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Q: Good day,
Perhaps I need to be clearer in what I'm asking with regard to the secondary offering announced by A&W. From your earlier answers this is a non-news story that has zero affect on the company and its stock value and does not even really involve the company so much as certain shareholders selling their stock to someone else. So why did A&W announce it? The market seems to think this was a significant event, as the stock has fallen precipitously since the announcement.
Read Answer Asked by John on February 21, 2017
Q: I have owned WEF since late 2014 and am, effective today, back to even par (if you include dividends). Their recent report showed good metrics, but I am wondering about the impact of the SLA negotiations vs the soon-to-be-imposed CVD and AD duties. Some would say we might be better off just paying the duties. At least that gives us some certainty. WEF is in a bit of a different boat than its peer group, since only a very small portion of their exports are SPF softwood-related. I believe < 15% of their exports are duty-related, due to either their species (eg: cedar) or higher value products.

What are your thoughts - keep or move on? Is this likely to be dead money until the SLA is resolved or is the CVD-AD duties going to provide some short term certainty? I am paid to wait via the nice dividend.

Thanks...Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on February 21, 2017
Q: Can we get your opinion on TH with regards to:
- financial results announced Feb.8/17
- results of recent tests of their product
- is their a chance this company could become a portfolio changer, I mean should I average up and take this to a 3% position from 1.5%

Thanks for your great service as I would likely not heard of a company like TH without being a member
Read Answer Asked by James on February 21, 2017
Q: I always have a couple of speculative stocks in my portfolio.(you know the fun ones that you usually loose you shirt on!) I don't usually deal with penny stocks, but this one seemed to be interesting. I purchased this stock at 0.20. Of course lots of rumours going around about this company, but not worth mentioning as they are not confirmed. The only thing I could see is they hired a new President and communications firm.

I would like your thoughts on this company regarding financials and new management?
Read Answer Asked by Brad on February 21, 2017
Q: Hello Peter and 5i team,
We were surprised to learn that TIO networks is being bought by pay pal. At an 86% gain we are very happy. Thank you for the recommendation. At the end of the month we will sell our holdings. It is in my wife's TFSA. Her current holdings are ET, KXS,GUD,LNR,SJ, and SYZ. This is our growth account as we have appropriate holdings of large caps and fixed income in our other accounts. In your opinion what would be a good addition to our current holdings or would you recommend adding to any of our current holdings?
thank you for the great service
Read Answer Asked by john on February 21, 2017
Q: Good Morning all,

Question regarding Russel Metals latest results, could you comment please? Also when I look at my sector allocation, it comes up as Basic Materials because of Steel...should I leave it there or move it elsewhere? Could it be more considered Industrial (even somewhat Energy given its customer base)? thoughts please & Thanks in advance!
Read Answer Asked by Stephane on February 21, 2017
Q: i currently only hold bns for financials. It has been very good over the last year. I'm thinking about adding slf (to hedge against potential interest rate hikes) and fsz for some extra upswing potential to balance against the security of bns. I'm 31 years old, they're all held in my tfsa, I'm thinking long term and am ok with risk. Do you have issues with either of these two? Is there others you'd prefer to accomplish what I'm looking for? Do you think rate increases will push bns down enough to make it cheaper to add to or is trying to get the timing right with that not worth waiting for?

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by david on February 21, 2017