Investment Q&A

Q: I have owned Enbridge for a couple years and have done okay with it. Going forward I'm not sure there is much upside beyond the 6% dividend. I'm considering replacing it with a similar stock with the potential for a higher total return. I'm looking at BEP, NPI or AQN.
Would you recommend sticking with Enbridge, switching to one of these stocks or do you have another stock you would prefer?

Q: What are your top 5 picks (CAD) with sustainable dividend growth for a 10 year investment horizon and why? Prefer lower risk/volatility as I am close to retirement.

Q: My daughter is starting a TFSA account with $20,000 to invest and a 5-10 year horizon. She wants a balanced portfolio with moderate risk and room for growth and dividend income. Based on some of your recommendations she is thinking buying the above combines in equal weight. What would you add or subtract from this list? Should she try for more sector diversity?

Q: Can you suggest some Canadian companies, other than in technology, utilities or finance, that you currently consider to be undervalued and worthy of consideration for a long term investor. I've done very well with your suggestions of MG, WELL, ATA, TFII, EIF, PBH, GSY. I don't mind adding to any of the latter but would like to know if you see value ( or at least promising growth from today's prices) Thanks and best wishes always - Al

Q: Thank you for your prompt and your customary excellent answer to my earlier question!

Q: 1. May I then request you to give me a concentrated collection of small/midcaps energy stocks that you think will be comparable to an ETF? say ZJO?

Q 2: Big and mid to big caps that are comparable to XEG?

I will leave the number of stock selection to your discretion.

Many thanks.

Q: Is it an overkill to own both CU and ENB for the purposes of diversification, or are there sufficient distinction between the two businesses?

If the focus is on a steady growing income, and some growth, which would be your pick today? Thank you

Q: Hi, could you please give your thoughts on ENB as an investment, and how much you like it at today's prices relative to other opportunities?

Q: Hi, Biden made some comments at climate accord about revisiting Line 5 decision which apparently resulted in weakness in ENB’s share price. I thought Line 5 had been put to bed. Could you please provide some context as to potential seriousness to ENB. Thanks.

Q: Can you comment on Enbridge earnings?

Q: Could you advise on what 5I would consider to be one of your most secure 6% dividend with the most share price stability? Tks. Larry

Q: Which Canadian nat gas producers get a large % of their revenue from exports to the US market?

Q: Could you please compare these energy stocks and advise if you have a preference between the 4 of these with an explanation. For a 1 to 2 year hold.
Thanks so much.

Q: I’m thinking of expanding my energy holdings. I bought Whitecap a few months ago and have enjoyed a nice bump in value along with a solid dividend. I’m considering TVE, SU and/or ENB for a combo of dividend and SP appreciation. Could you please discuss the relative merits of each in a 1-2 year timeline. I’d definitely hold longer if the case can be made that green energy investment and ESG movements don’t derail fossil fuel companies from meeting existing market demand.

Q: hi. if choosing between bce or enbridge for a 5 year hold which would you pick as of today?

Q: The yield on CDZ is 3.0%, if I buy equal amounts of the top ten stocks, the average yield is 5.48%. What accounts for the 1.48% difference in yield and is the risk proportionally higher buying the individual stocks than buying the EFT

Q: Hi 5i,
Regarding Robert’s inquiry on journaling ENB or MG and the BMO Investorline answer, I journal stocks all the time when I want to increase my U.S. exposure. This is an option in lieu of Norbert’s gambit. With TD, the stocks are moved to the U.S. side. I sell them and have more U.S. currency for new purchases. There is no point in holding the stocks on the CDN side in U.S. dollars as when one sells them, you are hit with FX conversion charges, and end up with CDN cash not U.S. cash. Perhaps there was just some confusion by the Investorline service rep.
Dave

Q: Top 10 CAD Dividend Growth picks for RESP? 15 year time horizon.

If you have a link to such a portfolio would be happy to see.

Q: what are your thoughts about Enb with the line 5 issue?can you shed a bit more light on this.
When are there final decisions to be made about it ?
what would the impact be on Enb if they shut this line down?

Q: Hi
I use BMOInvestorline as my brokerage account. I have a CDN and a US dollar side.

I'm overweight Canada and wanted to increase my US holdings. I thought that one easy way to do that was to journal my Enbridge and Magna positions from the CDN to the US side of my account.

I think I misunderstood what this meant. I had thought that it meant that my existing shares in ENB and MG on the TSE would be exchanged for ENB and MG shares traded on the NYSE. But the fellow at BMOInvestorline said that it's just changing the currency and the shares will continue to trade on the TSE.

Is there a way to take an existing position on the TSE and exchange it for the same shares being traded on the NYSE?

I'm not sure I really diversified my holdings. I just changed the currency.

Thanks,
Robert

Q: Would you consider these two energy/pipeline stocks as a reasonable holding in one portfolio for several years? With the trends to devalue energy stocks due to climate changes and relevant government policies some investors or investment firms would start exiting such stocks. I myself , despite the all negative sentiment for energy stocks cannot see that combustion powered engines will disappear from roadways of North America ,Europe, Asia or Africa any time soon. Will they all be replaced by " inexpensive" electric engine driven vehicles? I can hardly see it. Perhaps in 50 years? What is your opinion on this matter?