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Q: Since Trump's victory markets have reached new highs including the financials on both sides of the border.Note that 5I has been relatively quiet.Yet many stocks including the aforementioned but not limited to,have fallen quite a lot(some more than others.The primary reason could be rotation to other sectors.If co. specific,please advise.Please advise if it is time to start buying them,& if possible list them according to your preference.Appreciate your usual great advices & services
Read Answer Asked by Peter on December 12, 2016
Q: I decided in early November to use your service and construct a portfolio mirroring the Balanced Equity portfolio of now 23 stocks. I tried to acquire each of the equities below the October 31 closing prices however the above three have galloped away and are the only ones I haven't yet acquired. Should I continue to be patient and await a pullback or should I take the longer view and buy at this point even though each of the three has moved strongly higher in the last month or so. Alternatively is there another equity(or equities) or ETF to consider in place of the three that you'd recommend. I have bought only one-half of the amount of each of the securities I expect to eventually purchase and have maintained the balance in cash as a matter of caution. All of these funds are held in an rrsp. Would you recommend moving ahead with putting the cash into these equities now and holding only a 7% cash position at current valuations. My time horizon is 3 to 5 years. Many thanks for your advice!!
Read Answer Asked by Ken on December 09, 2016
Q: As a retired investor, I have a small defensive position in Goldcorp (which is underwater)and was wondering if Detour Gold would offer better upside potential going forward. I could use the capital loss to reduce this year's capital gains.
Also I'd like to know if you feel gold has lost its defensive nature and is no longer a "must own" in portfolios. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Isabel on December 07, 2016
Q: As a follow up to my previous question regarding the drop in the price of Stella jones shares I too did not see anything in the company specific news that would affect the price of the shares. But when you see the shares dropping as they have there may be other underlying reasons for other investors to sell their shares. Under a Trump led government in the USA is there anything in the policies, attitude toward free trade etc that you can see as potential negatives for the company?
Read Answer Asked by John on December 06, 2016
Q: Hi, we have Shopify and Spin Master in most accounts in the family.

Shopify has been quite volatile, in line with FANG and other technology stocks, but its swings are much higher than its peers. Recently it traded as low as $50.84 ( after a week of Trump win)and within a week as high as $60.50. Is it worth adding at current level $52?

Spin Master had an incredible run to $39.50. With recent pullback, is it prudent to add at $34-$35 level?

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by rajeev on December 02, 2016
Q: This am BNN suggested the best sectors going forward to benefit from "Trumpism" would be: Banks, Lifecos, Health, Industrials, Energy and Materials.
Does 5i agree with these sectors and if yes what stocks/ETFs would you recommned for the six sectors?
Also do u believe the tech selloff will get much worse - seems like end of year profit taking or sector rotation into energy et.
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by George on December 02, 2016
Q: Hi 5i
I ask this question yesterday and you usually answer so quickly,I'm thinking it got lost
In shipping.
In My r.r.s.p. Account I can only use mutual funds unfortunately .so my question is ,
A fund that would benefit from a raising interest rates in the u.s.
and a drop the corporate tax ?
Of course this is the promise from mr. Trump
Thanks for all the help
Sam

Read Answer Asked by Sam on December 02, 2016