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Q: hi 5i .. for a retired income investor, which of these three ETFs would you pick to buy today, given these market conditions, and why ... thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Patrik on March 20, 2020
Q: BAM is classified as financial services. Is it really more real estate given the nature of most of its holdings?
Read Answer Asked by Alan on March 20, 2020
Q: Is there a Canadian clean energy ETF on the market, if not what would be an American ETF to look at
Thanks for the excellent work and support
Read Answer Asked by James on March 20, 2020
Q: I’m struggling with why you would think GSY would do well in a recession. They serve sub prime customers with very little discretionary disposable income. Wouldn’t you expect these customers to be most impacted by unemployment, lost wages etc which would then drive late payments and then eventually loan losses. Initially I would expect GSY would take a similar approach to banks by deferring payments for customers to limit losses but eventually they will need to take them. New business will be impacted with branch closures, not to mention their leasing business, historically the reliable cash cow will be impacted as well without the foot traffic. Given the adjustment that big banks have taken to their stock prices over the last 3 weeks. GSYs massive drop looks warranted to me.
Read Answer Asked by Gregory on March 20, 2020
Q: Unemployment...

I've heard of an estimate of unemployment going up, as estimated recently by one of the big US banks, can you provide some insight to this?

When are the next figures due for Canada and USA?
Read Answer Asked by Cameron on March 20, 2020
Q: In an earlier answer today you compared slf and bam and concluded that bam would be a better buy today. This comparison seemed odd to me as they seem to be very different types of companies. That aside, however, if you could only buy one of these two today, sector not an issue, which one would you choose and why
Thanks again
Read Answer Asked by joseph on March 20, 2020
Q: Hi Amazing Team,

Don asked a question today about Canadian Western Bank: With Alberta hurting and oil prices crashing would you consider the western bank safe. Your answer began with: We would be cautious on CWB....

My question is please: I have a significant CWB bond maturing Jun 16 2022. It is in the money. Would you be inclined to hold or sell?

Many, many thanks for what you are doing in this time of crisis. Michael
Read Answer Asked by Michael on March 20, 2020
Q: I am wondering about Bond ETFs and why they are dropping when interest rates are at historic lows. Does this have to do with liquidity issues of the etf's, with people trying to sell them so fast that the managers of the ETF cannot sell the underlying assets quick enough? Does that mean that the underlying assets of the ETF are actually much higher than the price to buy the ETFs themselves? As an example I am considering the 9% drop of ZAG that occurred today.
Read Answer Asked by Federico on March 20, 2020
Q: I Have held these bond etfs for a long time and they are down considerably. (-16 & -30% -9.00 % -5.16%)and still counting

My question is :
Do I have any reasonable reasonable expectation of ever recovering the capital if I hold them ?
Or I am reasonably safe in selling them and putting what is left in a better place ?


Read Answer Asked by Leonard on March 20, 2020
Q: Regarding this company's net income vs. dividend payout, it doesn't seem to support it. From its free cash flow perspective, its also short of the dividend payout amount. Please comment.
Secondly, is there another healthcare REIT similar to this one with a good dividend that we can compare. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by DAVID on March 20, 2020
Q: I bought half positions in CNQ and SU and I have buy orders in at lower prices which I never thought I would see ($8 for CNQ). At current prices, CNQ is yielding over 15%. Even though their dividend was well covered, does it matter how low their share price goes or is it more a function of how long the coronavirus and price war going on for that you force them to cut their dividend? Would they cancel share buybacks before cutting their dividend even though share prices are so low?

Thanks,
Jason
Read Answer Asked by Jason on March 20, 2020
Q: This company, like many other hotel companies, has been clobbered the last couple of weeks. Seems to be overdone in my opinion. HOT runs hotels in the smaller US markets (non-conference hotels) and they will not be hit as hard as the larger chains operating in the New York and LA markets. Any thoughts on the prospects and valuation after the drubbing?
Read Answer Asked by Kevin on March 20, 2020
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