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Q: Dear Peter and team,

On your advice, I combined (on paper) my unregistered and registered accounts to check for weightings, and was appalled at my energy weighting which was much greater than you recommend and than I thought. I need advice about what to cut to reduce it. My holdings, with percents, are as follows: CNQ 3.2; FRU 4.7; IPL 7.8; NPI 3.5 (TFSA down 13%); PKI 5.1; BEP.UN 3.9. Can I count IPL as a utility? What about FRU? Both have great dividends.

Many thanks for your truly splendid service. I look forward to my daily 5i research "hit."

Read Answer Asked by M.S. on February 25, 2014
Q: voting vrs non voting shares.

Even with lower volume and a premium to non voting shares, if the non voting do not have a coattail provision, would you buy the voting.
Years ago I lost huge upside when a premium was offered to voting shares only.
thanks
Read Answer Asked by Leon on February 25, 2014
Q: PETER. JAPANESE STARTING TO RESTART THEIR NUKES . YOU THINK U - T WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO PLAY INCREASED URANIUM USE?
Read Answer Asked by EDWARD on February 25, 2014
Q: Hello Peter & Company,
I have opened a TFSA account ($20k) as a quasi savings account, which means that I may need some of the money in short notice.
I invested $5k into BA at $25.50 a share (it has a yield of 6% and fluctuates between $25 and $28); I plan to sell at around $27-$28 and buy back at around $25. Does this make sense?
If it does, are there other securities with similar characteristics? If it does not, what alternatives would you suggest?
Thanks,
Tony
Read Answer Asked by Antoine on February 25, 2014
Q: Have seen your comments re DHX but it continues to fall.
Have you heard anything negative?
Read Answer Asked by Frank on February 25, 2014
Q: Could you recommend a canadian ETF with US small cap exposure?

Thank
Read Answer Asked by Behrouz on February 25, 2014
Q: I would appreciate your opinion on XHD for U.S. exposure. I already hold CUD. Are there other ETF's covering the U.S. market you would recommend, especially those holding U.S. companies with global exposure. Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Paul W on February 25, 2014
Q: hello 5i, my question today has to do with research information. if a person wanted to open a trading account within any of the Canadian banks which one would you recommend. i would like the one that is most accurate and tilting slightly to resource sector and small caps .also any perks that should be considered. should anything else outside the banks be a possibility ? thanx norm
Read Answer Asked by NORM on February 25, 2014
Q: Hi Peter & 5i Team,

I have seen several questions on the lines of "Do you still like so and so stock that you cover..." In the event you come to know of some major negative news on one of your top rated stocks (A+ to B-) which would cause you to immediately change your rating of that stock to say an F, how would you warn 5i members to immediately sell/not buy that stock. For eg. would you post a banner announcement on the home page regarding that stock downgrade by you ?

If so, absent such a warning, can we assume that your current rating for all covered stocks are still valid, atleast uptil the previous trading session ?

Thanks in advance.

Francis
Read Answer Asked by Francis on February 25, 2014
Q: Thanks for answering my question about IOC but I was actually referring to Inter Oil Corporation IOC on the US not Iron Ore Company. Can you revise the comment on that instead. There was a news that Teck was bidding for them. Why would they bid for an oil and gas company?
Read Answer Asked by Imtiaz on February 25, 2014
Q: More of a comment than a Question.
In answering a question on Teck you referred to the substitution of natural gas and coal. Teck actually supplies met coal which is a higher quality coal used for steel making (as opposed to thermal coal which is used in power plants), Teck's future in coal is more tied to overall demand for steel which is driven by global infrastructure building, primarily in china where they have very strong ties. Teck has been snooping around various iron ore assets for years now as iron ore is the other big commodity (beyond met coal) required for steel making. Teck would have significant economies of scale if they could provide both the iron ore and met coal to their existing customer base. That being said Teck is wary of paying too much especially after the issues they had when they acquired their coal assets.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on February 25, 2014
Q: Peter and Team,

Is it weird that, after the downgrade on CSU by RBC, RBC seems to be on the buy side of many of the transactions on CSU? I guess it would be easy for a big outfit like RBC to talk down a quality company like CSU in order to add to a position at a lower cost.

I know this sounds like conspiracy theories but, anecdotally, I noticed RBC being on the buy side of many transactions since the downgrade.

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Marc on February 25, 2014
Q: GIB.A - In September you indicated you were completing a report on CGI and about a month ago you indicated you have held off on the report for a long time. What is the reason for holding off on issuing a report for so long? Would it indicate you are concerned about the future/direction of the company or is that part of your normal process?

Also, you mentioned yesterday that:
"Inter Pipe and Pembina Pipeline hold similar valuations with IPL looking a bit cheaper. Earnings in 2014 are expected to decline for PPL but remain stable for IPL so we would lean toward IPL due to the stability."
Are those GAAP earnings or cash earnings? Would that warrant a switch from PPL to IPL given that decreasing earnings usually isn't a good thing?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

Read Answer Asked by Christopher on February 25, 2014
Q: What ETF would you recommend for US exposure( one that trades on the TSX)? Do I concern myself with hedged vs non-hedged? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Michael on February 25, 2014
Q: I would like to get your opinion on a few poor performers in my portfolio (they are the majority of my holdings). I have had Trans Force for a year now. I bought TLB recently. COM was one of the best performers on my watch list, then had a shore issue and the stock dropped, and I purchased it, but it continues to drop. Are any of these still worth holding? I noticed from reading your questions and from watching the news that CSU was downgraded. Do you think that it is a buying opportunity?
Thanks for your great advise,
Dennis
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on February 25, 2014
Q: SVY/WRG/CDI/EFN - please help me analyze to select comparables for growth prospects and entry timing - thanks
Read Answer Asked by don on February 25, 2014
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