Investment Q&A

Q: hi, I am not a student of finacial history or much of anything else , but with the Saber rattling with North Korea . I would like to know if stocks have any sort of historical behaviour during these periods and that an investor should be aware of ,or take advantage of. Thanks once again for your insight.

Q: What's your thoughts on Boeing? It looks like an attractive buy to me, but is there anything else worth looking into as well in the aerospace & defense industry?

Q: Your thoughts on the prospects and risks with this company. Keith

Q: I would very much appreciate your investment opinion of this company. Is the dividend sustainable? What are the growth prospects? ec.

Q: Many guests on BNN like ATD.B & some consider it cheap(I guess it is cheap for a reason)Partially growth by acquistions,& made so many & a very one in CFT recently.Can it continue along this path?No longer a market darling as it has underperformed TSX the last year(- 10% vs + 3% TSX).Technically weak as it is below 20d,50d & 200d MA.It traded in a range of $65 to $59/58.Amazon is having a very negative effect on Can.grocery chains like L & MRU & lately EMP.A,& may have spilled over to ATD.B.It missed 2,matched 1 & beat 1 of the last 4Qs.It is reporting on Sep 6,please advise expected eps & revenue.Is it time to enter in this climate?Thanks for u usual great services & Views

Q: I hold these 4 stocks in my LIRA account and do hold some of your other income stock recommended in my RRSP account. I just wonder if these 4 stocks are okay in holding in a LIRA account or would you prefer a different mix of stocks in a LIRA account as both KWH.UN and VNR are utility stocks?If so what do you consider the best 4 stocks inside a LIRA account?

Q: I like its business-operator of senior residences- as the very wealthy group,the babyboomers are getting older & will likely use this services.However I am held back by the following.A very high P/E 145.4(trailing) & 163.4(F)per TRI.It missed expected eps 3 of the last 4Qs.Its 3.9% yield is relatively low in the sector.Underperformed TSX the last year.Reached a $16.50high in early June/17 & been in a decline since.Canada has a strong GDP leading to expectations of an imminent increase in interest rate which will be negative for proxy bond sectors including CSH.Your view please.Thanks for u normal great services & advices.

Q: Peter,could I have your opinion on selling IGM, PD,TOG and buying SJR.B,CJR.B POW
My reason is for better income
Thanks for your opinion
Pat

Q: Good Day 5i
Could you please provide me with your top 3 investment choices and rationale in the US for a long term hold in a taxable investment account with no regard to sector
Thank you

Q: Greetings 5i Research,

It has been said that it would be easier to turn a Newfoundland fisherman into a top banker than the other way around.

When I graduated in 1965, top dental incomes equaled top Canadian bankers' incomes. Today, top bankers earn more in two weeks than top earning dentists do in one year.

What happened? Was the investment in my education a poor choice?

(Not that anyone should feel sorry for dentists who, as a group, have replaced physicians and surgeons as Canada's top earners.)

Thank you for your well-thought-out answers to all my previous questions.

Milan

Q: Howdy!
I try to be a buy and hold investor with a long-term investment horizon in my RRSP account.
I have recently joined your service and am thinking about trying to reposition my RRSP account to emulate the sector allocation in your Balanced Portfolio.
About 30% of my portfolio is sitting on cash /cash equivalent investments right now; and I have almost 0% in the Technology and Basic Materials sectors.
As such, would you recommend a position in all of the nine equities that represent the Tech and Basic Materials sectors in your Balanced Portfolio?
Or have some of them (like CCL.B) peaked /not as much room left for appreciation compared to when first bought?

Q: I own MG and MTY in consumer cyclicals and contemplating adding another name among GIL, RCH, ZZZ or CTC.A. Please order them from best to worst as a solid complement to the two I already have, as part of an RRSP account with a 15+ years time frame. Please give a brief rationale and suggest another company if there is an obvious better choice. I note that the stock value of RCH is surprisingly stable on multi-year charts for a c. cyclical.

Q: What do you think about the purchase of Norbord at these levels? Will the Harvey requirement for more wood products impact Norbord?

Q: I'm a retired, income-oriented investor. I own PWF, GWO and IGM in a diversified income portfolio. All three pay decent dividends (IGM highest at 5.5%). PWF owns the other two and has European exposure through Pargesa. GWO is my only CDN Lifeco holding. Is IGM likely to be impacted by new CRM2 rules about fee disclosure? Should I keep all 3 of these? If not, which should go? Your opinions/suggestions are requested.

Thank you,
IslandJohn

Q: I want to give my take on DFN, a split share investment vehicle. I realize 5i and probably every other good financial advisor does not favor this vehicle and would not buy this for their clients. Yet people are buying this product every day.

Please let me know how sound these thoughts are or if you have anything to add.

As an investment DFN is a road full of potholes. For one thing, the dividend could be cut off completely for as long as two years, although DFN has never discontinued its dividend. Along with that, the share price could plunge 30% or more. As well, the share price will probably degrade over the years.

Who would benefit from DFN? Someone who absolutely needs the 11% dividend every month in order to pay the bills.

However, they need to be cushioned against the potholes. They need a mental cushion that will allow them to withstand sharp drops in the share price, as well as survive a disappearance of the dividend for possibly as long as two years.

Therefore, besides the right mental attitude, they need a cash back-up that would replace an absence of the dividend for two years. On a 100k investment they would need about 20k in cash to replace two years of cancelled dividends.

They also need to realize that at the end of the day, perhaps only half of their original investment may be passed on to heirs.

I can see people in their 70s and 80s who are prepared for the aforementioned potholes buying DFN, so there may be a demographic tailwind holding up DFN for the next several years. Thank you for allowing my view to be heard, and I appreciate your response.

Q: I have a question about short selling. I have a direct-investing account. I wonder if my broker is allowed to lend my shares to third party for short selling? If so,
- What is the legal justification?
- How can I prevent that?

Q: On RMP specifically, do you have an opinion regarding their announced asset sale?
Of greater interest, what are the mechanics involved when trading resumes after a Halt Trade order? While halted the bid and ask were matched at .445. Shortly after the halt was lifted the bid and asked appeared to be matched at .485 but no trades appeared. A few minutes later, same scenario at .52.

I viewed this on Direct Investing and it appeared that the first trade - after the halt - occurred around 2:10 (and according to RBC site the halt was lifted about an hour prior)

Q: GUD is consistently a top recommendation as a growth stock. Have you spoken with GUD mgmt. lately to be able provide any additional info. as to when/how they are expecting to invest some of their cash and therefore move the stock in the next six months?
Without any news, it seems that GUD will continue to drift down as the 'bored' investors continue to sell.

Q: CLS matches the non performance of TSX the last year i.e. nil return.It has declined some 28% since its $19.94 high on Apr.26.I sold after its Q in July at a loss.Please advise when it is an approtiate time to re enter.Thanks for u usual great services & views.

Q: Good Morning All,
I have cash from profit-taking in resources and I'm looking at ABT, ITP,SIS,CCL.B, or ZCL. All had some pull-back and pay a decent dividend. Your thoughts please. Many thanks for your excellent service. Bob.