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Q: Greetings:
Could you kindly provide me with as much information as you have
on J C Penney. Debt To equity, debt to cash flow , past and future
projections etc. No doubt you would stay clear of it at 24 cents.
Also does XGD have a US listing. I notice that in answers about
it there is a holding disclosure. Does DLR still have both the US
and Canadian Etf?

Thanks,
BEN.
Read Answer Asked by BEN on April 27, 2020
Q: I hesitate to ask because I find that some of your subscribers expect you to answer questions which are far from your stated ambit, but at the risk of being lumped in with them let me go ahead anyway. Would you know if the Government of Canada published a budget for 2020-2021, and if so, did it change the capital gains tax formulation? Many thanks.
Read Answer Asked by TOM on April 27, 2020
Q: In this covid-19 crisis,BNS & other big 5 can banks have been following the orders/instructions/requests of both OSFI & the Fed.Gov't.For example,deferring mortgage & credit payments,reducing interest rate on their charge cards,lending supported by the backup of the Fed.etc. What will be the impact on BNS especially on its revenue & bottom line? Txs for u usual great services & advices.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on April 27, 2020
Q: Hi Gentleman,
I currently have a portfolio that I do not need to access for 10 years. Currently I have MFC4644 - $100K, XWD - $160K, ZLU - $190K and VGRO - $220K. Would you make any adjustments or other suggestions to my current holdings.
Thank you,
SF
Read Answer Asked by Steve on April 27, 2020
Q: Hi there,

Shopify appears that it will not continue it's rise. Sell now or buy more?
Berkshire Hathaway A seems to be, in essence, a pricey mutual/ETF fund but one that has fallen and history would suggest will rebound. Buy now or is it your thinking that Buffet and Monger are elderly and this increases risk and/or the Canadian $ too weak and/or stick with B and diversify. Or none of the above? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Wendy on April 27, 2020
Q: Some gold commentators are salivating over the evolving profitability of the mining companies, and imagining their free cash flows on the verge of going parabolic. I'm thinking that governments at multiple levels are well aware of the situation, and are likely preparing salvos of new taxes, surtaxes, royalties and the like to claim their "fair share" of the wealth.
Could you please offer your assessment? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Howard on April 27, 2020
Q: I currently have a significant position in Yamana and with the recent rise in share price, I have been thinking of selling a portion of my position and buy another mid-cap gold miner. I am likely going to sell my gold positions in 2-3 years time and would like a mid cap company with higher share price growth potential.

I am debating between BTO, AGI and K.

BTO has had some momentum of late but with geo-political risk. AGI has minimal debt but generally produces less gold. Kinross is a larger producer but it may have some leverage to run up significantly with a higher gold price.

Any thoughts on these three stocks and which do you prefer of the three?

Thanks in advance.
Read Answer Asked by vijey on April 27, 2020
Q: Hi there : what would you recommend to protect the portfolio from a high inflation due to all the stimulus packages for the pandemia ?, gold (i.e CEF) , or ENB (with physical assets that will go up in value if inflation goes up). Are shares of financial companies (i.e. TD) protected against inflation ?
thanks
Read Answer Asked by Alejandro (Alex) on April 27, 2020
Q: Hello! First time question-asker and first-time investor, although I've been researching for about a year.

I'm looking to create a mixed-income portfolio leaning towards risk. This is not a retirement plan, I'm fairly young (under 30) and okay with some risk - looking at a 5 year timeline. The companies I'm considering most closely are above, with guidance from 5i I've landed on these. Question is, can a member of your team gauge the 'health' of this portfolio selection? Would you start with 14 companies, or a smaller number? Do any of the companies above strike you as over-valued at the moment and I should hold off? Would you even consider these selections high risk or relatively safe? Would you dump savings (>10k) into your first time investment with the above selection, or way too risky given the current climate?
Read Answer Asked by Allie on April 24, 2020
Q: IF and that is a big IF we have all missed the bottom on American larger caps should I be now focusing on US small caps and International markets? When I look at SPY and VIG all th money has jumped into American large caps and more or less erased the huge loss and pairs back some of my gains from 2019...so huge collapse gone...for now. I've topped up some VIG but missed on SPY. When I look at US small caps they are lagging and I assume this is due to the higher risk and lower volume, Same story for Europe, International and emerging markets. So my question is should I be shifting to adding IWO, XEF, and VE. I need to add some international content to my portfolio anyways as I am a bit light at 12% international ( developed) and 10% emerging markets. If you agree or don't strongly disagree what ETFs do you recommend right now ( I already hold the one mentioned). I am leaning toward a bit of IWO and larger positions in VE and XEF.

5 year window, high but slowly lowering risk tolerance, Balanced portfolio follower ( shifting slowly to income follower), overweight canada (40%) and US(40%) ,
Read Answer Asked by Tom on April 24, 2020
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