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Q: am considering forming my own mid to small cap etf...
looking at a total investment of $20,000 divided equally...
would appreciate your thoughts on these companies..
if you prefer something else pls. advise...especially if it is something you strongly believe in! and if so which one would you take out.
thanks - Ed in Montreal


Read Answer Asked by ed on May 27, 2020
Q: Hello 5i Team,
I am in the process of building an income portfolio and I would like your opinion on the above stocks. Would you start a .5 position in the current market environment? (While the markets are rising) All of the above are for very long term holds.
Do you think KEY's dividend is sustainable and do you think its assets might look attractive to a bigger player like ENB?
I like gold long term and I have .5 positions in AGI and YRI and comfortable with. I currently view Sprott as sort of a mini ETF for junior gold stocks. As in I do not have the expertise or tolerance for individual junior stocks but I would be able to get a diversified portfolio of such stocks run by proven leadership and expertise. Is this a reasonable view to have of SII? Another .5 position would bring my total gold exposure to 10% which is where I would like to keep it. Does adding SII make sense given a higher risk tolerance or does adding to AGI or YRI make more sense.
I currently have no ETF exposure and the yields on ZWC and ZWE are quite attractive and they offer excellent diversification. Are the yields sustainable? I have heard that with covered call funds in general the main drawback is that the upside is limited while the main advantage is that the downside is also limited through yield. Is this correct? Income is the main objective with these holdings but if held for 10+ years or more I would expect some capital gains to be made. Is this reasonable? Do these ETFs ever trade at significant discounts or premium? How is the income classified to tax purposes?

Thank you for the great service!
Read Answer Asked by Colin on May 27, 2020
Q: Looking for best 5 year appreciation. Please list favorite of this list or your favorite if missing from this list.

Thanks

Rob
Read Answer Asked by Rob on May 14, 2020
Q: I realize that while you view AGI as "decent", it has never made your best of gold stocks list. But the SP has really begun to pick up steam in the last month. While part of that is obviously related to the rising price of gold, the other part may be a favourable market reaction to their operational update from 2 April. This is a bit ironic as they were primarily dealing with suspension of operations at Island Gold and Mulatos. So the only positives would be continuing (and unaffected) construction on the Young-Davidson mine together with details on their strong balance sheet (which is likely the most important factor). So is AGI now beginning to climb your list of good gold companies?

Thanks for the great work and stay safe.
Read Answer Asked by karl on April 28, 2020
Q: I currently have a significant position in Yamana and with the recent rise in share price, I have been thinking of selling a portion of my position and buy another mid-cap gold miner. I am likely going to sell my gold positions in 2-3 years time and would like a mid cap company with higher share price growth potential.

I am debating between BTO, AGI and K.

BTO has had some momentum of late but with geo-political risk. AGI has minimal debt but generally produces less gold. Kinross is a larger producer but it may have some leverage to run up significantly with a higher gold price.

Any thoughts on these three stocks and which do you prefer of the three?

Thanks in advance.
Read Answer Asked by vijey on April 27, 2020
Q: Any thoughts about these companies? I know these are not in your favourite Gold stocks list. But from a bounce point of view, worth taking a risk?
Especially in view of "obscene" payment to the CEO of ELD which has drained investors'' money and confidence!! If it leads to changes in the company, is it possible to expect some bounce in the stock price?
Read Answer Asked by Savalai on May 24, 2018
Q: I own ALO, MUX,AGI,FNV,KL,
I want to sell two or three of what you may consider to be the least likely to perform well in the short term (1 year).
As always thank you. Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas & Holiday Season.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on December 07, 2017
Q: Thank you for your help regarding historical valuations of young davidsons mine which was taken over by Alamos gold. Thanks to you we were able to get the stock certificates issued in my mother-in-laws name. Now she wants to sell the certificates and I need to determine the value my father-in-law paid for the original 1000 shares of young Davidson's mine August 24 1984. Can you help?
I love the new web site and please extend my thanks Lana for suggesting using Chrome to fix my issues accessing the site on the iPad.
Maggie
Read Answer Asked by Maggie on November 03, 2017
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