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Q: Hi 5i,
My understanding is that if I buy units in a flow-through shares partnership, I can’t sell them until they are rolled over into a mutual fund, 1-2 years after the partnership is established. My question is: if I were to buy the flow-through shares themselves, direct from the issuing company, would there be any similar minimum holding period, during which the shares would not be tradeable, or at least not without transferring away the flow-through tax benefit? Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Lance on June 15, 2017
Q: My wife and I are in the process of building our retirement income portfolios in each of our RRSP’s by following your Income Portfolio.
My question is would it be advisable for my wife to have a different mixture of equities than I have in my portfolio? We want to keep it a simple as possible but want to limit risk at the same time.
The same question pertains to RRSP VS TFSA. Should my RRSP hold a different mixture of stocks than my TFSA.
To begin accumulating my portfolios, I plan on using the same assets allocation in each account. 50% Equity 50% fixed income
Please answer this question as it pertains to diversification as I know there are many tax reasons why I might hold one equity vs another in these different accounts.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on June 15, 2017
Q: Hello 5i
With talk of capital flow rotation, Pundits claiming dooms day freely in the media, some stocks and sectors seeing chart patterns rounding out in topping formation........and all the other market topping signs,

what are the portfolio review activities an investor should be conducting today?

As you can imagine, some of my longtime winners are giving back gains and other stock prices have stalled. It will be disappointing to me if I just sit and watch as my gains evaporate.

Short of telling me you are not market timers, do you have thoughts on what an investor is to do in the current environment to hold onto profits, while managing behaviours and emotions?

Portfolio is widely diversified including pension split between CAD, US and EAFE. There is very little fixed income utilized given expected low and negative bond returns.

Thanks
Dave
Read Answer Asked by David on June 14, 2017
Q: Good morning gents,

Please forgive me if this question is out of bounds.

Currently started my investment career in April. I have all stocks in the Beport covered to a T. I also hold a large holding in CNR form employee share plan which is double the Beport holding, 400K. I am looking at the growth portfolio and don't know if I am extending myself to thin.

I was interested in a 50k start and was wondering if this is appropriate given the amount I have in equities.

I have a 5 yr timeline to retirement with a decent pension plan. Thanks for the terrific insight to a formerly very cautious, see bank account investor. Risk level has gone from scared sh-tlless to moderately confident.

If this is two cumbersome or difficult. a question please disregard.
Read Answer Asked by Kelly on June 12, 2017
Q: My daughter has $15K she will be putting into her TFSA with another $1500 per month following (at least, could be up to $2500). She has another $11000 that currently is with a fund manager that is a mutual fund that we will not touch. She will be using this a down payment for her first home in 14-18 months. She is OK with a little aggression as she is aware of the volatility. Are there some ETF's, stocks or other that may be suitable for some growth over that short time period?
Read Answer Asked by Scott on June 12, 2017
Q: Hi 5i super team!! I have a hypothetical question...I am a dividend investor. I do not subscribe to automatic dividend reinvestment, rather, I collect the cash and then selectively reinvest the cash in the stock that seems to have the best value. Suppose I own stocks A B C D E...all are overvalued except C which is a bank. Even though, the price of the bank is at the higher end of its 52 week range, and even though the stock potentially faces future head winds, do I keep reinvesting the dividend cash into this stock? If it holds a higher than7% presence in the portfolio at what point do I stop reinvesting the dividends into it and perhaps selecting to invest in the next best valued on the list? I am looking for a rule of thumb here if there is one. Hope you have a great weekend! I hear it is going to be a hot one 😎😎😎
Read Answer Asked by Tamara on June 09, 2017
Q: Hi,

Finally opened a TFSA 6 months ago. Contributed $10K so far and expect to be contributing $1,000 - 1,500 per month for the indeterminate future.

Currently hold AQN (28%), MFC (24%), GUD (10%), PHO (7%), PEO (6%) and cash (25%). Looking at the following to use up the cash: ENB, SYZ, ITC, OTEX, SIS. I am open to any of your recommendations. Should I wait a couple of months to accumulate more cash?

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Larry on June 09, 2017
Q: My 30 years old son has a portfolio mixed with individual Canadian stocks, US ETF.and international ETF. In his Canadian side, he has TD, ECI, AQN, SIS, TOY, KXS, GUD, XEG + WCP.. Currently, his cash reserve can top up two more names. What would you suggest? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Esther on June 09, 2017
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