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Q: What is your assessment of today's financial engineering announcement regarding BEPC? Can you give me a good reason to stick with BEPC versus switching to FTS? FTS is a blue chip utility with a normal corporate structure. My gut is telling me to stay well clear of the Brookfield group of companies, fearing that their corporate shuffling and financial wizardry will end badly one day.
Read Answer Asked by David on October 10, 2024
Q: Hi Team - for my RRSP I have cash for a full position, or 2 partials, and based on portfolio analyzer I am under weight on Utilities and Consumer Defensive. Are conditions decent to enter those areas now, and what would be your top 3 in each area. Bonus points for options that increase global exposure since I’m also needed some international exposure.
Read Answer Asked by Ryan on October 04, 2024
Q: I am assuming that the recent increase in weight of BEP.UN (Income Portfolio) is also an endorsement to accumulate BEPC since they are supposedly “equivalent”. EPS forecasts for BEPC appear as grim as for BEP.UN, with increasing losses forecast for ’24 and ’25. In a recent Q&A on BEP.UN it was stated EBITDA is more relevant than EPS since it’s a limited partnership. BEPC is not a limited partnership so should it be valued differently? I don’t recall ever seeing a stock begin to trend up in the face of falling 2-year EPS forecasts. 5i has cited the expected decline in rates as a catalyst, but there must be other factors contributing to the rising stock price - perhaps rising revenue, confidence in management, …?
Read Answer Asked by Paul on October 01, 2024
Q: Hi there, what would be your top picks in the Data Centre infrastructure space (real estate, utilities power, industrial, technology etc) for 3-5 years.

Ok thanks

Rob
Read Answer Asked by Robert on September 30, 2024
Q: What companies are held in BN and at what percentage for each stock/company (I know Brookfield partners is no longer listed), ie. BEP, BIP, BAM etc.
I know this question has been asked many times but I could not find the answer.
Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Grant on September 30, 2024
Q: I hold Bep.un however BEPC has outperformed they are both same so why there is a big difference they both pay almost same dividend. Should I move to BEPC

Thanks for the great service
Read Answer Asked by Hector on September 19, 2024
Q: For a long-term hold can you list the top 5 utilities in Canada, that you would recommend. TY
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on September 17, 2024
Q: Hello Peter,
Why is Descartes system down on an up day? Is there some negative news i am not aware of? Is it good time to step into AlamosGold and with lower rates coming, i would have thought BEP would have recovered somewhat. .i am down about 30 percent on it.. Much appreciated for your comments
Read Answer Asked by umedali on August 26, 2024
Q: I'm confused about the different Brookfield group of companies (I may not have them all listed), namely, which one should be held under which circumstance (income, growth, registered, unregistered etc) and is it beneficial to hold multiple, and if so which and why. Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Kim on July 30, 2024
Q: I need to sell three or four of these holdings from an unregistered account in the second half of 2024 starting now.

Can you please recommend a sell sequence and provide rationale.

Thanks,

Jim
Read Answer Asked by Jim on July 30, 2024
Q: This sentence comes from an Goldman Sachs article. What are some examples of the “Utilities” companies referred to here? ….he sees more room for the AI theme to run and expects AI beneficiaries to broaden out beyond just Nvidia, and particularly to what looks set to be the next big winner: Utilities.
Read Answer Asked by Kim on July 23, 2024
Q: Hey folks, hope everyone is enjoying the summer season. I own basically an equal weighting of BN (4%), BAM (4%), BEP(4%) in our various accounts. I'd like to buy a 4% position in BIP. Now comes my question, should I be a lumper or splitter - that is, am I ok looking at these as 4% positions, or would I be better to look at this as 12% position moving to 16% wrt Brookfield products??
Read Answer Asked by jeff on July 18, 2024
Q: Hi with interest rates beginning to edge lower what would be the sectors most likely to benefit? Could you give me a couple of your favourite picks for each of those sectors. Would you be edging in, fully buying in, or hold off for a possible October correction? With the likely chaotic return of Trump to the Presidency would the Renewable stocks such as BEPC be at risk of correcting under this scenario? He does not like windmills much... Thank you for your service and deduct credits as you see fit.
Read Answer Asked by Harry on July 18, 2024
Q: If Trump wins the election in November, he has threatened to write executive orders against development of wind power as well as reduce incentives for all clean energy, wile promoting fossil fuels. You have often liked BEPC for a safe long-term investment (and I own a full position in it). How much will a Trump victory hurt the future growth of BEPC?
Read Answer Asked by arnold on June 20, 2024
Q: Hi
I recently learnt about the AI energy consumption issue. What opportunities/threats does this issue pose to investors? Are there specific subsectors or types of companies (within the energy sector) that will benefit from or be hit through the course of the AI story?
Any specific recommendations ETFs or stocks?
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Ahmed on June 14, 2024
Q: Hi team. I'm ok with some risk and am 100% equities with an average 13% return per year over 10 years thanks to your team!!

Now my question. We sold an investment property with the plan to use the money to fund a new investment property which will be built in 3 years...so this is my time frame. The money will be split between a TFSA & a taxable account, with the taxable account having about 75%.

What do you think if these for the TFSA - CSU, BN, SHOP and DOL?

These for the taxable - WSP, ENB, TFII, DSG, BNS, SU, ATD, BEPC, H, and a little more DOL?

Would you reorganize these between the 2 accounts? Alternatively, would you choose something else due to the timeframe?

Thanks a lot!
Read Answer Asked by Ian on June 07, 2024
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