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Q: Within the context of tax loss harvesting, what would be good proxies for the following stocks: NFI, SIS, and VET. And can you assign an estimated "beta score" for the proxies. i.e. 1.0 should have very similar performance.
Also, with a year like this, should we expect heavy tax loss selling towards the end of the year?
Read Answer Asked by Mike on June 19, 2020
Q: I’d like your opinion on where certain BP holdings would be best placed in TFSA as opposed to a cash account, and if it makes sense to shift low growth stocks to the registered account and higher growth to a TFSA.

I’d like to transfer approx 3 stocks (lower growth/dividend payers -PBH, ENB, SIS from my TFSA into the cash account in December. In January I plan on transferring the same value amount back(higher growth/lower DIVS - CSU,ATD,BYD, KL plus $6000 into The cash account.

Would this be in line with TFSA rules and would it be beneficial to me to do? And what account would you buy NFI In? Still waiting on better momentum before repurchasing.
Read Answer Asked by Kelly on June 19, 2020
Q: Hi, how would you rank these four if you were to start buying today. Do you think its better to buy two full positions or half positions in all of them currently?

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Keith on June 19, 2020
Q: You have said in previous answers that you view most analyst price targets with significant skepticism. Earlier this year TD started to include analyst price targets along with the analyst's TipRanks ranking out of 6,700 analysts. Per TipRanks, the ranking is based on the win-loss ratio of the analyst; the average return of each rating; and consistency of the analyst's performance over time.
For example, on Monday, Brent Bracelin of Piper Sandler, who happens to be ranked #1, gave SHOP a target price of $1144. Today, Mark Mahaney of RBC, rank 121, gave SHOP a target price of $1357.
What is your opinion of TipRanks? Would you consider analysts in the top 1, 5 or 10% worth paying attention to as part of a decision-making process?
Read Answer Asked by David on June 19, 2020
Q: Shopify got an immediate boost from the announcement of its partnership with Walmart. It sounds like the two are vying to compete with Amazon, selling third party goods on the Walmart website. I had been thinking that the best way to play this for a more conservative investor would be to buy Walmart's more reasonable valuation. Interestingly, the deal did little or nothing for Walmart's stock. Is the deal insignificant from Walmart's perspective?
Read Answer Asked by Ken on June 19, 2020
Q: I'm looking for a US or Canadian company to compliment American Towers and semiconductor stock, like Qualcomm because of the 5G theme. Wondering if there is a quality company with growth potential that would complement the existing positions that you would suggest I consider
.....Thanks....Tom
Read Answer Asked by Tom on June 19, 2020
Q: Can you comment on prospects for this new company that is doing an IPO on nasdaq? Would you be a buyer?
Read Answer Asked on June 19, 2020
Q: Good morning: could you please give me 3 to 5 names, both Canadian and US that might bode well with use of 5G technology?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Lesley on June 19, 2020
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