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Q: Tuesday's Globe had an interesting article about wind power in the North Sea being developed by a company called "Orsted" (formerly Dong Energy) listed on the Danish stock exchange. Wind power seems to be gaining traction and gaining efficiencies. My questions...
1) What do you think about Orsted, any red flags?
2) Is growth projected at Orsted or is it more of a low growth dividend type of stock?
3) How would one go about buying shares in Orsted?
4) Is BEP.UN comparable to Orsted or are they too dissimilar?
Thanks
Jim
Read Answer Asked by James on November 09, 2017
Q: Hi team,
Looking to invest in the Japanese stock market through an ETF with good growth prospects but they all seem to be at their 52 weeks high. Is the timing good ? And what do you think of Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF (dbjp-n), WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund (dxjs-n) or any better idea ?

Thanks a million for your help and outstanding new site,

Jacques

Read Answer Asked by Jacques on November 08, 2017
Q: Hi 5i,
I would like to have international exposure with a time horizon of 5 years. Would you use an indexed- CAD hedged ETF? or not?
Would you please give me your opinion on VEF, VI and VVO ?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Lizette on November 01, 2017
Q: Hi 5iR, I have been thinking about starting my own small ETF with Asian e-commerce companies such as Netease (NTES), Baidu (BIDU), Alibaba (BABA), Yirendi (YRD), Baozun (BZUN), China Mobile (CHL), and Softbank Group (SFTBY). Is there an ETF already out there that would accomplish this for me?

Thanks team. Chris

Thanks Team
Read Answer Asked by Chris on November 01, 2017
Q: Just a comment on the answer you gave to the question posed by Kolbi on Llloyds bank. Unless the rules have changed very recently I believe the UK has no witholding tax on dividends paid to foreign residents. UK residents have a $10K dividend tax free allowance (reducing to $4K next year) after which they are taxed 7.5%. Don't feel to sorry for them though, their TFSA is $40K a year!
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on October 31, 2017
Q: I would like your recommendation on ETF's or funds that would focus on Japan and India, preferably larger cap holdings. One or more recommendations is fine but I do want a Canadian dollar traded product as I don't want to get into the costs incurred with exchanging CDN to US.
Thanks for the sensible and steady advice you folks provide! Rob

Read Answer Asked by Robert on October 30, 2017
Q: Hi Peter,
Thank you for your prompt response to my previous question on SQM. I have some follow-up questions on SQM.
1) Does the government of Chile have an ownership position in SQM?
2) Do insiders own shares of SQM and if so have they been adding to or reducing their positions?
3) You noted in response to a member question that the government of India has been pressuring POT to sell their SQM shares. If POT sells their shares do you think SQM's share price will go down or is the market strong enough to absorb the new float?
4) Does SQM carry excessive debt?
5) Does SQM have a good record of matching or beating estimates?
6) Do SQM's deposits have generally good grades or are they almost exhausted and marginal?
...and finally...
7) Do you feel investors are too early on lithium or is demand actually growing?
I realize I am asking a lot of questions on one company so please deduct as many question credits as you think appropriate.
Thanks,
Jim
Read Answer Asked by James on October 30, 2017
Q: Hi team,
Great investment service. I seem to have trouble using a credit (a great problem) as when I am composing a question, I check the new Q&A and another subscriber has already asked a similar one on that security. So I get my question answered for free. I guess I will have to go outside Canada to use one.

The only time I invested in a company in China was in Sino-Forest about 7-8 years ago. It was an Action List Buy from TD. A few days later it was in freefall and I was down 25% before I could get out.

Eight years later, I am now considering BABA as another investment based in China. Most analysts are very enthusiastic about BABA as potentially having a bigger impact on e-commerce than AMZN. However, they always warn about the political risks of BABA. What exactly are the risks? Sino-Forest was a fraud. I don’t think BABA is a fraud. What else could happen? Could the Chinese Government nationalize the company or part thereof?
Also, earnings are coming out Thursday evening. I don’t usually like to step into a stock just before earnings. You could get a pop or a drop. So, what are all these political risks with BABA that the analysts allude to and would you purchase before earnings release, or if at all?

thanks
dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on October 30, 2017
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