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Q: Good morning 5i.
I read an article in the Globe and Mail (National Bank Financial report) recently about Three shrewd investing trends hidden in all the hype about surging ETF sales.: (1) Bond ETF for fixed income exposure, (2) Low-cost index tracking ETFs and (3) Asset-allocations aka balanced ETFs.

Am interested in the your comments on the above and please provide an example of each type of the above ETF: three trading in US currencies and three in Canadian currencies. Please also provide the total net assets, the liquidity, fees, yield etc. Thank you in advance. Please deduct the appropriate credits for your answer. Rossana.
Read Answer Asked by Rossana on January 16, 2020
Q: To all the great folks at 5i a big thank you. Our returns have been calculated for 2019 and we are up about 33.8% across all accounts! Yeah!! Total trading costs for the year about $160 + 5i subscription!!! Thanks 5i. If averaged with 2018 returns things only look "good" rather than "great" but with basically, not many portfolio changes. Buy and hold!!! Thank you for teaching me patience. Now if I could just learn to take some profits! What will 2020 bring... We will see in time.
John
Read Answer Asked by John on January 16, 2020
Q: I own enbridge and have done well on it. I struggle to hold it as psychologically long term we are moving away from fossil fuels and have been thinking of going into BIP. So ENB will have to move away from their reliance on FF transportation and into other projects. What are your thoughts on this longer term theory. Do you think shorter term, say 5 - 10 years, this theory is irrelevant?
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Jordan on January 16, 2020
Q: In your last report on MTY it was rated as a b+. However that was about 2 years ago.

I won the stock and was in the red after its precipitous fall following its last earning report. However, it has recovered and I am breaking even now.

So its time to revisit this holding. Would you think there is significant price appreciation ahead or is it time to search for greener pastures?

Your recommendation please.

Thanks

Sheldon
Read Answer Asked by Sheldon on January 16, 2020
Q: If you were a contrarian investor what sectors would you guys think would be a great area to look into at this time? Maybe pick 2 sectors and 1 or 2 stocks in those sectors. If room maybe add your reasoning as well. Feel free to deduct as many credits as nessacary.
Read Answer Asked by Todd on January 16, 2020
Q: Hi, using your analytical tool, it's telling me I'm still somewhat light on my tech sector. I hold a full position in CSU (and have done very well), and have half positions in OTEX and KXS (up reasonably well) and a quarter position in LSPD (flat).

What would you add to to bring my overall sector weighting up? I"m a middle of the road investor.

Thanks,
Robert
Read Answer Asked by Robert on January 16, 2020
Q: Hi Peter and staff
Your service is good and very appreciated . Awhile back when asked you indicated that other than very easy questions Peter reviews each answer .

Recently a couple of times a stock was said to be in a different sector than it is

Today Stan wondered if there were problems with a negative ACB on Richards PAckaging. He specifically said in a TFSA or other registered account - the answer that CRA will treat the negative ACB as a capital gain is clearly wrong .

Dennis
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on January 16, 2020
Q: Hi gang, can you please give me 4-5 large ETF high volume and market cap in Canada.? Thanks.
Alnoor
Read Answer Asked by Alnoor on January 16, 2020
Q: Hi 5i team,

During the fall, I saw several questions on stock metrics, so I thought I would follow up before earnings season starts again, as I notice differences between business sites, depending on assumptions. I tend to defer to the Companies section as that is what you use in your answers, I believe.

In the Companies data, are the PE ratios and the various Price to Comparisons TTM or forward looking? I use Price to Sales all the time for those tech stocks that do not show any earnings. Would you view around 10X as getting expensive or under which offers relative “value”, if I can use that term for tech stocks? I notice in a recent question, you mentioned LSPD, one of your favourites, but that trades over 30 times. I really don’t use the Price to Cash Flow or Free Cash Flow ratios. They seem to be all over the map, with wide variances, so I have trouble interpreting their significance. Which one do you prefer and what would be a general threshold for getting expensive?

Thanks again for the insight.
Dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on January 16, 2020
Q: Brookfield group tend to buy out the remaining interest in a company in which they already have a partial interest. Is it possible for you to identify those companies and list the percentage of interest owned by Brookfield?

Thanks.

Liping
Read Answer Asked by Liping on January 15, 2020
Q: My Husband and I have some funds to add to our TFSA's. We have a basket of solid dividend paying stocks between us. My husband has a small position in LAC and has been following it closely. He says they are executing their development plans in Argentina and Nevada and the stock is starting to move.. Would you agree? What's your take on LAC for a 4-5 year hold to participate in the EV boom?

Thank you for the great work. We've done well by your advice.
Read Answer Asked by Louise on January 15, 2020
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