Investment Q&A

Q: As interest rates keep dropping and stimulus money keeps being printed around the world does this highlight an opportunity to be overweight gold or precious metals? I currently do not own any gold in my portfolio but would maybe like to initiate a 4-6% position, most likely like an ETF such as XGD or a few stocks like NMT, AEM and FNV

Q: I’ve patiently held GUD for 4 years now without it doing much. Could you recommend 1 or 2 replacements from the Healthcare sector in the U.S. ?

I don’t understand the healthcare business myself, so I’m looking for a company with solid management that I can invest in, and then just forget about it for years to come.

Q: Are these ok or would you get gold and silver exposure another way? Royal Bank of Canada Gold 9001,Royal Bank of Canada Silver 9000

Q: Hi,
Does this a company have good growth potential and is it financially sound?
Thank you

Q: WHICH IS A BETTER INVESTMENT Fairfax OR BAM? THANKS J

Q: Thank you verymuch for your answer to my rather meandering question the ther day. I suppose the gist of the question was whether, given the dangers of these two etf's in the present context, whether i should move away from indexing and pick individual stocks. You say that if i pick a good selection of ten individual stocks, i should have good diversificatin and might not benefit that much from an etf. The big fear i have of individual stocks, though, is of one of them blowing up or being severely disabled. That is in my view the main thing that an etf would help me with. Now, i know that no one else can make these decisions for someone else. It helps me to clarify the problem by running it by knowledgable people like yourselves. Thanks

Q: Why AEM is down last few days? Would you be comfortable buying in partial position now or it is better to wait. Thank you

Q: We have our accounts at TD. From our USD cash acct, we bought RTX today. The receipt shows $66.01 per share with one lot of 400 shares @ market, estimated principal $26,404.00, commission 9.99, estimated total $26,413.99.
Why the estimated amounts?
After COB we saw in account activity that the total price increased to $26,419.99
Its a small amount but is it legit?
Many thanks in advance.

Q: HI TEAM
XHY IS APPROX 10% AND THE OTHER 3 ARE 30% EACH OF THE BOND PORTION OF MY PORTFOLIO, WHER WOULD YOU ADD FUNDS AS I NEED TO TOP UP MY BONDS

Q: Would appreciate any comments on Trilogy International Partners. The Scotiabank analyst is extremely bullish on this, but the share price has gone nowhere over the past few years. Thanks!

Q: Gpr has been quite disappointing. Do you think it has upside from here?

Q: Please comment on Q4 results Have 1% position,down 52.75%.Add,hold or sell. Txs for u usual great services & views

Q: With the confinement, im expecting a baby boom in few months. Dorel is producing babies material, can you explain de down trend since 2017 (41$ to 5$ before the covid)?

Would it be a good title to own? Do you know better stocks which could benefit from a baby boom?

Thanks a lot

Q: Hello 5i
Could I have your opinion on this fast growing US company please?
Thank you
Dave

Q: I am down 36% on this. Is it worth keeping?

Q: I found your article regarding the difference between the Fang stocks and a small cap stock index very informative and interesting. Perhaps an even more interesting comparison, at least for me, is the difference in performance between VOO and RSP. One a market weighted US etf and the other an equal weighted. There is quite a large divergence between these two in the past while. VOO has the top five holdings as Fang stocks--over 20% of the total portfolio. RSP has no fang stocks in the top ten.
It has me thinking. But, what conclusion to draw? I have been wanting to move away from individual stocks to etf's, especially in my US holdings. But, this makes me wonder whether I wouldn't be a lot better with individual stocks, say the top ten that you mentionned in response to a question today. In that way I wouldn't be burdened down with a group of non performers, as in RSP, nor too heavily invested in Fang stocks, as in VOO, in the event of a future crash.
I know that it is not too good to change strategies often but I am quite perturbed by this. I don't know if you can offer a comment on this or not. But, I appreciate 5i as a sounding board and any comments you have are always helpful and useful
thanks

Q: Why is QUIS dropping since past few days, while the market is generally up? Any particular reason pertaining to QUIS itself?

Q: this is a link for Ellen who asked about ethical investing. This is a Canadian site but also looks at US stocks:
https://investingforthesoul.com/podcasts/

Q: I currently have a loss in HR.UN in our unregistered account and would like to harvest the loss and replace this stock with a similar REIT which has also suffered during this downturn. Which Canadian REIT would you recommend? Thanks!

Q: I have room for 5 or 6 more companies in my RRSP account. I am looking to add dividend paying stocks with some growth as I will not be needing this money for 10 years or so - thinking of AT&T, Pepsi, Sysco, Sylogist and OTEX - what do you think of these AND can you recommend any others that I can consider ? Your opinion is greatly appreciated.
Thanks