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Q: I am looking at the insurance industry for my next purchase in a non registered account , mainly consisting of banks, utilities, telecoms, REITS.

Which of these three offer the best growth potential over the next 5 years and why ? I can handle moderate risk. Which offers the best entry price ? Are there other CDN listed insurance companies I should consider ?
Thanks. Derek.
Read Answer Asked by Derek on August 15, 2024
Q: Very curious as too why you seem to support HDIV. Looking at the sell-off window between Jul 31 and Aug 7 this year, HDIV declined approx 40% more than the avg decline of the TSX, S&P500 and DOW. I fully understand at/out of money risk, but it seem leverage, which HDIV uses, is not great in market downturns. I know the window for this analysis is narrow, however it seems to show the risk of leveraged funds.
Read Answer Asked by Christopher on August 15, 2024
Q: TD Web Broker shows Nutrien as trading below book value. The technical chart doesn't look very encouraging, but I see a couple of insiders have bought recently.

With a little investigation there seem to be a couple of hundred Canadian stocks trading at or below book value. Most of them don't look to be neatly as big or as strong financially as Nutrien. Do you see any gems I might have overlooked?
Read Answer Asked by Dave on August 15, 2024
Q: is there any particular way the stock markets behave before and during world wars or military escalations ?
Read Answer Asked by jim on August 15, 2024
Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
I believe they just had a good quarter and one analyst has raised the target price from $11.00 to $12.00. Today it hit a new high of $10.20 on high volume. I do worry about their debt. I also realize that TD Webbroker always seems to over estimate target prices. I have been very patient with this stock and am up. So I am wondering what the odds are that it will go much higher or should I just sell and be happy and eliminate risk. Your thoughts please! Thank you in advance for your opinion which is always helpful in my decisions.
Read Answer Asked by Ernest on August 15, 2024
Q: Previous question included 'Has 5i thought of providing a regular update of stocks that were once favoured but no longer make the grade'. Your response mentioned MG and OTEX and a comment about not reacting to a single quarterly report. This is fair. But will 5i consider reporting on companies that, over time, were once highly recommended but no longer are on the list? Your customers rely and use these recommended lists - they are rated high. Why wouldn't 5i alert customers when a company no longer warrants the recommendation? If no, then maybe you should stop providing the recommended lists and refer customers to your portfolios that you do keep current.
Read Answer Asked on August 15, 2024
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