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Q: Hello 5i
We have 1.7 million in our invest accounts
500 thousand in rrsp
450 thousand in bonds and cash
The balance in 37 companies and 2 etf in a non register account
In a previous question you answer that
20 companies is about about the right number
Should We be reducing the number of companies we own
Thanks for the help
Read Answer Asked by Sam on July 06, 2021
Q: Greetings 5i.

I would like your view on the following. Would you prefer to buy a basket of power utilities (FTS/H/AQN etc) to create a hybrid ETF for sector exposure? (if so, can you provide a list of your favorites?) Or is it worth the mer to buy an ETF that has most of them embedded within? In which case, which ETF would you recommend?

Many thanks for your help.
Read Answer Asked by Arthur on July 06, 2021
Q: How would you characterize and rank the respective valuations and growth potentials for these 4 companies? Other suggestions for growth and diversification in an otherwise pipeline, bank, insurance company and telecomm-heavy retirement portfolio?
Read Answer Asked by David on July 06, 2021
Q: I am overweight in the financial sector and own FSZ(under water) TD and SLF. I also own some ETFs that bring this to an overweight position. If I were to sell FSZ this would bring my weight to what it should be. My question is should I sell all FSZ since it is underwater and cut the loss or take some profit off TD and SLF and keep FSZ? These stocks are in a RRSP account.
Read Answer Asked on July 06, 2021
Q: I invested in SWKS in tax-deferred account for potential gain in 5G (and perhaps 6G in future). I have two concerns: (1) AAPL accounts for a whopping 56% of SWKS revenues (according to Barrons recently). AAPL has the intellectual and financial resources to develop its own chips and thus be less of a hostage. (2) The second concern : SWKS seems to be overvalued now assuming I have the following correct: PEG sky high at 7.8 (ROE healthy at 28). I have been trimming reluctantly but just read in the Q & A that really like SWKS.

Would you agree with my concerns? If they are reasonably well founded, would you now withdraw much of your affection for this business... OR would you take the risk and keep loving her anyway?
Read Answer Asked by Adam on July 06, 2021
Q: I am interested in learning about what investments a company may hold (eg. Facebook - where have they invested? Their 10-K for December 2020 says they held 6,234 million in Equity Investments. This is a huge increase over the past two years, based on the Cashflow statements. It appeared to be an investment in Jio Platforms, per Note 5 of the financials. If I wanted to find out what other securities they held, is there somewhere else I can look, or does the 10-K provide all I could hope to find? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Brad on July 06, 2021
Q: The fixed income portion of our portfolio includes XBB@15% and ZIC at 6%. Portfolio analytics is suggesting fixed income assets @40%. I am not keen on adding more bonds and would be comfortable at 30% in FI. Can you suggest 1-2 alternatives for someone entering retirement?

Read Answer Asked by Rosemin on July 06, 2021
Q: Relative to payment methods for the purchase of goods, bank sponsored debit and credit cards employ intermediaries such as VISA or Master Card.
This appears to be increasingly disrupted by tech companies that are not financial companies themselves, however I understand, have a bank in the background.
My question is: If I own VISA should I also consider owning PAYPAL or other to take advantage of the tech side of things thus giving my self a barbell approach? This is not a question on VISA or PAYPAL but on the benefits of investing in the new entities that seem to be appearing in the financial payment system.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by DAVID on July 06, 2021
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