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Q: Hi my Portfolio Analytics shows I should be targeting "Risk-Managed Growth", with a technology % of about 16%. I'm currently at 24% and # of holdings have gotten out of hand resulting in low % in most holdings. I need more US and International exposure versus Canadian overall.
Current holdings are CSU (3%), LPSD (1.9%), LHX (1.8%), WELL (1.7%), STC (1.4%), NVDA (1.4%), RPD (1.3%), PNG (1.2%), KEYS (1.1%), AYX (1%), PINS (1%), RUBI (0.9%), ADBE (0.8%).
1. I'm surprised to see LHX and PINS as tech - I thought they'd be industrial and consumer disc (I'm low on both). Do you agree?
2. What would you suggest I do to consolidate? I'm not concerned about trading commissions so don't worry about minimizing changes, just would like your best overall suggestion for a group of holdings to meet the "risk-managed growth" profile with a bent towards US stocks (since I see tech as a better place to go to US versus some other sectors.
Read Answer Asked by Kel on September 13, 2019
Q: Hi team ,
I am down 24% on square . Is it time to sell, hold , or buy more? In my opinion it’s being punished for no real reason, and still believe in its growth rate and potential disruptor status .

Call this a 2 part question as well and charge me credits accordingly . Do you believe in this current “market rotation” gimmick ? To me the current growth companies are still the current growth companies . It seems these days that the big traders on the market get together for a coffee before market open and conspire together to decide “what’s the theme of the week today ?”. I don’t understand it all but this last Monday for example was grossly obvious how crooked the “market “ can really be . Ayx for example : you can’t tell me that over the weekend that company is suddenly worth 15% less come Monday morning . In my opinion it’s a sad platform we all play on here , but at the end end of the day it seems the best strategy is to buy a best in class company and hold it long term , unless the fundamentals change , cause the market is so obviously manipulated every day .

Your thoughts please would be appreciated . ThAnks !
Read Answer Asked by Shane on September 13, 2019
Q: good morning to you
maybe it is not your area of expertise but would appreciate you insight about Bayer
would you consider it to be a good hold for growth and dvd thanks in advance
Read Answer Asked by georges on September 13, 2019
Q: Hi,
Peyto is one of the securities that likely will get dropped from the TSX index this month due to is low capitalization (below the rate required to stay in the index). My question is .... why with this impending removal from the listing is this stock moving up significantly the last week or so? Do you see other factors influencing the price, and would you consider buying at this time?
Thanks .
Read Answer Asked by hank on September 13, 2019
Q: Hi there,

I recently sold my position in Shopify at a big gain (thanks to you!). The majority of my portfolio is made up of the top 20 growth names in your Balanced Equity Portfolio. What names currently look good to add to from my Shopify gains?

Also, as a young investor I try to not invest in slow growth names and would prefer a concentrated portfolio. What names from the Balanced Equity Portfolio would you remove to bring it down to 20 holding, for a growthier tilt?

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Michael on September 13, 2019
Q: Hello there,
Seems like investors are not rewarding growth in production in the oil patch. I own PXT which has done well over the last year but has been stuck in the mud around the same price since February but has bounced around a lot. Because the market is currently not rewarding for production growth , PXT is focusing on share buybacks and a very strong balance sheet which is great. Any thoughts on them initiating their first dividend and becoming more of a growth plus yield story? Return even more cash to shareholders?
thanks
Read Answer Asked by Chris on September 13, 2019
Q: based on your comments, it looks like I should sell this investment. do you still recommend selling it even though the share price has been going up recently and it still pays a hefty dividend? If I sell should I wait until just after Sept 30, the next dividend payment date? if not why? what do you currently recommend replacing it with?
thanx
Read Answer Asked by Stuart on September 13, 2019
Q: I am a retired, conservative dividend-income investor. I have read your recent comments on each of these companies. Key question = if you had an existing partial position, would you top up either of these?

Thanks...Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on September 13, 2019
Q: Portfolio Analytics categorizes Sienna Senior Living as Health Care and Northwest Healthcare Properties as Real Estate (I get that it's because it's a REIT). A couple of questions:
1) Does it make sense to consider NWH.UN as being in the Health Care sector?
2) In general, does it make sense to override the sector a stock is allocated in cases like this?
3) Have you thought of adding a column to your database to allow users to do this? Using an extra column rather than overriding the Sector provided by Portfolio Analytics would give the user access to both values.
4) Same questions for Geography (see my previous question).

Thanks
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on September 13, 2019
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