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Q: Hi Peter and staff,
Congratulation on your 34 percent return. GREAT

Peter will you be starting a new model portfolio the first of march 2o14?
Thanks again Shirley
Read Answer Asked by SHIRLEY on February 12, 2014
Q: Hi Peter

One of the first books I read on investing was "One Up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch. Of course, he advocated doing things such as going to mall and observe which stores were busy.

In that vein, I keep thinking of Costco as every time I go to one of their stores all I see is a steady stream of people going through the registers.

I don't think there is a COST question on the site and I simply just wanted your thoughts on this company. As I read through their Edgar filings, it just seems that this stock is ridiculously expensive. Is this just a great company but a lousy stock?

Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Brad on February 12, 2014
Q: I currently hold Entrec ENT, and Enterprise E. I would like to only hold one of these companies. Which do you think is the better company to hold for the next 3 years?

Thanks as always
Darcy
Read Answer Asked by Darcy on February 12, 2014
Q: Any potential minefields( or gold mines) for investors in yesterday's Federal Budget? It looks benign at first glance.
Read Answer Asked by Marilyn on February 12, 2014
Q: Hi Peter,
I see that Royal Nickel (RNX) today announced the departure of their CEO, any thoughts? Also what do you have their NAV as? With them approaching receipt of their construction permit by mid year, a potentially tighter nickel market in 2015 with the Indonesia export ban and a financing/partnership announcement could get this stock moving.
Read Answer Asked by Chris on February 12, 2014
Q: Reading through my Enghouse 2013 Annual report. EPS of 0.94 which is up 15% over 2012. This implies a P/E of 33.85/.94 = 36 times. With duplicate growth in 2014 of 15% this implies a P/E of 33.85/.94 X 1.15 = 31 times. QUESTION - Does 31 times not seem a little rich for forward earnings?
Glad you put a limit on questions. Although occasionally insightful your time spent on company analysis is much more valuable. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Bob on February 12, 2014
Q: Hello Peter and 5i staff,
My wife and I are retired with sufficient pension income to live on with no debt. Our portfolio ( 5 accounts total ) leans toward dividends and I'm not really sure we need (fixed) income in our portfolio.
Our financial advisor has convinced me to buy several issues of convertible debentures in our RSP accounts which I am not totally comfortable with. The issue that really stands out is Atlantic Power 6% due Dec 2019 currently trading?? at $58. Will we ever see the return of our investment or should we attempt to extricate ourselves from this, take the loss, and move on?
Thanks for any suggestions,
Larry
Read Answer Asked by Larry on February 12, 2014
Q: Hi Peter, Is it true that CNL has 500 Mill cash in their account, I was planning to add one or two solid mid cap names cnl and bto but they both have gone much higher in last ten days. Please advise me which two solid names to be added in my rrsp for 2014. I have $8000 to invest. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Andy on February 12, 2014
Q: goodday, I would like to make use of my margin account (20000)but there are so many good 5i stocks, I don't know which ones to buy. any suggestions? or should I leave this leverage alone. tkx pat
Read Answer Asked by patrick on February 12, 2014
Q: Hello 5I,
What is your view on Horizon North (HNL)? They have recently made 2 announcements. There is obviously bad feelings over events of the last month but as a longer term hold and a play on oil sands & LNG are they a good company too own?

Cheers,
Bob Ahearn
Read Answer Asked by Robert on February 12, 2014
Q: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE GOLD STOCKS FOR 2014. WHICH ONES DO YOU THINK HAVE THE MOST TORQUE, GOOD MGM & SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO MINE SUCCESSFULLY. OF COURSE I WOULD LIKE AS MANY NAMES AS YOU CARE TO PROVIDE BUT I REALIZE THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIMITS. APPRECIATE WHATEVER NAMES YOU WILL PROVIDE. THANKS. Maureen
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on February 12, 2014
Q: Hi 5i,

I was looking to tidy up our portfolios and am stumped about how to proceed with some of them. Any chance you can offer some insight? I am retired and am primarily interested in the safety/income paradigm. Here are my problems:
1. SLW @ 1.82% of portfolios, down $1800 and in TFSA
2. XRB @ 1.75% of portfolios, up $500 and in TFSA
4. WIN @ 0.26 of portfolio, down $200 Non-registered acct.
(awaiting some clarity on this one)
5. YRI @ 0.74% of portfolio, down $38.00, Non-registered acct.
6. JE (300 shares)@1.71% of portfolio, down $850.00, TFSA

Time is not an issue, I can wait before acting where required. I have started to acquire 5i B+ and better names and hold many to which I can add.
Some notes: SLW and YRI are the only materials I hold. There might be some exposure in XTR which comprises about 8.6% of the portfolios, TFSA's. XTR is our highest single weighting; next highest would be IPL @ 6.7% and CGX @ 6.10%.
Any thoughts? Please feel free to make any points that might benefit the membership in general in terms of tweaking a porfolio - or how to avoid screwing one up in the first place.....
Thanks!
Cheers,
Mike
Read Answer Asked by Mike on February 12, 2014
Q: Hi peter, i just got my membership week ago and asked you very important feed back regarding PSD week ago and did not find answer in the column. I own 3000 shares and down by $3000 in a about 3 to 4 week time but it did came back to $3.90 from very low of $3.70. Please guide me should I keep them, sell them or add more. These shares are in RESP account and have good five years to wait.thanks
Read Answer Asked by Andy on February 12, 2014
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