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Q: Thank you verymuch for your answer to my rather meandering question the ther day. I suppose the gist of the question was whether, given the dangers of these two etf's in the present context, whether i should move away from indexing and pick individual stocks. You say that if i pick a good selection of ten individual stocks, i should have good diversificatin and might not benefit that much from an etf. The big fear i have of individual stocks, though, is of one of them blowing up or being severely disabled. That is in my view the main thing that an etf would help me with. Now, i know that no one else can make these decisions for someone else. It helps me to clarify the problem by running it by knowledgable people like yourselves. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on June 04, 2020
Q: We have our accounts at TD. From our USD cash acct, we bought RTX today. The receipt shows $66.01 per share with one lot of 400 shares @ market, estimated principal $26,404.00, commission 9.99, estimated total $26,413.99.
Why the estimated amounts?
After COB we saw in account activity that the total price increased to $26,419.99
Its a small amount but is it legit?
Many thanks in advance.
Read Answer Asked by TOM on June 04, 2020
Q: HI TEAM
XHY IS APPROX 10% AND THE OTHER 3 ARE 30% EACH OF THE BOND PORTION OF MY PORTFOLIO, WHER WOULD YOU ADD FUNDS AS I NEED TO TOP UP MY BONDS
Read Answer Asked by Peter on June 04, 2020
Q: With the confinement, im expecting a baby boom in few months. Dorel is producing babies material, can you explain de down trend since 2017 (41$ to 5$ before the covid)?

Would it be a good title to own? Do you know better stocks which could benefit from a baby boom?

Thanks a lot
Read Answer Asked by Francois on June 04, 2020
Q: Hello 5i
Could I have your opinion on this fast growing US company please?
Thank you
Dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on June 04, 2020
Q: I found your article regarding the difference between the Fang stocks and a small cap stock index very informative and interesting. Perhaps an even more interesting comparison, at least for me, is the difference in performance between VOO and RSP. One a market weighted US etf and the other an equal weighted. There is quite a large divergence between these two in the past while. VOO has the top five holdings as Fang stocks--over 20% of the total portfolio. RSP has no fang stocks in the top ten.
It has me thinking. But, what conclusion to draw? I have been wanting to move away from individual stocks to etf's, especially in my US holdings. But, this makes me wonder whether I wouldn't be a lot better with individual stocks, say the top ten that you mentionned in response to a question today. In that way I wouldn't be burdened down with a group of non performers, as in RSP, nor too heavily invested in Fang stocks, as in VOO, in the event of a future crash.
I know that it is not too good to change strategies often but I am quite perturbed by this. I don't know if you can offer a comment on this or not. But, I appreciate 5i as a sounding board and any comments you have are always helpful and useful
thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on June 03, 2020
Q: this is a link for Ellen who asked about ethical investing. This is a Canadian site but also looks at US stocks:
https://investingforthesoul.com/podcasts/
Read Answer Asked by joseph on June 03, 2020
Q: I have room for 5 or 6 more companies in my RRSP account. I am looking to add dividend paying stocks with some growth as I will not be needing this money for 10 years or so - thinking of AT&T, Pepsi, Sysco, Sylogist and OTEX - what do you think of these AND can you recommend any others that I can consider ? Your opinion is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by JOHN on June 03, 2020
Q: I have shares in these four companies. I am way up with ETSY and FLWS, and way down with CHEF and KMX. Do you have any opinions/advice on what I should do with these four holding? (You can use 4 credits to answer if required.)
Read Answer Asked by Jack on June 03, 2020
Q: Which 4 sectors do you think have the the strongest current momentum? Please give me 2 or 3 companies in each sector that you believe have the best chance to maintain their current upward trajectory. They can be either Canadian or American equities.
Read Answer Asked by Les on June 03, 2020
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