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Q: I have a 2% position in Lyondellbasell Industries. I bought it as an RBC Top Pick but it never went anywhere and I'm now even on my purchase price with gains only on the dividend. What is your opinion on this stock moving forward and would a switch into Dow Chemical be a better opportunity for growth + dividend? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Gooding on January 24, 2017
Q: As we get older we are thinking of making our portfolio less volatile. Therefore, we have been thinking of eliminating cyclical stocks, such as energy, companies like Agrium. Do you think this is the best route, or would you prefer, as I think you do, hold a smaller percentage of cyclical stocks? Also, would you consider a company like Finning, which is related to the energy sector in many ways, as a cyclical stock?
thanks again for a wonderful service
Read Answer Asked by joseph on January 24, 2017
Q: AcuityAds (AT.V) release today re their "ultraintuitive marketing platform" sounds very leading edge, if not unique in the industry.

Just hype or is there really something to it for marketers?
Read Answer Asked by Richard on January 24, 2017
Q: I have no gold in any of my 3 portfolios. I feel that I should have gold exposure. Could you recommend a stock that I could hold for the rest of this year. I would like to see some dividends with a gold stock.
Read Answer Asked by Ken on January 24, 2017
Q: Hello 5i team. I'm new here.
With volatility perhaps increasing soon, but not wanting to be entirely out of the market for next 100 days, which U.S etf, would you recommend, ZPW(put write), ZWH(covered call), ZLU(low volatility)or other ?
Read Answer Asked by Bernie on January 24, 2017
Q: Hello 5iTeam
RBC has just announced a IPO for Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT fir $10.10. Would you consider this comparable to Chartwell or Sienna and which would you prefer or just stay away from Healthcare altogether?
Regards
Kathy
Read Answer Asked by Kathy on January 24, 2017
Q: I have about 22% of my portfolio in tech and would like to trim back. QCOM makes up about 3.1% of the total and NVDA, 4.3%. At this point would you sell one of these or sell some of each?

BTW, my other tech holdings are: CSU (3.8%) KXS (2.4%) SHOP (4.2%) GOOGL (3.5%)
Thanks for everything you do!!
Read Answer Asked by Jim on January 24, 2017
Q: With the kerfuffle over QCOM I noticed there is talk about the buyout of NXPI not going through. Further some analysts are bringing NXPI's price target down. One part of me likes the arbitrage between the two. So 2 questions. What does NXPI look like to you on a stand alone basis and what do you think of trading out of NXPI into QCOM over a period of time?
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on January 24, 2017
Q: I have an approx 1% (of equity portfolio) position in Pure technologies and 1% in cash available. Would you endorse selling the pure technologies and buying a 2% position in Shopify ? (I am not getting any younger)

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Leonard on January 24, 2017