Investment Q&A

Q: In these turbulent times I'm wondering about trailing stop strategies. Haven't used a stop before, any suggestions.

Q: I have a question about asset allocation. I'm 70 and don't need income from my portfolio. Currently I have 75% in equities fairly well diversified and 15% in fixed income, mostly bond ETFs (rest cash). You recommend having 25-33% in fixed income depending on how I answer your asset allocator questions. why do I need any fixed income at all if I do not need the income now or for the next few years. When I do need this income, could I not convert to bonds ? The bond funds that I have have been about neutral over the past couple of years; some have gained and some have lost value. they have paid out interest but then so have the equities to a considerable extent. thanks

Q: In todays' Q&A I've noticed the expression "the market is very weak and in a 'risk off' mode" used at least twice in your answers. Could you please explain what this means and the significance of it for a retail investor?

Thank you,

John

Q: There was a article in the Globe on the weekend about what could happen if your broker went bankrupt or insolvent. They stated it was conceivable that a client of the failed broker could lose all their shares. They talked about the CIPF protecting you up to $1 million but if you had more assets than a million then you should have more than one broker. I am just wondering how that could happen? The client still owns the shares not the broker. Under what scenario could this be likely or even possible?

Thanks Ken

Q: I have noticed that volumes were high on most of the stocks on Sept 20 and price went up to. Do you have any idea why? Below are a few examples

Example; RY, TD, Dir.un, SMU.un

Thanks for your great service
Hector

Q: I have a relatively large cash infusion (an additional 20% of my overall portfolio value) to invest. Over what timeframe would you recommend that I gradually add to/start positions with this cash? Do you have any other general advice re: how best to invest the cash as part of my portfolio?

Q: Just curious as to what your opinion is on Michael Burry's views on index funds. He's been saying they're in a bubble similar to the subprime CDOs that caused the 2008 crash. Thanks.

Q: May I please have your opinion of MLI Marble Lending Inc. Regards ...(MRBL)

Q: Can you please recommend a value ETF in Canadian and USA dollars. Which one is your favourite value ETF

Canada
Global
USA

Thanks for your great service
Hector

Q: Any info on this fund is appreciated, i.e, mer, fund manager, nav, risk, size, etc. Thanks. (Waratah WCAL4F)

Q: Please provide some public sources that I can find the industry average for comparison to a firm's specific financial metrics (e.g. PE ratio, price to cash flow)!

Q: what criteria do you use when looking at momentum investing?And speaking from a momentum perspective, can you please provide 5 of your favorite momentum plays for a med risk ,div income investor?
great service, many txs

Q: Hi, 5i team
just a quick question, I'm trying to follow your Balanced Portfolio, for each stock, how many percentage you guys consider is full position? Is it the general rule we'd better to follow in any portfolios?

Thanks!
Jane

Q: Docebo:Appreciate an opinion on this IPO.Thanks.

Q: Hello 5i
It is great that these changes have been made to the Portfolio Analytics. The next important change would be to be able to download my portfolio with the combined positions instead of the separate ones. Adjusting the downloaded spreadsheet to having to add all the similar elements is a chore to get a hard copy of everything. Since I buy and sell with TD and monitor using Morningstar and Yahoo it makes things difficult. (I use Morningstar and Yahoo in addition to your great Portfolio Analytics as each offers a different perspective) and, yes, I do spend hours a day reviewing my portfolio but only taking action at your suggestion, when required but its is good to be hands on as nobody else would care as much as I do because its mine and not a generic assimilation from a broker!
Question: Is combining the positions available to the download in the works?
Thanx
Stanley

Q: would you be able to suggest a couple of books to read for the beginning investor. Thanks.

Q: This is a follow up to Greg's question in regards to negative interest rates on Sept 5.

Are negative rates generally good or bad for bank stocks? Since they will still charge a premium for mortgages and lending, as well as getting tighter with lending would theoretically mean less delinquencies. Also, I imagine they would still charge fees on any accounts that they already do, wouldn't charging to hold money (as a negative interest rate) be another source of income?

What other stocks typically do well in a decreasing or negative rate environment?

Sorry if this is rambling a bit.

Thanks

Q: Given the market today - and what (if anything) we can intuit about the future - which sectors would you be inclined to overweight...and which to underweight? Thank you.

Q: I am curious as to what would happen if we get to negative interest rates here in Canada,could you give me an example how this would work with mortgages and saving accounts in banks if we get to that ... thanks

Q: There has been some privatization chatter from Nuttal around o&g companies that have the cash and the value of the company is depressed enough to be able make this happen. I would think it many cases this wouldn't be that great of an event for many shareholders. For example, you own say Crescent Point and are down like 40% and they take it private at a 20% premium. You are now forced to sell and accept your 20% loss where in some cases you may have had confidence in the long term future of the company. Is it ever possible to keep your shares and be a private equity owner of the company?