Investment Q&A

Q: Hi
I just experienced the following with RBC DI which I would like your comments on.
I put in a sell order on Mar 31st for all of my shares of DH after verifying on the DH website that their DRIP program was suspended as of October 25th 2016 and that all future dividends would be paid in cash. So I assumed that I would receive cash for my March dividend. Then today, one share appears in my DH account as a DRIP.
I contacted RBC Direct Investing, ended up talking to a supervisor who agreed to sell my share with no fee. Then I asked how they could process a DRIP on a company who 6 months earlier suspended their DRIP program. It was explained to me that RBC DI has their own DRIP eligible list and it had not been updated as yet for DH change as there is only one person doing this.
I find this unacceptable as I depend on this brokerage to reflect what is happening in the market place. Is this ethical to issue drips, I assume from their inventory of DH shares?In your experience is this normal ?
Thanks
Kathy

Q: Hello there could you please give me your views on Klondex Mines. Ive noticed it has a huge amount of insider selling in the last few months
Thanks John

Q: Hi Peter, Some spring cleaning and making room for new purchases.
I am still having some legacy stocks from BE PORTFOLIO - AYA, CGX, HCG.
Are they sill keep or let them go. The intent would be to replace with AIF CLS, GUD and add on to CXI. Is this sounds good to you. THANKS AS ALWAYS.

Q: Hi Peter,

if I buy any US stock in my RRSP account and sell it on same day,will it effect on my tax?
or it would be ok with day trading on US stock in my rrsp?
Thank you
KT

Q: What can you tell me about this small cap, other than that it had a surge in February when some investors mistook it for Snapchat?

Q: How does Hortonworks (symbol: HDP) compare to Cloudera (about to IPO... S1 on SEC Edgar)?

Q: After Aup announced successful clinical trail its price reached a high of US$10.54 on 3/13.Then on 3/14 it announced financing of 22.3m shares @ us $6.75.Since then it has declined to current level of US$6.92.Trades in USA as AUPH. Please advise if it is buyable here.Appreciate u normal great services & views.

Q: Just doing my taxes and noticed the name of the T1135 form bears a similarity to that of the movie THX1138. For those unfamiliar with the reference, THX1138 is a 1970's cult SciFi drama about a Dystopian society of the future where mankind is suppressed by police androids and controlled through mind altering drugs.

Q: If I may be permitted a response to Peter's query regarding his conversion from a RRSP to RRIF, I would suggest it all depends on whether or not he will need income from his RRIF. I am strongly opposed to the notion that, just because a person reaches a certain age he/she should convert to a conservative portfolio. I'm almost 80 and since I don't need a lot of income from my investments, hold no bonds and except that dividends help to define a quality company, don't worry about dividends. My portfolio is based on the Balanced Equity portfolio from 5i with some diversification stateside and EAFE. My performance has been more than acceptable. The withdrawal requirements of my wife's and my RRIF have been met by transferring to TSFA and will continue to be until I run out of TFSA room.

Q: Good Morning: A question for myself but other subscribers will be interested as well I'm sure. Do you know if our subscription fees are tax deductible as investment expenses with the CRA. Don

Q: I've been following the Home Capital Group challenges from the sidelines. Given the valuation and what I see as pretty stable earnings and a sustainable dividend, I'm thinking of starting a position via selling puts but I'm not sure the dust has settled on the dismissal of the CEO yet. I'm worried there may be another shoe to drop like financials restating or another governance issue that the company hasn't shared yet? My thinking is that if any new problems contributed to the CEO being let go, the company would have had to make that public by now. What do you think?

Thanks
Peter

Q: Can you please comment on the share offering by KBL?

Thanks,
Dave

Q: NVDA has fallen over 7% today (Tuesday) so far. It has been choppy for awhile. What is your take on this situation? Thanks ahead of time...you guys are the very best!

Q: Please comment on Crius as a potential income name, with a potential takeover sweetener.
Thx F

Q: hi folks

yes, in free fall because no one is ever going to the mall again.....

yet if they did, at what price would LB look too good to be true?

thanks

Q: Further to a response to a question by Robert on Apr 3 concerning dividend stocks provided to a grandchild. Could you provide the payout ratio for PTG, CWX, AIM, DIV

Thanks
Stu

Q: The buyer of Dave Baasov's shares is one Tang Hao who now owns around 12% of the company. There is a rumour that he was involved with the deal by Baasov to take the company private. Have you heard anything about who this investor is?

Q: Hi there..
I currently own CCL.B as well as WPK. I am curious as to why you classify them as basic materials. It seems my bank has a different opinion. When I hit the analyze button on my investments through my direct investment site.. it says I am currently only invested 1.1% in basic materials... but when I classify the above stocks as basic materials I am weighted just fine.... thoughts? Are there any other basic materials you would recommend?

Thanks
Sue

Q: Would you buy shopify at these levels or wait for a pull back?

Q: Im surprised at the mild reaction to a serious downgrade from a serious company with a high flyer like Shop? What do you think? Has anything really changed here? Buy, sell or hold for next two years?