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Q: In the financial sector, which is more likely to cut a dividend, the big 5 banks or the insurance companies SLF, MFC, POW ?

I am assuming it is ok to count POW as an insurance company or should it be viewed separately all together.

Kindly rate the likelihood on a scale of 0 to 10 for banks versus insurance and any differences you might see amongst the insurance companies.

Zero being less likely to cut a dividend.

I am asking this as a dividend investor who doesn't like buying a company that cuts dividends.
Read Answer Asked by Ernest on May 06, 2020
Q: From your prespective does the huge difference in P/E in canada vs the SP 12.8 vs 20+ represent a buying opportunity for canada or does it reflect the market difference ie the greater resource content in the tsx.
Read Answer Asked by mike on May 06, 2020
Q: Can you please recommend a couple of attractive convertible bonds of Canadian blue chip companies. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by mitchell on May 06, 2020
Q: I depend on the big 5 banks and, to a lesser extent, the telecoms , for income reliability.
For example, I read recently that BMO has a 191 year (?) record of uninterrupted dividend paying.
Are you able to list the payout records for the other listed above.
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Brian on May 06, 2020
Q: I was at 60% cash in March and invested on some names that 5i recommended. I am still holding about 45% cash at the moment. Would you recommend 5 valued names that can be purchase at today's price?

Thanks,
Read Answer Asked by Kate on May 06, 2020
Q: It was pointed out to me that when a certain ETF has USD and CAD versions, the USD version tends to have the higher yield. Why is that? As of May 1, 2020, for example, this is true for ZST/ZUS.U, ZTL/ZTL.U, ZDY/ZDY.U, ZIC/ZIC.U, ZWH/ZWH.U

The BMO website claims that the liquidity of an ETF has more to do with the liquidity of its underlying holdings, rather than the the ETF itself. Do you agree? Case in point - ZDY.U is fairly thinly traded, with a relatively small number of shares outstanding. There are many days in which no shares of ZDY.U are traded at all. Yet, whenever I purchase shares of ZDY.U using a market order (against 5i's advice), I get a price very close to the bid/ask price, and the bid-ask spread appears quite narrow. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Walter on May 06, 2020
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