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Q: I am looking for 5 examples of long term buy and hold CDN equities that with dividends reinvested along with regular dividend growth will act as compound interest vehicles over time.

These will be held in a TFSA by a millennial friend of mine and have a 25 to 30 year run to her retirement.

Thanks in advance,
Greg.
Read Answer Asked by Greg on January 20, 2016
Q: hello team 5i: could you please tell me how my 2400 shares of cos will convert to suncor? thanks Larry
Read Answer Asked by Larry on January 20, 2016
Q: Is it good time to initiate position in the agriculture sector? which of these ETFs would you recommend (COW, MOO or SOIL)?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by satish on January 20, 2016
Q: What is your current thinking on Urbana Corp? The discount to NAV seems to have increased substantially (although I wonder how accurately NAV can be determined on the private holdings).
Do you have any opinion regarding the investment in the Bombay exchange? Thanks,
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 20, 2016
Q: Good Afternoon
Would you consider the new PPL minimum rate reset selling at $1.00+ below issue a good TSA income investment, or are there previous utility issues selling at greater discounts without as favourable a reset more appropriate?
Thanks to all
Read Answer Asked by Warren on January 20, 2016
Q: Hi Team, Any thoughts on why, in the last month(Dec 19 to Jan 19), BTO has declined about 35% while the sector has gone down by less than 5%. Is it more than just the Burkima Faso effects? Ed
Read Answer Asked by Ed on January 20, 2016
Q: Today, the gold price was flat, but junior gold miners were down almost 5% and gold explorers were down almost 8%. Do you know why such a steep drop?
Read Answer Asked by Michael on January 20, 2016
Q: I want to buy PHY.U on the TSX (in US dollars) for a position in gold. In time if gold goes up, which means the dollar will likely go down, do I just break even or am I missing something? Is this too risky a trade?
Read Answer Asked by Ed on January 20, 2016
Q: What is your opinion about this exchange traded fund of all can
Read Answer Asked by ebrahim on January 20, 2016
Q: Please provide your top few favourite REITS (CAD & US) for comparatively safe income and your view on H&R for long term income hold, would it be wise to add at this level?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Steve on January 20, 2016
Q: For income generation for the next 3-5 years, is there one or 2 sectors to overweight on or is it still better to diversify across sectors?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Steve on January 20, 2016
Q: Hello. How do you think Enbridge will fair over then next 1 to 2 years? Do you think it likely the volume of oil moved through their pipelines will decrease (tied to the possibility that Canadian oil producers reduce output from more expensive sources)? It certainly seems like a bad time to sell or trim ENB, but that only remains true if there is a hope for a turn around in that 1 to 2 year timeframe. Thanks so much.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on January 20, 2016
Q: Do you have any thoughts on why DRT continues to slide. Is short selling causing this. There seems to be no news.
Read Answer Asked by wendy on January 20, 2016
Q: I was thinking of buying this security for my RIF? It seems to have a high PE of 17x - concerned if we go into recession? Would you consider this a safe investment for income? Also, where are they going to get grwth in sales and income going fwd.? Unfortunately not a lot of choices here in Canada -trying to diversify with a consumer discretionary.
Read Answer Asked by James on January 20, 2016
Q: When does the deal close buying CUS? Will they be able to get and cost saving synergies with this acquisition? When I look at my data supplied by CIBC this company looks like a stay away from stock; however, when I read your analysis from Dec. 11 it looks like it is o.k. to buy -I was thinking for my TFSA?
Read Answer Asked by James on January 20, 2016
Q: Good morning. After owning this stock for the past several years and having taken a severe bath, would you advise to sell now that the purchase has taken place? It would be a substantial hit on my portfolio. Yes it could be used as a tax writeoff, but I have plenty of those now. Please give me your thoughts. Thank-you
Read Answer Asked by Denis on January 20, 2016
Q: I would like to have some of my portfolio on auto pilot I was looking for etfs of s&p 500 nsdaq tsx. Do you have any suggestions and would you bother with currency hedging if for probably a 20 year time horizon.
Read Answer Asked by Geoff on January 20, 2016
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