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Q: Perhaps this is a silly question but I will ask anyway.
I see in a previous answer to a IPAY question that the 5i team considers this ETF to be liquid.
A recent market call guest has now made this ETF a top pick twice and it does intrigue me.
However , the volumes are very low. Many days are fewer than 1000 shares per day and almost always under 5000 shares per day traded. I do not consider these volumes to be liquid.
My question is. Is liquidity on a ETF somehow different than on a individual stock ?
Do you still consider this ETF liquid ?
Read Answer Asked by BOYD on April 11, 2019
Q: Hi guys , I saw a recent report that Chw was in the the top ten shorted Cdn stocks with 795000 shares short. This is apparently 8.9 % of the public float. I guess the high percentage is due to insider and other significant holders? What may be the thesis behind the dreaded short sellers position? Is Canada just a target in general? Thanks man
Read Answer Asked by Alan on April 11, 2019
Q: When going through the questions this afternoon, I noticed that I am only viewing 2 questions per page. This was not the case before. Is there a setting for this or is this something new?

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Read Answer Asked by J Stephen on April 10, 2019
Q: CIF 823 is the last remnant from the portfolio of my former financial advisor. How would you assess this mutual fund? Would an ETF (or several) be a preferred replacement?
Your input is always appreciated!
Read Answer Asked by Sigrid on April 10, 2019
Q: When we hold u.s. stocks in lif and rif do we have to report if the total in u.s. funds exceeds $100000 or is that only a factor in unregistered accounts.
Read Answer Asked by gene on April 10, 2019
Q: Can I please get your thoughts on the upcoming IPO for Beyond Meat? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Marco on April 10, 2019
Q: Good day,
Using your new portfolio tracking, I realized that the tech sector occupies too much space in my portfolio. I proceeded to some reductions, but I am still at 32% of my total portfolio, way above your recommendation of 11%.
My present tech holdings are as follows: SQ 2.71%, RPD 1.82%, AAPL 2.64%, PHO 0.93%, GOOG 2.89%, NVDA 2.52%, XLNX 2.48%, AYX 1.36%, KXS 2.27%, TEAM 2.68%, VGT 3.%, XSW 1.36%, IGV 2.29%

In your view, which holding could be reduced or eliminated (or even added) for a more solid tech sector, geared to growth, with reasonable volatility, avoiding unhelpful overlaps ?

Thank you in advance for your assistance,

Jacques
Read Answer Asked by Jacques on April 10, 2019
Q: Thank you for your timely e-mail this afternoon regarding Pensions as Fixed Income. I have always considered a DB Pension as good as a fixed income investment and when I set up my Portfolio Analytics yesterday, I was wondering how to tweak it to include my DB Pension. Your PV of an annuity idea allows me to test various values and also test it using a lower PV for a reduced % spousal survivor pension.
Thanks again and I think I have more to uncover in the use of this tool.
Paul
Read Answer Asked by Paul on April 10, 2019
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