Q: Interest rate on our money in the bank or in gics is virtually zero. I always heard that in a disinflationary period, the worst place to be is in stocks. But would people not want to be in the stock market and at least get a good yield. So many dividends are over 4%. This is a contradicton. Can you explain it to me. Thanks.
Q: Dear 5i team,
Thank you for the Special Report. Could you kindly confirm a few things about the graphs in it, please? My broker account doesn’t show graphs like yours, so what is the blue line and what is the brown filled-in background- I was thinking high and low stock prices, but noted the left and right y axis are different so I think I’ve not got that right. And how do you read the dark blue graph at the bottom- what is the stock’s ‘relative strength’ relative to?
Thanks so much!
Q: Just before the sharp downturn in market values I sold about 20% of my growth holdings.if I was looking to add a 2 - 3 names back what would be your top recommendations for good value on price and long term growth prospects?
Also, what was the reason for the decline in CBO price?
Q: ‘Nervous nellie’ here...is cash (over 100k) safe in canadian account (brokerage or bank) ? Any Real need to spread it on different instution, or buy short bond, cd etc.
Q: Like other stocks, Canadian Tire is down a lot. Are there any new risk with this stock or is it just part of the large sell off. Do you think it is ok to start chipping away at it?
Q: Hello 5i Gurus,
The central bank authorities at the Bank of England and the ECB have, this past week given authorization to all banks (domiciled in the UK or Europe) that they will be allowed to release ALL of their strategic counter cyclical funds that they normally hold in reserve. From what I remember, this would be several hundreds of billions of pounds or euros. Question is: Does the US and Canada have similar "counter cyclical funds" (not sure if this is the correct terminology)? that they can use to support the economy temporarily?
Thank you for the great insight during this challenging time. Can I please ask your opinion on these five existing positions? Each is sitting at a substantial loss and trying to decide whether to sell, hold, or with a Canadian recession on the near horizon:
-Parkland Fuel
-New Flyer
-Cymbria
-Western Forest Products
-Savaria
Thank you in advance. Please use credits as needed.
Q: Jeffries has stated that rebound candidates in the market are CRM, CTSH, EMN, CVS, WBA - could you give me an opinion on these candidates?
Seeking Alpha mentioned an expert (I didn't catch his name) predicting that the S& P 500 will hit 2300 before recovering. Your opinion on that? Thanks for being around during this crisis.
Q: We Canadian like to drive and are willing block pipelines our resources re not worth anything if don’t export them our motor industry is dead how long government will be willing to pay our mortgages and pump funds in to our economy on borrowed funds
I think we re very near reccesion or let’s say reality check
Can I have your opinion on my assessment
We Canadians have very high debt so is our governments
Q: Can you comment on the repo purchases that have been ongoing and have ramped up recently in the US. Does this add another layer of concern to the markets or just what needs to be done in times like these? Is there any holding that might benefit from this?
Q: Hi, my question is more about next time the market goes into bear territory...
I currently own "SIL - Global X Silver Miner ETF" and always thought it would do better in market downturn. However, i am down 45% over past 3 weeks. Please help me understand why is it down so much.
Q: No sports = no sports betting. The company has a lot of debt. High debt and reduced earnings can destroy an otherwise good company. If sports betting generates essentially no revenue for the next year what kind of shape would the balance sheet be in? Would there be a significant risk of bankruptcy?