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Q: Hello Peter
As a recent new member, I am both impressed and a little overwhelmed with all the information. I started making a lists of potential companies to invest with, but decided to cut to the chase and just ask you....I am looking for your recommendation for both income and growth companies.... perhaps 4 or 5 of each. I am fully invested in TD, which has done well for me this last year, as well as a couple energy stocks.... Spartan and Ring. I am retired but have a steady income flow with pensions and dividends from an ongoing business. Thank you for offering such a great service and look forward to a bright and lucrative future. Brian
Read Answer Asked by Brian on November 27, 2017
Q: YGR is seemingly highly rated and has been up more than 200% this year already. Is it still a buy at this level (closed at $4.79 on Friday)? Energy stocks could be back in vogue and with every sector almost already fully priced, it may be their turn.

I have dedicated about 5% of my total capital for very short term (say, no more than a month) high risk investments. Right now I am holding ENB in this slot ( a result of my recent bottom fishing) and I would like to flip it for something else before the Enbridge media day in December. Just in case Enbridge may say something untoward and jeopardizes its pledged dividend increases, or lower its guidance for 2018. After all this company had missed its earning targets for about six quarters. I could lose my modest ENB gain so far, and perhaps more.

Would YGR be a better choice for a bigger short term gain than ENB? Thanks for your take on this idea.
Read Answer Asked by Victor on November 27, 2017
Q: Hi Peter
Wondering if Empire has finally turned itself around . I had the stock ,sold it . Lately as I walked into Whole Foods ,I wondered what the grocery stores were worried about . Amazon ,from my point of view has not done much to change the pricing in their take over . Companies like Costco and Kroger in the US just need to keep doing what they have successfully done all these years .would you get into Empire today .
Read Answer Asked by Candi on November 27, 2017
Q: Could you explain about the delisting from TSX and transfer to another exchange.
Will this have a negative effect on the share price?
Would there be any benefit it selling my Aphria shares and buying WEED - all else(taxes) being equal, for this reason only? I have done well with the APH so far?
Thanks
Jeff
Read Answer Asked by JEFF on November 27, 2017
Q: In a 250k investment portfolio we have over 20 stocks. We would like to trim some of the smaller positions and top the others.From larger to smaller holdings HR.UN, GIL, ET, STN, GH,ECN,TCN. 2 to add to, 5 to dispose or 3 and 4. Which would you keep.
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by francois on November 23, 2017
Q: Peter & co., greetings,

Respected studies show that most investors, pros included, cannot beat a broad market index. Adjusted for inflation, the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index lost money over the last decade while the S&P500 composite index more than doubled.

Why would future returns be much different? Wouldn't investors be better off holding the S&P500 index via say, VOO or SPY or QQQ and sitting in their rocking chairs?

And more questions - what can I do when I run out of my 24 questions? Are you considering a way of allowing subscribers to ask more than 24 questions (for a fee, of course)?

Thank you for your good work.

Milan
Read Answer Asked by Milan on November 22, 2017
Q: Hi guys, I'm looking at your response to 'who's likely to suffer when NAFTA gets torn up' (which seems increasingly likely)... I have held these for a long time and been VERY happy with all of them, but is it time to trim them down? Do you think the NAFTA threat is sufficiently priced in? I'd love to get your thoughts on each one. Thanks! PS -- you can ding me for 5 questions :-)
Read Answer Asked by Kate on November 22, 2017
Q: 1. While navigating the Questions on the new website, is there a way to quickly search for questions for a particular date. I believe this was possible prior to the changes. This would help those of us who do not regularly read the questions on a daily basis. The only way I can do it now seems to be by keeping on clicking on the few pages at the bottom until the dates of the questions changes from for example today's date to yesterday's date and so on.
2. I was unable to find older Q & A from the time of your inception on many stocks. Have you deleted those older Q & A?
Thanks. Frank.
Read Answer Asked by Francis on November 21, 2017
Q: Hi 5i: Thanks for providing the sector percentages. One thing still puzzles me, namely the breakdown of the consumer space into (1) discretionary vs staples or (2) cyclical versus non-cyclical. From my reading it appears that discretionary and cyclical are synonyms, as are non-cyclical and staples. Is this correct? Also, could you tell me which sector Amazon, Priceline and Facebook belong to? Many thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Roland on November 21, 2017
Q: Hello Peter and Ryan,
I am puzzled and would appreciate your input. Aurora is making an official offer (no longer just a proposal) for $24 per share of Cannimed. Why is Cannimed's price stuck at 19-20 range? Any ideas as i would have expected by now the Cannimed to go up to atleast 24? If you owned Cannimed with book value of $15 would you simply bail at this point due to uncertainty or hang on with hope of $24 or put a stop loss at 18 or so. Your comments are appreciated. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by umedali on November 21, 2017
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