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Q: I help my son with his investments: he already owns XEG to capture an energy rebound in his TFSA & has another $25K to deploy in that account: he is not sure how long his time horizon is? A few stock suggestions that pay a nice dividend and/or have good growth potential over a 12mth period please?
Read Answer Asked by James on June 08, 2016
Q: Are you aware of cases where guest portfolio managers on BNN got caught recommending stocks that the firm/themselves are shorting? It's hard to believe it's not happenning. My best example is Bruce Campbell of StoneCastle. His past picks are absolutely horrible (-43%, 93%, -57%, -88%, -90%, -70%, -51%). Are regulators actively looking out for manipulation through recommendations on BNN? I really hope so. I use this site to review past picks. Other members might enjoy reviewing past picks: http://www.stockchase.com/expert
Read Answer Asked by Matt on June 08, 2016
Q: Is there a USA or CDN ETF that your team would recommend similar to CSH.UN, SIA or SIS. Is there any news why SIS is selling off with high volume.
Read Answer Asked by Hector on June 07, 2016
Q: Perusing today's, June 7/16 , Globe and Mail Investor Data Tables I noticed a curious stock mentioned-ACE Aviation Holdings. It is priced at .57 cents and pays an almost 65% div. I tried to investigate further but any info I found was not clear to this tyro. Please, what do you see when you delve into your sources?
Read Answer Asked by Ryczard on June 07, 2016
Q: what is your favorite stock in the materials sector for growth for the next 6 months, risk is not a factor for me, the more risk the better.i already have oil and gold exposure. thanks. dave
Read Answer Asked by david on June 07, 2016
Q: Matt's question about the U of T pension plan also sounded to good to be true to me so I looked on their website. The pension does not provide the value of the full salary, but rather what I've pasted below from the website:

1. Highest Average Salary/Wages is the annualized average of your highest thirty-six (36) completed months of
salary/wages, while a member of the Pension Plan, during your current span of employment with the University, prior to
your Early or Normal Retirement Date. “Salary/Wages” means your gross regular monthly salary before deductions,
annualized to 12 months for sessional employees and to the 100% salary/wages equivalent for part-time employees. “Gross
regular monthly salary” includes Academic Administrative Stipends, but excludes all other payments to a maximum salary
limit set out in the Pension Plan, currently set at $150,000.
2. Average Canada Pension Plan Earnings Ceiling is the average of the Ceiling established by the Federal Government for
Canada Pension Plan purposes during the last thirty-six(36) months of participation in the Plan prior to your retirement.
3. Pensionable Service means the total of all of the years you have been participating in the Plan, and any earlier University of
Toronto Pension Plans during your current span of employment (excluding participation in the historical part-time Pension
Plan prior to July 1, 1987). Effective July 1, 1987, part-time employees accrue pensionable service at a rate equivalent to
their percentage of full-time worked.
Your annual unreduced pension is calculated as:
• 1.6% of your Highest Average salary/wages up to the Average Canada Pension Plan Earnings Ceiling
• 2.0% of your Highest Average salary/wages which exceed the Average Canada Pension Plan Earnings Ceiling
• Multiplied by your years of Pensionable Services
The lower percentage app
Read Answer Asked by Carla on June 06, 2016
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Read Answer Asked by Brenda on June 06, 2016
Q: My number one worry about investing and retirement is my wife's defined pension at the University of Toronto. It's too good to be true. Here it is: she started working there at 30 years old and now she's 34. Every months, she puts 400$ into that pension and the university puts 200$. At 62, she will get for the rest of her life an amount equal to the highest salary she has made there. Right now, that would be 80k. How can a pension afford this?! At 62, she will have contributed 230k and with a 6% return, the pension will have grown it to 700k by the time she retires. Not nearly enough to pay her 80k a year for the rest of her life! Now here is a RED FLAG: Last year, they reduced by 50% how much the university contributes to it. Before, they used to match her contribution by 100%. Someone messed up. Can we trust this plan? Can you see how the pension can make those numbers work?
Read Answer Asked by Matt on June 06, 2016
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