Investment Q&A

Q: ZHY: high yield bond fund. Sitting on a fair bit of cash in RIF & RRSP from accumulated dividends. Don't want to deploy into buying more shares (dividend growers) as I think there may be a buying opportunity in the near future: uncertain economy and interest rate policy. Mild recession - rates the same or may go down, and if no recession rates may go up again at some point. Each scenario will have an opposite effect of the price of this ETF. Best case please.

Q: Can you please recommend your favorite global bond etfs? Thank you.

Q: Thoughts with this company?

Q: Question: How does issuing TCN shares significantly above market price to fund an acquisition work, if the TCN shares stay below the stated $13.10 issue price?

Thanks.

John

Q: Just a suggestion for Tom and his bond ladder - TD WebBroker has 5 featured ladders with 4 corporates and one provincial strip. Found under Research tab then Fixed Income.

Q: Good morning 5i Team

I've owned Artis REIT for many years and doing okay (not great) with it due to the accumulated dividends. With the dividend cut the current market yield is 4.86% today. I've continued holding it expecting the total return to be okay going forward anticipating that share buybacks will cause the share price to increase this year.

I like the reit because of it's focused on industry assets and not focused on retail. I also like that it is growing it's properties in the USA. I don't like the reit because of the dividend cut (even with the focus on share buybacks).

Being primarily interested in income, but also total return, I see other reits that are likely better quality and currently pay a higher yield. Can you recommend one to switch to that has a significant presence in USA and is focused on industrial properties?

Thanks
Peter

Q: Re Gary's question on fund sorting. I find fundlibrary.com useful. Click on funds, then on browse funds and then sort by fund name, category, or asset class. Then sort by time frame, short or long, and then drill down to specific time frames by clicking on the column year header to sort by 3, 5, 10 year performance etc.
Peter.

Q: What grade (A,B,C,D,E) would you give to each of the management teams at NFI and GEI. Is there a site that reports on or assesses management effectiveness, performance, track record etc? After all we're essentially investing our money with them when we purchase equities. Is this a feature you would consider adding to the 5i report card?

Q: I have enough money in a LIRA, RRSP and TFSA account to take a full position a something new (1 stock for each account). Based on the stocks you hold in your 3 portfolios, (I don't own many of those) which 3 would you recommend.

Q: What is your best idea right now? I have cash to deploy in one of my accounts and I have looking for something with capital appreciation potential over the 1-2 years.

Thank you,
Jason

Q: your present thoughts on this stock. Some analysts see positive for the future with cash flow rising with the demand for higher heavy crude in us. Thanks

Q: Any bad news?Are they out of lockup?Quite the drop off the highs.Any interest?

Q: Good timing on their part for new raise- but I am concerned on the valuation- still a bit high and the lack of dividend growth - comments?

Q: Could you check out this company ,do you think it will make a come back , I am thinking of jumping in.

Q: I currently hold WMT in my us non registered account. I like WMT as a defensive stock . Do you think selling WMT and buy VIG would reduce risk and still be defensive. At the same time WMT provides more leverage. Your thoughts.

Q: With large deposit ($1M+), what is the WORST case scenario for this ETF?
Deciding between a 0.9% high interest account and this ETF.
Need funds within year.

Thanks!

Q: globeinvestor gold service had a great mutual fund sorter with any options you would want. They have since changed there service to globe investor and have nothing near to what they had.

do you know who has the best service to check mutual funds by sorting options

Q: For a $3.6 B company with a p/e of 16.2x trading close to 400k shares per day, I find the price and volatility confusing and frustrating. Seems to move up 3 or 4% one day and down in a similar fashion the next. Even with an earnings beat the stock is not acting well, so far. Comments?

Q: how does 5i feel about this company now thanks

Q: Hi Guys,
I'm looking to put together a 5 year bond ladder through my discount brokerage, this is purely for downside protection, I would want to draw on the money if there was an extended downturn in the market to avoid having to sell positions mainly in dividend stocks that I'm holding for the long haul. My question is it worth building a ladder myself, or should I buy ETF's, with different approaches i.e. government or corporate bonds, do you have and suggestions for a one stop shop approach, my original thought was 50k spread over a 5yr ladder.
Best Regards,
Tom