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Q: Planning to add 2 of the suggested utilities to a growth portfolio or alternates that you might suggest & the rationale. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on September 25, 2016
Q: I have zero exposure to utilities at the present time. I believe that you advocate having exposure to all sectors of the market because you never can know for certain what the market will do. While most people expect interest rates to rise and utilities to under perform, the same could have been said in 2013. Which is your favourite utility and which utility offers the best dividend growth to potentially offset future interest rate increases. I am looking for low volatility, good dividend yield and good dividend growth.

Thank you,
Jason
Read Answer Asked by Jason on August 22, 2016
Q: What are your thoughts on the earnings of the above companies - Emera just bumped up their dividend by 10% and results looked good. Results were good for Fortis and Enercare also. All 3 have exposure to US.

I currently hold Enercare and am looking to add more weight for long term (20+ years) to utilities. Any recommendations ?
Read Answer Asked by Mayur on August 09, 2016
Q: Hi Peter,

What do you think of Emera (with their purchase of Teco Energy). Would this Company be a good investment for a retired person to collect dividends with a little capital growth? I read on their web page that they are targeting 8% dividend growth through to 2019. Emera has a nice dividend yield of 4.52% at the moment. Hopefully this company would be a good sleep at night stock OR would you think that Fortis or Canadian Utilities would be a better choice.

Thanks, Charlie
Read Answer Asked by CHARLES LA on September 09, 2015
Q: Hey Guys, my financial advisor is recommending the following trades (income investor) sell ZUT and buy EMA, sell CIBC series 43 preferred and buy Power Corp series A preferred shares and finally sell Laurentian Bank series 11 preferred shares and buy Cdn Utilities series EE preferred shares. Do these traders make sense?

thanks

Jim
Read Answer Asked by jim on August 14, 2015
Q: hello 5i team

At the end of Sept you mentioned EMA looked better than Fortis offering a better yield plus, it was cheaper... price at the time $35.10.

Today I read an article about EMA being heralded along side of Enbridge as two of the better utility stocks that offer a good yield and realistic equity growth opportunity. Plus, it looks like EMA has established (according to the author) an annual dividend growth target of 6% for the next 5 years.

Right now I have a portfolio position of 4.6% in ENB and this is my only utility.

At the current price ($37.40) what is your opinion (sell/buy/hold) on EMA and do you still consider it "cheap" based on current metrics.

As always, thank you so much for all you do... am sure i would be much poorer without you.

Gord
Read Answer Asked by Gord on November 12, 2014
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