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Q: I depend on the big 5 banks and, to a lesser extent, the telecoms , for income reliability.
For example, I read recently that BMO has a 191 year (?) record of uninterrupted dividend paying.
Are you able to list the payout records for the other listed above.
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Brian on May 06, 2020
Q: Fiera Capital wishes to get shareholder approval of the transfer of the transferred assets to New Fiera Canada in exchange for debt and/or equity securities of New Fiera Canada. Is this a good or bad thing for shareholders or of no consequence.? This info. came from the management circular for Fiera's upcoming annual general meeting. Thanks ,as always ,for your great work.
Dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on May 06, 2020
Q: Wells Fargo has taken a big hit recently. Do you think it might be worth buying some shares in this bank? Is the dividend yield (currently at about 7.4%) sustainable?

I have held BNS for quite some time and am down about 20%. Just wondering if I should add to my position (about 1% of my portfolio) or sell. I am assuming that the high dividend will keep being paid (as most experts say Canadian banks don't cut dividends).
Read Answer Asked by BRYAN on May 04, 2020
Q: I noted an earlier answer that preferred life companies over banks at the moment, for a new investment. I am currently overweight financials and dont want to leave the probable dividend stream. However, should I be thinking about divesting banks to a degree and buy life cos? If so, which banks to punt ( don't be shy, I have them all) and which life cos to buy? As always, appreciate your collective calm.
Read Answer Asked by alex on May 04, 2020
Q: Given the dividend cut today - does your view regarding the odds of cuts for Canadian Bank stocks as well as other blue chip Canadian dividend payers change. I realize that RDS is in a very tough industry right now but I would say the severity of the cut was pretty surprising and I wonder if there will be similar surprises in Canada for "undoubted" dividend payers in the past.
Read Answer Asked by Gary on May 01, 2020
Q: I have a 5.5% weighting in my portfolio. About 130% gain in a non-registered account. The economy is ground to a halt abruptly probably for quite a few months if not years. I wonder if it is a good time to trim down, bite the bullet and pay the capital gains tax at the high marginal tax rate and buy back to full position when it reaches the bottom? or grin and bear some near term volatility, stick with it for the long term as the economy will be back in a year or two?
Read Answer Asked by Ford on April 30, 2020
Q: With the economic fallout coming of writedowns, defaults, market adjustments, would you say the life co's can be a safer bet here than banks?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Randy on April 30, 2020
Q: Hello
Very few bank rate reset preferred shares indicate that there is a "NO NVCC" clause. An example are the above noted two preferred shares.
Can you please tell us what the NO NVCC clause means and how these bank rate reset preferred shares differ from ordinary bank rate reset preferred shares?
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Terry on April 30, 2020
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