Q: We are a retired couple min 60's with large portfolio of Canadian large cap dividend payers plus assortment of NA and euro index etfs. Do we still need to carry bond etfs
Q: Unless I misread your reply, in a recent response you suggested that you can claim both the interest charges as well as the principal amount of a loan as a deductible expense when its used to purchase an investment. To my knowledge, only the interest portion of the loan is a tax deduction.
Q: I like to look at total return including capital gains plus dividends over the previous 5 or 10 years when considering the purchase of a stock. This sometimes keeps me from purchasing a stock with a big dividend but little or no price appreciation. But I do not have a site that I am confident in to provide total return information for US or Canadian listed stocks. I use Globe watchlist which has a 5 year return but it does not agree with Canadian Stock Channel, for example.
Is there a site or simple method to get this statistic?
Q: I hold ERF, NVA, ARX, TVE, GXE, and VET in the "play money" part of my portfolio and I'm certainly benefiting from and enjoying the large increases but I know all good things must end and sometimes quite abruptly.
Are there a couple of key indicators I should be particularly watching for that it's time to get out of all of these quickly before I give up all my easy gains?
I hold SEMR and VEEV and both reported recently. I would appreciate your analysis of their earnings reports as well as what you see going forward for both.
I have a long-term outlook and a high tolerance for volatility, if the growth story is intact.
I have 6% of my portfolio in Gold and Silver stocks with PAAS as the lone silver holding. The rest are in gold distributed between large (AEM,FNV) and small (MMX,KRR,WDO).
I am considering selling PAAS to harvest a tax loss. I could replace it with another Silver stock(MAG) or replace with increasing a Gold producer or let my portfolio weight drop.
Given the current geo political situation, what would be your suggestion?
Regards
Rajiv
Q: Turbulent times.
Yesterday you seemed to give a preferential nod to BCE in the domestic telco sector. Is this a change of view on Telus, which you have been preferring for some time? If so, could you please elaborate. Still grateful after all these years, so thanks again. Al
Q: I think I have over-diversified and I am now trying to condense my portfolio. I own these three and am thinking of selling one of them. Any suggestions on which one? or should I keep all three?
Thank you