Investment Q&A

Q: Your opinion as I am considering a purchase for my RRIF? Thank you Jack.

Q: I am overweight in real estate and currently hold both HR.UN and BPY.UN. If I were to reduce my holdings, do you have a preference for holding one over the other (or go equal weight)?

With the current market volatility, would it be better to wait before rebalancing.

Your thoughts please.

Thanks for the great Service.

Stephen

Q: I would like to add a second real estate position for an income portfolio. Currently, I hold CSH.UN which is earmarked to the Health Care sector and BPY.UN, allocated to the real estate sector. Please provide a one or two real estate companies that would compliment/balance with BPY.UN......that will be held for the long term.
......Thanks.....Tom

Q: Should You Buy RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:REI.UN) or Brookfield Property Partners (TSX:BPY.UN) Today for long income?

Q: I would like your comments on the Brookfield group of companies. You have BEP.UN in your income account. How would you rank these. I am a retired 77 year old interested in a conservative dividend generating portfolio. Have have BEP.UN and BPY.UN in my portfolio.

Thank you.

Q: Hi 5i Team,

I hold about 5% in each of these companies, with the rest in indices (XAW, VCN) and cash. Do you have any recommendations for other companies I should be looking at to diversify? Thanks for the help!

Q: From your previous advice to other members, I am aware that these securities are best held in RRSP/RIF accounts for tax purposes. My question is whether the same advice applies to each company/partnership for their Canadian dollar preference shares? Are the dividends impacted by withholding taxes and are the shares eligible for the Canadian dividend tax credit.

Thanks

Q: Company has announced a re-purchase program using a "modified Dutch auction". As I understand it, unit holders must "opt-in" to the program to participate. Please discuss the offer, the process, and provide thoughts on whether unit holders should tender units for sale. Thank you.

IslandJohn

Q: Hi Peter and Staff
You have been generally positive on BPY.UN -when it got down near $20 I averaged down and with the price jump have been feeling good about that - I have looked at scotia’s recent analysis of the most recent quarter . I own a lot of different REITS and it is the only one they show with an AFFO payout ratio of over 100% up to and including 2020- I know you can calculate things differently but assuming they use the same metrics on all REITS this is the worst one? Comments and analysis are appreciated
Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Hello -
I currently own BIP.UN, BEP.UN and BPY.UN in a CAD RRSP account. These three stocks pay dividends in USD. I do already have a USD RRSP account that holds American stocks. Would it make sense to move these three Brookfields to the USD account to avoid the exchange conversion fee when I receive quarterly dividends? I don't believe there is any issue in holding Canadian stocks in a U.S. account.

Thanks.

Q: I like the distribution, but this company's stock price peaked in 2015 and appears to have been going downhill ever since. It is up strongly so far this year but is there some catalyst which suggests a break from the recent past, or is it likely to continue to head downward?

Q: Am I correct in assuming that BPY-N's dividend will also be received by BPY.un holders? Thanks

Q: I note this is a partnership with head office in Bermuda. Questions:

1 Is there with holding tax

2 Where best to hold the units:
TFSA
RRPS
Non-registered acct?

Q: Your thoughts on this company for USD income?
Thanks Bob

Q: Which of these two would be best for my RSP account for DIV, safety and some growth? Are they both at a discount to NAV?

Q: Thanks for your service! Can you comment on the above? Income and growth. Also, could you give me your top 5 income primarily, growth secondarily.
Please deduct appropriate amount of credits.
Regards.

Q: I'm looking to add another dividend name with some opportunity for capital appreciation. What would be your preference between BPY and BAM?

Q: Has BAM, BPY or any of the other Brookfield subsidiaries ever cut their dividend in their history? BPY and BEP are getting close to an 8% yield and I'm wondering a cut could be considered if it went much higher.

Thanks!

Q: I have a cash account, with both Canadian and US dollars, for tax purposes should I buy BPY.UN or BPY: US?
Happy New Year
Cec

Q: Hello -
There are two recent articles on Seeking Alpha regarding each of BEP.UN and BPY.UN by the same respected contributor.

Although I wouldn't expect you to necessarily read the whole articles, do you generally agree with their bullet points?

Three other points within the articles that jump out at me for both are:
- long runway / future growth - BEP.UN (good),
- good current valuation - BPY.UN (good)
- large amount of debt - Both (not so good).

He states however that much of the debt for both is non-recourse which he claims is less concerning. Would you agree with that statement -especially if we were to run into some sort of global debt crisis?

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4228344-brookfield-renewable-partners-king-global-green-energy?ifp=0

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4227404-brookfield-property-partners-berkshire-real-estate?ifp=0

Thanks.