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Q: Hi 5i:

Can the Price to Earnings ratio (P/E) be used to determine the valuation of these yield plays or should I be looking at the Net Asset Value (NAV) instead?

Using P/E they rank cheapest to most expensive as: DFN, FIE, ZWC and EIT.UN. Is that accurate and if not, how would you rank them, cheapest to most expensive?

Thanks in advance,
Greg.
Read Answer Asked by Greg on July 28, 2021
Q: Just wondering about the wisdom of purchasing this stock just to capture the dividend then selling it. You would only need to hold it for the time period necessary to be guaranteed the dividend which would be just a few days. I suspect the share price would not drop substantially in those few days. I do not care about share price appreciation that one would get with a buy and hold strategy.
Read Answer Asked by Bradley on February 09, 2021
Q: One is an ETF while the other used covered calls to enhance dividends. Can you tell me what real difference there is between them aside from the 5% vs 10%+ div. I was thinking of buying XDIV but several of its holdings are the same as DFN which I own. Any point in also owning XDIV?
Thanks very much.
Read Answer Asked by Mark on September 08, 2020
Q: DFN, the high-dividend split share fund that people sometimes ask about, has missed its first dividend since its inception in 2004. It even paid the monthly dividend throughout 2008-09. I see the share price is up this morning. I don't think people realize they will not receive the dividend and that it could be many months or even years before the dividend returns.
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on March 26, 2020
Q: Your comments on dfn doing a financing on class a shares at 8.75. Stock now trading in 8.45 range. A buy? What price would the shares stop paying a dividend? Ala dropping this last week. Would this be from cost overrun on pipeline in us that it owns part of? Expected earnings due Oct 30?
Read Answer Asked by kenneth on October 28, 2019
Q: Would you please give me your current opinion of this stock. The price seems to have stayed in a trading range of $ 8.30 - 8.90 this year, much lower than previous years. However, it still continues to pay the high dividend & has done now for some 15 years or so.

Even with the decline in price it still has a good overall yield.

EIT is another high yield stock. What do you think of it.

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Ross on September 02, 2019
Q: Have owned this for a few months --basically at a break even on growth but enjoying a 13% Div---would like to buy more but cant figure them out.
Paid 182 consecutive Divs--invest in banks and insurance-preffereds and common paying around 5% or less---write covered calls.Really not that volatile except for Fall of 2018
How do they pay 13%?
Read Answer Asked by peter on June 18, 2019
Q: I have owned this fund for a few years now and enjoy the high percent payout but am concerned as the price I payed is considerablely higher than the present price. are the overnight offerings diluting the funds or is this because the banks are lower right now or perhaps both? some of my costs were over $12.00 a share so is this a good time to cut my losses? Thankx for your great service. gord
Read Answer Asked by GORD on April 09, 2019
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