Investment Q&A

Q: I currently hold all stocks in the Balanced Portfolio. I have a 3% position in CLS, ATD KXS MX NFI SJ SYZ and WCP. ALL THE REST ARE AT A FULL POSITION.

I HAVE TRIMMED DOWN MY HOLDINGS AND NOW IN A POSITION TO MOVE TO A FULL POSITION ON ALL THESE STOCKS. OF THE NAMES MENTIONED WHICH ONES ARE PRIORITY TO TOP UP?

THANKS IN ADVANCE, YOUR SITE IS IMMENSELY HELPFUL.

KC

Q: For someone just building a portfolio, which 12 stocks would you recommend from your portfolios for solid growth, medium to high risk, 1-3 year holds? I currently own only GUD at 6% weighting.

Is it possible to get approximate dates as to when the various stocks were added to your portfolios? Some of the stocks have moved considerably higher (like CCL.B, CSU, KXS, SHOP, etc) so wondering if they are still buys at current prices....

Thanks very much.

Q: My representation of the 5i Balanced Growth portfolio is now sitting with around 6% in cash. I thought there might be an update this month after those sales end-Apr, but I suppose there are no great opportunities.

Is there still an intent to allocate this, making the decision to stay in cash for now, or should that cash be allocated elsewhere outside of the portfolio? For the portion of my investments tracking this portfolio, I would rather not purchase something, then realize I need to sell it to continue to match your allocations.

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Q: Hey 5i, I am looking to top up a couple stocks today. Which ones from your BE & Growth portfolios would be good top-up candidates? Thanks

Q: What are the top 5 in the balanced and growth portfolios to invest right now?

Q: Hello 5i,

In the event of a bear market occurring, please advise what companies in the beport portfolio are considered to be defensive, or more likely to withstand a major share price reduction.

Thanks.

KC

Q: Hi there,

A few weeks ago you had suggested to maybe add XAW to my portfolio (which follows your Balanced Equity Portfolio) for outside Canada exposure. In a portfolio of 100% equities - how much would you recommend being put towards the Balanced Equity Portfolio and XAW?

Thanks!

Q: Hi Peter and Team

I own most of 5I balanced equity portfolio in my RRSP account and the following portfolio managed by Manulife / Standard life for RPP and TFSA.

19- Canadian Bond Index (SLI) 25%
344- Canadian Equity Growth (Connor, Clark & Lunn) 13%
26- Canadian Equity (Jarislowsky Fraser) 14%
49- US Equity - SSGA 14%
25- International Equity (SLI) 14%
11- Real Estate (SLIRE) 10%
677 - Global Absolute Return Strategies (SLI) 10%

I would like your opinion comparing these two portfolios especially in regard of risk, growth prospects, fees, and principle safety .Time horizon 5 to 10 years.
Thanks for your great service

Q: Can you rank the stocks best to worst in your opinion. These are the stock s that are in my Consumer Cyclical (Discretionary) sector. Would you add, swap or remove any of them? My portfolio holdings/thoughts are very similar to your BE Portfolio. Thank you and great job.

Q: Regarding the Balanced Equity Model Portfolio please explain the trade updates.If I sell 1% of PBH and hold 7,000 dollars worth, does this mean I should sell $70 worth? It doesn't make sense.

Q: Hello team 5i !
How important is the relative sector allocation in your different portfolio ?
For example: Technology is 21% in the balanced portfolio vs 7 % in the income.
Financial 13 % in the balanced vs 19 % in the income portfolio.
Do you expect to change eventually those sector representation ? If yes why ?
I am right in assuming that this sector allocation could a determinant factor in performance and volatility relative to Canadian ETF (always high on financial and energy) ?
Keep on the good work ! You're much appreciated !

Q: Hello 5i

My wife and I will retire in 6 years. We plan to take 15/yr out of our RRSP's at full retirement.

After pulling most of our investments from mutual funds we have the following:
- 250k RRSP to invest into non-CDN (most likely ZWE, VUN, EXC, and a few stocks or XAW)
- 100k RRSP Mutual funds in bonds (transfer to ETF's or stocks over time to reduce fees)
- 100k RRSP for CDN investment (VCN or portfolio stocks?)
- 25k for TFSA now + 20k/yr to add to TFSA

We are not sure if purchasing 100k of VCN is the right choice.
Would you recommend 100k into the balanced and/or income portfolio instead, or a combination of VCN and balanced portfolio?

If RRSP funds are allocated to portfolios, which stocks are best suited for an RRSP? We can purchase the remaining stocks through our TFSA (higher growth stocks).

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Thank you for your great service.

Jerry & Debbie

Q: I am just starting a new portfolio and would like to mimic the Beport portfolio. Are all companies currently in the model appropriate to purchase at market price or would you substitute any out for others when starting fresh.

Thanks in advance.

KC

Q: Hi Guys,

I was surprised to see that you sold the entire position of CXI in the balanced portfolio on May 1st, considering I asked April 19th which 5 companies I should start with as I built up the portfolio, and you included CXI in your top picks:

"AIF, PKI, MG, SYZ and CXI look attractive today"

In any event, I understand things can change quickly. Do you think CXI is worth holding still, I'm down 5%.

Also, I'm ready to purchase 5 more names in the portfolio, can you let me know which are looking most attractive today?

Thanks,

Jamie

Q: Currently building the BE portfolio. In Technology, I only own CSU, looking for a second name to add. Which company would you add for diversification? If you think I should add two half positions that would be OK too. Thanks!

Q: Can you list the companies (looking for ~5 or more) in the BE portfolio that you expect would do best in a general market downturn. I understand that there is guesswork involved here but if you were try to overweight stocks in BE that had this characteristic which would you choose? Thanks.

Q: THANK YOU for the sector info on the Portfolios reports-good to have!

Q: I would like to know how I can unprotect the Excel file on the model portfolio. Some cells appear with #### because the number is exceeding the width of the column. I would need the protection password for the file please.
Thank you
Jean

Q: I have emulated the Balanced Equity portfolio as much as possible but the proportions don't max exactly. PBH and KXS are not yet at the 6% level (close) so I did not re-balance. Trust this in line with your thinking.

BTW...April numbers in my three trading accounts are: +1.54, +3.1 and +2.14. And my TFSA, begun in January, 2015, is almost doubled. Thanks for your genius. I tend to think of all three accounts as a single portfolio but iTrade can't combine them.

Q: Could you give a list of 5i's portfolio holdings that you consider provides a significant (partial) substitute for direct U.S. or International investment choices, along with a rough percentage of how much of each holding you feel would qualify for our "non-Canadian" portion ? Many thanks.