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Q: I'm trying to tidy up my wife's RRSP small holdings, of the currently 26 in total.
ECM @ .65% [of the total portfolio] up 14.65%
EFX @ 1.26% " up 43.66%
SIS @ 1.49% " up 2.65%
TIO @ 1.35 " up 44% [taken out by PP,decision made]
I was considering consolidating these 4 to just one or two names.
Your thoughts on this action and or alternate suggestions?

Cheers and thx for your fine service!
Read Answer Asked by Henry on February 21, 2017
Q: I sometimes like to be a bottom feeder, the above list of companies are all from the growth portfolio and are under water. Do you still have conviction on any of these names for a recovery? Could you please rank the strongest.
Read Answer Asked by Leo on February 21, 2017
Q: I am intending to use DLR & DLR.U for Norbert's Gambit to acquire USD in my account in order to fund the purchase of US equities & avoid the currency exchange fees, which even at Questrade are about 2%. With the anticipated increase in US interest rates in 2017 the USD is expected to increase in relation to the CDN$ so I am considering acquiring a larger amount of USD now which I could use later for either US or CDN equity purchases. Aside from the risk associated with the uncertainty of the relative value of the USD vs CDN$, do you see any negatives with this strategy?
Read Answer Asked by Brian on February 21, 2017
Q: My RIF contains FTS, AQN, EIF, KXS, ENGH, IPL as well as XLF, VWO, & KRE US ETFs. I have held ENGH since 2012 & IPL since 2009 for a large CG of nearly $400K. With the somewhat flattening of these 2 over the past 2yrs. I was thinking of selling at least 50% of each. I have somewhat resisted this move over the past year simply based on overall excellent results as well as the high quality of each company. However, it may or may not be time to lighten up & add some new diversity. If you agree with this change, I would have approx. $200K to invest in at least 6 new equities & would appreciate your recommendations. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on February 21, 2017
Q: Good day,
Perhaps I need to be clearer in what I'm asking with regard to the secondary offering announced by A&W. From your earlier answers this is a non-news story that has zero affect on the company and its stock value and does not even really involve the company so much as certain shareholders selling their stock to someone else. So why did A&W announce it? The market seems to think this was a significant event, as the stock has fallen precipitously since the announcement.
Read Answer Asked by John on February 21, 2017
Q: I have owned WEF since late 2014 and am, effective today, back to even par (if you include dividends). Their recent report showed good metrics, but I am wondering about the impact of the SLA negotiations vs the soon-to-be-imposed CVD and AD duties. Some would say we might be better off just paying the duties. At least that gives us some certainty. WEF is in a bit of a different boat than its peer group, since only a very small portion of their exports are SPF softwood-related. I believe < 15% of their exports are duty-related, due to either their species (eg: cedar) or higher value products.

What are your thoughts - keep or move on? Is this likely to be dead money until the SLA is resolved or is the CVD-AD duties going to provide some short term certainty? I am paid to wait via the nice dividend.

Thanks...Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on February 21, 2017
Q: Can we get your opinion on TH with regards to:
- financial results announced Feb.8/17
- results of recent tests of their product
- is their a chance this company could become a portfolio changer, I mean should I average up and take this to a 3% position from 1.5%

Thanks for your great service as I would likely not heard of a company like TH without being a member
Read Answer Asked by James on February 21, 2017
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