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Q: I sold my business and started a non-registered investment account in November 2019 and currently have no US equity. I am semi-retired and looking for total return, with a 10 year time line. Can you recommend an ETF that I can slowly add to with market dips? ZDY is down about 10% YTD, trading a 52-week low with a P/E of 14.90 and dividend of about 3.25%. But ZSP and ZLU have historically better 3-year returns. I would be grateful for your recommendations. Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Grant on March 09, 2020
Q: Do you have recommendations on how to possible play the OPEC announcement regarding not cutting production? Is it good for Saudi companies since their per barrel production costs are quite a bit lower than the western world's? Do you see something like KSA being a good buy (its off quite a bit from only 1 year ago)? It seems between OPEC and the Canadian governments apparent intent on crippling the Canadian energy industry, that there's likely no point in buying Canadian energy companies for a while. I do still own ENB for some degree of north American exposure.
Read Answer Asked by david on March 09, 2020
Q: Dave was asking about a Portfolio tracker. I use the Financial Times, its free and you can enter stocks from any exchange anywhere in the world. The financial data you do need to be a paid subscriber.
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on March 09, 2020
Q: Quoting an answer yesterday "but the VIX at 75 (it was 80 in 2008) would make us more comfortable as buyers" where can a person follow the VIX, and what is it at now? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Kim on March 09, 2020
Q: Hello, is there a stock symbol I can use to follow the price of Crude Oil WTI? I have just looked on Marketwatch.com and it was 41.57$. The symbol they use is CL.1, but if I use that exact same symbol elsewhere I get no results. There does not seem to be a standardized symbol for crude oil WTI. Thanks, Gervais
Read Answer Asked by Gervais on March 09, 2020
Q: A few stocks that I like, now trade close to or below their book value.
How reliable is the estimate of "Book Value", from respected research sources.
Read Answer Asked by Cacey on March 09, 2020
Q: The TD report on TOY earnings says:
Q4/19 Results: A Self-inflicted Trip to the Penalty Box
(owing to an ill-advised transition to a new DC during its peak selling season).
TD is famous for using acronyms in their reports. DC?
Confusing. Can you explain what transition they are talking about?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Madeline on March 09, 2020
Q: About the Pimco Monthly Income Fund. I have read some commentaries over the last week. With oil prices tanking, some are saying that this will be the beginning of significant losses for bonds, beginning with the non-investment grade bonds in the US shale companies, but then causing a re-rating of lower-tier investment grade bonds into junk status that will need to be sold by pension funds, but with essentially no buyers. I understand there is an enormous amount of investment grade corporate dept that is in this BBB category, just above junk. What are your thoughts, and if that was to happen, what would happen to this fund in particular? My elderly parents have quite a bit of their portfolio in this fund. Thanks for your help.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on March 09, 2020
Q: It looks like stocks are going to be on sale this week.
Read Answer Asked by Murray on March 09, 2020
Q: Dear 5i
Do all the US stock futures trade out of Tokyo ?
How does the trading of stock futures overseas affect the US and CDN markets (Indices ) ? If US stock futures are down then do the US stocks in the US markets start the next day down lower as a result of the Asian markets being down or do US stock values start off the next day where they left off the day before in the US markets ?
Hope this question makes sense . I'm trying to get a feel for applying a stop/loss on a stock so knowing how the futures markets affect opening North American prices is important to have an understanding of this .
Thanks
Bill C.
Read Answer Asked by Bill on March 09, 2020
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