Investment Q&A

Q: Thanks to the recommendations by 5i, I now have a good problem on my hands as it pertains to capital gains. Due to selling of aviglion, syz, aif, sj and trimming wsp, csu and sis in a unregistered account I will have to claim capital gains.

My question is that I am currently under water on Agnico, Teck, WCP and WEF.

Would you recommend selling any or all of these holdings and buying them back in 30 days? If I did I could defer all my gains. I dont mind claiming some capital gains as that day must come (fingers crossed). Could you list in order which ones you would let go and by back, or are all of them likely to stay flat for at least 30 days?

Thanks!

KC

Q: you mentioned 5 tech stocks in financial post on the weekend. i owned square now, but if you had to pick one of the remaining 4 which would it be team,anet,wday, ntap. dave

Q: This is a tax question. I appreciate your help.
Let’s say you have a non- registered account. You A) own a Canadian dividend payer, like TD. It pays a dollar in dividends. You also have B) a ‘ partial return of capital’ payer, like BEP.UN. It pays a combination of dividend and return of capital. So after the gross ups, and all that, what’s left in each case. Put another way, what is the better after tax return? Thx Frank

Q: please I would like to know about BTE what do you thing about the merging with RRX? I am under water and I would like to know if it's time to sell?
Thanks
Diane

Q: Just commenting for Michael and Grant regarding TDB8150. I use this fund quite often through accounts I hold in TD Direct Investing. This fund can be bought and sold without any short term trading fee.
Richard

Q: Out of the stocks you cover can i get your top 7 recommendations for good long term dividend/growth stocks for a non registered account that have a good DRIP option.
TY!

Q: You have indicated a preference for T over BCE based on growth. When I look at the analysts estimates, the earnings growth for T is 5.6% and BCE 4.6%. The forward P/E is T 16.3 and BCE 14.6. However the 1 year return to the analysts median target price is T 6% and BCE 16%. The analysts seem to feel BCE is currently undervalued. In your assessment do you disagree with the analysts assessment? Are you looking at a different time frame?
Mike

Q: I would confirm as well. I use TDB8150 regularily without penalties and works great.!!

Q: At the end of last week, there was an appreciable bump (~5%) in the Magellan (MAL) share price. Do you have any news on why this might be?

Q: 9:50 AM 8/30/2018
I would appreciate it if you could give me your opinion on Chesswood Group Ltd. Could you please comment on :

it's overall financial stability and growth prospects,
level of debts,
payout ratio,
robustness and sustainability of it's dividend,
rate of dividend growth,
level of insider ownership,
and how likely it is to do in a major market downturn.

How would you compare it to other companies in the same line of business and what would these be?

Would you recommend Chesswood for an income portfolio for a retiree and how large a position would you think prudent?

I see some insider sales recently in the $12.40 range and a lot of share buybacks in the $10.60 to $10.96 range. Does this mean the company thinks the shares are overvalued at present?

Thank you............. Paul K.

Q: Why the CRA is targeting some TFSA accounts in court; Should an average investor be worried? by Jonathan Chevreau Aug 27, 2018 https://www.moneysense.ca/save/investing/cra-tfsa-accounts-court/

I don't think this is something I need to worry about just yet as I only have $81k in my account and my wife has $106k in her KTFSA (I call it the Kinda Tax Free Saving Account because it's kinda ok to make some money just not too much). We both still have $7k TFSA room for this yr. but we also have plenty of RRSP contribution room. In light of this article, I'm wondering if we should hold off adding to our TFSA until more clarity is provided by the either the courts or CRA.

Like many, I'm sure we aren't using our accounts like a business but at the same time I don't know what triggers an audit. Nor do I wish to find out since I don’t have the time/resources to prove our innocents. I'm starting to think this may be concerning to more than just a handful of 'savvy' investors as the article would imply.

We appreciate your insight on this topic.
Thanks

Q: Regarding Michael question and Grant's comment this morning, I frequently buy and sell tdb8150 to park money for very short intervals and was told by TD representatives that it is like a daily saving account and there is no penalty whatsoever for holding even for just a day.

Q: I have been considering a small position in TV at around the present price. I hesitate though, after reading what is perhaps frustration with this stock's last 8 quarters and the company's management as well.
Could you provide some clarity. No matter the market or the business, nothing can destroy potential like management .

Thank You

Q: Hello, Can you suggest any other company US or Canada which is enjoying the kind of momentum and growth like SQ and would meet your general criteria as good long term stock? Thank you.

Shyam

Q: Can you please provide your opinion regarding O. Shares Global Internet Giants, OGIG ETF. O'Leary noted he is targeting the best tech companies with this fund. Thank you,
Linda

Q: All things being neutral, what would your expectations be for Covalon's 2018 and 2019 earnings per share? Also, can you give a brief history of their cash levels (maybe for the previous 3 or 4 quarters?)

Secondly, I know you are not fans of averaging down. However, if you WERE to average down, would you take your initial purchase price in trying to determine your percentage weighting, or would you take the current market price? Example, lets say I take a 2% position in Covalon, which theoretically I would want to be my maximum weighting. Shortly afterwards the share price falls 50% (for the sake of easy math). Would I prohibit myself in buying more Covalon because my initial purchase price represented 2% of my portfolio or would I grant myself the option of averaging down because now my weighting in Covalon represents 1% of my portfolio, assuming my portfolio value remained the same.

Thanks and good luck to the staff's kids for their new school year.

John

Q: Hello 5i,
I was wondering what your thoughts were on rebalancing. I am thinking of selling some emera, which I have too much of, and buying pbh, of which, I need more. The problem is that when I look at Emera and notice that the year high is close to $48 and the current price is near $41 and I figure I will have lost the potential of about $4000 on this sale. That is, if I wait for it to go back up again. But, of course we all know that it may not go back up again. Also, PBH may actually grow faster than Emera and so I may have a better chance of recouping my money on it than on Emera. I don't imagine that you go through all of these permutations of thought when you are thinking of rebalancing. I am thinking that your advise would be just to sell it now, if I need to rebalance. Would this be your advice?
thanks as always for the great service

Q: Which pipelines might be the least affected by the Kinder Morgan relapse or going forward .IPL,ENB.GEI.KEY.ALA,PPL

Q: Could I please have your views on Global Partners LP on the NYSE (GLP), do you think the dividend is safe and what are the potential risks with this company? How stable do you think the companies profits are? What are your thoughts on its future forecasts.

Thanks,

Q: Cineplex has had a quiet rally following their Q2 earnings. Do you think the rally has run its course or is there some upside left in the short term?