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Q: Please help me understand ETF's. If I owned an ETF which holds, say, technology stocks and I wanted to sell it because AAPL is doing poorly presumably I sell it in the market; which means that someone else buys it. That should not affect AAPL or MSFT, ABDE, etc. Does the ETF need to sell those securities?
Read Answer Asked by Ian on November 23, 2018
Q: Is there an easy way to follow the S&P Energy Bullish Percent Index?

Thank you
Read Answer Asked by SHANE on November 22, 2018
Q: Hello
Would you please tell me where I can find the Screener-Tax- Loss selling list of companies.
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Ignatius on November 22, 2018
Q: Would like to ask a question about your tax loss selling list on the home page. Great document, but could you confirm where you got the expected Revenue Growth from. How can you predict Revenue from oil and gas stock when the commodity price is so uncertain. That would hold for the majority of the stocks in the list.
Read Answer Asked by David on November 21, 2018
Q: 5i does a great job of alerting us to stocks good for buying. But I am wondering if you view it as also within your sphere to alert us when to sell (selling suggestions seem to come only after a problem and a large drop in stock price). For example, when a high-beta stock is at an all-time high maybe it's time to sell (or is the idea that you sell only enough to re-balance). But I have ringing in my ears from lots of sources "let your winners run". But it's hard to see a winner go up +70% over a year only to see it drop 80% in a few days (estimating here). I guess the game plan is if nothing fundamentally changed the stock will eventually recover the drop and then some.

Thank you for any insight you can provide on this.
Read Answer Asked by William on November 21, 2018
Q: When one reads the balance sheet are the pref shares included in the long term debt.
Read Answer Asked by Leon on November 21, 2018
Q: Hi guys:
In this correction, companies are so called on sale. Unfortunately retail investors only have so much money to deploy to buy shares. For example I own cargo jet and have done great on the name. Would it be wise to sell the winner and take the cash and add more shares to a savaria , New flyer , ccl , or pbh for example and dollar cost average. Or should I just stay put for my entire portfolio.
Thank you
Mark
Read Answer Asked by Mark on November 21, 2018
Q: Hi Peter,
Time for a different type of question in these markets. I enjoyed your recent appearance again on Market Call. Aside from you and Ryan, I don’t watch many others. I am curious though about how you go about formulating your new top picks and the ground rules set out by BNN. You have been on BNN several times this year but they tracked your past picks from October 2017. I assume that is to give your picks one year to perform. Do you use the same process for picking your top picks for BNN as you do in your daily 5i stock assessments or are there differences? I read your new 5i BLOG on tax loss candidates, where you identify many stocks that have been crushed. Many are tax loss candidates but you say you would be reluctant to sell TSGI, PBH and SIS due to the rebound potential in the new year. Would those three, among others with strong rebound potential (KXS), have been considered by you for your BNN Top Picks?
Thanks for the insight.
dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on November 21, 2018
Q: Hi - are you aware of any fixed income oriented newsletters that you would feel confident enough to recommend? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Kirk on November 20, 2018
Q: I note that you have said (in Saturday's FP) that the market is currently not so worrisome because for one thing the VIX has not spiked above 30. Yet I have heard another commentator cite the same fact about the VIX to say we have to have a spike in the VIX before we hit the bottom and so the market will fall more. Same metric but to you it's good and to the other guy it's bad. Can you reconcile these two viewpoints?

On that, while the VIX may indicate not much fear or panic, there sure does seem to be a lot of panic based on the 11-20% drops I've seen on several stocks. Is that because these sellers are just not the ones into options and therefore they are not influencing the VIX?

Thank you.

Read Answer Asked by William on November 19, 2018
Q: My question is on tax treatment of GIC interest.
Is the interest on a GIC reported only in the year the interest is received; or is the interest pro-rated to that portion allocated to the calendar year, even if not received in that year.
Example - a 1 year annual GIC bought in say July 1, 2018, but not maturing until July 1, 2019. Is the interest to be reported on the 2018 tax filing zero, or is it a half year's worth of interest, even though not yet received in 2018?
Read Answer Asked by David on November 19, 2018
Q: Hello 5i team, Just wanted to thank you for the timely reports and updates on the various coverage companies. Thanks for the excellent work.

Shyam
Read Answer Asked by Shyam on November 19, 2018
Q: I’d like to invest in companies with excellent balance sheets, a clear catalyst for growth, and which are trading at a discount to their historic valuation. I’m hoping you can provide a list of stocks, both domestic & foreign, that meet these criteria. Are there any sectors or countries with an abundance of such companies right now? If so, please suggest some appropriate ETFs. Thanks very much.
Read Answer Asked by Brian on November 16, 2018
Q: This is not a question, just comment.
So nice to see Peter on BNN's show today. I subscribed to 5i for some time. I made some money but also lost on certain stocks. But that is expected in equity market. It is different from bonds or treasury bills that ensure you won't lose the principal. I listened to Peter's webinar on how to pick stocks and made notes. I read it again and again to remind myself not to make stupid mistakes again. For Peter and 5i staff's advice I want to express my gratitude. Other 5i members' valuable input and ideas are also highly appreciated.
In bad time, it is hard to be an optimistic investor, but it is a very important attitude to get through corrections or depression. We have seen the 'safe' bank stocks go down to an incredible level before and go up again. Understand one's own risk tolerance and 'do your homework' is a must. I also look at other resources though they have different views and sometimes confusing. There is also an element of luck when I sell a stock at a high price and then it drops a lot on the next day. Cheer up, things will change although we do not know when.
Cindy
Read Answer Asked by Cindy on November 16, 2018
Q: Hello,
Do I have the right to tell my (discount) broker not to lend my shares to short sellers? Alternatively can I ask the broker to share whatever he receives from such a loan?
Thanks in advance
Read Answer Asked by Yves on November 15, 2018
Q: As you have suggested for GC one should not buy more than $100000.00 in view of insurance coverage. I have 2 question
1-Is there a 5 year ladder type GC available-as package ?
2 -if one buys 5 of 100000.00 ladder type GC from 1 financial institution ( bank or trust- 1 year ,2 year and etc. ) how the insurance coverage would work ?.Is it each one is covered separately or only 1 insurance is covered for all, max. coverage is 100000.00 for all ?.Thank you
Read Answer Asked by ebrahim on November 15, 2018