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Q: Not a Q but a comment. My biggest winner (not by $ which is SHOP - thanks for that!) is RPI.UN which I bought at 2009 bottom. A 1600 bagger!
Most of it came from dividends. I would never have guessed that possible.
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on December 09, 2020
Q: Yesterday I sold BEPC in my RRSP as the stock had a huge run. Now I am underweight in Utilities. Is it a good idea to buy BEP.UN now as a replacement now or wait for the price to go down. Would you recommend XUT ETF instead? Currently own small position of AQN in utilities. Sincerely appreciate your opinion.
Read Answer Asked by Hali on December 09, 2020
Q: Potential tax loss selling -- could you please provide suitable placeholders for these companies. Also, if you recommend keeping these "placeholders" instead of switching back after 30 days please let me know.
Read Answer Asked by Brett on December 09, 2020
Q: Hi still hold all 4 of these stocks but would like to consolidate them, the BIP shares are in an RRSP of BEP in a non-registered account which is more income oriented. I am mainly concerned with which have more growth.
Thx
Nancy
Read Answer Asked by Nancy on December 09, 2020
Q: Both funds hold BTC only, no other alt coins that I can see. The current price has a premium to NAV of 27% and 3% for QBTC.U. Why such a huge spread ? I know GBTC is much bigger but still it makes no sense to me. Do you have an explanation ? Also am I correct to assume the price of these 2 stocks will move pretty much in line with the price of BTC ? If you had to buy one which would you buy ?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Luc on December 09, 2020
Q: Dear 5i,

I have questions about BABY listed on venture exchange.
This appears to be a holding company listed on the venture exchange but, the company resides in Israel. Can you explain why they might have this structure? The company doesn't look like it makes money yet and it seems heavily promotional and they also appear to do a lot of equity issues. Should one be cautious about these stories? It sounds like they have a licensing agreement to sell and existing product already in Israel to the North American market. If one were to invest 2% would you purchase in a NonReg or TFSA account? Please deduct points as required and thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Ian on December 09, 2020
Q: My question is related to the storage quantity of gold and silver at Sprott. As I buy and sell PHYS and PSLV on the TSX I assume I am selling to OR buying from another trader in the market. Where does Sprott obtain the funds to add to its holdings or are the physical holdings constant after funds from the IPO were invested in the metals? Am I trading around those initial physical holdings?

If I don’t hold the physical metal like having a gold wafer in a safe deposit box, do I really own it?
Read Answer Asked by Ronald on December 09, 2020
Q: I am quite interested by ZEM for diversification,and also for China, since China will probably become soon the first world economy...Concerning tax efficiency, are the "non-US stocks" listed on US markets submitted to the US tax on dividends? and are the foreign stocks listed on "non US markets" submitted a foreign tax on dividends (for most ,or for a minority) ?Thanks, Keep doing your excellent job , great help for all !
Read Answer Asked by Jean-Yves on December 09, 2020