.