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Q: Hope this falls within the scope of your Q & A:

Retired couple, defined pension plan providing coverage for living expenses. Also good real estate assets, including rental property.

Looking for additional income to "indulge" .... possibly even buy that little sports car that I wish I had bought 40 years ago :) ...

Have $500K in RIF. Own most of all your portfolios and a number of other stocks.
Objective to re-structure my portfolio so that it reflects: 50% Income, 30% Balanced and 20% Growth.
I would appreciate your top suggestions from each of your portfolios to achieve this target. The intention is to then review and edit our overall portfolios based on this input.

Thanks so much for your help.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on July 14, 2016
Q: Good Morning 5i,

I am looking to replace my shares in Bank of America ( BAC). I have held it in my US account now for more than 2 years, and it really has done nothing, it has actually in that span of time gone down in value. No growth what so ever.

I realize the US market isn't your field of expertise, but i thought you would know of a US Financial ( including Investment banks), possibly something smaller and more Regional that looks good going forward that pays a small dividend, and has good growth prospects?

Thanks,

Stephen



Read Answer Asked by Stephen on July 14, 2016
Q: I am thinking of adding to CSU and would appreciate your thoughts. Although it's a high quality company the stock has underperformed the TSX this year. Is it better to buy now or wait for price improvement and if the later, what would trigger you to buy?
My thesis is based on CAGR of 20% (2016 est. $18.29 & 2017 est.$21.91) & forward p/e 23. Possible growth driver from TSS purchase by taking advantage of weakness in Europe.
As always, appreciate your views and particularly the other side of the trade.
Many thanks.
Mike
Read Answer Asked by michael on July 14, 2016
Q: I noticed 'Gary' had a question about Westport WPT. You gave it a 'short call'. Another interesting company with real stuff happening but no $$ or traction. Another stock for the future that will always remain so! Natural gas engine systems for trucks and buses. Contracts with Ford, Cummins et al. What is your take on this whole endeavour and this company. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Ryczard on July 14, 2016
Q: I LIKE ANOTHER AM REPEATING MY QUESTION SO IF YOU ANSWERED IT MY APPOLOGIES..i am looking at adding to my portfolios as I have no weighting to energy, utilities , real estate and communications. what I am thinking of doing is using zwu to cover pipelines and telcos and ala for its value and dividend. as to the realestate portion I have land and houses so do not think I require exposure that way. please give me you valued opinion about this strategy. thank you
Read Answer Asked by gene on July 14, 2016
Q: Hello Folks,
I see this monthly income fund has a mer of 1.39% if bought with CAN funds and 0.45% if bought with US funds. The symbol is PIM005 if bought with CAN$ or PIMIX if bought with US$.
Is this all correct? I have some room in my portfolio for fixed income and just received some US funds which I would like to deploy.
Thank you,
Rick
Read Answer Asked by Rick on July 14, 2016
Q: I was very interested in your reply to Cliff regarding 5 top dividend-paying companies. I am glad to say that I do have some of each but was a bit surprised to see MND in the list since it has only recently moved up from a long period of languishing. Could you please provide some background that supports your positive outlook. Thanks for your continuing great service. Bob.
Read Answer Asked by Lynn on July 14, 2016
Q: Hi Peter,
Enghouse has not been doing well. Do you still like it for long term hold? Any idea why Brookfield Bussiness Partners is going up today? Also, does recent announcement of Brookfield raising $14 B for the Global infrastructure Fund refer to BGI.UN? If so, is it better to invest in BGI.UN or BIP. UN? Lastly, Telecom stocks are stable but the PEs are quite high. Can you shed some light please? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by umedali on July 13, 2016
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