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Q: I believe your last comment about VRE was in August, 2013, at which time you preferred XRE. Now, looking at these two ETF, which one would you prefer. VRE only pays a 2.1% distribution compared to XRE's 4.7% but over the past two years VRE's value has risen nearly 3x that of XRE's. I am curious why VRE pays such a low distribution when most of its holdings are paying >4%. Is VRE really doing so much better than XRE or am I just mis-interpreting the numbers.
Read Answer Asked by richard on April 20, 2015
Q: I am a shareholder fo this one. Fro the past few months it has inched up hitting new highs almost every week. How do you intepret this kind of trading? Is it possible evidence of quiet accumulation by a fund or institution? No reported inside buying except for some smallish trades as recently as this week. I can see it being taken private by the Pollard family or bought out.
Read Answer Asked by Murray on April 20, 2015
Q: Can you list your Growth Portfolio under "Portfolios" please? I have great difficulty finding the Growth portfolio on your site and I like to refer to it often. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Pat on April 20, 2015
Q: Hi Gang Do not paint all Prefs with the same brush I hold 18% in the above prefs and classify them as fixed income .My fear is when they are called is my tax liability .I hope they are not called and have not traded below issue price for a long time I even sold some for$28 a few years back .But I agree with most of your assessment on pertpetual prefs in this interest rate envoiment.
Regards Stan
Read Answer Asked by Stan on April 20, 2015
Q: Peter, I require income, FGX has paid 0.48/mo. for past several years. Is this a good investment? is Yield-ROC, and if so will stocks be worthless in future.
Thanks
Cec
Read Answer Asked by Cecil on April 20, 2015
Q: If a company like crescent pointe energy were to buy a company like lightstream resources....what do you think they would pay for it?..thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Curtis on April 20, 2015
Q: TD seems to be having a problem again with its site. (streaming quotes etc.)
Read Answer Asked by john on April 20, 2015
Q: what is the difference between the A and B shares. One seems to trade and the A shares hardly at all? Thanks as always
Read Answer Asked by michael on April 20, 2015
Q: This stock has had a great run-up recently do you think there
is more growth available?
Thxs
Wayne
Read Answer Asked by wayne on April 20, 2015
Q: I've looked on SEDAR for information on the purchase of Catamaran by United Health. Everything I've read gives the purchase price in US$. Nothing I've read says anything about the TSX-traded shares. Should I infer that, in the event the deal goes through, CA$-purchased shares would be exchanged for US$ - with a currency-conversion hit - such that it were preferable to journal one's holdings in a US$ account? Is there a general rule about this sort of thing? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by John on April 20, 2015
Q: I hold these etf's strictly for income purposes. Could you give your thoughts on XHY and CHB and the effect that rising interest rates in the USA could have on them.
Read Answer Asked by Mark on April 20, 2015
Q: Hi,

Care to comment on RBC's downgrade of BIN? One of their main key points was BIN's significant footprint in energy producing locales and they feel that BIN could experience pricing and volume pressures as crude prices impact regional GDP. In your last response to a question on BIN you said,"We added it to the portfolios largely because of its leverage to lower oil prices, its US revenue (60%) and its largely recession-proof business." Do you think RBC's concerns about lower crude affecting pricing trump the benefits of cheaper transport costs? It would appear the market does, BIN down 5% today after not much volatility lately.

thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Steve on April 20, 2015
Q: hi gang any thoughts on this co PJC-A.TO I am looking to buy as a long term 2-3 years . thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Alnoor on April 20, 2015
Q: My question is regarding Foran Mining (FOM) .Since i last inquired about it almost 2 years ago it appears a lot of very good things have happened to the company.Especially this past week. Can you look through some of the releases and comment on them ? also, the stock seems to have very good inside ownership along with a very strong shareholder base.Would you also agree that having Pierre Lassonde owning %10 is a great vote of confidence in the project ? The Zinc sector sure appears to be ripening at a great pace on the LME and 2 large zinc mines have yet to close this year. IN your opinion is management able to execute what is best for FOM shareholders. Some results are pending but what are some of the options available to management at this point. i know this is a small and risky situation but i did get in early and look forward to your comments . thanx Norm
Read Answer Asked by NORM on April 20, 2015
Q: good morning, would you guys happen to have a opinion on this stock as its lost a lot of its share price and I was wondering if it could be a decent risky buy ,if that makes sense.
Read Answer Asked by jim on April 20, 2015
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