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Q: Thoughts on their royalty agreement with the dutton group announced June 9th?

Thanks

Robert
Read Answer Asked by Robert on June 15, 2015
Q: Good morning. Unfortunately, I have a large part of my holdings locked into a company RRSP program. There are decent, not great, mutual funds to choose from. I have about 18 years to retirement and am almost 100% in equities. What would your rough advice be for %-age in large cap dividend, midcap, and small cap be? With funds it is tough to get as low a weighting in financials and materials as you recommend. Amy suggestions? Thanks, as always for your excellent service!
Read Answer Asked by Derek on June 15, 2015
Q: Hi Peter and team, great job as usual. Are you contemplating a US model portfolio? If not , I have 50K US to invest for a 3-5 year period, obviously I would like to keep it in US$, hence US stocks. Risk tolerance, moderate. Could you recommend a diversified portfolio with a 5% weighting. I have absolutely no knowledge of US Stocks.Thanks for all your great advice. Ivan
Read Answer Asked by Ivan on June 15, 2015
Q: I believe we are on the cusp of a technology super cycle - vehicles/homes/workplace. What are some companies poistioned to benefit from this cycle?
Read Answer Asked by Jason on June 15, 2015
Q: Can you give us a more detailed analysis of CXI at this point? Was there any more information given on the most recent earnings call provided more information?
Read Answer Asked by Eugene on June 15, 2015
Q: Cud you advise if there is a site that would have a calendar of Canadian stock splits for 2015 updated quite regularly.

Tnx for your great work.
Read Answer Asked by Jacques on June 15, 2015
Q: Can we get your thoughts on the latest Globe and Mail article on the Amaya investigation? I've noticed that the G&M seems to have a constant barrage of negative articles on Amaya.

http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/iphone/homepage.aspx#_article6254f587-d220-48cd-9ee7-14d14de8b851/waarticle6254f587-d220-48cd-9ee7-14d14de8b851/6254f587-d220-48cd-9ee7-14d14de8b851//true

Does the AMF have to report the results of their investigation at a certain date or could this drag on for years?
Read Answer Asked by Arneh on June 15, 2015
Q: At times we want to take money off the field of play and sit it on the sidelines for any number of reasons. I have used money market funds for this purpose in the past. I have been reading that these are not guaranteed even though most people think of them that way. Please give us your take on this and any alternate suggestions for short term sideline holdings. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Douglas on June 15, 2015
Q: My 5% position has fallen to 3% with G's decline. I'm considering topping it up to 5% again or taking a position in another gold company. G is my only gold company, and miner for that matter. One concern is the talk of rate hikes looming and golds getting hit further. Your opinion please?
Read Answer Asked by Charles on June 15, 2015
Q: Could you give me your view 6-12 months for hwo and crr.un
Read Answer Asked by howard on June 15, 2015
Q: Osisko was a stable royalty co having the royalty on just the original mine but now it is teaming up with Oban and a mix of 5 jnr gold cos. Do you think this is a riskier company now or do you, as some articles say, is the start of another good quality gold mining team amalgamating postage stamps into one company.
Read Answer Asked by Lynda on June 15, 2015
Q: "We’re increasingly of the view that quarterly earnings are mostly noise,” she (Eileen Mercier, director at IFC) said. “I tend to think of the income statement in most industries as a work of fiction. It has become so complicated that most people can’t understand them or read them anyway.”

If we de-emphasize the importance of the quarterly report, in part because it is unaudited and therefore open to manipulation, should we therefore pay far more attention to the audited annual report, especially the MD&A section?

I know that 5i looks at the quarterly numbers partly because so many questions come from subscribers on assessing reported and expected numbers. What I'm curious about in the 5i process is what percentage of the company research process is put into analyzing the annual reports of say the last 5 years of an average company?

The whole article on quarterly reporting is here: http://business.financialpost.com/legal-post/the-case-for-ditching-the-quarterly-financial-report-mostly-noise
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on June 15, 2015
Q: They received offer from TDG of $4.90. I have 1650 shares.@$6.00 cost.Is the deal in 5i eyes good or would someone else bid higher.Is dividend safe for TDG. they offer 1.06 shares.As always your advice is great for your comments.Tks for great service Peter & Staff
Read Answer Asked by Guy on June 15, 2015
Q: I am looking at adding CPH to my portfolio. Would you suggest starting with a half position in todays market? Also I am wondering how to interpret the company's goals. For example, they are targeting $1biln cap by 2020. Based on the current number of shares (26million) that is a stock price of almost $40. Is this what management is suggesting here?
Read Answer Asked by michael on June 15, 2015
Q: what do you think of management hiring an outside source to sell some or all the company would this be a good time to buy. thanks.
Read Answer Asked by david on June 15, 2015
Q: Your thoughts on Freeport Mc...FCX...would this be a good time to get in?
Read Answer Asked by Anne on June 15, 2015
Q: I purchased Cipher Pharmaceutical during jan.'15 at $17.60/share. It is now down to $11.11/share (37% loss). The fundamentals look pretty good (e.g. forward PE of 9.56). I would appreciate if you could fill me in about why you think it has tanked so badly and what is your outlook for it?
Read Answer Asked by DAVE on June 15, 2015
Q: Hey Peter & Team,

Originally I bought Manulife right around $20 back in Feb 2014, collected a nice dividend but admittedly, I became impatience with very little in the way of capital gains. Jan I sold at $21.68 and redistributed the capital elsewhere which worked well in PHM & EFN.

Lately there has been much talk about interest rates and how well Insurance companies should do with an increase in rates. I have been sitting on 25% cash for about 6 weeks and am seriously considering MFC or SLF for a portion of this capital.

The long term graph for both since their lows back in July 2012 look very good with higher highs and higher lows all the way but also for both, very little in the way of capital gains for the past year.

Can you please give us your opinion on the Life Co's moving forward, what you think an increase in rates will do for their share values, and which you would select... MFC, SLF or another selection in the sector... at this time?

I know in the past you have recommended SLF ahead of MFC.

Thanks for all you do

Gord

Read Answer Asked by Gord on June 15, 2015