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Q: Hello team,

Please inform me how these fixed income ETF'S are taxed?
If taxed as income i would consider holding them in a registered account.

Thanks for your help

Stephen
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on October 22, 2015
Q: Hello Peter & 5i team,
I'm quite frustrated at the way the market reacts to a Citron report whose motivation is quite questionable; is it not possible that their report is so designed as to support their objective of shorting the stock?
Supposing their report is misleading, how is it possible that they can get away with it with impunity?
Now that the QSC starts investigating Valeant, who is investigating Citron?
Regards,
Antoine
Read Answer Asked by Antoine on October 22, 2015
Q: Your report on GUD indicated a very favourable view of the company. I would appreciate your thoughts on the possibility/likelihood of the very smart and very patient Mr. Goodman taking advantage of the recent slaughter among many of the small cap specialty pharma companies. Is this when that large cash balance starts to be deployed?
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by William on October 22, 2015
Q: Hi guys,

Would it be possible to get some help regarding how many shares, of the 4 million, Glenn Chamandy has sold already in his share disposition plan?

CIBC's Investor's Edge has consensus 2016 estimates at $1.91US which translates to $2.51 Canadian. The shares, here, look pretty attractive to me, trading at just over 15x 2016 estimated earnings. However, I'm not sure I want to add to my position if Mr. Chamandy still has several more weeks of selling ahead of him.

Thanks for your help.

John
Read Answer Asked by john on October 22, 2015
Q: You can still place an expression of interest for Hydro One shares at Virtual Brokers. iTRADE had their books open for almost a week: to me this indicates demand is not high and shares are unlikely to lift on the first day of trading unless shares are priced at the low end of the range. Publish if you think this is instructive.
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on October 22, 2015
Q: May I have your opinion of this company?

I'm looking at this as a turnaround play. Stock has been absolutely hammered; but there appears tremendous upside and value here. They were on the brink of bankruptcy due to leverage, and have since recapitalized. They have a cash flow positive assets in Nicaragua as well... Is this a value trap? or a bet worth taking for a patient investor with guts?

Not to encourage groupthink but I've searched the company profile on Morningstar.ca and discovered that this company is a top position in a mutual fund called Pender Small Cap Opportunities.

I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. I understand that these kind of bets can be volatile.

P.S: I own most of your growth portfolio and am comfortable within the small cap realm of investing, with a time frame over 20 years. Great work on the small cap special report. Keep it up.

Elliott
Read Answer Asked by Elliott on October 22, 2015
Q: Hi Peter & team,
Quote from your answers to CPD
"We would be 'OK' with CPD for safe income. However for any strategy or fund that requires systematic withdrawals, such as an RRIF, we would not suggest it as a great ETF in which to initiate a position."

Please explain your position, thanks. In our case, the withdrawal will be equal to minimum
Read Answer Asked by Karl on October 22, 2015
Q: Find it hard to believe this Co.is worth only 19.25 With a 2016 affo estimate of 2.25 by TD Waterhouse,thats a 8.5x multiple with a 70% payout yielding 8.4%! Debt.at a manageable 59% ,Alberta representing 16% of portfolio after the merger. Please comment.
Read Answer Asked by John on October 22, 2015
Q: My advisor recommended Fidelity Northstar Fund for some international exposure in my RSP account. Although it does not distribute a dividend, it has shown good growth for 5 (17.19%) and 10 (8.55%) years. I am not sure if you have to hold it for a minimum period of time. Your thoughts please. I am not sure if the net costs to me are worthy of holding this fund in my RSP and I also wonder if you advise foreign content in a CDN RSP
Read Answer Asked by Sharon on October 22, 2015
Q: I usually keep. about three stocks which are both cheap, can be fixed and I think have a good chance of being taken over. What are your thoughts on CORUS at around twelve buck? The dividend is high and may get cut but the family owns over half. Does this qualify for as a candidate to you or keep looking. THANKS JOHN
Read Answer Asked by John on October 22, 2015
Q: Hello Team In researching this company I found that Warren buffet did a sizable purchase of shares. Can I get your views of this company and Warren's actions. I am considering on taking a small position and then accumulating on dips. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by pietro on October 22, 2015
Q: Hi Peter
Would Ashton Hill be a good candidate for a re-purchase after being used for a tax loss this year at these prices.

Gord
Read Answer Asked by Gordon on October 22, 2015
Q: What are your thoughts about purchasing this etf for yield and some unit price increase over the next twelve months.
Read Answer Asked by Michael on October 22, 2015
Q: Team:

What does Valeant do?
Research. Little or none.
Piles on massive amounts of debt to buy companies. Raises prices.
May or not be stuffing the channel to record higher sales.
Accounting is probably aggressive.
Been around for 49 years seen this story before.
The debt or the deception will get them in the end.
Reading your answers you do not seem to have the same level of concern.
One of the earlier questions got this right.
PANIC.

Read Answer Asked by ian on October 22, 2015
Q: I realize this is the stock market but with CSU trading at $550 is it possible it to could get slammed like VRX. When people start talking Enron and Nortel it can get scary. Thx for your help.
Read Answer Asked by blake on October 22, 2015
Q: Hello,
Can you please remind me what the five `i` `s stand for, in your company name? I recall only the most important one - independent!
Thx, Rob.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on October 22, 2015
Q: Greetings: Here is summary of TSX stocks, showing current dividend yield and the next ex-dividend date. I spot checked a few stocks and guess that the yield data may be a few days behind, but it's a good summary. One can download the list Excel and then sort it on the yield column. A staring point for further analysis. http://dividendhistory.org/tsx/
Read Answer Asked by Helen on October 22, 2015
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