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Q: Hi can you please explain what the prospectus filing on March 6/2020 for OVV means, they will be selling common shares and securities? Reading some of the Sedar's filings but not totally clear to me, does this mean they are delisting the stock or just selling their portion of shareholder equity (shares and debt)?

I own these shares in a TFSA and Canadian non-registered account, would there be tax implications?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Kimberely on March 11, 2020
Q: This one has been on my radar for a while - I understand they have invested in the Savers/Value Village thrift store chain which appears to be doing swift business in my area. Dividend yield looks good to me as well, especially with recent price drop. Can you comment on the impact of their recent sale of European assets, and whether the current valuation might be a good entry point?
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on March 10, 2020
Q: I bought MPC which only represents less than 2% of my assets but of course it is down 40%. Should I just hold, sell or perhaps consider buying some more or another oil recommenddation when the time is a tad more stable? It is in a RIF account, pays 6%
JPM represents 4% and has really tanked with the events and Jamie Dimons ill health. Just hold on or another recommendation when things balance out a little? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on March 10, 2020
Q: Hello Team

Looking for your top 3 picks for US industrials. What would you recommend and why? Would you buy these stocks now? Thanks for your insight.
Read Answer Asked by Rino on March 10, 2020
Q: A grim day today on the market.
BUT ...as I wind down the day do so with a smile.

I wish THIS (situation....see below) would happen to me more often:

I have fortunately owned ZM for a while.
After a down day recently I decided to add to ZM.

Inadvertently I bought ZOOM .... at about $3.50.... and it closed at just under $8.00 today. ( what a dunderhead - me.... lucky dunderhead.... and what a “fun” problem given all the ugliness in the market ).

I have of course investigated my good fortune here ... but am still unsure “why” ZOOM continues to zoom ( up).

Can you enlighten me?

Thanks.

PS outstanding work on 5i’s part with today’s communiques.

Like many others I have followed Peter’s picks and market musings for about 20 years; and am grateful for having done so.

But now we have Peter plus the whole 5i Team.
Talk about leveraging and multiplying talent ....and for the greater good - including the Charity activity.

Lucky us :)

Bravo, 5i.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on March 10, 2020
Q: Hi, the big us banks have all come down significantly lately and some hitting multi years lows. What is your opinion about the situation and would it be a buying opportunity ? Can you explain why they fell down so much. I know that Warren Buffet loves them a lot for many decades. Which one is your number one pick ? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by jean on March 09, 2020
Q: I have a question about Avalara after reviewing its Annual Report on line on its website. . The audit notes a Material Weakness in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting on page 70 - 71 as follows - "The Company has a material weakness as it does not have adequate controls to effectively design, implement, and operate process-level and information technology controls to sufficiently mitigate risks of material misstatement associated with certain complex business processes and changes in those processes or applicable accounting standards."
On page 68 - 69 is another note by the auditors to the Board on what they call "A Critical Audit Matter" regarding the audit of company revenues as follows - "The processing and recording of revenue, including interfaces between systems and databases, is both manual and automated, and therefore the Company uses a complex set of procedures and systems to generate complete and accurate data to process and record its revenue transactions." As a result much time was spent on verification and they had to bring in professionals with expertise in data analytics to assist with the audit.
I know Avalara is a young company, but should such warnings give me reason to not invest at this time?
Read Answer Asked by Dave on March 09, 2020
Q: Hello Peter and Co,
My 20 year old grandson has opened a TFSA with $22000 in cash, and is asking for advice how to start investing. Our suggestion is that he put a fairly large amount into an index fund ETF, such as VFV, and then buy several individual stocks with the rest. They would be small positions (~$2500 per stock) but a good way for him to start learning, and with markets down, the timing seems quite fortuitous.
He is considering the following:
100 shares VFV: ~$7500
40 shares GSY: ~$2500
35 shares BEP.UN: ~$2500
1 share AMZN: ~$2500 (CAD)
7 shares NVDA: ~$2500 (CAD)
200 shares VET: ~$2500
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TOTAL: ~$20000

We had also suggested CSU, SHOP, KXS, PKI, TTD, GOOG, AAPL, ROKU, FB

What do you think of the above approach, and what changes might you suggest? I realize VET stands out as quite risky, but should probably do well long term.
Are there any sectors or stocks or ETF that you would suggest adding/replacing? Obviously he has a multi-decade time horizon.
Thanks for your sage advice!
Read Answer Asked by Ed on March 09, 2020
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