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Q: Hello: I have this stock left over from my days with a financial advisor. Bought at $16.00, today it's $18.88, so while the price is declining, I'm still not yet in a loss position. Having read the previous posts, is it best to just sell and get out? What I really want is long-term hold dividend growth stocks. Can you suggest a few that are not banks/financial, telco or utilities (which I own enough of)? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Helen on October 19, 2015
Q: I am 65 years old and this is what I have in my RRSP(my income account). Everything except Win (has 2%) has about 1 full position (5%). I have about 50k still to invest. What would you do with it, and what do you think of the present allocation?
TRP,Tog,RY,NA,LIQ,FTS,CVE,CWB,BNS,ALA,G,BEP.UN,EMA,TMA,and T. Short of the market totally collapsing, I am ok with market gyrations.

Thanking you in Advance
John
Read Answer Asked by John on October 19, 2015
Q: Hi Team , I have 10k that I want to invest in a TFSA account, I wont need these funds for 5-10 years, Im thinking of 3 options , invest in your equity model portfolio picking appox 10 stocks with a 10 % weighing, # 2 invest only in ETFS , or # 3 split the 10 k between the 5 banks , BMO, BNS, TD , RBC and NA... does any of these options look good to you? .....or do you recommend an option 4 ???
For option 1 can you recommend some of the stocks to pick ? and also for option 2 can you recommend some ETFS to pick ?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Costa on October 19, 2015
Q: Dear 5i

I came across this comment from Otterwood Capital Management today:

"The fundamental event which could initiate a dollar selloff would be an announcement from the International Monetary Fund to include the Chinese Yuan in the SDR basket (see my post here for more details). The last decision was made on November 15th, 2010 so we should expect similar timing for this year’s decision. If included, roughly $1 trillion of global reserves will move into Yuan, largely out of US dollars. The decision would be positive for Chinese risk assets and by default, negative for the US dollar.

The US dollar is at a crossroads and the ongoing consolidation is running out of time. One way or another it will break out of the range and an unanticipated US dollar selloff would lead to significant repositioning and volatility."

This is the second time I have heard about this in a week. I just wanted to get your opinion on this scenario and what, if anything, you would recommend doing (i.e. would this be a good time to sell some US stocks?).

Thanks for your great service.
Read Answer Asked by Brian on October 19, 2015
Q: Hi Peter what is your take on the high volumes and price on this stock in the last few days.Who do you feel is buying ?
Kind Regards
Stan
Read Answer Asked by Stan on October 19, 2015
Q: Hi Folks
Doing a bit of house cleaning (a bit late I might add).
I propose selling cus, hnl, tdg, sgy and buying nfi, pbh, eif, and csh.un.
I would appreciate your opinion on these moves .
Thank you Stan
Read Answer Asked by stan on October 18, 2015
Q: Hello Peter & 5i team,
I gather from the various 5i reports and the Q's & A's that my Equity holdings are quite decent; but I'm not sure about the sector weights and would like to have your opinion on the split.
Consumer (21.3%) ATD,BYD,CCL,CGX,DOL,LNR,MG
Energy (6.1%) TOU,VET,WCP
Energy Infra (5.1%) ENB,KEY
Financials (12.0%) BNS,CXI,EFN,SLF,TD
Health/Pharma (7.7%) CRH,CXR,GUD,PHM,RX,VRX
Ind/Infra/Transp (8.7%)
Material (5.2%) CHE,SJ
Tech (22.0%) CSU,DSG,ESL,GIB,MDA,OTC
RE/Telco/Util (11.8) BCE,BEP,CIG,FSV,TCN
By the way, these holdings' (Oct 16, 2015) ytd total return is 11.8% with a beta of 0.5. Even though I got hammered in the Health sector, I made up for it in the Consumer, Tech and RE
Thanks,
Antoine
Read Answer Asked by Antoine on October 18, 2015
Q: Can I take a tax loss selling a stock at RBC direct and buy the same at CIBC investors edge inside 30-days? Both accounts are margin accounts in joint names?
Thank you, J.J P, Burlington
Read Answer Asked by Joseph on October 18, 2015
Q: Hi peter
I took a half position of Vnr As I have trimmed a overweight position in another stock.
Can I have your comments on this move
Kind regards
Stan
Read Answer Asked by Stan on October 16, 2015
Q: What are your current thoughts on RUS? I’ve owned it for many years. Largest holding the avg cost is below $15. However, in one account the avg cost is above the current market and I’m thinking of averaging down. They announced that they are redeeming $174.34M of 7.75% debentures (all). What does this do to their overall debt situation? “The redemption of the debentures will be financed through Russel Metals' existing credit facility.”

I assume the market thinks that a dividend reduction is in the works. Currently yielding 7.21%.

This has been a good holding and the management was/is well respected. What am I missing? China syndrome!

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Dean on October 16, 2015
Q: More a question about strategy. It seems my discount broker charges me around 2.5% for the exchange conversion when I buy a US stock, and probably the same for dividend payments and sells. Is there any way I can reduce these charges? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Kurt W on October 16, 2015
Q: Hi Peter,

Can I get your opinion on the $1.16-billion offer to acquire French aluminum components maker Montupet SA in a deal that expands Linamar’s global reach and customer base. The market doesn't seem to like it because the stock is down today.

Correct me if I'm wrong but LNR earnings are growing +30% yoy yet the valuation is only 10x 2015 estimates. I know the market is full of fear but this stock screams bargain to a GARP investor like Peter Lynch.

Read Answer Asked by David on October 15, 2015
Q: Peter and Team,

I just renewed again for the next 2 years to take advantage of the deal you offered and of course your great service. Thank you again for thinking of us existing members before increasing prices... it helps us feel valued.

Keep up the good work!
Read Answer Asked by Marc on October 15, 2015
Q: I own share of Regal. What is procedure to cash out on recent purchase of company ?
Tks
Jean
Read Answer Asked by Sherrill on October 15, 2015
Q: Did you have the opportunity to listen to this company's conference call yesterday and if so what are your thoughts on the sudden resignation of the Chief Financial Officer. How do you think that this event will affect the company going forward? Thanking you in advance. Brian
Read Answer Asked by Brian on October 15, 2015
Q: If you had to buy either AYA or CXR tomorrow for one year, which would you choose? If the time period was 3 years would your answer change?
Read Answer Asked by James on October 15, 2015
Q: Can you tell me CBL's book value per share? And the dividend payout ratio?
Do you see it being taken private like CIBC has speculated? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Michael on October 15, 2015
Q: Dear 5i
I currently don't have any financial stocks in my portfolio and feel that now be a good time to do so .
I'm considering efn , sbny and the much larger bns . If I was to invest in one or two in this sector would it be one or two of the above or something different ? Assume a 3-5 year time frame .
Thank you
Bill C.
Read Answer Asked by Bill on October 14, 2015
Q: HI Peter,
I understand that the patient home story was a foolish mistake by the executives, but do you think it deserves a drop from @2 down to 60 cents, especially when the dust has settled? With respect to Nobilus Health, the article from midas letter clearly shows the intent of the Alpha writer but there seems to be no recourse from SEC. In the future, what chance does an average investor have when there are folks trying to manipulate the stock without repercussions. This is not an easy issue, but any comments would be appreciated as it seems the small cap space is just to vulnerable regardless of how well the companies are doing. Also, do you have a link to check shorts on a stock. Lastly, Constellation is on a roll without much news. Any comments. Thanks again.
Read Answer Asked by umedali on October 13, 2015