Investing and Stock Tips Thread

Investing tips and market comments come up from time to time in other threads, and although interesting to investors and speculators, these tidbits are largely tangential to geopolitical debates and other issues under discussion. Thus, here is the “Investing and Stock Tips Thread”, targeted at financial market discussions, stock tips, info sharing, YOLO stories, and whether the shoebox or the cookie jar is a better place for your pocket money /next session cash stash. Poon long and Prosper…. -Punt.

Oil or Gold for April? Which gold funds? Did well with KILO.B but out now due to Iran drop off and generally over heated run-up. Oil already peaked or just about to jump again? I’ve got the Hormuz Blues—any play seems too unpredictable and risky with the latest volatility from any drivel coming from the Potus. Seems irrational atm. Sold my XLE and mid-stream stocks. But can’t see an immediate end to upward oil price pressures as recovery will take months. Maybe wait for a lower low and take a position.

I have zero experience in investing. Have been looking at a TON of online content (too easy to be overwhelmed with info) and feel that the best for me would be to buy and hold rather than trying to "play the market". Looking at the next 5 years, Perhaps the energy sector and gold. Very late start in life for this mainly due to trust and fear issues dealing with investment companies, brokers, banks etc. Looking at Wealthsimple and/or Questtrade for self directed TFSA.

Thanks for starting this thread, OP. It has the potential to become a long, meaningful thread assuming gatekeeping stays out and the usual posturing doesn’t enter into the mix.

Larry's Torch said: I have zero experience in investing. Have been looking at a TON of online content (too easy to be overwhelmed with info) and feel that the best for me would be to buy and hold rather than trying to "play the market". Looking at the next 5 years, Perhaps the energy sector and gold. Very late start in life for this mainly due to trust and fear issues dealing with investment companies, brokers, banks etc. Looking at Wealthsimple and/or Questtrade for self directed TFSA. Click to expand... I got to investing late in life myself (basically in my 50's). One good thing we have now are ETFs. If you want the ubiquitous 'recommendation' then any one of the 'EQT' ETFs is a good choice (XEQT, VEQT or ZEQT) these are 100% in equities and hold thousands of stocks. Any of the 'GRO' ETFs (XGRO, VGRO, ZGRO) hold 80/20 equities to bonds and any of the BAL ETFs (XBAL, VBAL ZBAL) are 50-50 stocks/bonds. Two of my faves that I also own are XEI and XDIV. More Canadian content and a lot less American holdings. If you like Canadian banks, then ZEB and RBNK are solid choices (I own the latter). If you want some income, then ZWB uses call options to increase the payout but you tend to lose on capital appreciation because of the calls. I just sold my CNQ and took the profit. It might still climb, but Canadian energy has a lot of headwinds and constraints so who knows what it will do. I also sold my Keyera and made a nice profit, as well as Pembina Pipelines. They, along with Fortis and EMB are typically decent investments. NONE of this is advice -- just things you can look at and decide your own level of comfort with investing.

I’m gambling on a few LAC and TMC, hope those guys work out…

Pumped said: (snip) NONE of this is advice -- just things you can look at and decide your own level of comfort with investing. Click to expand... Still working on the "level of comfort" aspect. Basically I see it almost like gambling. No telling what direction things will move, but getting into something relatively less volatile decreases the loss risk (hopefully). Also need to be aware of buying and selling in a TFSA can draw the attention of CRA. They may deem it a "business".

With investing, one can certainly take the gambling route and cash-out big. There are still many opportunities to play the MUCH safer game of investing into what you know about, while doing research, then invest and hold. Dividend payouts are insignificant for the lite investor, but can be substantial if investing large amounts. Its nice when you hold significant amounts of shares in stocks that pay out healthy dividends while the stock price continues climbing. Just watch and grin! [:giggle:] You still have to watch for significant changes that affect the stock you are in, but not over react when something happens that affects all stocks (unless long term it can adversely affect your stock).

Think ETFs. Exchange Traded Funds. Unless you like following the news of an underlying corporation.

