Investment Q&A

Q: Steinberg offers 2 "funds"; an international equity and a junk bond fund paying a 6% distribution. I like the idea that the equity fund can hold a large cash balance at times compared to other equity funds that must stay invested at all times. Do you have any opinion on each of these funds suitability for a balanced investor looking for a combination of income and growth? Let's say a 50-50 exposure to each.

Q: Gentlemen, good morning
From G&M “Purpose Investments Inc. launched the first corporate-class series of ETFs in Canada in 2013, and today about half of its funds use this structure, including its flagship equity fund, Purpose Core Dividend Fund.”
Can you please named the others tax efficient ETF from Purpose ?
Thanks Regards

Q: I would appreciate your advice on PFE at this time. A buy, hold or sell. Thank you as always. Barbara

Q: Hi 5iTeam,
RTN and UTX agreed to a merger as per announcement this past June. I am thinking of taking a position in RTN and would like to get your thoughts on this.
Cheers,

Q: Hi 5i team, do you have any advice if US China trade war escalating ? Which Canadian sectors will be less damaging and which sectors will be affected most?

Q: Hi Guys
can you shed some light on Alaris Royalty. With their partners being unable to seek financing through the normal channels with interest rates this low , how are they going to succeed in such a competitive world with the high rates Alaris must be charging them?
thanks Gordie

Q: Has this company begun a breakout... ie has it attained a tipping point in its path of aquisitions so it is being reflected in a positive trend in the price. Or is it still a waiting game?

Q: Hi there,

Your take on Cisco please? It was a top pick last night with the following comments:

"It represents the future of 5G. It is going to be transformational. New management is going to do extremely well here. (Analysts’ price target is $54.04)"

Do you like this? Is it a buy and why?

Q: are these stocks a buy at the present price?
Thank you

Q: Hi 5i
Both Rogers and Telus seem to be on downward trends recently. Do you have any explanation why and should a current shareholder be overly concerned. Would you be sellers, buyers or holders at current levels?
Thx

Q: For those who enjoy podcasts there is an excellent one on NPR How I Built This dated August 4. My wife and I listened to it on a long car drive and said she finally understands it.

Q: I am curious about Capstone Infrastructure CSE-A on the TSX, or as CSE-PA.TO on Yahoo. It has a 6.31% yield yet there are no questions on this company and I have never seen it mentioned. Please give us some background and information on the company's financial stability, security of dividend, debt levels, and payout ratio, etc. Would you consider it investable and are there other utilities with near comparable yields that you might prefer
Thank you............ Paul K

Q: Please tell me the name institutional breakdown.

Q: Good morning,
What will be the process and typical timeline for the board in considering the Pattison bid for Canfor?

Thank you,

Q: With the continuous slide in price for the last one week without any adverse news , do you still consider holding this stock hoping for a turn around soon?

Q: Morning fellas:
I got back into this name at 90 or so . Now the surge, would it be wise to buy more at its current price at 101 and change.
Thx for your great work
Mark

Q: Hello what company would you invest in, minto or tricon?

Q: I could use your guidance. A good friend has recently inherited $800,000. He and his wife are in their 60's, retired with a small pension. They are conservative people who have no investing experience and would like to invest the funds in "safe", dividend paying stocks/ETF's to augment their pension. They currently have no money in the market, with all their net worth (excluding the pension) in real estate. They have reached out to investment advisors who want to charge them a flat 2% to invest their funds and have asked me if this is reasonable. They need these funds to live off and the thought of paying someone $16,000/yr to invest the funds seems ridiculous to me. I would like to help them and was hoping you could suggest a balanced income generating portfolio.........perhaps a mix of a few blue chip stocks and ETF's.
Many Thanks
Scott

Q: Do you think a dividend cut would help or hurt Vet considering its dividend is getting lofty ?

Q: Down a lot on TSGI and saw in your email blast and that you dropped TSGI from one of your portfolios, but I've not sold yet as I wanted to ask a couple of a questions about their recent earnings report. For the 3 months ending June/19, adjusted earnings were $0.48/share. (1) What was the expectation for earnings? (2) Is this earning miss that bad given that revenues and the number of shares outstanding has increased by over 50%? Thank you as always for your great work and responses.