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Q: Hello 5i
Looking for some help with financial statements. Calians balance sheet shows a decrease of 344k in shares outstanding in the last 5 years. The cash flow statement shows that 9160k shares were bought back during the same period. Is this correct and how would the difference be justified? If I'm reading the statements correctly I only see about 7000k shares outstanding. Thanks for all you do.
Les
Read Answer Asked by Les on October 12, 2015
Q: HI Folks: Is owning PHS.U a good/safer way to "own" silver or would buying silver bars and rounds be better and, would this be a good time to buy PHS.U or should I wait until after the CEF.A and the SBT deals are complete?
Read Answer Asked by Ed on October 12, 2015
Q: In my Scotiabank brokerage account the news section tells me some firm in the US "Rosen" I believe wants to sue someone for causing the short selling on Nobilis and the losses by ordinary shareholders. They want me to sign up and they will be working on a contingency fee. What do you think about that?

Thanks,
Charlie
Read Answer Asked by Charlie on October 12, 2015
Q: Is there a symbol to track "Options Adjusted Spread".
Read Answer Asked by Eric on October 12, 2015
Q: I read with great interest your Post article re selling covered calls. A number of the holdings in the 5i portfolios are optionable.

However, question to you is wouldn't you miss a great opportunity if for instance you owned Amaya recently and sold a call on it, and missed most of its latest run up as a result of being called away.

I can see selling covered calls on some of the issues like BCE or IGM but isn't it risky losing out on a big upside move on some of the more volatile stocks?

Please advise.
Read Answer Asked by Sheldon on October 12, 2015
Q: Can you please confirm that Air Boss Of America is a Canadian domiciled company paying eligible dividends? Just want to confirm before initiating a position. Thank-you.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on October 09, 2015
Q: You may have read an article posted on Seekingalpha regarding Nobilis. It is basically an all out attack on the co. (in my opinion). Is this an orchestrated short attack, or is there merit to some of the alleged issues? The author has stated they are short NHC so there is that. Earnings are due next month I believe.
Read Answer Asked by jason on October 09, 2015
Q: Peter & Team, NHC is down 25% and was twice circuit breaker halted today. Would you care to comment on a Seeking Alpha piece attached? I can find no other news.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3561556-nobilis-about-to-fall-from-nobility-part-i-65-percent-downside?app=1&auth_param=cnfd0:1b1fjrl:a319bf57fbddf7c8bc89b0fac7269511

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Keith on October 09, 2015
Q: Nobilis is the latest healthcare stock to take a swoon. An article on Seeking Alpha is probably to blame:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3561556-nobilis-about-to-fall-from-nobility-part-i-65-percent-downside

Would you continue to hold?
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Kent on October 09, 2015
Q: Could I get some assistance comparing the debt of Clearwater's latest acquisition, MacDuff Shellfish, to High Liner's.

My back of the napkin calculation, currency conversions and all, have:

- HLF's market cap being 2.34x the size of Macduff's
- HLF's sales being nearly 11x Macduff's
- and HLF's ebitda being 5x greater than Macduff's

If I could get some assistance comparing MacDuff's and HLF's debt I would appreciate it. I'm not sure its possible since Macduff was a privately held company but if you have any insights comparing the two debt levels it would help a lot in my research.

Thanks and have a wonderful thanksgiving weekend, everyone.

John
Read Answer Asked by john on October 09, 2015
Q: Can you give an opinion on Clr buying Macduff shellfish today.
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by howard on October 09, 2015
Q: Do you see ctc.a as a buy at this level or does it look to continue its fall? Technically it doesn't seem to look good?
Read Answer Asked by Jacques on October 09, 2015
Q: will you please give your opion on latest results and the big jump in price thanks donald
Read Answer Asked by donald on October 09, 2015
Q: In your response to Ken's question, you mentioned that acquisition will close in 10 days. Company has actually announced on August 19, 2015 having closed Mr Lube acquisition. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by rajeev on October 09, 2015
Q: Your comments on Clarke, please; Any particular reason for the recent decline - connection to their investments in oil patch?
Read Answer Asked by jim on October 09, 2015
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