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Q: I have 27% in technology with the following investments.
What should I get rid of to bring the percentage down or would you leave the list as is. KXS, ENGH, SYZ, MDA, CSU, OTC.
Thank you.
PB
Read Answer Asked by Peter on December 08, 2016
Q: In response to another subscriber's question you said you "...would be more comfortable with Nestle. It trades at 19X earnings, with a 3.4% dividend. Debt is high, but so is free cash flow. Solid earnings growth is also expected from the company. It does not have a great record of beating earnings estimates, but overall we think it would also be fine as a consumer sector investment."

Nestle trades as NSRGY on the pink sheets. What would be the tax treatment if I bought and held this in my RRIF account? My understanding is that Swiss withholding taxes would be deducted at source and the after tax yield would be much less than 3.4%.
Read Answer Asked by David on December 08, 2016
Q: I have owned AYA for almost 3 years and have sold when when my weighting was more than 7%, so I am just holding my profits now. I think when the stock was trading higher than $35, 5i was recommending the stock. As far as I can tell the fundamentals have not changed and that is why I am still holding some AYA stock. I can understand that external events may have turned some shareholders off and therefore the shares are trading at $19. On a stock like AYA, is it the momentum or in this case the lack of it that drives the price? If the potential was there when the stock was $38, is the potential not there anymore? I have my doubts that the privatization bid will succeed; but in the next two+ years is there not good growth expected?

I think 5i is the best!
Read Answer Asked by stephen on December 08, 2016
Q: Are dividends on Bond ETFs taxable as interest? If so, they would not qualify for the dividend tax credit. Would it be wiser to look for dividend bearing shares such as BCE with a low beta and a good dividend that would qualify for the dividend tax credit?
Read Answer Asked by Donald on December 08, 2016
Q: NYX Gaming continues to trade lower each day and yet there seem to be a number of positives on this company. First of all is there a short position on this company or is this decline due more to tax loss selling. Secondly TDWaterhouse shows a debt to capital ratio of 52%. Should I as a shareholder be concerned about this especially since I am considering buying more. TD also shows the cash flow as $0.31 and the price/cash flow as 5.4. Do you consider these adequate numbers to offset the debt load. Thirdly are these figures from TD reasonably accurate and if not could you please advise. Thanks as always for the excellent service that you provide.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on December 08, 2016
Q: Hello Peter,
Your thoughts on PLI here at this recent swoon. Is this tax loss selling or Pli seasonality.

I have been averaging down positions from 2.80.

The street loves this stock, INK insider report has Company director buying millions in stock on open market at 2.40 Nov 30. I am at a loss with this drop. My Alaris AD has saved my portfolio while I wait for this spec stock to run. Should just get out now before this gets worse. Broke support at 2.26 and bouncing on new ST support at 2.05.
Thank you again Cameron and Cheers from New Delhi IN. It's warm here and no snow
Read Answer Asked by Cameron on December 08, 2016
Q: After the stock price of DH rose significantly and then dropped back today, trading has been halted, presumably because of the company's news release that, "a process has been established by its Board of Directors, including the formation of a Special Committee of independent Directors, to address expressions of interest from certain third parties to acquire DH. No formal offers have been received and there can be no assurances that any transaction will result from this process."

Once the situation is clarified please comment on the implications for holders of this stock. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Glen on December 07, 2016
Q: In a reply today, you suggested a swap of SJ for MX for quality. In the past five years, MX is up 182% and SJ is double at 363%. Am I missing something here?. You recently added MX to your Balanced Equity portfolio and I would like to follow it but lack the cash right now. SJ is certainly "correcting" but is still in your portfolio. Are you expecting softer returns going forward?
Read Answer Asked by Fred on December 07, 2016
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