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Q: I bought AYA at ~ $6 and sold my last shares @ $32 after reading the 3 page article in the Globe & Mail about their CEO David Baazov. So thank you Peter and company for having this stock in your balanced portfolio. But the game is over, for me it ended with the Globe article. So please do the right thing and replace this dog with another winner. Time for spring cleaning.

Steve

Read Answer Asked by Steve on March 29, 2016
Q: element financial has been drifting lower since oct 2015 ,recently they announced they would be dividing the co.into two separate businesses. would you have any idea when this may occur and the potential impact on the stock prices of both over the next one to two years.
Read Answer Asked by andrew on March 29, 2016
Q: Thanks for your quick response. Little curious regarding what is happening here, and is there anyway you can confirm that there is nothing to be concerned regarding short selling and the auditors report.
This would be a compelling buy here, but reluctant to through good money after bad, and I just purchased a few hundred share yesterday. Little frustrating to say the least.
The talking heads on BNN are suggesting similar problems to valiant at the moment.
Again thanks for your help
Read Answer Asked by Rick on March 29, 2016
Q: Hello,

I was wondering if you can list top 10 stocks that you would purchase today from each of the 3 portfolios for a 2-3 years hold and if possible the type of account to hold them.

Thank you
Marios
Read Answer Asked by Marios on March 29, 2016
Q: Why did you choose aem for the BE portfolio when you seem more positive on FNV.
Thank You
Read Answer Asked by Brad on March 28, 2016
Q: Intertain gets hit again. What do the shorts know that I don't? Of course I know about AYA's troubles, and the usual regulatory risks. But the earnings and guidance seemed good. Still the shorts pile on, and they are right again, just like with CXR. I added a bit on the earnings news but am about to get stopped out again. It seems to be a real losing battle to go up against a high short position on any stock. These guys just seem to be more powerful and perhaps have better info. Opinion?
Read Answer Asked by Christopher on March 28, 2016
Q: Can you please shed some light on why CXR is down 8% since the call this morning? I thought the call was positive and it helped to break the correlation to Valeant's business issues. What on the call is being interpreted so negatively by the markets? This doesn't impact my decision to hold long term as I got in at a very high price, just trying to educate myself on market moves. Thanks again and again...John C.
Read Answer Asked by john on March 24, 2016
Q: DRT had a good pop(some 13% high & closed @ $5.95 up .32) the day after released of good results.But dropped everyday this week to close @ $5.57,which is lower than its price $5.63 the day prior to release.Do you know any reasons.Thanks for your usual great services & opinions
Read Answer Asked by Peter on March 24, 2016
Q: Based on Ryan's blog concerning the Federal Governments allocation of 43% to water infrastructure; do you think Pure Technologies has an opportunity to receive some direct benefits based of course on their ability to compete.
Read Answer Asked by Gerry on March 24, 2016
Q: Peter et al.

What do you make of their earnings results released today? Did they beat estimates? They showed a loss in earnings due to acquisition charges. Was this expected? EBIDTA was good from what I see ($120M). Revenue was good as well as far as I can see. Is this still a long term hold?

Regards,


Brendan
Read Answer Asked by Brendan on March 23, 2016
Q: Please comment on their latest quarter.
Include debt/adjusted ebitda ratio.
Read Answer Asked by sandy on March 23, 2016
Q: Peter and team,

I have holdings largely in line with the balanced equity portfolio. I've been considering adding some US stocks like SBUX, APPL, etc., but I have a question. If one holds the BE portfolio, is there really a need to add more US/global names? It seems the names in the BE portfolio have well diversified earnings sources and do business all over the world. Are we really adding anything with the out-of-Canada stocks?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Marc on March 23, 2016
Q: Would like your view on pli after today's news,
sounds promising. Expensive here?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by howard on March 22, 2016
Q: Hi recently CPD has dropped so much, so my first concern is why. Secondly, since it is a preferred shares ETF, I thought it is very low-risk (dividends paid before common shares)and I suggest my parents to use their line of credit (interest rate lower than 3% annually) to buy it for retirement (use the monthly distribution to pay off monthly payment). Simply put, borrow money to invest in CPD. Let me know your views on my thinking and please be specific. Thank you very very much !!! Tony
Read Answer Asked by Tao on March 22, 2016
Q: Are there one or two stocks in your Balanced Equity and Income portfolios that could be considered trading stocks? That is they go up $5 sell and and then down $5 and buy back on a fairly regular basis or is this just the inherant volatility of the market and we could get left out if they go for a good run. Your opinions are greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Martin on March 21, 2016
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