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Q: My 22 yo son recently opened an RSP. I wish to invest in one stock in his RSP (limited $ at this time - his TFSA is in order). I believe that good companies seldom/never come on sale. Given the concept of capital preservation for RSPs, cannot use cap loss, very long time horizon, etc, I like the 3 companies identified, and am open to others. There is no need to shoot the lights out - slow and steady will win the race.

Can you see any difficulty with any of the 3 companies I have it narrowed down to, and is there one or two others I should consider (don't care for securities like SH in RSP).

Thanks in advance. Bob
Read Answer Asked by Bob on May 14, 2016
Q: Back in April you recommended SJ, KXS, OTC, and PBH to someone who was starting a TFSA , and all except for SJ have taken off...
I am trying to help a Senior who doesn't even own ONE stock .
I presume in his situation would you recommend the usual SLF, and BNS ?

Now that these stocks have already performed so well , should he wait for a summer pullback on these ?... or are there others that he should consider ?

Thanks so much
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on May 14, 2016
Q: My first question Re AGT was why the huge discrepancy between the Q1 EPS ($1.12) reported on the Financials and the $0.20 reported on the TMX research page for AGT.

It turns out that although it was not mentioned in the News Release in the Q1 MD&A they did in fact report “Adjusted EPS” of $0.20.

It looks like to calculate the “Adjusted EPS” they ignore any Unrealized FX effect.

There was a VERY LARGE Unprecedented $10.959m “Provision for tax” reported.

Do you have any thoughts / comments on this?
Read Answer Asked by Richard on May 14, 2016
Q: I have been holding, and hoping, for Air Transat (trz) for over 2 years now. My loss on paper is 30%.
Does it make sense to hold further for a recovery or is it better to bite the bullet and redeploy in the same sector ? But where ?

Many thanks,

Jacques
Read Answer Asked by Jacques on May 13, 2016
Q: Hi 5 I -- I don't know what happened: I thought I had input Alterra in the drop-down menu -- Alterra Power, AXY is the first question. Here is the re-submitted portion, in its entirety.

"The last comment I can find on this company is August 2015. May I have your updated views? I am thinking of a 2% position. Also -- Rick Rule talked about Ivanhoe Mines on BNN last night as if it were the Second Coming. Is it worth all the hype? Notwithstanding the nice price movement it has had in the last few months. What weight does it deserve in a portfolio of "mid-to-high risk tolerance". Thanks. (Please take 2 credits, for 2 questions.)"
Read Answer Asked by Sylvia on May 13, 2016
Q: A recent article by Thane Stenner in ROB suggests private equity as a natural hedge to swings in public equity and that the "smart money" which he implies is High Net Worth individuals are shifting more assets to private from public. For someone who is presently an aspiring member to the HNW club what would you suggest to participate in this area? I am currently holding both OCX and BAM, and looked at CVG (too illiquid), all of which have some fingers in this pie. Thanks, J.

link to article:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/high-net-worth-investors-taking-cautious-approach/article29775556/
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on May 13, 2016
Q: Could you please explain the US index "BIXX" & what it is intended to represent. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on May 13, 2016
Q: What do you think of the earnings? They seem to never be consistant!?
They reiterated 2016 guidance of $1.31 FCFPS, that's a 16% FCF yield, pretty rare, no? They bought 11M shares last yr and are planning to buy another 11M in 2016. The market is obviously currently valuing it as a value trap, could it be wrong? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Eric on May 13, 2016
Q: Hi there

I have held Shawcor through the downturn and have a long term view on my investments - I can wait a few years for recovery. Just wondering given the poor outlook from the company for the next year and the poor outlook on the sector whether its valuation reflects this. Would it be a hold here or would you move on. I do think they have a bit of a unique boring business - a bit like Stella which I also hold.

Thanks

Stuart
Read Answer Asked by Stuart on May 13, 2016
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