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Q: Greetings team 5i,

Beside my core portfolio, I invest about 5% of my money in a “fun” portfolio. It has not been much fun recently. I bought ABBV (at the top) in order to write covered calls and cash-secured uncovered puts.

These calls, written just out-of-the-money and puts written just in-the-money on Mondays with the expiry date on the Friday of the same week, have produced premiums ranging from $US0.81 to $US2.73 which happened this week.

Why is there such a wide range of premium prices and what do the higher premiums suggest?

Thank you.

Milan
Read Answer Asked by Milan on October 30, 2018
Q: ABBV share price has slumped from approx. $95 to $82.50 in the past 5 days. Marinol was recently approved by the FDA. ABBV currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 10.72. I understand that the industry's average Forward P/E is 15.85.

What is your view of this stock. Seems like it might be an opportune time to buy and play the marijuana angle from a safe distance.

The Webinar yesterday was great. I hope there are more. Thank you for your services.
Read Answer Asked by Grant on October 26, 2018
Q: Hi Team, sold my shares of RHT this morning. Transferring remaining capital from sale to US RRSP for another healthcare name. Someone on T.V last night was screaming Medtronic for a buy ,from my own readings and research I see Stryker as a good choice. Between the 2 which has a better growth profile. Which would you choose. I own ABBV and BDX for a total healthcare exposure of 17%. I Thank-you in advance! Like usual,......Great work team! Sam
Read Answer Asked by sam on October 17, 2018
Q: Recently, 5i has supported members' suggestions to switch out of JNJ into something else given the legal difficulties that JNJ faces. I generally like to hold indefinitely; given this anticipated time frame, and my preference for safety and a good/growing dividend, do you think I should switch as well? Do you view the alternatives I've listed as less or more risky than JNJ overall? Are there non-pharmaceutical alternatives in the US healthcare space that would provide an equally secure and growing dividend that you would recommend? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Walter on August 08, 2018
Q: Hello, I am looking to add IHI to the healthcare allocation of my portfolio (10%) but would like to sell one existing holding first. Current healthcare related holdings are JNJ, ABBV, GUD and SIS (although I have SIS filed under Industrials). My question: which of JNJ and ABBV would you advise selling? Thank-you.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on June 20, 2018
Q: What are you thoughts on buying these 2 stocks and can you recommend a good US divident paying ETF purchased with CAD - VUN ?
Read Answer Asked by Kim on March 26, 2018
Q: Thinking of this one in replacement of GILD that i sold 2 weeks ago. low p/e and peg, nice dividend but high debt.Argus and S&P by applying comp p/e come up with a target of 84$. Does it deserve the p/e or cheap for a reason?
What is your view on this one ?
Any suggestion ?
(like everybody else: I know you don't cover US stocks... bla bla bla)
Thanks much!
Read Answer Asked by Denis on March 03, 2017
Q: My question is on Abbott Labs and Abbvie. I had 300 shares of Abbott and they split. Now I have 300 of Abbott and 300 of Abbvie. Should I hold both sell both or keep one over the other. I know that Humira comes off of patton in 2016 in US and 2017 in Europe. Should I sell Abbvie before then?
Read Answer Asked by Jimmy on December 15, 2013
Q: Can you please provide your opinion of AbbVie? It has done well since being spun off from Abbott Labs and pays a nice dividend. However, it is not followed by any of the research services that I subscribe to so I am not entirely comfortable holding it. With CML out of the picture, my only other healthcare holding is JNJ. Should I consider replacing ABBV with VRX or perhaps PLB? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on October 06, 2013
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