Investment Q&A

Q: I want to raise some US$ and plan on selling one or more of my US health care holdings, which are all down 35-40% from purchase price. What order would you sell them? Thank you.

Q: Looking BCI over as another way to play the aging population theme plus people are sitting around staring at screens most of the time, especially in the last 30 years (me too) and ruining their eyes. Your last rating on this Company was Nov 2017 @ B+. Do you still consider it worthy of a B+? If so, in the context of a year later. with very little movement, no dividend increases...why?

Thank You once again

Q: Can I please get your opinion of Lin. What do you think about the merger between Praxair and Linde? Do you see this as a good long term investment? Would the 15% widtholding of the dividend apply in an RRSP, as I believe they moved their headquarters out of the USA?

Are you as high on Box now as you have been over the last while? Thoughts on recent earnings? I own this in the TFSA. Worth keeping or can you suggest another company, similar sector with more growth potential. Thanks again

Q: Hi: I would like your opinion on the above named fund. The monthly payment is good but I have some overall misgivings about it. Hence I am turning to the experts. Thanks so much for your wonderful service. - IA Clarington Strategic Corporate Bond Fund
Cathy

Q: Hi guys,
What can you tell me about Helen of Troy - the stock, not the historical figure? The market seems to love it, but according to G&M its YoY revenue declined.

Q: I had an equal weighting , originally, in the above mentioned. companies. I assume ALA will cut its dividend. That said , The other three have no hair on them. Would you think selling ALA , I have lots of gains, and moving into the other three??
Kind regards.

Q: Hello 5I,
I will be retiring in 3 to 4 years and I would like to know if the following ETF would provide a suitable diversification while reducing volatility and providing a monthly income to compliment my pension.
50% CND: CDZ/XTR/XEI/PDF/ZRE
30% United States: ZWH/ZDY
20% Intl: ZWE/ZDH
Feel free to add/remove ETFs as required
Finally, would you limit the exposure to each ETF to 15%?
Thanks
Sylvain

Q: Hi,
I own BIP.UN shares and sold half of my position before they announced the acquisition of some assets from Enbridge as I thought they will come to equity market to raise capital. At present stock price is almost at the same level at which I sold. In comparison during the same time BBU.UN price has fallen from 58 to 48. Do you think its a good idea to invest that capital in BBU.UN rather than acquiring BIP.UN? Just to let you know I do hold ENB:T and ALA:T for income.
Thanks

Q: What are you 3 favourite stocks in the small cap space today?

Q: Hi Everyone at 5i! You have answered several inquiries about this company and from the answers, I gather, holding the stock and receiving its big dividend are risky. The Futura corporation just bough some more stock and owns 16.96% of the shares.( source yahoo finance)...This Corporation is owned by the same person, Amar S. Doman, who owns Canwel. Is this significant? Or in a roundabout way is he buying up his own shares via this corporation? Cheers, Tamara

Q: Hello Team,
Which would be your preference for total return in the next one to two years between Brookfield Asset Management and TD Bank?
Thank You,
Barry

Q: Hi Peter/Ryan, if you have a lot of shares and gains in a stock and if you are expecting the stock to split. Is it better to sell before the split or after or does it make a difference. Whats the best way to handle this scenario. Thanks, Nick

Q: Who will benefit the most from the current crude-on-rail initiative (i.e. Alberta paying for rail cars to transport crude) CNR or CP? Thank you...

Q: Getting away from Canadian O&G I was looking south of the border for a small cap and I come with CHK it's at 52 week low could I have your thoughts on the company in regards to management,assets etc ...thanks

Q: My biggest position is in Knight and my two biggest concerns are the possibility that Mr. Goodman's health is deteriorating following his accident which could affect his zeal for a large deal and, second, if his reputation as a bargain-hunter is precluding him from having access to good deals as sellers may only view him as a desperate last resort.
Finally, the trading in this stock seems consumed by day traders generating a flurry of orders following the limited buy/sell from real investors. Is someone propping this stock up to generate action while the shareholder base yawns through the daily action waiting with exasperation for the company to put their $800M to WORK!!
Thank you.

Q: Could you please give your opinion on the above stock. Is it a good time to buy this stock as the chart shows it to be close to a key level.
I am looking to buy for my RRIF

Q: Time to move on and take a loss or is the recent quarter another indication that I picked a good company in a terrible sector and should hang on?

Q: I have recently paid off a sizable chunk of consumer debt, and now have a few thousand bucks at my disposal each month. I want to invest most of this in my TFSA so that I can catch up to my lifetime limit, and thereafter invest at a monthly amount equivalent to the annual limit. I've been thinking of investing most of this money in ETFs, but am a bit confused about the advice I see online. In your view, what is my best strategy here? Invest in one or two solid ETFs? If so, which do you recommend? Often, the ETFs I see experts recommending don't seem all that appealing. They hover at the same price for years and years and typically don't have much in the way of other types of yield. Anyway, I'm a bit confused and just wanting to have a basic plan for moving forward over the next year or two in my TFSA.

Q: The US Fed has a very big balance sheet problem that needs to unwind - someday. I do not understand what that means to the stock market.
Please help me.
Clayton

Q: Any thoughts on chp.un-t