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Q: My wife and I are retired and rely on dividend income. In the event of a recession, including rising inflation and interest rates and a 20%+ decline in equity markets, how safe/sustainable does 5i view dividends from the named companies? With unrealized gains on all of these, are there any that 5i would suggest selling, accepting the taxable gain, and holding the cash for a rainy day? Thank you. Edward
Read Answer Asked by Edward on November 15, 2021
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
Read Answer Asked by Ron on October 20, 2021
Q: Why would POW issue new PWF preferred since PWF is now part of POW? To redeem old issues may be?

Any news of the Sep23 meeting for STC share consolidation? Strange it takes so long.

Thanks all
Read Answer Asked by Denise on October 08, 2021
Q: Please rank the following in terms of your preference for a new buy now in a dividend focused portfolio: MFC, SLF, IFC, POW, PRU
Read Answer Asked by Serei on October 01, 2021
Q: I am going into retirement and below are the weightings of stocks held in my portfolio. Although the portfolio performed okay over the years, I wonder if there is too much concentration and would appreciate your ideas on diversification given the economic times we live in. My portfolio is about $2M with an investment loan of $150K for which I use the dividends to repay. Thanks. BNS 37%, TD 18%, CM 14%, BMO 14%, BCE 6%, SRN.UN 6%, RY 4%, POW 1%
Read Answer Asked by David on August 26, 2021
Q: I would like to add a few (2-4) financial companies to my non-registered investment portfolio. Would appreciate 5i's help in ranking the above names based on total return potential for a 3-5 year hold. Please add any names you feel belong to the lineup, ranked appropriately, Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Pradeep on August 18, 2021
Q: Hi 5i
I bought POW at $24 about a year ago so have made over 70% with divs. I am tempted to sell it near all time high to buy MFC about 15% off 52 week high. Yields are the same, MFC has lower PE (9 vs 11) and lower PEGY. (Also own SLF which I will continue to hold long term). Thoughts?
Greg
Read Answer Asked by Greg on July 19, 2021
Q: After selling some growth stocks, I'm looking to add 3 income stocks to my Rif. Can you rate your preference on the 1st 4 and then the last 2. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Henry on June 04, 2021
Q: Good morning 5i
I am planning to add one stock to a fairly conservative portfolio with the aim of reasonable growth on a three year time frame at a fair valuation. I have narrowed my thoughts down to four names; Leons (LNF), Power (POW), ATS Automation (ATA) and Magna International (MG).
Please comment and could you give a ranking for growth (10 highest) and risk (10 greatest).
Thank you, David
Read Answer Asked by David on April 29, 2021
Q: Comments on the recent quarter and year end numbers please.

Also: For income, would you recommend to continue holding POW or would you recommend switching to something else? Their more recent history of dividend increases, since 2015, has been pretty good:

May 2020: 10.49%
Jun 2019: 6.02%
Jun 2018: 6.56%
Jun 2017: 7.01%
Jun 2016: 7.63%
Jun 2015: 7.33% (breaking 6 years without an increase)
Jun 2008: 20.21%
Jun 2007: 22.15%
Jun 2006: 17.04%

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Robert on March 19, 2021
Q: Ignoring risk, please rank these companies based on 5 year hold -potential for returns.
Read Answer Asked by Pradeep on March 16, 2021
Q: I am considering adding Power Corp to the income portion of my portfolio as a partial replacement for my overweight position in BCE.  The primary reason for considering POW is that I feel that there may be significant value through their ownership of Wealthsimple.  Are you able to quantify the Wealthsimple value within POW given their rapid growth rate and more than $9 billion in AUM?   Do you think that they are sitting on other spinoff possibilities, similar to the Lion Electric IPO? (that I understand added close to $3.00 per share value to POW).  And perhaps most importantly, do you feel that management is motivated to act to surface value for shareholders?  (they don't appear to have been in the past).
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Glenn on February 23, 2021
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