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Q: Please comment on Marc Cohones ( famed short seller) charges that EIF is essentially fraudulent. He claims they borrow money or dilute shares to pay their dividend among other misdeeds. In fact 2 years ago at the famed Grants’s conference he claimed several Canadian companies are fraudulent under a lax regulatory regime.
Read Answer Asked by Frank on January 08, 2020
Q: Do you think there would be too much correlation investing in these three company's, or could they be different enough to buy all three, thanks?
Read Answer Asked by Pat on January 08, 2020
Q: Hello, could you please give me your assessment of Chorus Aviation. I am considering it for inclusion in my TFSA after selling my Sentry Canadian Income (CIG50217). Also considering Exchange Income Corp. Please advise on both.
Thank you!
Doug Keene
Read Answer Asked by Douglas on January 08, 2020
Q: Note: This is a duplicate of an earlier question for which I have not received an answer.
I have some additional funds to add to one of the above companies. Which one seems better and why? Much appreciated as usual. RAM
Read Answer Asked by Ray on January 07, 2020
Q: Hello,

Happy New Year! What are your thoughts on SIR corp. They seem to have an attractive dividend..but ..is this a red flag? or a good time to pick up a few..NWH.un had an attractive dividend a few years ago with over 10% and then had some decent capital gains..Would you consider this a similar opportunity? Thanks.

Regards,

Shyam
Read Answer Asked by Shyam on January 07, 2020
Q: I am looking over VCI for yield. I see the last payment was a paltry .03! Compare this to a .13 payout earlier it seems a rather large fluctuation.
Is this strictly a quarter to quarter variation in the business or did they overpay early and cut back subsequently? I was hoping to see more stability in payout considering the lack of growth in the name. Could you give some colour on all this?

TIA
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on January 07, 2020
Q: What are the dividend tax credit consequences when I hold inter-listed Canadian stocks paying dividends in USD in an US rather than a Canadian margin account?
Thank you.
Werner
Read Answer Asked by Werner on January 07, 2020
Q: Hello Peter, I am thinking of shifting my portfolio to bit more defensive and generate some income too -
1. option 1 - To increase allocation to fixed income / bond type position.
2. option 2 - To buy more of defensive positions - like BNS, BCE, CU, FTS, MCD, HD, JNJ,
3. Counter position - that would have counter move to market drop.
Question - How would you approach / handle the situation and what would be your choice in each option.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by RUPINDER on January 07, 2020
Q: Do you have historical data on how dividends issued by Canadian companies fared in past corrections. This question submitted by a person carrying too many banks, utilities etc.
Read Answer Asked by Ken on January 07, 2020
Q: Hi, I just have a question about holding CAD listed stocks that currently pay dividends in CAD$. If the stocks are also US listed, how do I go about getting the dividends in US$ if I wanted to?? Do I need to ask my broker to convert the cad stock to the US equivalent? In that case, would they just convert it at the current FX rate and would I get them to journal it over? Would I use norbert gambit to do this possibly to save on FX conversion? Any advice would be great!

Thanks!
Keith
Read Answer Asked by Keith on January 07, 2020
Q: Your thoughts on the above at these prices. Do you think efx has good upside with nautural gas given the nod for 2020 and going forward?
Read Answer Asked by kenneth on January 06, 2020
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