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Q: In some interesting reading sent to my inbox by 5i, one of the articles by Joe Wiggins talked about long or short term investing and I see by the bar graph, if you are a one year investor it was a 55% return and if you left the investment for 10 years, it would be a 15% return. From what I see, it looks like you are better off being short term. Maybe you can interpret this better than I. There was a lot of heavy reading involved. Thank you,
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on March 13, 2023
Q: I really like the look of this company's juicey dividend,but i am concerned about the trend of all the doctor's (mine included)even though the pandemic for the most part completely over they are still doing a lot of telephone appointments, and the need for office and clinic's i would think can only decline going forward in our digital world.
Maybe i am overthinking this but this, looks like a good entry point, your thoughts would this be a buy for a2-3 year hold,,,Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Greg on March 13, 2023
Q: Hi team
in this development in Northern Ontario; Ring of Fire
with minerals and alot of good stuff

are there any Canadian mining companies directly involved in it
so that we as Canadian investors can invest into this worthy project?
thanks
thought that it was partially own by an Australian company
Michael
Read Answer Asked by Michael on March 13, 2023
Q: How about buying this high multiple stock in this market. Is it still the leader in it's field.
Need to buy 2 stocks in healtcare. One growth one income. PFE is around 52 week low with a 4.1% dividend.
Would like to know your favorites at this time.

Thanks for your support in these uncertain times!
Read Answer Asked by Denis on March 13, 2023
Q: Please recommend 5 CAN and 5 US companies who have good both P/E/G and P/FCF ratios. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Dev on March 13, 2023
Q: Non registered account : I sold a majority of stocks in 2022-2023 in order to convert them into a diversified dividend ETFs portfolio.I though intend to only keep" safe stocks for long term".Please could you rank them in this "safety perspective" , a "hold,buy, or sell" comment would be greatly appreciated,considering the fact that in this case,selling a stock would result in "buying an ETF in the same sector" .Many Thanks for your excellent website ,J-Y
Read Answer Asked by Jean-Yves on March 13, 2023
Q: Are there any small to mid-cap companies that have been beaten up over the past year that you really like the longer term outlook for?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Dustin on March 13, 2023
Q: I noticed something in your answer to a question asked by Dan (not me) on Mar 10th about AutoCanada (ACQ). You said that ACQ has $1.9 billion of debt and that it was a major concern. Looking at their financial statements and the press release pertaining to the quarterly report, I think some clarification is in order. In the press release, ACQ states that their net indebtedness is $443.8 million at year end, and that, quote:

"our net indebtedness leverage ratio1 of 2.1x remained well below our target range at the end of Q4 2022".

Quite a substantial difference between their number and the $1.9 billion you mention. Looking at the financial statements, the difference comes from your number including the floorplan financing of approx $1 billion, which is something dealerships use to finance their inventory and is paid back as cars sell, and leases of approx $500 million.

Management seems to feel their debt levels are OK. Wondering if your comment that the debt is a "major concern" is somewhat overstating things.
Read Answer Asked by Dan on March 13, 2023
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