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Q: I know you have reservations about the company's history and certain individuals, but momentum has been good recently. On Oct. 17 at midday, about 120,000 shares ($1 million) traded in a few minutes, which I assume was an institutional order. Total volume for the day was near 600,000 shares, which has only occurred a few other times earlier this year, when the share price was much lower. Are you aware of any increasing institutional interest in VMD?
Read Answer Asked by David on October 17, 2018
Q: As a member of 5i since 2013 I have used your wise logic as one of the tools to help me position my portfolio. I have had some Major wins with your help, but this has been a gut wrenching experience and I have learned the hard way that keeping a reasonable weighting of any one stock is of paramount importance. I let RHT get too large a weighting and believed in their product as a way to help people. It concerns me that you used the word 'fraud' in one of your previous replies.
I have now reduced most of my position to a very small weighting and am reviewing selling it all.
I have a position in COV that is a full position. It is a bit weak of late but I think that is due to the Saudi Arabian rhetoric and is a temporary blip.
Would you consider VMD to be a good replacement for RHT.

Thanks for all your solid advise in these turbulent times.

Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on October 16, 2018
Q: VMD has been very strong after its latest earnings report. You often caution about selling your winners or selling into momentum but I am wondering if, given the history of its predecessor (PHM) and its relatively small size, if its time to sell 1/2 and take some profits. I find buying easy, its knowing when to sell that always messes me up! Help.

Thanks
Scott
Read Answer Asked by Scott on September 07, 2018
Q: I'm wondering if 5i (or if you think others) are starting to warm up to this name a bit after the last few quarters? It obviously has a checkered past with its previous relation to PHM but it trades at a fairly steep discount (2018 EV/EBITDAe) to other TSX listed healthcare names (SIS, CRH, etc.). My thinking is that this valuation gap should close with continued performance.
Thanks for the great service.
Read Answer Asked by Scott on August 16, 2018
Q: HI again 5i (third try). We are a mid 70's couple needing to increase our monthly div. income slightly to satisfy our monthly RIF payout. Please suggest your best ideas to increase our low cash position and which monthly div. payers to add. We could take some profits or sell from among nflx, vmd, xhc, itx, vun, toy, iyt, zuh, atd.b, aem.
We have half positions in your income portfolio excluding cpd, cvd, plc, tcl.a, xhy.
We realize our fixed income is very low for our age group but with 10% of our 425k portfolio in slf and our 700k home adds some safety. Please deduct as many credits you see fit. Thanks so much.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on August 13, 2018
Q: Before the split, an old PHM share was worth ~31 cents and post split (1 new PHM @ 21 cents and 1/10 VMD @ 30 cents - 1 share currently $3.00) that share is now worth ~51 cents. Is my math correct in that the shares basically increased by 20 cents or 64.5% post split? if yes, can you explain why such a big increase. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Sandy on December 28, 2017