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Q: Higher rates are finally here. Since the guessing is over, time to invest in companies with insurance revenue. Could you rank these stocks from "profits the most from the rate hike plan" to "profits the least": PWF, POW, SLF, MFC? If there is too little difference for your taste, could you use the valuations and dividends to help the ranking. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Matt on December 17, 2015
Q: What would your top three Precious metal miner picks be?
Read Answer Asked by richard on December 17, 2015
Q: Hi Team,
I was surprised today that Goldcorp and other precious metals miners jumped up. G was up over 7%, presumably on news about the rate hike in the US. Klondex, Mandalay, Agnico Eagle and others were also up quite a bit (so it's not company specific). Can you please comment on the correlation between US rates, US dollar and gold miner prices. Seems like gold itself was down slightly. I would have expected gold miner shares to fall.
Thank you for your insights.
Michael
Read Answer Asked by Michael on December 17, 2015
Q: There has been a fair bit of insider buying lately with this company. Thoughts as to if this might be a good time to add to one's holdings?
Read Answer Asked by Susan on December 17, 2015
Q: Hello Peter
Please comment on 2-3 stocks that will have the most up side with the Fed. new rate increase policy for 2016.
Thank you for the great advice this year , i did very well up over 20% on my portfolio YTD.
Wishing you and your Team a Happy Holiday and a Healthy New Year.
Kindest Regards

Claudio
Read Answer Asked by claudio on December 17, 2015
Q: I need to sell a Stock for my riff payment shortly and am considering selling IGM Financial. Question why is this stock trading at near low for the year. 52 week range is shown at 33.32.-47.45. Todays quote is 35.89. My dividend is 5.75%. What would be your recommendation. ? Ernie
Read Answer Asked by Ernie on December 17, 2015
Q: Hi Peter
I own this floating Rate Preferred share issue which pays out a dividend which is based on 70% of the prime rate, it has taken a significant hit to say the least.
Recently it was downgraded to pfd-3 (high) i imagine because of debt risk,i hope this doesn't translate into Junk.
Could you comment on this Preferred share rating and the risk associated with it.
Thanks Gord

Read Answer Asked by Gordon on December 17, 2015
Q: I would like to wish the team all of the very best during the holiday season. I hope you will have a well-deserved rest and relaxation and renewal. As no one could have predicted the fall in oil, i like many others have suffered loses. Happily many gains, too! So, I have difficulty understanding some people's complaints on here from time to time. That is the market! I don't believe that there is a comparable service to yours which offers so much for so little. I don't believe there is any other place where you can even ask questions like this and get an intelligent answer so quickly. I find it an amazing service. And I know many others do to. But, onto the question: I am planning to sell sgy for tax loss selling and was wondering whether you thought Whitecap might be a suitable replacement?
Read Answer Asked by joseph on December 17, 2015
Q: Hi,
Why does this one drop a lot today comparing to FXI:us?
Thanks
Jim
Read Answer Asked by Jim on December 16, 2015
Q: I am wondering what your reaction is to the proposed 4 rate increases for 2016 and 4 more for 2017. My impression was that the rate increases would come much more slowly. Was this your expectation and what the effects would be on the US and Canadian economy and equity markets.
Many thanks
Mike
Read Answer Asked by michael on December 16, 2015
Q: hi folks:

was todays announcement with mattel expected and more so, could it be considered a 'game changer'

thanks
Read Answer Asked by Robert on December 16, 2015
Q: Re: Your answer, today.(units sold in Can. Dollars) Each time I purchased this stock,(on TSX) it always calculated in US dollars. Am I buying it in on wrong exchange?
Cec
Read Answer Asked by Cecil on December 16, 2015
Q: I would be interested in your take on this company. Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by TK on December 16, 2015
Q: Good Morning Peter, Ryan, and Team,
My question is more relating to the discipline of trimming and adding to positions. My one account follows the Balanced Equity Portfolio very very closely. CSU, CCL, and SJ have held up very well of late (Thank you) which of course means they now represent 7.25%, 7.2%, and 6.75% of the total account value respectively. Should I trim these outperformers now and top up some of the laggards like CXI, BNS, AYA, etc. or allow the market to steady up a bit after all the tax loss selling, FED noise, etc. has abated and then reassess the situation ?? Thank you for your sage advice. DL
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on December 16, 2015
Q: Hello,

Is the dividend (19.96% as per TD) sustainable? I got hammered on WIN looking for a stable dividend, do you think the same scenario can happen with TS? Would you initiate a position here?

Thanks
Marios
Read Answer Asked by Marios on December 16, 2015
Q: Hello,

I think the news today is not a good one for those who still hold the stock.
I have it in a registered account so selling for tax purposes is not an option, down 84%. Do you have any replacement recommendation?

Thanks
Marios
Read Answer Asked by Marios on December 16, 2015
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