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Q: I CURRENTLY OWNED BOTH ETF AND WONDER WHAT YOUR OPINION ARE OF THESE 2 ETF.

Read Answer Asked on August 27, 2015
Q: My question concerns the degree of volatility in a stock market. It is my perception the individual investor has virtually no influence on a stock price. They are simply too small of a player, even in grand total. The market is really controlled by pension funds, hedge funds, mutual funds etc. These are the people who should act rationally. When you see a market go crazy on the down side like this past Monday there had to be a lot of sellers willing to sell at a much lower price than the week before. I ask, who are the sellers? The retail investor wouldn't affect the market and the big players would know better. Please educate me.

Many Thanks

Paul
Read Answer Asked by paul on August 27, 2015
Q: Hi 5i team,

At this current time would you side with PLI or NHC as a buy? I currently have CRH, PHM, PLI and CXR all around half positions. I was thinking about selling PLI and increasing my positions in CRH and CXR as they seem to have better stock momentum.

Look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Thanks as always,

Jon
Read Answer Asked by Jonathan on August 26, 2015
Q: I AM READY TO INVEST $250,000 (15 % OF MY PORTFOLIO)IN 10 DIVERSIFIED CANADIAN LARGE CAP WITH SAFER- HIGHER DIVIDEND . WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHT?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HIGH QUALITY SERVICE.
HIGH REGARDS.
Read Answer Asked by manochehr on August 26, 2015
Q: UK gambling companies Paddy Powers and Betfair have announced a merger. What does this mean for Amaya? thank you for the great service and expertise.
Read Answer Asked by marlene on August 26, 2015
Q: I am down 30% on URI and thinking of switching to GILD which has corrected. What are your thoughts ? Thanks.

Read Answer Asked by Denis on August 26, 2015
Q: Would you please comment on this company. What percentage of it,s income is derived in US dollars.
Read Answer Asked by Ron on August 26, 2015
Q: Recently you had quoted in this volatile market, you put in stink bids. If the future is pointing to a lower opening, would it be better to put the bids in before the market open?

With all of the people selling recently, if I was a seller, I would have sold a third of my portfolio for less than I had paid for it. Are a lot of people selling at losses?

Are a lot of these people being forced to sell because they are on margin?

Thanks,
Dennis
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on August 26, 2015
Q: My dad is 65 and will retire in 5 years. He has been 65% invested in bonds until today. He is ready to slowly buy stocks if the correction continues. last week, I bought him two positions: ZPR + National Bank. He likes dividend payers. He also likes the idea of buying stocks that his mutual fund cannot buy, that is, illiquid stocks. (1) How would you rank AW.UN, LIQ.UN, PZA.UN, CHEM.UN (2) Even with the large pullback, LIQ has a PE of 20. If the US fed raises rates and Poloz doesn't, do you expect expensive high yielders such as LIQ to take a hit, or, the opposite, since retirees will still need to seek tax-preferred yield in Canada? Thank you for your help!
Read Answer Asked by Matt on August 26, 2015
Q: I am looking at DDJ, but the shares do not seem to trade very much at all. Also they have a lot of speculative names in their portfolio. On the other hand, the yield is good at 7.6% and the share price has been stable for quite a while. Are there any other good alternatives to HYB.UN that have more liquidity, less speculative names and comparable stability?
Read Answer Asked by Dan on August 26, 2015
Q: Looking for income and some future growth, would either of these qualify?
BP dividend the other day when I checked was 7.2%; HSBC 6%.
One anayst opined that oil would have to go to $25 before the BP dividend would be impacted. Thanks for your guidance here.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on August 26, 2015
Q: Good Day,
Is the recent discussion around CSU debentures referring to a new series? I see debentures are already trading in the market and today are priced at $119.66 with a 7.10% yield to reflect the premium. Is there another series coming in Sept? If so are they the same terms as the first tranche? Looks like 8.5% until March 2016 and then 6.5% plus CPI. Most bonds/debentures would get whacked in the next few years if/when interest rates begin to rise but this indexing to inflation will protect against this? Also do you have a credit rating on this as far as credit quality/worthiness? Thank-you
Read Answer Asked by Chris on August 26, 2015
Q: pETER -WOULD YOU FIND jPMORGAN ATTRACTIVE HERE VERSUSU ITS PEER GROUP?
Read Answer Asked by Kim on August 26, 2015
Q: Hi,
I have been watching uni-select for awhile, the only concern I have is that I already own a a small weighting of magna and exco. Is uni-select comparable to auto parts manufacturers or is less cyclical? Could you give a description of it and maybe some other metrics like ROE etc...
Thanks guys
Read Answer Asked by Marie on August 26, 2015
Q: If I purchase a dual listed Canadians stock such as Td bank in U.S. Dollar in New York do I get the preferential dividend treatment from CRA as if I had bought the stock in Canadian dollar on the TSX ?
Thank you for your advice
Read Answer Asked by Indra on August 26, 2015
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