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Q: Not a question just another compliment, I was enjoying working through your new website and reading "the great new website comments" as I read questions and answers and then I clicked on the AQN profile while reading a question. Not a a great new website ..... A Fantastic New Website! What a wealth of information you have put in. I usually read the questions with another monitor showing one or two stock sites so I can see closing prices, dividends, graphs etc at the same time. You now have all that plus. Great job and many thanks, After an hour and a half on here, I have a feeling that there is still more to discover here. Am most happy that last week I extended my subscription to June 2020!
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Read Answer Asked by Paul on November 02, 2017
Q: Howdy 5i,

With BEP's earnings announced Wednesday morning with a slight near-term miss but positive outlook for 2018+ and potential deal flow in India down the road, can you shed any light on what is driving today's (thursday) selling pressure. Price action is -3% on what seems to be no news. Arf! Arf! Arf! Is this year-end portfolio manager action? Volume a little higher than normal. Maybe I'm just scared of the wind...

Thank you for your time and insights.
Read Answer Asked by malcolm on November 02, 2017
Q: I have owned these stock in substantial amounts for approx 3 years. I like the dividends. Last Jan/Feb they peaked at approx the same value oil is today.
Today oils up but as a group they are down. Am I crazy to think these companies are going to rebound even to levels of early 2017?
Is there an explanation for these stock prices? The dividends are attractive enough to keep me in - but better stock valuations seem elusive.
Read Answer Asked by David on November 02, 2017
Q: Great new website.

My question is about interest rates. I saw an interview recently discussing interest rate cycles, stating that we have have had 30 years of interest rate decreases, that interest rates have now bottomed and we have begun a long term trend of rate increase. The guest also said that the last long term rate increase cycle was during the 1950s and 1960s. During that 20 year period, the interest payments on bonds were mostly offset by capital losses, resulting in a net return of less than a half of 1 percent annually over 20 years while stocks returned 19% annually over that period. In your opinion, what would be the catalyst for a repeat of this scenario? Does this mean that retirees should shun bonds in favour of stocks even though the risk might be higher?

Thanks and great work
Read Answer Asked by Hans on November 02, 2017
Q: Hi 5i Team.

The only pipeline company I own is IPL. I have been looking at ENB for a while but can't make myself pull the trigger yet. One of the reasons I originally chose IPL instead was that it had (and still has) a much lower P/E ratio, reflecting much lower growth expectations. ENB currently sits at a P/E of roughly 35 which makes no sense to me. Do you think part of the reason for the price decline over the summer is due to investors reassessing growth (multiple compression) or am I over-emphasizing P/E when looking at pipeline companies?

Can you recommend a template that I can use to determine sector allocations? Should allocations be within a particular account or for my entire portfolio?

Thanks
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on November 02, 2017
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