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Q: Will a 25% tariff affect these companies?
Read Answer Asked by Shyam on January 25, 2025
Q: With the uncertainty of Trump how do you feel about the oil/gas companies. Specifically CVE, ATH, MEG, BTE. Is it time to buy sell or hold.
Read Answer Asked by patricia on January 24, 2025
Q: Would Canadian funds such as ENCC, BANK, HMAX which hold Canadian stocks be taxed as dividend income or as capital gains income by the CRA ?
I believe that similar funds holding US stocks would be taxed as capital gains.
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Catherine on January 24, 2025
Q: I have two entirely different endpoints for my TFSA and my RRSP. TFSA is shorter-term funds to pay down my mortgage, and RRSP - its intended purpose, longer-term funding for my retirement. In this case, would you consider the percentage of each account separately when weighting, or use the combined value? Currently I am separating, but because I own a couple of doubles (NVDA and TVK for example), the position sizes are higher than I would normally hold. If considered together, my positions do not exceed my maximum weighting. Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Kim on January 24, 2025
Q: You may have covered this question but with the exchange on the USD now close to 40% is it worth buying US stocks, in case the US dollar is devalued? The Canadian tourism industry should flourish with the difference in the dollar while not as many Canadians will make the trip to Florida this year.
Read Answer Asked by Bryan on January 24, 2025
Q: In a question yesterday - attached - I asked you to recommend one or two US equities and listed those already held. In response, you gave me two equities which I had listed as already owned. Clearly you have not had your morning coffee:-) Please try again.

Yesterday's Question:
VRT has now grown to 9.5% of my total portfolio. (Thank you for the recommendation!) Would you let this winner run? Or would you be inclined to trim? If trim, what one or two US equities would you purchase (any sector) with the proceeds with a similar risk/growth profile...and why? The following US/international equities are already held: GOOG, NVDA, AMZN, MSFT, V, COST, AXON, ISRG, CLBT, and NBIS. Thank you.

Answer:

In our view, as a company aproaches 10% of a portfolio, the portfolio starts to become a bet on that single name and we would typically prefer to trim the position down. For something with a similar risk profile and growth potential, we might consider NBIS and CLBT, but both are higher risk.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on January 24, 2025
Q: Just a comment, So now we have preliminary numbers for the quarterly reports, we have quarterly report numbers. What next? I thought we were supposed to be investing for the long term. What happens if a company doesn’t provide preliminary numbers, you may think something might be wrong? Investing is definitely getting complicated thanks for your help, but where does it end. I’m surprised they can even do that.
Sorry for my rant but that caught me by surprise.
Publish only if you want to.
Read Answer Asked by Brad on January 24, 2025
Q: Hello, with the coming of the US tariffs and counter tariffs, which CDN sectors are insulated and which are vulnerable?
What would be you best stock recommendations to invest new money?
Thanks
Carlo
Read Answer Asked by Carlo on January 24, 2025
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