Investment Q&A

Q: Hello 5i:
looking for "best" ideas for an income stock or stocks, to stay away from bonds. Growth is not a factor; I'm looking for real stability, both of price and dividend. I hold some ET, AD and could add to them. Have no preferreds and have thought about this space. Your take and ideas please
thanks
Paul L

Q: Held BCE for several years & the 4%+ Div. However, it's now down about 10% this year & notwithstanding their size, they have many internal problems & much more competition each year. Would appreciate 1-2 alternatives.
Thank you.

Q: Between CNR and CP, which one do you recommend today and going forward in the Trump era, and reasons as to your preference.
Does it make sense to own both Telus and BCE?
Thank you,

Q: Could you please provide me with some names of the best "Dividend Paying" stocks for a non registered account. Thanks Valter

Q: A member question regarding "Forever" stocks prompted me to backtest to 1999 a 30 stock portfolio (20 Canadian, 10 USA) that, even then, probably looked like "Forevers". I used the Globe Investor Gold service for this purpose.

This "Forever Portfolio" started at $1.3M and today is worth $10.2M - not a bad endorsement of buy and hold.

2 Questions:
1. I could not find stock symbols for a number of companies, such as Apple, Google, CP
or Constellation Software and Cineplex. Can you recommend a source that could help
in this regard?

2. A few companies seemed to have surprisingly low total returns over this 17 year period - namely BCE flat; FFH -10%; AT&T -2%; KO-N 22%; GE -8%, and VZ-N -8%.
Does this seem reasonable to you or might there be glitch in the system that produced inaccurate total results for these stocks.

Thank you for your help here.

Q: Between BCE and T, which would be your pick for growth and income, in that order? If I added CGX to the mix (recognizing it is in a different sector), where would it fit in with the other two? Please also include some rationale for your answer.
Thank-you

Q: please give me your comment on BCE inc any reason for the weakness in the last few days

Q: Is it a good time to buy above stocks for RRSP?I appreciate your order of preference.Thank you.Ebrahim

Q: Hi Peter,
Reits, Telecoms and Utilities have not been participating in the market rallies for a while now. Just wondering when you think that the yields on these types of stocks will start to hold up the stock prices. (a few of mine are starting to get come nice yields on them now.

Thank you,
Charlie

Q: Greetings Peter et all,
I am in need of your astute assistance.
Scenario:
A 58 year old with failing health. (10-15 years?)
With approx 600K to deploy...I require approx 4K tax free from dividend and stock appreciation to maintain a life.
Need appropriately safe investments to achieve above.

Small, safe, manageable, tax friendly.

Two example vehicles would be very much appreciated thank-you

Be well my friends

Q: I also need to increase my telcom exposure. what do you you suggest between these three: BCE, T and IYZ-N?

Q: In an Investment Brief from ARC they outline their concerns regarding BCE and its' payout ratio. Specifically they feel that if the Special Annual Pension Contribution and M+A expenses were deducted from Free Cash Flow then the payout ratio would be in the 84%-88% range (rather than the stated 69%-72% range). This may limit the ability to continue to grow dividends.

Should this be something to be concerned about? It is currently about a 2.5% weighting in my portfolio. If I were to exit BCE, either partially or completely, would Telus be the only real alternative in the space?

Thanks for your wonderful service.

Q: I am up 17% on BCE.

Would it make sense to sell some BCE stock to buy Telus thus diversifying risk & growth opportunity between two companies?

Would this same logic apply to say Enbridge & Fortis?

Q: Which of these two would be your current pick for a long term hold? (Looking at both growth and income.)

Thanks for your great service!

Q: Hello,

The following 5 companies are on my buy list to complete my portfolio:

PBH
TOY
NFI
BCE
CAR.UN

I have room for two in my TFSA, two in my non-registered and one in my RRSP. How should I divide the above 5 stocks into these accounts?

My plan is to buy on pullbacks. But I'm thinking about buying CAR.UN now because it has already pulled back on the mortgage news. Does this make sense?

Q: If you had to choose only one of BCE, Telus or RCI.B for a long term hold for a senior person which one would you choose and why? Would you be a buyer at current prices?

Q: In view of the effect on the market of the unknowns coming up in the next few months - with US election and its aftermath, and good possibility of US bankrate going up in Dec. I am thinking of going defensive. I have quite a few of the stocks listed in both your Balanced and Income portfolios, could you please list for me which of these stocks you would designate as best 'defensive' - (whatever that means). Thanks again, always look forward to hearing your comments.

Q: Should I sell my MBT shares now or wait until the approval is received from the Federal Government for the BCE takeover of them and receive BCE shares?

Q: What does it mean when a company like BCE files for debt shelf of up to $4 bln. Does it affect in negative or positive way price of company stock on the market.

Is it OK to by BCE now or is better to wait for market response to this
news about BCE.

Andrew.B

Q: What are the US and Canadian companies, that have what they call a wide Moat? What would be your definition and criteria of wide Moat companies?