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Q: Hello Peter and Team.

I’m an income investor and currently have 27% of my portfolio in cash.

The other 73% is distributed as follows:

US Tech 11%
Oil & Gas 4%
Consumer 8%
Cdn Banks 12%
Utilities 26%
REITs 12%

I’ve been in and out of the Telecoms and think they are somewhat expensive right now. The Cdn Banks on the other hand look like an attractive sector to add to and I can collect the 4% dividend while I wait. I have a full position already in BNS and would like to add Royal and TD. Maybe 6% in each? or should I just stay in cash and wait for a further pullback? I’m worried about the US markets correcting which will just take everything else down with them regardless.

What do you think?

I know I need to work on better diversification but I don’t want to put new money to work just for the sake of diversification as I view this to be a ongoing discipline. Right now the CDN banks are the only thing I see as a strong buy aside from O&G which is interesting but still a little too risky for me to commit new money to vs. the Banks or am I missing something?

Thanks as always for your excellent advice. Scott
Read Answer Asked by Scott on March 19, 2015
Q: Hi guys,

I want to limit exposure to the financial sector to 20% of my portfolio. I currently own TD and BNS and with the recent pullback in the major CDN banks, I'm thinking of adding 2 additional banks and I'm thinking about BMO and RY. I don't want to invest in an insurance company since no one can be sure when rates go up and I'm not sure about Home Capital Group since it is more concentrated in its business than the major CDN banks and the yield on the major CN banks are twice that of HCG? Your thought? It is risky to hold 4 major CDN banks in my portfolio if overall exposure is capped at 20%?

Thanks,
Jason
Read Answer Asked by Jason on March 16, 2015
Q: hi peter is ffh a buy at the moment thank you.
Read Answer Asked by suzanna on March 15, 2015
Q: What do you think of Callidus and asset-based lending in general? It seems they fill a niche above some of the 'factoring' companies in terms of finance. This seems to be a growth area. Are they fairly valued here? Thx.
Read Answer Asked by Michael on March 13, 2015
Q: Hi team:
the stock jumped up yesterday and now is pulling back
as mentioned NA sold part of her holdings in FSZ
any reason for the volatility ? thanks team!
Read Answer Asked by Michael on March 12, 2015
Q: These stocks are at the low end of my portfolio in terms of asset allocation(<.5%): EGL.un,AR,TBE,AHF,ZAR,IRG,WEQ,S,FC.
Are any worthy of continuing to hold or buy more; or is it time to more on? Thank you for your advice.
Bruce
Read Answer Asked by Bruce on March 12, 2015
Q: hello 5i:
on 2 March, Gary asked the following question:
Question: I am looking to add some of the names that you cover. In your opinion - which 5-10 names offer the best potential for price appreciation over the medium to long term.

As a counter, could I ask for your 5-10 best VALUE picks, that would include stocks with secure dividends for the medium to long term.
thanks
Paul L
Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 09, 2015
Q: Hi Peter and team

I was thinking of purchasing Home Capital after checking it out carefully. However I notice in today's Globe that there has been insider selling to the tune of over 48,000 shares. Do you think this is a cause for concern?

Many thanks, as always.

Joanne
Read Answer Asked by Joanne on March 08, 2015
Q: Chesswood has announced they will issue, 2,871,800 subscription receipts ("Subscription Receipts") at a price of $9.75 and yet the share price today is up some 11% and over $11.00. I would have thought this would have had a negative effect. Can you explain? Thanks John
Read Answer Asked by John on March 05, 2015
Q: Hi Peter & Team
I hold CIC since inception which pays a good
dividend. However; I have not been able to get
information re fees, etc.
Please give me your take on this fund.
Is it worth holding on? I have small weighting.
THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR GREAT SERVICE!
Patty
Read Answer Asked by Patty on March 04, 2015
Q: is recent share decline due to proposed equity issue?
Read Answer Asked by John on March 03, 2015
Q: several weeks ago there was report I think it was talked about on bnn that ranked Brokerage banks services. Would you know how I could get the link to the report.
Read Answer Asked by Mike on March 03, 2015
Q: I've owned this stock in a LIRA account for a few years and it's done reasonably well but seems to have leveled out over the past year or so. Any thoughts on further growth or should I dump it into something like VUG, Vanguard Growth, or?
Read Answer Asked by Robert on March 02, 2015
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