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Q: Hello. My question is regarding Management Fees vs MERs. Can you please tell me what is typically included in and MER other than Management fees as the MER is usually higher than the Management fee.

Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Alex on April 22, 2019
Q: I own these 2 companies and up 5%.What do you think is driving these stock prices up?

And second question,these 2 companies are part of balanced portfolio which I am removing cyclical companies,at what point in this up cycle would you recommend selling?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by James on April 22, 2019
Q: Could you recommend one or two quality American REITS or a REIT ETF principally investing in the States? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by richard on April 22, 2019
Q: I have recently been adding to my position in EEM. It is currently my biggest position. Should I sell EEM and replace it with IEMG due to the lower fees ? Thank you for this great service.
Read Answer Asked by Christopher on April 22, 2019
Q: Hi Guys,
I hold 500 shares of BCE in 3 accounts RRSP, NON REGISTERED & HOLDING CO ( 1500 total shares )
Average price is 54.00.
With the recent drop in RCI & the fact that it hasn’t kept up in the last 6 months with BCE or TELUS would selling the BCE positions to buy RCI or TELUS make any sense.
Thank you!
Nick
Read Answer Asked by Nick on April 22, 2019
Q: Can you please offer your 3 best ideas to add to a TFSA. This may include, Canadian, US Stocks or ETFS.

Thanks Valter
Read Answer Asked by Valter on April 22, 2019
Q: Looking at buying 1 of these service companies. Would appreciate an analysis of them and order of best to worst and would you buy any of them for a 12-15 month time frame.
Thanks Gary
Read Answer Asked by Gary on April 22, 2019
Q: Can you direct me to the list of Canadian companies paying dividends in $ US.
Read Answer Asked by Gail on April 22, 2019
Q: I am a retired, conservative, dividend-income investor.

Q #1 = I have partial positions in CSH, CGX, PBH, TCL. Would you top up any of these positions?

Q #2 = I am a little light on Consumers. I am having trouble finding an ETF in the consumer sectors that pay a "reasonable" dividend. My ideal dividend target is > 3%, but I'd consider > 2%.

Two questions...please deduct 2 credits. Thanks...Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on April 22, 2019
Q: Hi Guys,

Should have provided a little more background on my earlier question about risk in the above Consumer Cyclical stocks.

1) I'm happy with sector weighting, and want to keep it at 15% ish. I want to hold these stock for 10+ years while they grow.

2) My view of risk was around which companies would be in trouble given company specific risk like bad takeover, too much debt...etc. I'm not concerned about market downturn as I've been through several and good companies will survive.

3) In order to keep my weighting I was looking for replacement ideas for the riskiest stocks.

Thanks,
Chris M
Read Answer Asked by Christopher on April 22, 2019
Q: Knowing Sapiens of 5i - 2 questions - do you think that over the next year some increase in exposure to emerging markets is appropriate and would you use VEE or XEC if so and IEMG for US dollar exposure or another US ETF - second might a reduction of exposure to Cdn banks seem reasonable over the next year (ie sell some TD and maybe some BNS) and buy some SLF or another financial Cdn equity for some greater torque - in other words do you suspect the banks may stagnate a bit over the next year and become income only to some extent - best guess please - appreciate your instincts - Ken of Yonge and Eg
Read Answer Asked by Ken on April 22, 2019
Q: Hi am looking for a couple of recommendations for conservative dividend growing Canadian stocks and would like to shy away from utilities and those sectors that might be more interest rate sensitive. I already have good exposure to banks. Would appreciate any ideas you have. Thank you. Bill
Read Answer Asked by Bill on April 22, 2019
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