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Q: Hello, I own BEP.UN as per your portfolio but noticed the other two Brookfield companies look good BIP and BAM. Did you choose BEP because you feel it the strongest of the three or because id the sector? Would you recommend owning all three and if you had to narrow it down to two which would you choose? I like BEP because of the dividend. BIP also has a good dividend but BAM has a much smaller one.
Read Answer Asked by Carla on November 27, 2014
Q: Want to replace HLP.UN with same similarity, please provide 2 or 3 suggestions? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Charles on November 26, 2014
Q: GH seems to sliding. Any news? and can you comment on the last quarter? Thank You Ron
Read Answer Asked by Ronald on November 26, 2014
Q: Hi guys,

I have a decent gain on BEP.UN of approximately 15%. It is touching 52 week highs and I'm trying to raise a bit of cash given that the market has done very well since the correction. With interest rates rising in 2015 (possibly) and the realization that interest rate sensitive stocks would get hurt before rates actually rise, do you think its a good idea to sell BEP.UN and move up the ranks to Brookfield Asset Management on a pullback?

Thanks for your advice,
Jason
Read Answer Asked by Jason on November 26, 2014
Q: I have held STN for several years now and it was always a nice steady performer. In the last 12 months it is almost flat but still over 12% off its highs. I have noticed that WSP has also gone very quite. Is there a sector rotation going on in this space? This is a stock that i have been overweight on, (7% position)and i am thinking of reducing to a 4 or 5% position. It has been a good year for small/medium cap stocks but STN is not participating. Any comments you have would be appreciated.

Darcy
Read Answer Asked by Darcy on November 25, 2014
Q: Trimac price dropped today, Nov 24, with 32,000 shares traded. Could this be related to news of Mullen Group trucking purchase of Gardewine, as reported in today's Globe & Mail. Thank you for the great service you provide.
Read Answer Asked by Harry on November 25, 2014
Q: In your report, it recommends to tender the Burger King offer. How would that work for capital gains. For example if 100 shares were bought at $50/share. You would receive $6550 in cash and 80.25 Burger King shares.
Read Answer Asked by Ian on November 24, 2014
Q: I've been looking at AHF as a buy with the recent stock weakness and the dividend now at 6%.
One thing I noticed in the stock quote summary was the large discrepency between the share float vs outstanding shares - 55M vs 89.9M.
Is this due to insider ownership?
I also noticed they have some convertible debt.
Are any of these factors something to be concerned about?
Read Answer Asked by Rick on November 24, 2014
Q: Could you elaborate a bit on the recent news from AHF confirming a term extension for their managed North American Financials Securities Trust. The news seems to have been well received so I presume the uncertainty regarding this event was the cause of recent price pressure. I am not sure I understand the issue - what was going to happen without the extension and is 5 years a meaningful term?
Read Answer Asked by Morgan on November 24, 2014
Q: I just re-read Ryan's excellent article highlighting stocks flying under the radar.

I believe that SYZ was one of Peter's picks 2-3 years ago for one of the many stock picking contests he has won. SYZ has gone from under $3 to $12 - and still has zero analyst coverage. I would think that kind of performance puts it into a very special category. Is the lack of coverage incompetence on the part of the analysts and their managers who run the funds, or is there something intrinsic about SYZ that keeps them away?

Thanks to you I am a well rewarded owner of SYZ, but still find the lack of coverage intriguing; but would expect this to change with even more of a share price increase in the future and am looking to add to it.

Would you concur?

Thanks - on many levels for your service.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on November 23, 2014
Q: Hi Peter & team, In the November 17th edition of Member News you say: "Tim Hortons when its merger with Burger King is approved. The new entity will be classified as a US company". I currently have a position in THI in a non-registered account. Because dividends of US companies are treated as interest, I am thinking of selling THI and replace it by another Canadian company in the same sector. Is it a good idea, may be not? Which same sector Canadian company should I buy to replace THI? Thanks, Gervais
Read Answer Asked by Gervais on November 23, 2014
Q: Boup Group has proven to be a great investment over the last couple of years. I anticipate that this winter's weather, if we enjoy polar vortex activity, should see some bitter weather and a brisk business for the auto repair industry. However, taking a longer term view, I have to wonder how the technological developments in self-parking, danger alarms, back-up obstruction sgnals etc. will impact the accident rate and therefore the auto repair business.
Would you please comment on these issues and provide your two to five year view of BYD.UN?
With appreciation for your significant support for the retail investor.
Ed
Read Answer Asked by Ed on November 23, 2014
Q: Hi guys,

I'm planning to finally dip my toes in the mining sector after the tax sell-off in December that I'm going to hold for 3+ years. Can you suggest a favorite gold miner company please with a good current evaluation, strong balance sheet and if it pays a dividend that's definitely a plus!

Thanks,

Richard
Read Answer Asked by Richard on November 21, 2014
Q: Hello 5i team

Have recently read an article outlining price objectives as stated by a number of brokerage houses (Scotia, PI & Laurentian to name a few) and it appears they have all downgraded their expectations for CVL with 6 research analysts rating it a hold and 4 others a buy.

I have held shares for some time with a small position and am under water a tad. Can you please comment on recent results and what you see moving forward? (as best as possible) And would you take a small loss here or hang tight while looking forward to the next agricultural cycle?

Thanks for all you do

Gord
Read Answer Asked by Gord on November 20, 2014
Q: Your thoughts on senior unsecured notes being issued by dhx media. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by David on November 20, 2014
Q: Hi Peter,
Down about 20%+ on BTE,thinking of selling and replace it with WCP(better growth and safer dividend) or ARX.What do u think?
Also,is HNL at these level a buy?
Many Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Sergio on November 20, 2014
Q: HLP is about to be delisted and I still own shares. Will it still pay a month end dividend? Should I hang on for further dividends? I am not anxious for the cash.

TIA
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on November 20, 2014