Investment Q&A

Q: Perusing today's, June 7/16 , Globe and Mail Investor Data Tables I noticed a curious stock mentioned-ACE Aviation Holdings. It is priced at .57 cents and pays an almost 65% div. I tried to investigate further but any info I found was not clear to this tyro. Please, what do you see when you delve into your sources?

Q: I'm sitting on some cash and will be purchasing a house in the next year. Which makes more sense - to put down a minimal deposit and invest the remaining cash or to put down a more substantial deposit?

Q: Greetings to the 5i team. The last question I noted on sector weightings was quite some time ago now. Your response to a member asking about weightings for an income oriented portfolio was I believe as follows: 10% Cons Disc, 15% Cons Staple, 5% Energy, 15% Fin, 10% Health, 10% Indust, 5% Real Est., 5% Tech., 10% Telco, 15% Utilities (no allocation to materials at that time, although I know you have advocated a 5% "insurance" in gold in the past). Would you please indicate any changes to those percentages if you were to answer the same question today? I'd also be interested in how they might change if the question was for a more income/growth balanced portfolio. On a side note, I think I consider my membership fee
mostly for research but partly for therapy, since I find your reasoned responses to various market fears a calming influence! Cheers,

Q: what is your favorite stock in the materials sector for growth for the next 6 months, risk is not a factor for me, the more risk the better.i already have oil and gold exposure. thanks. dave

Q: Hi Peter and Team - In a question today which asked you to decide on which oil and gas stocks you would keep out of a list of several, I noticed that Surge was not on the list of keepers. Is this just because the others were better or do you have concerns about Surge at this point. From previous answers it sounds like Surge is on the right track to recover with higher oil prices. Does this remain the case. Also could you give me an update on insider ownership and your opinion of management. Thanks.

Q: Hi Peter!

If the Growth portfolio had to be reduced to 10 names what would be your top pick today?
correction... on this question it should read top 10 picks today not top pick. Thank you!

Ian

Q: I own this. I noticed insiders and the CEO have made big purchases recently. Comments on the company and the insider buying.
Thx

Q: I have a question about brookfield real estate, why are the shares so under followed and under appreciated? with an 8% yield and shares up nicely since last earnings and share price pushing all time highs you would think there would be more talk about it?

it has a strong dividend that has been increased several times recently and shares continue to appreciate, i think this is a very undervalued company, your thoughts?

are investors afraid of its small size? or its connection to real estate? lets face it, if the real estate bubble bursts in toronto and vancouver (which makes up 1/3 of realtors biz) people will still need to sell these inflated properties

thanks

Q: Hello:

I would appreciate if you can recommend some small cap Canadian Technology and Canadian Health Care stocks.

I would also appreciate if you can add the following Canadian Mining stocks to my watch list:

Canadian Zinc (CZN)
Polyment Mining (POM)
Excellon Resources (EXN)
Golden Predator (GPY)

Thanks a lot. Yasmin

Q: I would like to add a pipeline to my portfolio. Which one (or two) would you recommend.

Ray

Q: Raging River just purchased Rock Energy with shares & debt.Your thoughts on this investment would be appreciated including:the new debt, the heavy oil involved plus the future profitability of such a move.Thanks ,as always,for your advice.

Q: I want to increase my holdings in real estate as a contrarian play, and also increase my received dividends.
I am looking at SOT.UN and it has an expected dividend of over 9% and earnings that are more than double that. It made a deal with Fortis recently, and Fortis received shares as part of the deal. I figure Fortis is pretty astute. I would be interested in your opinion.
Is there anything to read into the fact that no questions have been asked about this company on your website. I like to buy things whilst they are still "under the radar"?

Q: I hold this from last year {2015} when in the model portfolio. I am still down but if momentum is any indicator should I continue to hold or sell and( move into maybe SJ also 2.5% currently.) FM has come back big time to a 2% position from an original 2.5%.
Thx

Q: If Loblaw does sell its gas bar holdings, would this be a good purchase for PKI and how likely do you think this might be?

Q: Dream Office REIT is underperforming the REIT index especially recently. It has been trying to improve the balance sheet but is again down today after publicity over a possible sale of part of Scotia Tower. It seems to be very unloved.I have been waiting for a better price to sell with some frustration. Is there hope for better sentiment and price? Thanks for your opinion

Q: Is it time to buy POT

Q: Hello Team, I am looking at an Income Portfolio and thinking about adding either PIC.PR.A or PIC.A or both, but I am leaning on PIC.PR.A that distributes a 5.75% steady dividend distribution. I am looking at a 5% weighting. Can you provide your opinion on this fund which utilizes a covered call practice on mostly the financial bank sector?

Q: Hi,

Do you think I should wait to get into some US banks or invest now? What do you think of the names I've provided and can you give me a name or two you think would be suitable for a long term hold for a medium risk investor?

Q: I am currently moving some of my portfolio from stocks to ETF's. I want only a plain vanilla flavoured portfolio. I have been going through your questions and answers regarding ETF's, and given the diversity of situations and dates, I am getting a little confused. i wonder if you could suggest the best for broad canada, broad U.S., and international?
thanks

Q: Hi Peter,
DBA is actual agricultural commodities while COW is companies involved in agriculture. Any Canadian listed company closer to DBA than COW ? Thanks.