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Read Answer Asked by Anthony on July 25, 2018
Q: After many years I am deciding whether to throw in the towel on Extendicare I know the stock has never been a 5i favourite
Demographics say this should be a growth stock but Extendicare has been a dog
Do you think there is any hope for this stock Should I wait until Extendicare reports In August

Could you suggest a replacement in the same space hopefully with a similar yield
Thank you
PaulW
Read Answer Asked by Paul on July 25, 2018
Q: Currently have BNS,TD,CM,IGM,FSZ and SLF in the Financial Sector comprising 21% of my Income portfolio. I would like to replace CM ( or do you feel fine having 3 bank stocks ) - can you give me some suggestions as possible replacements ?

thanks
Read Answer Asked by JOHN on July 25, 2018
Q: I am just wondering if you know why sometimes a stock cannot be traded on line when in a self directed account. For example, in order to trade MOGO finance with TD I must call them in order to make a trade. The answer I get from TD is that they do that with a certain number of stock with low trading volume or when they are high risk stocks. I don't think MOGO falls into that category anymore than many other stocks that are thinly traded and much riskier. They have no explanation as to why MOGO is one of the stocks that cannot be traded on line. Is it worrisome? Is there something wrong with the company?
Read Answer Asked by Helen on July 25, 2018
Q: Hello Peter,
If i want exposure to China, would you suggest the following ETFs: CQQQ, FXI, MCHI, and XCH (on toronto ) or are there better ones out there? Thanks very much.
Read Answer Asked by umedali on July 24, 2018
Q: Hello I have been watching PBH slowly go down every day for the last little while and was wondering what news is out there causing this? I have found none. I own this in a well diversified RRSP account and have a 40+% gain on my position and I am wondering if I should sell to take the gains and move onto something else?. How do the earnings estimates look for August 13th? Thank you for the great service and advice.
Read Answer Asked by Kolbi on July 24, 2018
Q: In the globe today there was a somewhat negative article about GSY and cash flow.
No need to reprint the entire article, I am sure you have read it with your morning coffee.
What is your take on this should investors be concerned

A portion below


At the behest of the Ontario Securities Commission, which was looking over the company's filings as part of a "continuous disclosure review," goeasy moved a couple of line items out of one portion of the cash-flow statement and into another. As the company noted in a news release, the change had no impact on the company's net income, earnings per share, cash position or balance sheet.

The change in the company's operating cash flow - a measure of cash the company generates in the ordinary course of business - was massive, however.

The company had told shareholders that it had $153-million in operating cash flow (OCF) in 2016; the reclassification turned the number to negative $21-million. For 2017, $179-million in OCF became negative $89-million. Over two years, that's a swing of $445-million (OCF figures are rounded).

And yet, the markets shrugged. The stock has not moved. Analysts covering the company did not put out notes. This was not "material," the word for what a reasonable investor would find important, a couple of analysts told me via email.

I think there's something wrong here, though, when a primary measure of how a company generates cash from its business can swing that much, and no one seems to care. Are we looking at the wrong things - or do financial statements that are compliant with generally accepted accounting principles - GAAP - not matter?
Read Answer Asked by Leon on July 24, 2018
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