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Q: Hello,question concerning the changes on the Income portfolio, H and CSH are been added to the portfolio jan.16,why we are not been notified on the change in real time, i've also noticed the change on the chart the Yearly dosen't give me the performance since Inception why the changes ?
Thank You
Daniel
Read Answer Asked by DANIEL on February 14, 2019
Q: Hi Peter and team, I'm just starting to look into setting up my RRIF and wanted to ask if 5i could recommend any good reading materials, with respect to what sort of assumptions I should make? Currently my portfolios are producing income which would equate to about the minimum I would consider withdrawing on an annual basis. This will be my only income other than CPP and OAS. Is there any benefit to equalizing my US/CAD exposures when I'm not really planning much travel to US? For example, I could replace my Telus with VZ or my RY with JPM. Thanks again for your great service.
Read Answer Asked by Keith on February 14, 2019
Q: Hello:

I am interested in your opinion on when to take profits. In this case I am looking at Absolute, but it could be another stock at another time.

I am up about 50%. That’s a tidy gain. The dividend is nice, but I can get that elsewhere. Removing tax considerations from this question, how would you make this decision?
Read Answer Asked by Danny on February 14, 2019
Q: I am not an accountant or financial guru but I have learnt a few things. One thing I thought I learnt was to value resource companies, particularly oil companies, on a cash flow per share basis instead of an income per share (P & E). I assumed that is due to the fact the product that is being produce is non-renewable. I am I right on this point? If so, then why do people who are supposedly financial gurus who appear on BNN continue to evaluate a resource company on a P/E basis. This happened last night with Ross Healy. Healy has been in the business for decades so he should know that P/E are not a good way to evaluate resource companies, yet that was the metric he used. He is not the only guest on BNN that has done this. On the other side are the Eric Nuttall types who appear on BNN and spew out cash flow numbers that sound amazing but when you dig a little deeper his numbers don't take into account sustaining capital that is required to offset declining production. Who cares if a oil company has $300 million of cash flow when they need to spend $300 million to offset declines. I use the word free cash flow meaning any cash that is left over after enough money is spent to keep production steady. Is this the right term? I know that guests' opinions on BNN should be taken with a large grain of salt but do you think these guests are trying to sway the viewers opinion to move a share price. Apparently foreigners ae not interested in Canadian resource stocks and most of the big Canadian money managers don't seem too keen on them either. So who is left to buy Canadian resource stocks? Us little retail investors. Can a comment on BNN's market call actually move the needle on smaller companies by influencing us little retail investors, in your opinion?(I guess there are three questions here.)
Read Answer Asked by Paul on February 14, 2019
Q: Hey Guys,
I follow the Income model , I see that Crius was removed recently , I decided to keep it for the time being and got a bit lucky with the takeover and jump in the price. Now that it will be stuck in the $7.50 range I'm considering selling it now. If I do sell it and want to replace it with something what do you think of Algonquin Power ( AQN)? Or is this to similar to BEP.un, H and VNR already in the model? If you still held KWH.un in the model and moved it out now what would it be replaced with?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Chris on February 14, 2019
Q: I have been with NMX since 2015 and have made a lot of money. Bought at .33 sold at 1.85. Bought at 1.09, sold at 2.25. Bought again at 1.09 and still have 50,000 shares. I believe the stock will go to $5.00 once the mine is finished in 2020. The price has been solid lately but the fist sniff of bad news people panic and sell at a ridiculously low price. They are close to finishing the project. The product is in high demand. Batteries are the future. I feel very confident in the company. Should I buy more?!
Read Answer Asked by Bryan on February 14, 2019
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