Investment Q&A

Q: Dear 5i
I am two years away from retiring and currently positioning my portfolio to be 60% fixed income and 40% equity.
Of the $600,000 fixed portion what bond ETF`s would you recommend and what dollar amount would you put into each ? Obviously lower MER`s and higher yields are preferable .
Thanks
Bill

Q: I would like a small positon in gold for my TFSA that pays a dividen for longterm hold. What would be your best choice? thanks.

Q: Hi Team, Sorry about just copying this info, but RBC is doing a better job than I could:
12:23 PM EDT, 05/03/2017 (MT Newswires) -- RBC Capital is initiating coverage on TSO3 with an Outperform, Speculative Risk rating and C$4.25 target. TSO3 has recently commercialized a proprietary and highly differentiated device for the sterilization of medical devices, particularly endoscopes, in healthcare settings, the brokerage reports, adding that the company is therefore uniquely positioned with its marketing partner, Getinge (a world leader in infection control sales). "We expect greater than ~40% returns over the next 12-months."
Price: 3.17, Change: +0.08, Percent Change: +2.6
Would you agree or disagree with RBC on TSO3?
Thanks, Chris

Q: i know this is a dumb question but i am going to ask it anyways. what are your top 3 picks from balanced equity portfolio and top 3 picks from growth portfolio from now until year end. i prefer growthier names. dave

Q: Thanks for putting the Sector for each stock in the model portfolios.

Q: Greetings, Peter & CO.
With the major drop in earnings I anticipate a major hit to AGT's share price. At what price would you see AGT as a strong buy for a long term investor? Would you recommend waiting a couple of days before making a purchase?
With appreciation,
Ed

Q: I don't have much experience with investing, but from what I've seen, the share prices of companies in the days after an IPO are almost always higher than the initial IPO price. Is it a no brainer then to try and get into as many IPOs as possible, particularly if they're of the "high profile" variety?

Q: I tried to search the site in the blog section for information on the 5% suggestion for individual stocks. No actual search feature for individual articles. so could I get a reason for the purpose of the suggestion. How it should work ie if you have 7% do go back to 5 or let it ride and wait what would the top percentage when to trim. I have TD up 0ver 200% at 12% of portfolio but it is a good dividen payer and stable stock??

Q: Jerome Hass was Market Call, his comments, left me with the impression, that insiders were planning to privatizing this company. Is there no indication on who is looking at the company to buy?? Also, you stated to Ruby that the div. @ 81/2 % is risky, is that because the cash flow or the company could use the money to buy back shares. If they cancelled or greatly reduced the div. then possibly the stock would drop in value and make it cheaper for a buy out??? This seems to me, if any of this was true, would be very unethical, & would there not be some safe guards to prevent this Earl

Q: Hi.

Im borrowing funds for investing purposes.Since this is my first time doing this, I want to ask your advice if I use in non registered acct or my TFSA.I know I can get a tax credit for interest payment of the loan but with TFsa everything is tax free except theres no tax credit for my loan.Jist dont exactly known the calculafion.Im in 40% marginal tax bracket.

Appreciate your help. Thanks.

Q: Hallo I5, is there a tax advantage between dfn, df and zwu, would you please rate or rank them from safety point of view. Perhaps suggesting a couple better ones. I do not have any India holding. Would you consider either of the above safe with reasonable MER, perhaps a suggesting a couple better ones. Many thanks, J.A.P. Burlington

Q: Further to my question on May 4,Mnw tanked the last 2 days.Is there any reason(s)?It may have dropped after the conference call on May 4 morning.If possible do not deduct a credit.Thanks for your usual great services & views

Q: I would like to move to a portfolio with at least 30% exposure to the US. I already own VFV and VUN which comprise 10% of my portfolio. Rather than attempt to buy individual US stocks, it makes sense to me to continue to buy these very low cost ETFs, both of which provide significant diversification into the US. With VFV there is the added diversification bonus that almost 50% of the companies listed have business outside the US. I would appreciate your opinion of this strategy.

Q: Let's say I contributed $51K into my TFSA, and my portfolio grew to $100K. If I decided to liquidate my portfolio and withdraw all of the cash from my TFSA in December, how much can I contribute back to my TFSA in January? Would it be the new year's contribution limit plus the $100K that I took out?

Q: Best diversification suggested overall ?

Q: Thank you so much for the sector column in your portfolios.
Decision making just became so much quicker and easier.
I bet a lot more investors will looking at balancing their portfolios.
Something I thank you for convincing me how important it is.

Q: When do you expect GUD to be successful with buying back ENDO at the earliest ?

Q: Hi. I would like your opinion on Arx . Should I Keep for long term or sell and what would you recommend buying. Thank you

Q: Are there etf's that simplify the tax headaches associated with owning individual US limited partnerships and reits such as mainstreet capital and american tower. Any comments on these two companies would be appreciated. Thanks

Q: Hello

Can you comment as to why the stock was halted today.

How badly are they going to miss estimates?

Do you estimate they are in debt trouble? There debt level being quite high.

Thank you

Stephane