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Q: What is your view on the VNR takeout. Seems to me there could be a good chance for a rival bid as the premium is not huge and there has been considerable corporate activity(buyouts ect.) in the North American utility space. Do you expect this is a done deal OR potential bidding war?
Read Answer Asked by Robert on March 28, 2019
Q: Hello
Can you explain what is standard deviation and how does one calculate it? I am trying to understand how to calculate it when it comes to options especially for selling put options?
Read Answer Asked by pietro on March 28, 2019
Q: does your new service provide daily gains/losses? also can it be used as a watchlist? ie does it accept indices , commodities, currencies ,or other items with but no positions?
thank you.
Read Answer Asked by adam on March 28, 2019
Q: Sorry for this repeat question. I have a bunch of cash in CAN and US dollar accounts that I want to be more productive and I cannot find the right ticker symbols.

Last year there were several question/answers regarding money markets from TD Waterhouse for both countries. Are you able to find
those ticker symbols?
Read Answer Asked by joe on March 28, 2019
Q: I currently have 20% fixed income in my portfolio. 10% is laddered GICs and the other 10% is in ZAG ETF. I'd like to add another 5% to fixed income and was wondering if you think XIG would be a good source as it adds some US exposure and a slightly higher yield. How risky would it be? Or do you have other suggestions? Please note that I am not interested in junk bonds.
Read Answer Asked by Carla on March 28, 2019
Q: Are we able to track RDSP accounts through your new portfolio analytics tool?
Read Answer Asked by Bob on March 28, 2019
Q: Hello 5i,
I’ve changed my investment goals for my children’s resp. It will be spent within the next 6 years, so after the December correction I plan to liquidate. At this point, I have $5 k more than I promised them. The stocks listed above are those that remain in the account.
Going forward should I:
1) sell all the stocks and buy an etf for 5k?
2) if an etf, which one for max growth?
3) if one were to keep only one or two stocks, which would be kept for most potential for gains? (This would be instead of the etf).

I would not have grown the resp to its current value had it not been for 5i. Thank you for helping me fund my kids education!
Read Answer Asked by Kat on March 28, 2019
Q: Right now all of my stocks are up expect for three which I am down significantly in: TFII. TSGI, PBH. I am thinking of taking my losses on these three. I realize that not all stocks in a portfolio will be up at the same time, but the market has been on fire lately with even boring stocks soaring, which makes me concerned that these stocks are down for a reason and will fall even more if we have a recession. What are your thoughts?
Read Answer Asked by Carla on March 28, 2019
Q: I am interested in adding one more E Sports company to my portfolio. I already own NVDA and OTEXT. Which would you choose, EA or ATVI? Or, if there is another that you would recommend instead?
Thanks for your great service....
Jen
Read Answer Asked by Jennifer on March 28, 2019
Q: I am considering to take position in Canopy Growth stock. Please provide mi with 3 names of your suggestion and rank them initially from 1,2,3 with short why. Next question is where would be better to buy US or CAD stock. What is approx. % for start it position in portfolio at current time.
Andrew
Read Answer Asked by Andrzej on March 28, 2019
Q: How would you rate these precious metal royalty/streaming companies for performance for 2019/2020 and
what is the main difference between a royalty and a
streaming company.
Read Answer Asked by Charles on March 28, 2019
Q: In response to your answer to my question. A capital gain cost on an interest vehicle removes any benefit of investing in the mutual fund (TDB8152), when the Canadian dollar is falling, as it surely is. It would be better to leave the money in cash. Is there a better alternative?
Read Answer Asked by Mark on March 28, 2019
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