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Q: Hi Peter - I really like your website; enjoy reading the member questions and your answers - very informative.
After reading the blog about maintenance of portfolios, I have two questions.
With a portfolio of $100,000, would the ideal number of stocks still be 20? And with my ACQ (AutoCanada) and STN (Stantec) becoming a larger percentage - would you still trim these or let them run up a bit?
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Heather on January 14, 2013
Q: My dilemna: I own Genivar(GNV)which has been a poor performer this year.It currently faces headwinds from integration of the WSP deal and has been touched , if not directly implicated, by the Quebec construction scandal. However, barring any scandal revelations, my guess is it is near a bottom and provides a good dividend. In retrospect STN was the way to go (wasn't a 5i subscriber at the time), but it has run up a lot recently and I wonder how much remains and the dividend is much lower.
What would be your recommendation - take the tax loss on GNV and buy STN or wait on GNV and collect the 7% dividend.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by William on November 29, 2012
Q: My question is re Stantec (SN). My portfolio is overweight small cap, profitable, dividend paying, thinly traded companies, and I am comfortable with that. When I read your report on Stantec in Feb (price was 30.15 at the time), it sounded like my kind of stock. I eventually bought a few hundred shares, ACB 30.55. Since then the stock has slowly, but consistently lost value, so that I am now down about 10%, which is my warning sign. Do you have an opinion why the stock seems to be out of favour, and whether I should hold, or get rid of it at this time. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Curtis on July 16, 2012
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