Pumped said: I got to investing late in life myself (basically in my 50's). One good thing we have now are ETFs. If you want the ubiquitous 'recommendation' then any one of the 'EQT' ETFs is a good choice (XEQT, VEQT or ZEQT) these are 100% in equities and hold thousands of stocks. Any of the 'GRO' ETFs (XGRO, VGRO, ZGRO) hold 80/20 equities to bonds and any of the BAL ETFs (XBAL, VBAL ZBAL) are 50-50 stocks/bonds. Two of my faves that I also own are XEI and XDIV. More Canadian content and a lot less American holdings. If you like Canadian banks, then ZEB and RBNK are solid choices (I own the latter). If you want some income, then ZWB uses call options to increase the payout but you tend to lose on capital appreciation because of the calls. I just sold my CNQ and took the profit. It might still climb, but Canadian energy has a lot of headwinds and constraints so who knows what it will do. I also sold my Keyera and made a nice profit, as well as Pembina Pipelines. They, along with Fortis and EMB are typically decent investments. NONE of this is advice -- just things you can look at and decide your own level of comfort with investing. Click to expand... Good stuff here^^. I seldom buy individual stocks any more with juicy diversified ETFs a plenty. Oh ya…FEPO! (For Entertainment Purposes Only). Applies to the whole damn thread whether stated or not. Watching sectors and adjusting between them when favour moves to a different area, irrational ups and down tend to follow. The State Street ETF’s (SPY was the first) are useful for sector rotation strategies. I also like to shift some % between US, Cdn, and Emerging Mkts based on what’s trending. Took positions in Korea (EWT,) and Japan for a month or so. Out now. Picking hot sector etfs vs stocks should be simpler and require less research and dice rolls. Current markets are Fubarred so present conditions seem to be an outlier.

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I’m new to the stock market and open to learning more how it works and tips. A long time client of mine gifted me a large sum of money to go into a specific stock for investing into my future endeavours. It’s a new energy company and it’s been up and down but is more up now. Some business people project renewable and alternative energy resources to go up more with all that’s going on right now in the world. Curious to follow this thread to learn more.

Larry's Torch said: I have zero experience in investing. Have been looking at a TON of online content (too easy to be overwhelmed with info) and feel that the best for me would be to buy and hold rather than trying to "play the market". Looking at the next 5 years, Perhaps the energy sector and gold. Very late start in life for this mainly due to trust and fear issues dealing with investment companies, brokers, banks etc. Looking at Wealthsimple and/or Questtrade for self directed TFSA. Click to expand... I have had financial investments for almost 4 years, where I was able to begin investmenting shortly after I began being a provider. I have a financial advisor who has been amazing, with Fidelity Investments, where I’ve made money, but mostly doing more long time investments. I have been told banks are not great for investments. TFSA and mutual fund investing has worked well. I also have an RESP and RDSP for my kids, but those are specifically for someone who would have kids. The RDSP is a registered disability investment I have for my son who is special needs, so just a heads up for anyone with children or grandchildren with special needs.

kelcaine said: I’m new to the stock market and open to learning more how it works and tips. A long time client of mine gifted me a large sum of money to go into a specific stock for investing into my future endeavours. It’s a new renewable energy company and it’s been up and down but is more up now. Some business people project renewable energy resources to go up more with all that’s going on right now in the world. Curious to follow this thread to learn more. Click to expand... I’m curious to know what it’s called, I’ve been learning finance for the last couple years and I could do some quick research if on it.

Fingus said: I’m curious to know what it’s called, I’ve been learning finance for the last couple years and I could do some quick research if on it. Click to expand... The company I have stock in?

kelcaine said: The company I have stock in? Click to expand... Yeah if you don’t mind sharing.

Fingus said: Yeah if you don’t mind sharing. Click to expand... Syntholene Energy https://syntholene.com/

Telus stock TSX ticker: T. Put in a new low today filing with Securities & Exchange Commission a new CEO coming in 01July 2026. Debt and declining numbers of new subscribers. A 9% dividend while waiting on a '28 recovery.

licks2nite said: Telus stock TSX ticker: T. Put in a new low today filing with Securities & Exchange Commission a new CEO coming in 01July 2026. Debt and declining numbers of new subscribers. A 9% dividend while waiting on a '28 recovery. Click to expand... Been watching T also. Gotta sink to new lows before I’m see the value play. Maybe a futures or derivative play. Watching Canfor too for same reason, softwood price rebound eventually.

Commodities !!! especially Canadian oil nat gas copper silver gold nuclear industry... uranium rare earth