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Q: Which would you favour over the next year: REITS or banks? And if banks, can you name your top pick for 2020? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on January 10, 2020
Q: My question is about Manhattan Bridge Capital Inc ( LOAN on NASDAQ).
The company pays a regular7.6% quarterly dividend and the stock trades in a range of $6.00 to $6.60. The company seems to have quite stable income but is highly leveraged. Nevertheless if the pundits are correct and we have low interest rates for 2020, would it make sense to borrow money at 5% to buy this stock? What could possibly go wrong?
Cheers
Ian
Read Answer Asked by Ian on January 09, 2020
Q: In trying to decide which ETF’s to buy, I am concerned with the credit duration of some.
Ex: XTR 3.78 yrs. ZMI 3.77 yrs. VCNS 7.82 yrs
What is the significance of these in view of the current business cycle mainly interest rates.
Also, at this time would you favour an ETF more or less exposed to bonds currently. Is a fund manager able to quickly sell his bond holdings quickly when interest rates rise, what is their strategy ?
Thank you so much.
Read Answer Asked by Luc on January 08, 2020
Q: I use the BTSX system in two of my portfolios. Its soon time to adjust for the new year. I have held PWF for a number of years due to its higher yield over POW.
I understand PWF will be merging with POW-any idea when?
Will that mean no more PWF? Will all shares be now be POW at the lower yield?
Will there be a premium for PWF shares?
Would you suggest a switch if there are still going to be two companies? Why?
Thanks
Jeff

Read Answer Asked by JEFF on December 30, 2019
Q: I asked a couple weeks ago, but I was too early at that point. My question is on short positions on the Canadian banks: have they moved up measurably since they reported, both on the Canadian and U.S. sides? I'm wondering if the shorts will be out in full force in January again this year, and possibly they're building up positions before they announce.
Read Answer Asked by Warren on December 20, 2019
Q: Thanks for the update on GSY.

I like the valuation, growth rate, management stake and conservatism. My main concern is whether they are chasing loan book growth during a period where Canadian personal balance sheets continue to deteriorate. In an unfortunate scenario of net charge-offs rising through their B/E charge-off rate of 24.6%, how quickly could their funding dry up? Does this name have a large short base from the short Canadian Financials camp out of the U.S.?

Do you know the breakdown between secured and unsecured loans within easyfinancial’s $1.03 billion loan portfolio? For the secured portion, what type of collateral do they typically receive?

Thank you very much!
Read Answer Asked by Angus on December 18, 2019
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