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Q: Hello, I have this left over from the days of having a broker/advisor. This fund has a management fee of 1.6% and an MER of 1.84%. It appears to be a "fund of funds" and and the information presents that it is to emphasize income wiht some potential for capital appreciation. The returns have been (starting in 2011) 4.8%, 4.3%, 2.9%, 6.9% and .1%. Seems the return/performance has been lacklustre at best and would it not be better for me to put some of the monies in a bond etf and the rest in either a stock etf or individual equities? Recommendations for the bond etf? You thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you. Bill
Read Answer Asked by Bill on March 10, 2016
Q: After languishing in the 55 cent range for months, the stock price has recently increased. On March 9th it seems to have gone up to 71 cents, (18% rise) on double the normal trading volume. I can't see any specific news. Any ideas ? Is this a sector rally ?
Read Answer Asked by Don on March 10, 2016
Q: Good morning

Can you provide an updated investment opinion on this company. It has been performing very well for a technical perspective llately.Do the potential rewards outweigh the risks at this time?

Keep the beard Ryan!
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on March 10, 2016
Q: Goodmorning. What r ur thoughts on this company as a long term hold for a tfsa for a conservative investor?
Read Answer Asked by Marcel on March 10, 2016
Q: Good Afternoon
The price of AFN.DB.B has slumped of late. How would you view a 2-3% position in a RRIF?

Thanks Team
Read Answer Asked by Warren on March 10, 2016
Q: Hi 5i, there's been a close to 4% rise in today's share price. Any reasons for this bump up?
Read Answer Asked by Eugene on March 10, 2016
Q: Hello 5i Research Team,
In the investment world, as in life, one has to have an objective. Before starting to invest a few years back, I followed the advice of Yogi Berra who is known to have said: « If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll find yourself somewhere else ».
My first task was therefore to determine a specific objective, a specific compound annual return target ; that was and still is my prime reference.
Later on, I identified Jason Donville’s DKAM Portfolio as another benchmark ; a few years later, I became a member of 5i Research and the Balanced Equity portfolio became yet another benchmark. Both use different stock filtering methodologies that are quite complementary ; after all, that’s what makes a market.
For your info, since its inception date in mid-March 2013 to the end of February 2016, the 5i BE portfolio returned 86.1% (or 23% pa) ; for the same period DKAM returned 67.5% (or 19% pa)...and I handily beat my personal objective.
Congratulations and Thank you,
Antoine

Read Answer Asked by Antoine on March 10, 2016
Q: Hello to everyone at 5i

With acknowledgment to the variations in the businesses in each of KXS, CSU and GOOGL, is there a clear winner amongst these 3 for a long term hold?

Thanks very much
Read Answer Asked by Brad on March 10, 2016
Q: Hi team,
I think I kind of understand but just for sake of certainty:
1- What does it mean when the status on a given stock is HOLD? Does it mean: don't sell if you have it or don't buy if you don't have it?

2- What is the difference between Indicated Annual Dividend and Dividend Yield? For example, BDI right now has each of these at $0.60 and 13.57%, respectively. Let's say I buy 100$ worth of stock at $4.00 today, how much would I earn in dividend in one year if the dividend does not change in one year? With a big thank you! :)
Read Answer Asked by Saeed on March 10, 2016
Q: Shopify or Kinaxis for 10 yr hold in TFSA and why?
Read Answer Asked by Rob on March 10, 2016
Q: i just want solid dividend paying companies. id like your take on the economy. are the policy makers playing games with the value of our currency ?id like to hold stocks for long term and let the drips accumalte is this an ok stategy or do i constantly have to have cash and buy gold etc if gold is the next best area what do you recommend
Read Answer Asked by Cliff on March 10, 2016
Q: Hi, Can you please comment on ESL earnings release. Looks like Revenue, EPS were a bit shy of street estimates. is this mainly due to CIT related expenses? You had mentioned that CIT was the 2nd largest acquisition in company history ? How is it likely to contribute to future results ? Did FX play a role in current earnings? I just started a new position today @ $57.25. What are your thoughts on valuation and market perception of results ? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by rajeev on March 10, 2016
Q: Please comment on Enghouse latest quarter. Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by John on March 10, 2016
Q: In addition to my previous question if this stock drops do you have a price that if Enghouse went below it would be a table pounding buy? Reading through some past reports the company consistently states that operating results fluctuate between quarters and I'm guessing this is one of those quarters where things fluctuated below expectations.

How much weight would one put into Sadler selling some shares in the 70s a few months back to foresee recent movements in Enghouse stock? Is the drop at the end of trading Wednesday March 9 suspicious and does the OSC monitor such activity?
Read Answer Asked by John on March 10, 2016
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