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Q: Hope you don't mind an elementary tax question!
I have some Sino-Forest (unfortunately), which I believe is delisted. Can I report it as a "sale" for NIL value in my capital gains/losses Schedule this year and/or in later years?
Read Answer Asked by Douglas on September 01, 2014
Q: As for Kathy's question on acquiring a small CSU debenture with rights, possibly she ought to check with her broker to see IF a $200 bond could be sold. This quote is from the itrade site "Face value should be in multiples of $1,000.00 as there are no fractional bond units, except for strips where the rule in multiples of $1,000 does not apply." Also it is not possible with them to trade anything less than a $5000 corporate bond online.

Perhaps for most of us small holders of the rights the best course of action is to sell them on the open market; otherwise you might be stuck with an unmarketable security until maturity in 2040. Alternatively if you're really keen on the debentures you could purchase enough rights to get up to the minimum trading levels so you are holding something marketable. Thanks, J.
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on August 30, 2014
Q: Re: ELW......how has this company gone from 19 million shares to 333 million fully diluted shares? Is this a correct number? Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Victor on August 30, 2014
Q: Hi, I have 7 holdings for growth in my TFSA. This is a very small portion of my portfolio and I have a very high risk tolerance. I would like to condense this to 4 positions, what do you suggest? POU, AVO, DSG, RE, SVC, NTB, FLY
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on August 30, 2014
Q: I have 4 half positions in my US account and want to top one of them up to a full position, which would you suggest? NWL,KMP,JPM,CPG
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on August 30, 2014
Q: Mart is looking weak here again, I'm assuming due to the uncertainty of finishing the pipeline and the large shrinkage losses in the existing one.

My question is regarding the new pipeline: I can't seem to find anywhere an agreement with Shell or another party that Mart has signed which will guarantee them a market for all the oil they hope to ship in the new pipeline, and under what terms. I may have missed this, but if not what is the risk that they cannot reach favorable terms with their new pipeline (once operational)? I guess the question is - once the pipeline is finally finished and commissioned, can the upside be quantified, and is it at a valuation well above where the company is now? Or is there also risk of a new pipeline agreement dragging out and not being favorable to Mart?
Read Answer Asked by Kel on August 30, 2014
Q: I have been considering buying a small position in PCLN.US is it a better buy today and in your view has the risks increased with American Arline's pulling out of Orbits. Thanks for the great service.
Read Answer Asked by Cheryl on August 29, 2014
Q: Hello,

You commented on FEN.v early in The year. Have the recent results reported changed your opinion on the company at all?

TIA, Gerald
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on August 29, 2014
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