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Q: Thank You for continuing to be the voice of reason for the amateur like me!!

What ETF's are best for 5-10 year hold for the following markets
US S&P, UK, Germany, China, Russia, Asia (general), South America (general), Africa (general). Looking to take advantage of weakness and average in.
Read Answer Asked by Lorne on March 19, 2020
Q: Dear 5i team,
Would you have concerns to buy a really small number of any of these, say 50 shares, none are in my portfolio. The prices seem very attractive and I have not sourced key info that would say ‘no’ but I’d like to check in with you in in case I’ve overlooked something.
Which would you say is best, and no worries if you consider them all a ‘no’ right now.

In the energy arena, in light of several posts about bankruptcies, could you enlighten further please:
- are there any that stand out as being at greatest risk of that happening
- for big/medium names like ENB, CNQ, SU, KEY for example, would you consider them solid enough to be ‘immune’ to bankruptcy (assuming they are not in your group of ‘greatest risk’)

As a dividend investor, do you as a team ever produce a list of stocks most at risk/greatest likelihood of cutting dividends? Are most investors surprised by dividend cuts or is there a set of clear indicators that a cut is coming?

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Hilary on March 19, 2020
Q: Hello 5i
Could you please compare the ‘87 vs the current crash in terms of depth of declines and the time it took to rebound to precrash levels?
Thanks
Dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on March 19, 2020
Q: Peter, All Canadians and many Canadian businesses are being asked to
"lean-in" , and most are doing so.
Q1: If you take away its profit motive, what CAN the TMX do to help us exit "crazyville" ? ( eg: uptick rule, tollbooth for the algos, ban the shorts, etc)
Q2: If you remove "regulatory capture" from the OSC, what can they do, if anything ?
Thanks in advance for your usual unbiased perspective !
Read Answer Asked by Grant on March 19, 2020
Q: I have a very large position in MRU. It is proving resilient. With an interest in rebalancing my holdings and with energy so decimated, would it be a good time to take a portion of my MRU and switch to SU ? In a sense this is switching between two strong long-term retailers; Metro and Metro-Canada.
Read Answer Asked by Geoffrey on March 18, 2020
Q: GSY: From 80,6$ to 36,5$.
Possibility of ±120% if going back to higher price

DOO: From 75,4$ to 29,3$
Possibility of ±157% if going back to higher price

AC: From 52,7$ to 15,5$
Possibility of ±240% if going back to higher price

1) Which one have the most chance at getting back to the higher price the fastest?
2) For a 12-18 month time frame, which one could recover faster?
Read Answer Asked by Olivier on March 18, 2020
Q: Hi. Do you have any idea why UTX is down so sharply today? Would it be related to the spin off of Otis? I have a 3.3% position in it and was considering bringing it up to 4%. Should I do that now, wait a while or look elsewhere? thanks for your great effort these past few months, it is greatly appreciated!
Read Answer Asked by John on March 18, 2020
Q: Good Day Team,
I purchased AC this year at $50.00 a share. Sort of feel lost now as to whether Hold, Sell, or Buy. Would you please give me advice to what you would do.
Have been thinking of purchasing the same amount of shares as previous to off set this loss for when things begin to improve again.
Thank you kindly,
John G.
Read Answer Asked by John on March 18, 2020
Q: Hi,
As of today, your Balanced Portfolio is down around 34% ytd.
The TSX is down around 30%

Is this relative difference what you would have expected?

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Darcy on March 18, 2020
Q: Of these two companies do you have a preferred pick? How does each look ion terms of debt in your opinion? Or is there another oil play you like better? Long term buy time frame min 3years please credit as many as needed for question
Read Answer Asked by Kolbi on March 18, 2020
Q: Hi,
What is their balance sheet?
Would you start buying them and in what order?

Thanks,
Milan
Read Answer Asked by Milan on March 18, 2020
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