Investment Q&A

Q: I have held ECN for a while now, but after SOFI went public which do you think is better? Thanks

Q: Appreciate your best advice regarding selling half of my large position of Visa and purchasing Walgreen's in my cash account. Anticipating Walgreen's will be very involved in providing vaccinations. Or better to stay with a large concentration of Visa with the economic recovery (hopefully) in USA. What is Walgreen's dividend? Thanks for your valuable input/advice as always.

Q: Could you provide the names of a few US regional banks which have good investment fundamentals?

Thank you

Q: Hi team,
What are the underlying reasons for gold to be so volatile lately? Would the money flow going into bitcoin one reason? As for argonaut gold the Magino mine project going ahead late January combined with high gold prices in the last quarter could be a catalyst.Are you still positive long term on this company?
many thanks,
Jean

Q: Hello 5i’s,
I’ve been following this company’s challenges in trying to get traction and get their mining section into full operations. Their stock and outlook looked good about a year ago, now moving forward from today, I’m wondering what your insights are for this stock and companies profitability?

Thanks kindly,

David

Q: re WEF
Seen lots of comments about various companies in building material sector but little on this one. Finally my holding has turned positive and up 21%. Worth holding onto or take another in same sector?

Q: Sold BCE
I already own 3% ZUT, 3% BLK USD,
should I convert strong CAD to USD and add to BLK or stay in CAD and add to ZUT

Art

Q: Could you comment in general on this ETF please. It has not recovered in the same way other international ETF's have and yet prior to March it seems like it's been pretty stable for the last 5 years, declining somewhat in 2018. I bought a bit a few months ago and am thinking of purchasing more. Do you feel it has upside potential in the recovery and do you feel it's a buy, sell or hold at current levels? Do you think the dividend is fairly safe?
Thanks so much, your input in invaluable!

Q: In my search for EM stock with suitable financial strength/balance sheets, I noticed this Brazilian financial institution. Can you comment or offer a non-Index Etf alternative? Thanks!

Q: Please compare JCI and TT and state your preference if you have.
I would like a similar comparison for CSIQ and FSLR.
Deduct the appropriate number of questions.
Thanks for this help and the other information you have provided over the years.

Q: For international (non-NA) exposure, please provide your current opinion about the IGRO ETF. Would you recommend this ETF? Do you see it as a complement holding for dividend-growing (but not high dividend seeking) investors who already own VIGI? Are there any other international ETFs which you would recommend in lieu of IGRO?

Many thanks for your excellent advice, and this wonderful service.

Q: Please explain why you have moved SHOP from your Growth Portfolio to BE. Thx.

Q: hi team:

stn has gone up in the last week or so, any news? i have a partial position

add? hold or sell?

pays a nice dividend

thanks
michael

Q: As always, thank you for the great service. In the past few days, there’s been a lot of articles about UK companies being very cheap. I know 5i covers North American stocks, but I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the matter and also more specifically about LLoyds (bank). Any ETF for UK exposure?
Thank you.

Q: What is your opinion about the above mentioned stocks and Bitcoin in general.

Q: Good Day,

My fiancé has recently begun investing. Currently she has:
254 shares of VBAL
16 shares in Royal Bank
27 shares of BCE

She has $1300 available to invest in her TFSA and $500.00 to invest in her RRSP. She is a conservative investor.

We are wondering:
What would you suggest for next steps in terms of shares/etf to purchase in this small portfolio? Or should we just buy more VBAL?

In addition, would it be best to wait a little to see if there is a ‘better deal’ in a few months?

Please take as many of my questions as you see fit.

Regards,

Ryan

Q: Your thoughts on the IPO for Ninepoint Partners LP Bitcoin Trust - Class A, and how does this compare to other listed companies (GBTC, QBTC, BTCG, GLXY)? I am not interested in participating in the current FOMO, so willing to wait for the next pullback. In the meantime I'd like to assess how these current offerings compare to Ninepoint. Does Ninepoint trade like an ETF? Much thx.

Q: I have been trading US stocks in a taxable account for some time. I understand that upon selling a stock, we have to calculate the capital gain/loss, then convert that value back into CDN dollars. However, I recently learned that CRA also requires you to report capital gains on the foreign currency itself. When one sells a foreign stock, a deemed disposition of the foreign funds is considered to have occurred, even though they may not have been converted into CDN dollars. Therefore, we have to track the cost basis on the stock and on the foreign funds. So potentially one could have a capital gain on the stock AND a capital gain on the currency. Do I have this correct? If so, I don't think many investors know about this.

Q: What do you think about the announcement that CAE has procured a contract with the US Airforce?

Q: Firstly Happy New Year to all. Your forward view on grn. TD this morning reduced rnw to hold. Will this curb the upside projected upside for TA. Have a great day