Investment Q&A

Q: I've got ~$20K coming into my RRSP. What 4-5 companies would 10 years from now me be really happy that current me invested in tomorrow? Not necessarily looking to find the next Shopify (although I wouldn't be upset if I did) but rather strong names that you have the most confidence in over the next 10 years.

Thanks
Harrison

Q: My grandson of 23 is starting his 1st tfsa with $2500 to begin and needs a core holding start. please suggest a stock only and etf only models. Which one or mixed off, would you deploy today.
thanks

Q: I am looking to put 5 stocks into a tfsa and put them in a growth portfolio. Which would be your top 5 for growth

Q: Hi my question is regarding resp’s and best way to contribute. Time frame is 15-20 years. I understand ETF’s offer diversification, however would you at all consider a few slow and steady (conservative) stocks instead. Your top 5 ETF’s and stocks for this scenario please and thank you!

Nick

Q: I own a cross section of the Brookfield companies for a long term play. would you consider them a economy recovery theme?

Doug

Q: Why accounts for BAM's increased interest in Alberta oil and gas over the last two years;ENB gas lines ,TA position and now IPL?Is there a grand strategy?
Regards
Bob Rose

Q: Hello 5i,
Are you able to break down by sector (to the extent this is possible) the holdings of each Berkshire and Bam? Brk.b is listed as finance and Bam as real estate, but I don’t think this tells the whole story.
Would a 10% position in each of these (20% total) be too much for average risk investor?
Tia!

Q: I have all three currently in a taxable account and about to transfer something into a TFSA. Would you have any preference over these three great companies at the moment for that?
thanks

Q: Could I have your comments on Brookfield Infrastructure and Brookfield Renewable and Brookfield Asset Management. I have held Brookfield Renewable for sometime and am happy with the results.

Q: dear team:
i have BPY and bpy.un roughly 15% in my no-registered account which bought at last May. i think it is too risky to keep them and plan to replace them .
pls give me some idea.

appreciate!

Jacky

Q: I am in the process of developing a plan to consolidate my SDRSP portfolio by trimming some stocks and moving more into ETFs. I will keep a small growth portfolio within the SDRSP because I like doing it. Can you comment on the three Brookfield stocks that I have and if two had to go which would you suggest please.

Thanks as again.

Q: I am looking to put my money into 2-5 stocks/Mutual funds.
Investment Horizon is 10 Yrs, i am a high risk taker, looking for High growth.
But, I am not very active in the stockmarket, I want to put my money in 2-5 holdings and then forget about it..... and then sell them after 10-15 years.

Please suggest 2-5 stocks/Mutualfunds etc...
I friend suggested BAM, BRK.B and Mauer Mutual funds.....Please advice

Q: I am a great fan of brookfield companies. I own BEP.un (which I have to trim because it is reaching a totally artificial maximum I go by especially since I also own NPI and AQN) BAM.A and BPY.UN. I plan to sell the BPY.UN (from my RRSP)now because I think even with an offer increase, there is little upside left. I will purchase more BAM.A but I am also considering BIP.UN more or less as a replacement for BPY but it seems to be spiralling down, Thoughts on BIP.UN? (I like the .UN version because I sell covered calls and its hard to do with BIPC)

Q: I was going to add some more BAM on this recent pullback but I noticed that you categorize it as falling within the "financials" sector. I'm already overweight financials so that gave me pause. But it strikes me that BAM is more infrastructure/industrial/real estate, no?

Thanks
Robert

Q: Good morning,
Q1. Your thoughts on FAI ETF as a core holding in a RSP and/or TFSA account would be appreciated.
Q2. I currently hold in my RSP (US$) and TFSA some of the names held in the FAI ETF (AQN/BIP/PKI/BAM/EMA) and would appreciate your thoughts on each of these companies and whether or not it would make better sense in terms of risk and growth potential to simply replace each of these companies with an equivalent purchase of the FAI ETF.
Thank you.

Q: My 40-year-old daughter has $42K in her RRSPs with Scotia Bank. Her advisor put her in two funds. BSN378 and BSN385. One is 45% invested in basically bonds and 40 Canadian stocks. The other is 12.3 % cash and 47 Canadian stocks. The exception is 2% invested in Microsoft. I assume there is a lot of duplication between the two funds investing in the same Canadian Companies. The MER is close to 2%. Apart from this being a travesty - I would like to move her into a self administered RRSP with a mix of a balanced ETF and three other stocks. She is regularly adding more money. She won't be withdrawing money from this account for at least 25 years.

Would you kindly suggest a suitable balanced ETF.

The three stocks I would suggest for a long term hold would be BAM, SHOP and ENB. Could I have your opinion or options please. Deduct as many questions as you see fit.

THANK YOU!
Bryan

Q: Good day,
I have built my daughter's RRSP with your wise direction. She is up 15 to 25% on BAM;EMA;FTS;L;OTEX;RY; BEP and RBF 1030.(My choice) Wonderful. Thank you. We are down in descending order on ENB;CSH;BCE and MFC.

Overweight in Utilities and Financials but okay with that.

Would you add to the latter group? Add any new ones.

Looking forward to Peter on BBN Tuesday.

Long term 25 years+. Many thanks!

Q: Good day,
I hold BEP.UN;BEPC;BBU;CCL.B;ENB;EMA;H;FTS;CTC; and BAM in a non registered account and thanks to you I have done very well following your Q & A and portfolios. I am down 43% in SU; down 23% in CPD; down 16% in IPL and 6% in POW. Would you add to the winners? Add to the temporary losers or ADD new ones. After today, am tempted to add to SU for sure. Have RRIF and TFSA with pretty balanced sectors. Overall, Overweight in Utilities, Financials and okay with that. Many thanks, Paul

Q: All three are smaller weightings in my TFSA (1.5 - 2%). Which two would you add new money to today? Thanks.

Q: I am trying to build a TFSA asset mix and have looked at the top companies in a number of ETFs. I already have investments in Oil & Gas. I would appreciate any suggestions for companies that I can add that would be stable and not high risk as I am 70. I have been mostly looking at dividends and growth companies of Canadian companies due to the tax implications of a TFSA. Thank you.