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Q: Hi, I am down significantly on a position in Capstone Mining. Your thoughts on this company balance sheet and assets to weather this copper price environment. Would you consider it a hold or cut losses (in a RRSP so cannot take a tax loss)?
Read Answer Asked by Cameron on August 28, 2015
Q: Seems to me the media landscape has changed since your last report in April. I have owned the shares for a considerable time and have enjoyed a very nice return, the last year or so the shine seems to have come off. Would your current rating remain "B" ? I'm wondering if my capitol could be deployed elsewhere or just hold on to my 4% position?
Read Answer Asked by Charles on August 28, 2015
Q: CPH continues to get punished, down even on big market up days. I'm tempted to take a (big) tax loss but would value your opinion on whether to hold on for a future recovery.
Read Answer Asked by richard on August 28, 2015
Q: Could I please have your updated opinion on (RC) .Is it a buy at current prices and has anything changed on the outlook for this company ?
thanks Cal
Read Answer Asked by cal on August 28, 2015
Q: Would appreciate your current opinion on ten peaks coffee at the current price. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by ken on August 28, 2015
Q: Hello,

I am new to 5i and investing, so I hope to not sound too uneducated... Learning, but taking time!

Anyway, I have some cash I would like to invest in something with more return than a GIC... I have been thinking this would be a good time to invest in some ETF's? If so, which ones do you think are the best if I were to invest today, and if not where do you think the best place to put my cash would be.

I have a pretty balanced level (conservative to aggressive) portfolio with cash, GIC's, mutual funds, and a handful of stocks like Apple and Google.

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Simon on August 27, 2015
Q: Hi,

With virtually the whole market going up today, particularly growth companies, any idea why CCL is down 2% today? Is there something I don't know?

Do you still think CCL is a good investment long term?
Read Answer Asked by Graeme on August 27, 2015
Q: I couldn't find the above stock listed on a US exchange. Is it only a Canadian listed stock?
Read Answer Asked by Linda on August 27, 2015
Q: 1:10 PM 26/08/2015
Hello Peter
I am interested in buying one or two of RY, CM, TD, SLF, GWO, MFC. Would you comment on the robustness of their balance sheets and provide some numbers on their Debt/Equity and Debt/Cash Flow ratios, Dividend growth rates, and possible "Black Swan Events". I look at various financial website sources and the numbers for these companies are all over the shop.
Thank you. Paul K.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on August 27, 2015
Q: With respect to Shyam's query Aug 27 regarding resources for fixed income/bond investing I found a book by Hank Cunningham entitled "In Your Best Interest: The Ultimate Guide to the Canadian Bond Market" to be quite informative. Mr. Cunningham used to be a frequent guest on BNN and I believe is well respected.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen R. on August 27, 2015
Q: could you recommend 3-4 growth stocks you are "excited"about now for at least a 1 to 2 year hold - focus on healthcare/biotec, cons. disc.,and tech - thanks as always
Read Answer Asked by don on August 27, 2015
Q: I'd love to find out what you guys think about the Zero Hedge Financial Blog?

Some of it may seem fairly insightful but then you'll come across 15 tweets or articles in a row that sound reactionary, doom and gloom, zombie apocalypse is upon us and that immediately get disproven the next day. I'm having a tough time getting a handle on these guys. From my perspective, it seems like their moments of clarity and genuine insight is later ruined by pandering to an audience who is waiting for the markets to go to zero. Its weird, cuz Catherine Murray follows them on twitter and she strikes me as being very conservative (I guess though just because you follow someone on twitter doesn't mean you agree with their viewpoint).

Anyway, your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

John
Read Answer Asked by john on August 27, 2015
Q: I use the Bloomberg app on my iphone to track my portfolio. You can set up watchlists for your holdings and in the summary tab you get a breakdown by industry, asset type and location.
Read Answer Asked by James on August 27, 2015
Q: If you have a choice buying WSP or MDA, which one would you choose? and Why? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Esther on August 27, 2015
Q: Regarding your response to Indra regarding tax losses, I don't believe you are permitted to claim a capital loss if you transfer a security in kind to a registered account. You would have to sell the stock and then contribute the cash to the registered account but have to wait 30 days if you wish to repurchase the same security in the registered account to preserve the tax loss. So in Indra's case, there would be no tax loss available on this transaction.
Read Answer Asked by Lonny on August 27, 2015
Q: Good Morning Peter, Ryan, and Team,
This is regarding a question that another 5i Member asked about portfolio allocation tracking websites or apps. I just recently switched from TD Direct Investing to BMO Investorline. I discovered that BMO Investorline cleverly takes your account holdings and automatically generates a portfolio sector allocation pie chart and also shows the accompanying list with the percentage allocated to each sector. This is displayed at: Home / My Portfolio / Allocation Charts. This is not a plug for BMO Investorline (although I do really like it) but it is clever and saves valuable time. Hope this is helpful. DL
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on August 27, 2015
Q: I will be buying GH, IPL, PKI and HSE as 12 % of a 20 stock portfolio. Is now a good time to buy a half position in each? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Tim on August 27, 2015
Q: Out of all of your coverage companies, which 5 companies do you think would be the best to deploy some cash today?

Thanks,

Wes.
Read Answer Asked by Wes on August 27, 2015
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