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Q: What is the gap between selling and buying back a Canadian company with a loss please?
Read Answer Asked by Richard on November 08, 2019
Q: With the fall of DR, particularly for income investors, the question is what to do. Michael posed this earlier. What would you advise? You had responded that there is better places to put capital, but such a decline has eroded that capital and reinvesting the reduced amount does not produce much.
How would you advise an investor at this point? Sell, and crystalize the loss and reinvest what little remains? Hold on and wait for a bounce? Settle in for a long wait?
Ideally, investors would have sold before now. I do not see any such advice within your answers, DR was always described as a solid hold and waiting out several quarters was recently recommended.
Read Answer Asked by Danny on November 08, 2019
Q: Hi Ryan,

Just read a recap of your appearance on BNN today. How come you do not own any of your past or current top picks?
Read Answer Asked by S F on November 08, 2019
Q: I was in Halifax this summer and for the first time and saw a payment machine called Clover at several restaurants since that time I have seen them in more and more places around Ottawa. Can you tell me anything about the company that owns these machines Worth investing ?
Thanks Terry
Read Answer Asked by Terry on November 08, 2019
Q: Commentators often talk about a company’s yield in reference to its “dividend”. Many companies have “yield” to which the dividend tax credit does not apply. Is there a website out there that lists the TSX companies that have dividends that attract the credit? Thank you. Bill
Read Answer Asked by Bill on November 08, 2019
Q: I've been looking at your Key Ratios for company profiles and I see a lot of numbers but how can I tell whether these numbers are good or bad. For example Liquidity ratio, Total Debt to Equity is 1.00 good or bad. Leverage ratio of 5 , good or bad. Same goes for Price To Comparisons, Efficiency Ratio, Profitability Ratio etc.
Could you write a Blog on this?
Read Answer Asked by Paul on November 07, 2019
Q: My take on ALC's 3rd quarter numbers are a sort of a "muted positive". They seem be doing better but not really enough to move the needle. They have added new ships and freight rates seem to be increasing so organic growth is better. The dividend was increased and they continue to buy back shares but this is double edged sword for a company with poor liquidity. They have raised expectations for the 4th quarter which will be a millstone if they don't post good numbers in January. The stock appears to be range bound and will likely stay so until they either post better numbers or make a good acquisition. They did increase their ownership in the "Ocean Self-Unloader Pool" so they haven't been totally quiet on acquisition front. Management style seems to be cautious and careful. Any comments you have would be appreciated.
Regards,
Jim
Read Answer Asked by James on November 07, 2019
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