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Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

Marjorie recently asked a question about Telus:

"Given the recent news re Huawei, Canada/China problems, and the fact that Telus is very invested in the technology, are my Telus shares at risk? Telus is a fairly substantial long term holding in my portfolio."

Could you please answer the same question for BCE? Thanks for your insight.

Read Answer Asked by Jerry on January 22, 2019
Q: I currently hold Markel (MKL) for some conservative balance to my portfolio, and I have (had) high hopes as it's commonly called a 'mini Berkshire' and hey, it's insurance they always win... While my position is still up, it's underperformed relative to my expectations. Further, I'm increasingly anxious about how extreme weather events (read climate change - fires, hurricanes, floods) will effect the insurance business.

In light of the above, I have two questions:
1. How do you feel about MKL, and;
2. Can you recommend an insurance company that is less exposed to property and more exposed to life insurance, travel insurance, or other?

Best.
Read Answer Asked by Cameron on January 21, 2019
Q: Very disappointed in yet another 5i pick in the income portfolio down substantially until a final sell recommendation is released.
You state: "With declining equity markets, lower assets under management and increasing competitiveness in the Canadian financial industry, we have decided to sell Gluskin Sheff"
My question is, why did you recommend it in the first place? All the items applied when you decided to add it to the income portfolio. Seems another stock where you were simply chasing yield without dying proper DD.
Read Answer Asked by Curtis on January 21, 2019
Q: HI 5I.
PLEASE RATE YOUR TOP 5 US DIV. INCOME STOCKS BEST TO WORST FROM MY LIST.
ING, AMC, NHI, DWX, VZ, CCL, UN, PFE, PG.
OR YOUR OWN PICKS BASED ON CORE HOLDINGS. THANKS
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 21, 2019
Q: could you please rate these stocks in order of preference and why. thank-you.
Read Answer Asked by Jim on January 21, 2019
Q: Hi, please comment on my method of transferring unwanted volatile stocks (nflx,vgt,itx,vmd) to safer div. options. I have placed 5% trailing sell orders with a 2% limit until sold or cancelled in order to capture more upside in this likely short bull rally.
Please suggest your best 5 core div. names in Canada, USA and international.
Please use appropriate number of question deductions.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 21, 2019
Q: Some market chatter from MT Newswires found on TD. It says: 'Crescat Capital sees the Canadian economy heading for recession as the housing market buckles. "That might be bad enough for the banks but they face an added strain: outside the financial sector, more than 80% of Canadian companies aren't generating enough cash to support their businesses, the highest in the world," according to Crescat.
"Canadian banks will be left holding the bag and the ones to suffer from what is likely to be a major economic recession," Tavi Costa, a global macro analyst at Denver-based Crescat, said by phone.'

I was wondering about these 2 issues they raised, especially about the lack of cash.

Thanks in advance for your views.
Read Answer Asked by TOM on January 18, 2019
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