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Q: I have a large portfolio of 1.3 Mil in value. They are accross all sectors. I will be adding another 200k shortly. I have no precious metals in my portfolio as I was not comfortable with the volatility. What would you suggest for percentage amount of precious metals and what companies, ETF's
would you suggest. Is holding physical gold less volatile that companies?
If so, is there an ETF that holds physical gold.
Read Answer Asked by Ric on August 03, 2016
Q: Hi Peter

Could you give me your top three gold picks and top three silver

Thanks Mike B.
Read Answer Asked by Mike on July 29, 2016
Q: Scotia iTrade (and presumably other brokers as well) offers two different Sherritt bonds for purchase: Coupon 8%, maturity 15-Nov-2018, yield-to-maturity 43.94%; Coupon 7.5% maturity 24-Sep-2020, YTM 29.08%.
Two questions: (1) How can the earlier bond maturity have the higher YTM? It seems it should be the opposite.
(2) I assume that an annual yield of 44% essentially mean that the probability of bankruptcy by the first maturity date is very high. Is there a likelihood of any substantial "recovery" (i.e. less than 100%) in the event of default? What is your opinion of the risk / reward if I were purchase the 2018 bond?

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Gregory on July 27, 2016
Q: I was wondering if you could offer any comments on these two companies: IPT (Impact Silver) and PNE (Pine Cliff Energy). I took positions of approximately 0.5% in each about a month back (I do consider them quite speculative), and have done well with IPT (up about 20%), while I am about even on PNE (down about 5%). I do feel that silver could do well within the next three years, and I also feel that natural gas could do better this upcoming winter. Please let me know what you think about the companies, as well as their management teams; and if possible, your sentiments towards silver and natural gas at the current moment, as well as into the near future. Thanks so much!
Read Answer Asked by Domenic on July 27, 2016
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