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Q: I think I send you a question last Friday and still haven't heard back from you. Just in case you never received it I will ask again.
Question: Is their a website that you could refer us to in order to determine the various financial reporting dates for all various companies on the TSX.Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by serge on February 12, 2019
Q: I have been going through the Dividend Q&A to compile a list but I think I'll just ask the question.....What are some of your preferred Canadian companies that currently have a dividend yield of 4%+ and also have some growth potential? I will leave it to your discretion whether its Top 10 list or other. thanks again... John C.
Read Answer Asked by john on February 12, 2019
Q: WINA Can you help me understand Winmark Corp. Its a US company but its franchises are in Canada and the US. One if its franchises is PlayitAgainSports which im familiar with. Its got impressive chart performance over all time periods. Rev growth is slow but pretty steady, crazy high gross margin (im guessing due to it being a franchise and receiving fees), low div but raised yearly, nice EPS, and extremely low share count which has only gone down since inception. The performance is impressive but its very hard to value due to it having weird fundamentals from what I can see in Morningstar, hoping you can explain. Here's what I don't get. Negative book value the last 5 years, no free cash flow for 2017, and for the last 3 years its showing nothing for ROE and ROIC. Thoughts on Winmark as an investment?
Read Answer Asked by Adam on February 12, 2019
Q: Hi Peter & Ryan,
Would appreciate your opinion on simplifying my mother's portfolio. The portfolio is worth 600K and I currently hold the following ETF's. VCN, VFV, XSP, VBAL, VGRO, VVL, XIN, VEE, XWD. I definately have duplication and believe I can downsize to 3 ETF's VBAL, VGRO and I like XWD for their global allocation and sector weighting.
Thoughts? And would you put 200K in each one?
Thanks,
Steve
Read Answer Asked by Steve on February 12, 2019
Q: Hi,
I have a spousal RRSP and a Non-spousal RRSP account. The spousal account has not received contributions for over 10 years and will not be used in the future. I was thinking to combine the spousal RRSP and the non-spousal RRSP accounts. After the combination of the two accounts, the account would be a 'spousal RRSP'. Would there be any tax implications or any other reason I need to take into consideration prior to combining my two accounts? thanks,
Read Answer Asked by Donna on February 12, 2019
Q: Please rank DSG, OTEX, CSU, KXS, GIB.A, ENGH, CLS, ABT, SHOP, PHO, COV best to worst based on management, growth and risk factors (3-5 year horizon). Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Dev on February 12, 2019
Q: Hello,

As a follow up to Norman's question of Feb. 8 re high yielding investments with a sustainable dividend, how would rate the above from least to highest risk.

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Larry on February 12, 2019
Q: Hi 5i team,
Following my reading of your updated SYZ report. About the strategic partnership with Microsoft that has an end date set in August 2019: when can we expect SYZ to make an announcement if renewed, or renewed with modifications or not renewed (different date?)? What could be the impact of a « no renewal » on revenue, earnings and stock price?
Thank you for your collaboration,
Eric
Read Answer Asked by Eric on February 12, 2019
Q: I have a pretty nice gain on WCN in my TFSA. I am thinking about selling it and buying CP. My main reasoning is that WCN is nearly trading at twice the valuation of CP. WCN is probably less volatile but CP, I think, is forecasted to have greater eps growth in 2019.

What do you think ?

Thanks.

John
Read Answer Asked by john on February 12, 2019
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