Investment Q&A

Q: I have RBC managing a portion of my portfolio (RRSP). I have not been impressed with their service. They had the majority of my money in long term bonds earning a pittance plus they were bought at a premium. My overall return has been a abysmal but they still collect their management fee of 1.5%. ( I started with $450,000 6 yrs ago and now have $400,000) I recently got annoyed with this lack of performance and instructed them to sell the various bonds. Now I need to place the cash. Any suggestions?
RBC is suggesting a series of GIC's and some bond funds such as : Ipco monthly income,I shares advantaged short duration high income ETF,Lysander corporate value bond class templeton global bond fund.

I am 72 and must take money out of my RRSP whether I need it or not...
Can't thank you enough for this great service.

Q: I have held dividend select 15 (DS-T) for a number of years at has been lingering for a while and only recently is trading at the level I bought it at . It pays a good dividend
What are your thoughts on it.

Q: Peter

You were going to provide a link to the online dividend presentation that you gave This was going to be under the media section I have looked several times and have not been able to find it Could you please send me the link Thanks Paul

Q: XTC Exco Technologies Limited is have a nice run up. Are you aware of any news that is causing this?
Thanks
John

Q: Dividend reinvestment gives impressive returns for a stock like Royal Bank. But after 20 years, how do you calculate the adjusted cost base foe tax purposes? Would it be easier to buy more stock periodically on the open market with the dividends. Do you pay tax just the same even if you are in the company's reinvestment program? In the example given by one of your subscribers on Royal Bank, were taxes paid taken into account? Thank you.

Q: what is your present opinion on KPT?Thanks. Ebrahim

Q: This question is about adjusted cost base. Say I own the same stock in 2 accounts (one unregistered, the other an RRSP), purchased on separate occasions. If I want to sell the non-registered stock, would my ACB be the average of both purchases?
Thanks for clarifying!

Q: re: AVO - is it the next Amaya?

Financials show no problems. Management appears to have enough confidence to reinvest significantly. It appears CEO stepping down was cause of illness.

If this is all true, shouldn't we consider AVO a buy at these levels?

Thanks for all you do

Gord

Q: After the market closed on 4/23 CF announced the its founder,the renouned Mr Peter Brown,resigned as director,officer & honouray chairman of the co & will not seek reelection to the board of directors.Going forward,it is his intention together with some friends & partners to pursue a new career advising established private companies with a growth profile & in need of private debt & equity financing Please advise the effect on the co especially its stock price.Txs a lot.

Q: http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=994a273391e6cd95081ecf363&id=15f5eb241d&e=2f3954e526
Mr. Hodson, does this recommendation to NOT buy any Canadian bank make sense ? This goes of course against your usual approach to the matter.

Q: Telus and SLF have been components of the model portfolio for more than a year with no rating and I assume they would have to be at least a B- or better to join at all but I wonder if you could assign a provisional rating, perhaps subject to adjustment when full reports are done, so that members can get a better idea of just how keen you are on them. I note also that the Income Portfolio doesn't have a column for ratings, at least for April; would it be possible to add it and assign provisional ratings for the stocks not yet covered too? Thanks, J.

Q: Good morning gentlemen,
In an answer recorded 23 May 14 re your 6 favourite picks (? asked by Matt) you indicated Black Diamond as one of the 6. Do you mean Black Diamond Inc (BDE - outdoor products) or Black Diamond Group (BDI - oilfield svcs). Thanks in advance. Bob

Q: Re: FTS.IR
I am an owner of FTS and have been quite interested in following the merger/take over of UNS. I have been part of other take overs/buyouts with other companies but can't figure out why the .IR units are pounding so much higher. I was hoping you would be able to tell me what is happening with these .IR units and why they are gaining so much. Thanks

Q: G Goldcorp I am sitting on a substantial loss (35%) on this stock. Want to sell to book the loss but want to keep a portion of the PF in gold. Do you have an alternative gold stock to do this with?

TIA

Q: Hi 5I, thank you for your excellent service. Redknee Solutions; RKN is making a big move today. Any comments on what the driving force is?

Q: LRE
You said " Because it just started a dividend, the payout ratio is a bit of a moving target, but in the first quarter it was just 18%. Based on forecasts by the company, the 2014 ratio will be less than 20%. It is increasing its dividend with the July payment as well (5%) after the acquisition closes."
If the above is correct and their pay out ratio is 20" with a 7% dividend is it not a screaming buy considering all the other positives. I bought 0.5 position and am wondering if I should sell some Surge and buy More ?
Thanks again and again
Yossi

Q: Profits...
I just came through a very elegant review of the above in a 4 parts serie at:
http://intrinsicmomentumblog.com/
Of potential interest to some of your members.
Publish at your choice
CDJ

Q: Hi team I can get some Prairie Sky shares What do you think with the ipo top price and extra shares
Sam

Q: Re: AYA.TO
I have a small position in AYA.TO. I like the company buy it behaves like somebody always know something we don't know, such as today's surge. I am tempted to sell, since it seems like we can not evaluate it accordingly.
Thanks!

Q: Hi Peter, At the money show you mentioned that if Amaya got to $10 you didn't want it in the portfolio anymore. Is this still your opinion? Post at your discretion.

Thank you for teaching us investing patience.