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Q: Hello 5i,
Great job on the P.A.!! I found it extremely quick and easy to enter my data and will go through the resulting report soon.
One question I have, however, is: can I (or how do I) add our investment in our daughter-in-law's company? It is a private company and it represents slightly over 3% of our total PF. The easiest would be to add the cash value, but then I wouldn't want it categorized as Cash. One of your previous answers alluded to being able to add holdings that fall outside the box, but there were no specifics.
Also, I can't remember if you have a FAQ on the P.A. page or not, but it if not, it might help a bit.
Again, congratulations on a great job!!! Everyone at 5i should feel very proud indeed!!
Cheers,
Mike
Read Answer Asked by Mike on March 28, 2019
Q: I have a few questions about the new Portfolio Analytics service.

1. How does the Portfolio Analytics service differ from the Portfolio Review service that was offered in the past few years?

2. I don't see the Portfolio Review service anymore on your web site. Has it been cancelled?

3. A lot of personal financial information about me would be stored somewhere on your servers. How is this data protected? What is the privacy policy?

4. Has 5i Research ever been hacked?

5. Morningstar has an "Instant X-Ray" tool, which is used by Sunlife where my DCPP is held. Is your tool similar to this X-ray tool, where I can x-ray my portfolio at ANY time myself to get asset class, sector allocation, country weightings, stock style, fixed income style, etc. It's not clear to me that I will be able to do this myself at any time I want, or will I need you to "x-ray" my portfolio for me?

6. Information changes all the time with DRIPs, buy and sell transactions, etc. It would be up to me to keep the information up to date in this system. Every time I do that would I get a new report automatically pointing out over or under allocations, suggestions for improvements etc.? I guess the question is how many times in a year can I get a "second opinion" from this service?


Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 28, 2019
Q: Hello and congratulations on the new portfolio analytics roll out. I have started to enter my data. I notice the system allows Unregistered, RESP, RIFF, RRSP and TFSA. I have a LIRA should I enter this with my other RRSP holdings? I am also wondering about my wife's accounts. Should I lump them in with my holdings or is there a way to separate them? Thanks as always
Read Answer Asked by Frank on March 28, 2019
Q: You were right as GS was potential takeover,which other stocks can be takeover target?
Read Answer Asked by Nizar on March 25, 2019
Q: I was going to use the proceeds of the sale on KWH.UN and purchase SBC. (Brompton Split Banc).
Is SBC more risky than KWH? How would you rate SBC? Is
now a time to buy into LSPD as it seems to have settled down after the IPO?

Wayne
Read Answer Asked by Wayne on March 22, 2019
Q: Hi. looking to pick up 3 cie , for a 10 yr period in a RRSP account , would you recommend any of them or any others that are not on the list.

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Costa on March 22, 2019
Q: Hi 5i Team,

I hold about 5% in each of these companies, with the rest in indices (XAW, VCN) and cash. Do you have any recommendations for other companies I should be looking at to diversify? Thanks for the help!
Read Answer Asked by David on March 22, 2019
Q: I watched the Neil Bruce interview yesterday and tend to agree somewhat that the company is something of a political pawn and that the continued negative news - more so than company fundamentals - are depressing the stock price. Do you agree? My main questions then are:

1. What happens to the stock price if some of the 407 stake is sold? Investors know it's coming so will this be non-material to prices when complete?

2. If what the CEO said is true and the company only has 1 federal contract at this time anyway is that angle not being massively overplayed as a driver of lower prices?


Read Answer Asked by Tim on March 21, 2019
Q: I realize that the performance of the forest products sector (WFT, etc.) will largely track the commodity price of softwood lumber. Prices of SW lumber averaged well over $500 (USD/MBF) one year ago and yet remain below $400 today. If seasonality were a factor, we should be back where we were a year ago - but we are not. Do you have any insight into why the price of lumber (and correspondingly why the entire forest products sector) continues to be so depressed. Thanks for your thoughts on this.
Read Answer Asked by Gordon on March 21, 2019
Q: I have been ignoring my RSP for years now , and I will have to do the Riff conversion in 2 years. I have a collection of failed stocks and $200,000 in cash sitting in 1 1/2% interest cash in my RSP .Yesterday I committed to buying the NPI offering , but my broker says I can change that to my margin acct or TFSA if I do it right away . If I clean it up , what equity names might you suggest for my RSP and where should the NPI go ? With 5% yield , is it an income stock ?

Thankyou ...
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on March 20, 2019
Q: What is your detailed opinion of Maxar "surviving". I have a massive position that is under water to over 100k. There is at least 10 USA law firms initiating class actions. I do not see any listed in Canada? Is their a Canadian firm representing shareholders? Should I participate in this, since the USA law firms advise on participation status as 100k. My book value is around $50.00 per share. I know the company will never see this price. However, my focus is on their ability to survive and muster up some kind of low $20-$30s pricing on their assets. Or, accept defeat, and try to recoup through class action, or sell. How valid is the class action? The cost of defending against 10+ suits must be intense, and will not go away. If you can peer down into this well of doom, please provide some comments. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by william on March 19, 2019
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