Investment Q&A

Q: can i get your take on the earnings report for these two companies please. thank you.

Q: Any preference from a value perspective on any of the Brookfield family of companies? Any you think have a more favorable outlook and price?

Q: For an infrastructure play, which would you prefer or do you have other suggestions? I was considering Brookfield Infrastructure as a one-stop shop but I have reservations about the Brazil exposure. Thanks.

Q: I received my shares yesterday, still waiting for cash

Q: Hello 5i,
This is a question more for the membership than for yourselves. This morning Jack mentioned that he had received his disposition from his ECI shares so I thought I would have a look, but we have received nothing yet. Now, we elected to receive the BIP.UN shares as well rather than take all cash, so maybe that makes a difference. Have others received their proceeds yet?
I understand that an interim vehicle will be set up to facilitate the share portion so obviously it might take longer than a pure cash option. Just curious........
Cheers,
Mike

Q: Hi there,

Looking to add an infrastructure co.,to my US portfolio. If you had to buy one today which one would you prefer. My thinking is that Brookfield is more stable, better managed and won't see the dividend surprises that we saw with McQuarrie. However, MIC is significantly cheaper and better value at this time. Looks like undelying assets in both companies seem high quality, diversified? Any help would be appreciated.

Q: Please could you provide the payout ratio for these companies - BEP.UN, BIP.UN, BAM.A, BPY.UN.

Any concerns you see with the current payout ratios?

Please feel free to deduct as many credits.

Thank you so much for your valuable service.

Q: In my husbands lif account we are going to need to replace enercare with safe dividend stocks. Sectors are not important. Current holdings are : A and W, BGI.un, Crius, Gamehost, RNW. Current dividends are greater than the withdrawal. We would be looking to add stocks whose dividends would be reasonable safe in an economic slow down.
How do you feel about the following strategy and please feel free to offer other suggestions or comments:
Bip.un, Bce, Alta gas, Bns-
Either fortis or Aqn
And then something with growth potential such as a corby ( as it has no debt) or transcontinental ?
We are also open to other suggestions.
Thank you.

Q: On Brookfield Infrastructure Partners issue with free or positive cash flow, What is the present cash flow positive (free) or negative? In addition, what was the last three years positive or negative? Also, if you cantell if the future year will be positive or negative cash flow?

Q: How would you rank the above two companies. For dividend and growth. Thanks . Ernie

Q: With ECI being bought out, are there similar companies (in terms of yield and maybe a bit of growth) that I can consider moving the money to?

Q: Hi, I sold Enercare and was wondering how I should replace it.
My portfolio is built with mostly large caps and some titles from your BE and Income portfolios. I am retired and depend partly on dividend. Here is the portfolio breakdown:
Consumer defensive 10,31 %
Energy 13,16 %
Utilities 11,05 %
Telecom 11,56%
Reit 0,76%
Financial 24,38%
Healthcare US 3,53%
Industrial 6,85%
Consumer-non cyclical 0,44%
Consumer cyclical 2,67%
Tech US 4,20%
Diversified 0,42%
Basic materials 1,84%
Fixed income 3,44%
Equity Canada(ETF) 1,80%

CASH 3,59 %
Total 100,00

Q: I have a large position in ECI in a registered fund. Is Brookfield Infrastucture a good replacement for Enercare. I plan to vote in favour of the purchase and take 25% in their stock.

Q: Hi 5i Team:

I have a substantial gain in WSP thanks to your advice. Would you swap it for BIP.UN? WSP currently represents about 2.5% of my portfolio. Is having both a better move and bring my infrastructure holdings up to 5%?
I am a conservative and retired investor. Dividends are good!
Thank you as always,

Dr. T

Q: I would like to get both these stocks up to 5% levels within my portfolio. I'm quite sure you are fine with these two businesses. However, being aware that the Brookfield accounting methods sometimes get negative comments, would owning a total of 10% weighting within the Brookfield family concern you?

Thanks.

Q: I am looking to add BIP as a core long term hold in my USD RRSP account, $39USD seems like a good entry point for half position. Should I be concerned about the recent weakness and sit tight, any thoughts as to why it’s been coming off recently?

Q: For a 8/10 year time period and about $20,000 what 4/5 stocks would you recommend for high dividend and security, including banks and others in order of preference.
Many thanks as always.
Harold

Q: Hi Team,
Given BIP is a Bermuda-based limited partnership with income from many jurisdictions do you know if for tax purposes it would be better placed in an RRSP account vs. a TFSA account (both in US dollars to collect the US dividend).

Thank you.

Michael

Q: What are your top 10 defensive canadian stocks that, in your opinion, will best weather a significant economic downturn and/or market correction.
Thanks

Q: I own both Eci and Bip.un in a registered account.
I am curious how you see the shares of Bip.un reacting to the tender. Will this not be diluting Bip.un shares forcing them lower. Would it be wise to sell and repurchase later or purchase another company you recommend.( please give examples)
Thanks Drew