Investment Q&A

Q: Please help me understand the growing professional advice that we avoid 'defensive' dividend payers ( REITS, Utilities, Telcos etc).
I understand there might be downward pressure on share prices if investors switch to debt instruments. But we buy 'defensive' payers because they have sustainable, and usually
growing dividends...right? If there is downward pressure on the share prices we buy more.
What is it that I am not getting?

Q: I note that you are selling DH from the 5i income portfolio. Unfortunately I hold DH in my TFSA so cannot claim Capital Loss. In this case, would it be better to hang on for a bit?

Q: I have this position in the resp of the children (2%).
before the change take place better to sold the shares or to continue with the new compagny which I don't know.
thank you.

Q: Hello 5i,
I an thinking about positionning my portfolio for long term growth and, as I respect your views considerably, I thought I may add GOOG and Qualcom, as well as JNJ, as you are quite positive on these stocks. (I checked them myself, of course, and what I am able to see confirms your ideas).

To do this, though, I am going to have to sell a few US stocks in which I have a pretty good profit. My question is whether you would see this as a good strategy, given that my sector allocations are OK?
The stocks that I would be thinking of selling are:
Finning-it is Canadian but I can get US dollars from it.
Goodyear tire and rubber
HPE:US hewlett packard
XHB:US a homeowners ETF that i have been holding for the rebuilding of housing in the US.
thanks

Q: Would you choose OTC or CSU today for growth over the next 2-3 years?

Q: Hi Peter and staff
I assume MX is still a good add after the big up in the day before you added it to the. Balanced portfolio?
If so I plan on adding it . Please list the first one below you drop to add some as well as the next suspect to go for it in order and reasoning

AIM
ACQ
DH
DIV
WIN

Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Hello - thanks for your great service! I have 2 questions. The first is in regards to the Balanced Equity Portfolio. I follow it fairly closely and I noticed that you suggest a 5% weighting in each name, however it looks like it has grown from 20 names to about 23 names. Would you then begin each name with a ~4% weighting as opposed to 5%? If so, at what percentage would you trim the weighting? Would it still be at 7% as per previously suggested or would you say 6% if the starting point is about 4%?

My second question is in regards to starting a position in MX. Generally I will add names as soon as it gets added to the BE Portfolio. I saw it had a big run up today. With today's big run up, would you be comfortable taking a full position in it at the closing price today or would you wait for a lower entry point? If so, what would that be?

Thanks again for your great service!

Q: Kinaxis Inc.
Chief financial officer Richard Monkman sold 25,000 shares on Nov. 10. CEO John Sicard sold 10,000 shares at a price of just over $67 a share. The chairman Douglas Colbeth sold 37,500 shares on Nov. 8, and trimmed his holdings by 12,500 shares the following day.

Would you have any concerns here?

Q: I currently have CSW.A which is not doing very well in my balanced portfolio, would you consider replacing it with MX?

Q: Why is cotts declining ? Thank you

Q: In terms of valuation,which of the aforementioned 4 companies is the best buy.Please list your preference in order of 1 to 4 with 1 being the best.Appreciate your normal great services & views

Q: Looks like they have missed earnings again. This time on record sales they still managed to have a pretty big miss. I have owned for a year and a half and the stock has been pretty disappointing. I know you guys have been very high on this name in the past. Is the investment thesis still intact. Does this just require more time or is it time to look for a substitute?

Q: Please comment on their results.

Q: Good afternoon, and I hope everyone is well. Graphite was hot last year, and everyone was excited about graphene. Now that the interest has subsided I am interested to hear your views on graphite, graphene and the company in particular. Thank you, and my best wishes to all.

Q: Good afternoon,

Looking to see if there is a reason for the decline in Saputo today? The secondary offering settled yesterday- not sure how/why this would be germane, but hoping you can provide some insights.

Thanks
Brad

Q: What is your thoughts on the latest numbers put up by BNS

Q: This graphite co is in Quebec. Has the support of the caisse and the Gov of Quebec and is up about 75% in the last year. It is well located and financed and has most of the infrastructure in place with very high grade grahite.

Q: I would like to add some US technology growth stocks to my portfolio for the long term. Would you prefer Facebook or Google and, if the latter, GOOG or GOOGL? Or perhaps another name?
Thanks,
Ted

Q: Great service Is the dividend safe as we wait for the new production plant to open? Would you buy at these level for a 3 year hold?

Q: One company to look at for (probably) the best graphite is CCB.V.
It's an answer for other people asking about ZEN.