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Q: Does your opinion of cbl change at all after their 2nd q results release? I have about a 2% weighting (as of today) in an rrsp acct, down about 30%. I'm think of selling considering all the quality stocks with far fewer "issues" that are on sale right that I could replace it with. After watching what happened to efn after a rumor and no short interest, it has not recovered at all from it's significant drop so I can't see anything, other than a prompt privatization of cbl, that will turn it around. I don't think this q results will help at all either.

on a side note I think it could be a wise move to basically sell all stocks just before earning seasons and wait for the dust to settle before buying back. all stocks that miss, a lot that meet, and even some that beat get clobbered with very few that make a good run after a beat, dr is a case in point here which I hold. even with trading fees (about $5/trade) this seems like a very profitable possible strategy. I know it's not your style to trade like this but with the markets being as reactionary as they are with the hedge funds and day traders so active a swing of 10% plus swings could be very profitable and more than offset the very few that seem to move up on earnings.

thanks Tom
Read Answer Asked by Tom on August 14, 2017
Q: i currently have almost $20000 in U.S. cash in my porfolio.
am looking to invest in the U.S. Banks.
would i be better off in investing in a U.S. bank etf or would i benefit more by transferring my U.S. funds to Canadian dollars and using either ZBK or ZUB??
or would you suggest a U.S. Regional bank etf?
these funds are not in a RRIF or other registered retirement account.
ed in Montreal
Read Answer Asked by ed on August 10, 2017
Q: With the latest news about CBL and the big drop in stock price, what do you suggest a shareholder do (if anything)? Can this company be trusted? They report earnings Thursday after the close but can we believe what they say? I stayed "patient" with DH, Concordia, and HCG only to add to the initial losses. Do you think they can recover from this even if it is shown that no fraud has occurred? As usual, your thoughts please.
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Rudy on August 10, 2017