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Q: I am retired and living on dividend income. I would like to invest 10% of my portfolio in 4 stocks from your growth and balanced portfolios for capital appreciation. Which 4 stocks would you recommend that are at the best valuation, offer a margin of safety, and offer the best growth potential for a 3-5 year hold?
Read Answer Asked by Curtis on September 15, 2017
Q: Hi, can you please advise current PE ratios for each of these companies. Can you also rank them best to worst for adding a new position today for 3-5 year investment not taking into account sector diversification within the portfolio.
Read Answer Asked by Jordan on September 15, 2017
Q: Byd,un been in a downward spiral since recent $103 high.Any reason?Thanks for u normal great services & views Any reason for the welcomed 7.46% increase in price of HWO today Is it time to add to my 1% position(p/p$6.11)thanks for u usual great services & opinions
Read Answer Asked by Peter on September 14, 2017
Q: How do you think the hurricane destruction of the Caribbean will affect BNS? I know that they have operations there but how much revenue/business comes from that area of the world? Do you think it is worth holding off buying for the moment or do you expect the hurricane to not have a material impact?
Read Answer Asked by Arthur on September 13, 2017
Q: I am a little confused by a comment I read in the financial press which suggested that insurance company stocks may actually be poor buys now because rising interest rates lower the value of their significant bond portfolios. I thought that rising interest rates would aid insurance companies by making their long term liabilities more manageable.

Is this the same type of comment that is voiced by some talking heads complaining about current rising interest rates hurting the economy while you point out that rising rates means the economy is improving, a viewpoint that is confirmed by most data and the continually rising market itself.

So is the comment on rising rates being bad for insurance companies simply a comment from some guy who is trying to be different just to stand out or is there validity in this thinking?

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on September 12, 2017
Q: Hi, After announcing a blowout quarter, stock has been drifting lower for past few weeks.The looming bankruptcy of Toys R'us has been cited as one of the reasons. Toys R'us being one of the major retailer of Spin Master products, what is the likely impact, in your view, Spin Master sales, in near term. How would the company cope with this ?

On a different note, S & P Dow Jones group announced addition of Spin Master to TSX Composite as at Sep/18 closing. What is the approximate expected demand of TOY shares for this event ? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by rajeev on September 12, 2017
Q: Reading the press release regarding SIS increasing its dividend, the president stated "Considering the aging population and its desire to age at home, we expect continued growth of over 10% in our lift division over the next five years and we maintain our objective to generate revenue of some $500 million by the end of 2021," concluded Mr. Bourassa.
With 2016-12 revenue at 120 million, that is a 4x revenue increase in 5 years. Very promising. How would you calculate the market cap and share price in 5 years based on his 5 year objective?
Read Answer Asked by Curtis on September 12, 2017
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