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Q: Hi group presently I have a $51,000 capital gain against BYD.un also I have a combined $14,,000 loss in WEF and TSGI. These stocks are all in a cash margin account. My dilemma is WEF quarterly results will be reported first week in Nov should I wait before tax loss selling this sock or do it now? additionally with the stars group being sold what I should I do to lock in the tax loss? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Terence on October 22, 2019
Q: Question of curiosity. Any idea what happened in the last second/close of trading today with Western Forest Products? 9.39 million shares (2.5% of shares outstanding) changed hands? From quotemedia it suggests it is a MOC trade - https://www.tsx.com/trading/toronto-stock-exchange/order-types-and-features/market-on-close - which really means nothing to me, even after reading that page (Investopedia doesn't help much either with an example of a trader selling 100 shares in a MOC order). Is it an ominous sign for tomorrow's opening?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked on September 20, 2019
Q: Recently bought this stock because of the dividend security(hopefully) but I'm surprised by the downward pressure on this stock with the dividend ex-date just 2 days away I could be wrong but wouldn't some people just be hanging on for the ex date and then possibly dumping it as it almost seems to be in free fall despite being so close to that date your thoughts on this theory and also on the company here getting dangerously close to two digits YIKES thx
Read Answer Asked by Greg on August 28, 2019
Q: I read with great concern in this weekend's National Post, David Rosenberg's article entitled "10 Reasons to take risk off the table right now". He makes ten legitimate reasons to do so. I would appreciate 5I's opinion of the article and his supporting logic. My high risk equities are WEF, NFI, TSGI, MX, COV and VET.
Carl.
Read Answer Asked by Carl on August 12, 2019
Q: I am a little perplexed on the answer to Gervais on WEF and NFI. You say that with valuation changing but fundamentals still good that one can still make money from NEW valuations. How can one make money on New valuations if one already owns the stock down 50 percent? It needs to double just to break even. One could average down and buy more but we are being taught not to average down on a losing stock.
For example I am in on WEF AT $2.67 a share. It is now hovering around $1.25. So with the NEW valuation, it is great for someone who does not own WEF but how about someone who does own it. Just collect the dividend and wait for new cycle, average down the cost or sell? What would you do? Timeframe three more years.
Read Answer Asked by Helen on August 09, 2019
Q: Hi team, you have no change in holdings in both the Income and the Balanced model portfolio of July. NFI and WEF are among the holdings. Do they still have a place there? These two stocks have decreased by almost 50% in value over the last 12 months. What is your rationale for keeping them in the portfolios? Thanks, Gervais
Read Answer Asked by Gervais on August 09, 2019
Q: Good morning. I sold these company for tax-loss selling purposes and are wondering if I should buy them back or is there better options? they are all small positions in my well diversified portfolio . wcp and vet are my only oil and gas holdings. i'm a long term investor and can wait but not if any are loss causes. you can deduct as many question as u like .

Thx
Read Answer Asked by Stuart on August 02, 2019
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