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Q: what growth stocks would be a good addition in my sons RRSP long term.
he has 30% in bds 10 % in preferred and 10 in rei.un,he also has 2 mutual funds:
BCM 800 12% and NCE 9 %
equities BNS 8%
fcr .5 %
IPL 9%
STN 6%
the rest is cash,but thinking of selling part of the BCM fund.
thanks for your advice
Read Answer Asked by margit on June 26, 2015
Q: Further to Larry's question on Hack, it appears Pure Funds only has 2 very unique funds at this time (albeit with plans to add more). Should one be wary of investing in a new fund provider, especially one offering a non traditional product line-up. I like the idea of the Hack fund but am somewhat wary of Pure Funds unless they have a proven prior track record in the industry? How much of a concern should this be?
Read Answer Asked by Gary on June 26, 2015
Q: 5i often notes the % of equity held by insiders. What service do you use to obtain this information? If the answer is Bloomberg, can you suggest another solution, perhaps more accessible to your subscriber base, many of whom probably don't have access to its subscription service? Please provide options for Canadian, and US-listed equities, if you're able. Thanks for your continued fantastic work. Perhaps use Dorel Industries as an example?
Read Answer Asked by CAMERON on June 26, 2015
Q: Peter, I see so many conflicting reports on DCI. I owned it a few years ago then the big scare came of a defaulter and the price weny way down. I sold. Am sorry now I did. BNN guests seem to like it. I obviously am drooling over the div. Your opinion please. Believe payout is in 60 percent range. Need your valued help. Thanks Ken
Read Answer Asked by Ken on June 26, 2015
Q: Peter; CXI sold a block of insider shares ( 159,000) to a institutional entity. Obviously because of the thin trading history - but would this indicate that somtime they will have to do a equity issue to put some liquidity in the stock. Do you have any idea who the buyer might be? Thanks.Rod
Read Answer Asked by Rodney on June 26, 2015
Q: what do you think of the alaris deal, would you buy the ipo. dave
Read Answer Asked by david on June 26, 2015
Q: How long before we know if this will play out? Given Goodman's endorsement of PRN and PDP, which of the two would you go with?
Read Answer Asked by James on June 26, 2015
Q: Most (if not all) North American rail companies have pulled back in recent months, some are down ~20% from 2015 highs. Is this a good entry point for UNP.us? If you have a better suggestion [ CSX, NSC or other] I would appreciate your input. I would prefer a Canadian railway , but only if you think its future prospects are favorably comparable to one of the US ones. Thanks
UNP got my attention because of its rail connections with fast-growing Mexico.
Read Answer Asked by Adam on June 26, 2015
Q: Gentlemen,

Can I get your opinion on these preferred on a higher rate environment? Is it time to sell?

Regards
Read Answer Asked by Reinhold on June 26, 2015
Q: I have used this as a trading range stock. I have owned and sold it 4 times over the past few years usually between $40 and $46.I was slow out the gate this time with the Shaw AWS and Mobilicity deals happening before I pulled the trigger. Given the jump from 41.50 to its current 43.60, do you think the price is fully reflecting the deals now or that it still has room to run? I have been quite pleased with my decision to try 5I. After 30 years of investing and listening to generic answers its quite refreshing. (SO DO NOT TELL ME NOT TO BUY TELCO'S AND TO PUT ALL MY MONEY INTO MANULIFE)I HEAR THAT 20 TIMES A WEEK ON BNN
Read Answer Asked by James on June 26, 2015
Q: Good afternoon. My portfolio is lacking terribly in the Industrial sector Large Caps. All I have is CNR 2.5% and a little bit of SNC (below 1%).
I am planning to fill the gap with Balanced Equity Portfolio picks. WSP 5% and MDA 4%. Will they count towards Large Cap allocation? Or are they mid-cap? In that case, what would you advise?
I could complete the sector with Small Cap buys from the Growth Portfolio: AVO 5%, LMP 3%, PUR 3% and XTC 5%. [all 5i %ages].
Thanks so much. sarah

Read Answer Asked by sarah on June 26, 2015
Q: Hello Peter,
I still hold shares of PHM, and would like to add to the position; however, I am concerned that CEO, M. Dalsin is spreading his ideas across 3 companies: Patient home, convalo health, and Inspira (which supposedly will trade end of June) and is not focused one company. I am concerned that he will not be as focused on patient home, but also see the reasons for the other two: perhaps cross sells, etc Any comments please. I have not seen much news on why CRH medical continues to move upwards. Is there any news that you are aware of? Also, other than having a nasdaq listing, is there a reason for Concordia Healthcare's price movement? Many thanks for your advice.
Read Answer Asked by umedali on June 26, 2015
Q: I hold RMP based on your recommendation of it being one of the better O&G stock. However it has been going nowhere but down for quite sometime. Would you suggest I sell it and buy either TVE, SGY or TDG as SGY seems like it is gaining momentum and TVE and TDG have recently been recommended by multiple analysts. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Imtiaz on June 26, 2015
Q: Hello Peter & Team,

From what I have been reading and hearing, we should be seeing some fairly significant long over due infrastructure spending oveer the next number of years both in Canada & especially the US - roadways and bridges are falling apart down there.

Putting aside the obvious differences between these two engineering firms (div, size etc...) both of whom should benefit from this increased spending, I am wondering whether moving out of Stantec and into DRT would be a good move or a bad move at this time.

DRT has come back fairly significantly ($7.07 as I write this missive) since its high of $8.95 on May 8th and it now appears there may be some consolidation taking place over the past 10 days or so.

STN has been showing higher highs and higher lows since it's post-split low of $29.14 back on Mar 25 after not really doing much at all for the past 18 months.

Could you please give us a comparison of the two companies, and which one you would pick moving forward for a 2 yr hold on a full position and why. And if these are the only two companies we should be looking at or if there is another engineering firm such as SNC-Lavalin you would recommend over DRT & STN... (SNC has also come back quite a bit since earlier this month)

As always, thanks for all you do!!!

Gord
Read Answer Asked by Gord on June 26, 2015