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Investment Q&A

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Q: A recent article in The Economist ("Why everybody is concerned about corporate-bond liquidity - Investors expect to find sellers at all times, but dealers lack capacity to buy") predicted that the corporate bond market may be headed for trouble and a lot of BBB rated bonds may become junk. I own VSC ETF which contains about 33% BBB.
Looking at the daily VSC quotes I notice that "bid lots" have been vastly outnumbered by "ask lots" every time I have checked for the last few weeks. Is this a sign that the prices of corporate bonds (and corporate bond ETFs) are due for a drop?
Read Answer Asked by Heinz on November 06, 2019
Q: A bit of a reversal from the usual questions after a poor quarter - why isn't TOY stock getting hammered today after its rather drab results ala BAD? Would this suggest that the stock has now bottomed in terms of valuation? Or that this company is so highly thought of that this quarter is seen as an aberration and current stockholders see very positive results ahead? Does any of this suggest then that this a good time to add?

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on November 06, 2019
Q: How does one invest in the Chinese stock market and high tech in particular? I am not looking for a general index fund but a fund with active management that investigates and only invests in hiqh quality growth and dividend stocks in China and with a proven track record.
Read Answer Asked by John on November 06, 2019
Q: Hello,

I am a long suffering holder of Vector Group Ltd. (VGR:US). The company seem to steadfastly pay out a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share and has done so for many years running. Despite that fact, the company's share price seems to be in an almost continual, slow decline (much like VET).

I would very much appreciate your thoughts on Vector Group's recent earnings announcement. If possible, I would also appreciate your thoughts about the likelihood of Vector Group being able to continue to pay out the $0.40 per share, per quarter, for the foreseeable future.

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Richard on November 06, 2019
Q: Hello Peter,
Can I have your opinion on this ETF. I like the holdings & sector weightings.
I am considering it instead of ZLB. Yes, it is smaller & hasn't performed as well as ZLB, but it has a slightly lower MER and a higher dividend yield, which I like.
What is the max portfolio weighting you would recommend?
I am also considering bumping up the reit weighting with REIT and would appreciate your opinion on this ETF also.
Thank you,
Martin
Read Answer Asked by Martin on November 06, 2019
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