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Q: Further to a member's question concerning the high cost of board-lot purchases of (for example) GOOG: I have never had any problems buying (or selling) as little as a few shares of GOOG, CSU, etc. The only oddity I've noticed is that my bid (or ask) doesn't show up on the exchange's order book, which might have the effect of providing no reference price for the other side of the trade. But others' brokers may handle these differently (I'm using TDW.)
Read Answer Asked by John on March 31, 2017
Q: Could you please give me your thoughts on The Horizons Medical Marijuana Life Sciences ETF (TSX: HMMJ). It is an ETF that will be offerred by Horizon this Thursday. It has a fairly high MER of 0.75. Might be a safe way to hold a basket of marijuana stocks. Here is a link to an article about it http://business.financialpost.com/investing/marijuana-etf-the-most-scrutinized-fund-that-weve-ever-launched-horizons-ceo-says
Read Answer Asked by Ken on March 31, 2017
Q: Hello all,
This is further to the question regarding BIP.UN and tax reporting. I have had this equity for several years and it is always, without exception, the last tax form I receive. As of yet, this year's (2016) has still not arrived.
Having said that, it is a very small problem. Annoying, yes, but nothing more.
So, some final points:
1. It is probably not tax-advantageous to keep in a taxable account in the first place. (That was the only room I had available when I chose to purchase it - my bad.)
2. Kept in a TFSA, RRSP or other tax-efficient entity I don't believe the tax issues apply so if you have, or can make room, put BIP.UN (this would apply to BEP.UN as well, I imagine) in one of those vehicles.
3. We are in the process of moving our BIP.UN into our TFSA's each year until it is all in TFSA's, thus our tax issues become smaller each year until they will finally go away.
4. BIP.UN has been a stellar performer in our portfolios both in terms of dividend cash flow and capital appreciation - it would take something really dramatic for us to part with it. I guess it would be one of our "core" holdings.
All the best!
Cheers,
Mike
Read Answer Asked by Mike on March 31, 2017
Q: Re: Ian's earlier question - I have held both for several years in taxable accounts and have never had any issues getting the tax forms (T5013) on time. Complexity comes from the fact that the Distributions are not "Dividends" but include elements of Foreign Income, Interest, Return of Capital as well as Eligible Divs.....so tax hit is different than a dividend that qualifies for the DTC. This changes each year and and the T5013 lays all this out quite clearly. If you would like to get a breakdown of the elements of each historical distribution - there is also good summary on each of the firms websites. I am a very happy shareholder of both!
Read Answer Asked by Gary on March 31, 2017
Q: With Milestone sale now going through, do you think the mutual funds that held it, would be looking at other US real estate funds like Tricon, Morguard Reit, Pure Multi Reit, and out of these 3 how would you rate them for buys at this time.
Thank you so much
Read Answer Asked by eugene on March 31, 2017
Q: Noticed a question earlier about the convertible debentures (TCN.DB.U); just wanted to bring to attention that this is a USD denominated debenture and the conversion price of $10.46 is also quoted in USD. So, based on the current CAD/USD rate this was issued at the typical premium as the concurrent subscription receipt offering was at $9.90 CAD, and the stock is still trading below the conversion price which would be roughly $13.90 at today's CAD/USD rate.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on March 31, 2017
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