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Q: how long do I have to hold a stock before I can sell it for a capital loss in Canada?
Read Answer Asked by Mary on March 25, 2024
Q: In comparing total returns of the respective banks from Pre-Covid and then from Mar 16 2020 to present why does 5i continually endorse BNS - is it simply the DY ?
Read Answer Asked by Brant on March 25, 2024
Q: How do you feel about Bitcoin after the halving coming up in April? Can you see it hitting $150k US at some point in the next two or three years?
Read Answer Asked by Michael on March 25, 2024
Q: Trevor’s qsn today: TOI is mentioned twice. Then, as BN owns more than 50% of BAM, could you choose another company? Thks
Read Answer Asked by Ray on March 25, 2024
Q: Hi 5i,
I've held GSY for a number of years through both steep increases and steep drops, and currently am up 24%, including dividends. I've been heartened seeing it recover from the $90 range to its current $165 or so, but wonder if it's got much more in the tank...?
Maybe just an itchy trigger finger, but I'm mulling over selling 1/2 of my GSY and using the proceeds to purchase PRL - the rationale being to spread the investment risk allocated to such lenders between two companies rather than having it all with one, and also for the prospect of greater capital appreciation and dividend return over 3 years or so for the share of the funds put with PRL.
What do you think - wise move or unnecessary fiddling with a good thing?
Thanks.
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on March 25, 2024
Q: I have owned the various covered call BMO eft's since 2017. I understand how they work and I am not surprised that with some of them my capital investment is lower now than the purchase date (Even though the markets are setting new record highs). I feel that I may be leaving money on the table if I compare these ETF's to the Hamilton covered call units. I could basically double my Dividends by making a switch to the various offerings of Hamilton (SMAX or HMAX for example). My question is regarding
how the covered calls are processed. Hamilton is At the Money. Does this mean that in a market downturn, they will take even longer than the BMO covered call products to bounce back? I think some of the BMO covered calls are still lower than 2017 due to the nasty downturns we have had-particularly the covid period. Just trying to get a handle on the implications of a switch.
Read Answer Asked by Bradley on March 25, 2024
Q: Please give me some guidelines about the type of companies preferred in TFSA, RIF and non registered accounts. I am particularly iinterested in guidelines related to tax efficiency and it's overall effect on results.
Read Answer Asked by Ron on March 25, 2024
Q: You often refer to the Return on Equity (ROE) to evaluate companies. Can we find this metric in the Company Profile section or elsewhere? Is ROE similar to the inverse of the P/E ratio, i.e., E/P? Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Gervais on March 25, 2024
Q: Several of these stalwarts have taken significant falls as of late. Are any of these compelling buys? Are any generational opportunities ? Can you rank which order you would be and add a level of conviction to each once (10 being a table poounding but)?

Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Karim on March 25, 2024
Q: 1) If you could only hold 10 names from 5i’s Balanced portfolio with the aim of maximizing total returns over 10 years, what would you choose?

2) Same as previous question, but the 10 names can be any security, Canadian or U.S.

Thank you!

(Public question)

Read Answer Asked by Trevor on March 25, 2024
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