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Q: A few questions have been asked about covered call products and I know that the bounce back will not be as high as a Plain Vanilla ETF. The question remains how much are you actually losing out on? Would the fund just not repurchase right away when called out so when things normalize, you may be out 5 to 10 percent as a guess? I am just hoping that the loss is not that bad
Read Answer Asked by Bradley on March 24, 2020
Q: In some of your recent replies you are encouraging investors to harvest tax losses in this market. Why??

I have no capital gains to offset this year, nor do I have gains from the last 3 years that I can carry losses back to offset. I have been mostly a buy and hold investor.

Why should I sell some of the good quality companies that you hold in your BE portfolio or have strongly recommended in the past just to generate a loss? E.g. I am now down on all of these despite holding some of them since 2011: ENB, BNS, TD, SLF, FTS, BCE, T, CCL.B, DOL, PPL
Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 24, 2020
Q: Goodmorning 5l team,
Thank you very much for your response to my earlier question regarding selling cocered calls. You mention focusing on dividend paying stocks in your current strategy. Is it possible to have a list of which companies you may be looking at currently for this should strategy?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on March 24, 2020
Q: Good day team. Re Granite; watched it reach a premium not long ago, now looks attractive for starting a position. Thinking of selling "some" Telus (still up after approx a decade hold & now 25% in one of my reg accts) and starting with GRT. How will cashflow be impacted now? Attractive on valuation now? Approx 5-7 year hold
Read Answer Asked by Harry on March 24, 2020
Q: In this environment,Real estate is often recommended along with Gold.Most REITS like car.un lcontinue to drop with the market.Is there worry that rents won’t get paid?
Seniors need to live somewhere so why is csh.un down 50%?
Read Answer Asked by Allen on March 24, 2020
Q: What is your favorite gold stock? Looking to invest $100K in Gold Stocks or ETF's. I think that stocks are going to take a much larger drop and I am looking for at least a little bit of stability. I don't hold any gold or precious metals stocks right now. I can handle the risk.
Read Answer Asked by Ian on March 24, 2020
Q: Akumin is an US based company operating independent medical testing centres. They just announced to dedicate 10 test centers for Coronavirus imaging. Why is stock down sharply today with the news? Are medical testing centers beneficiaries under current situation?

Thank for your great services!

Read Answer Asked by Dong Sheng on March 24, 2020
Q: Good morning. Again, thanks for keeping calm and reassuring. My question relates to Canadian banks. I have positions in all five of the big banks and all are down. I’m thinking this might be a good time to sell some bank positions and increase my holdings in others. Does this make sense and how best to execute? Do you have a sense for which banks are likely to recover sooner than the others? Keep that crystal ball polished. A lot of us rely on your guidance. Kindest regards
Read Answer Asked by alex on March 24, 2020
Q: Regardless of the sector/size of the company what would be your top 3 RRSP picks for long term holdings?
Read Answer Asked by Gary on March 24, 2020
Q: I am in the process of switching my portfolio to Balanced Portfolio stocks only. Are there any which should not be bought at the present time?
I can buy full positions now in the rest of them. Is this a good approach, or are there some which should be bought over time and if so which ones and how? May thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Harold on March 24, 2020
Q: BAM is down more than BEP in 2020.
Last year BEP outperformed BAM largely.
I know you prefer BAM for diversification, but I feel BEP will outperform BAM in the next recovery.
Which one would you buy if any ?
Many thanks,
Read Answer Asked by Luc on March 24, 2020
Q: Hi Guys,
I wouldn't pretend to understand economics and I can hardly read a company financial statement, that's why I subscribe to your service for advice on that sort of stuff. My question is not stock specific but general in nature about all the money governments are throwing at the current problem. Aren't Canada and the US both carrying huge national debts and yearly budget deficits? Where does all the billions of dollars both countries are throwing at the current situation come from? I'm sure there's no pile of money somewhere that they are drawing from unless it's in China. Can you explain this to me in layman's terms. Is it as simple as printing more money?
Regards,
Charlie
Read Answer Asked by Charlie on March 24, 2020
Q: Hi 5i,

Thank you for the great work. My experience grocery shopping this weekend is that the stores are busier than ever.

Is it to simplistic to look at the current virus volatility as an opportunity to add to positions in the grocery companies?

Currently I have existing positions in Empire and Metro.

Thank you in advance.
Read Answer Asked by Greg on March 24, 2020
Q: Wow, Boyd continuing to get crushed. Sure, people may be driving their cars less these days and therefore less car accidents, but once life returns to normal, I can't rally see Boyd's business taking that big of a longterm hit. Down nearly 50% from its ATHs. What are your thoughts why this one got hit so much?
Read Answer Asked by Jason on March 24, 2020
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