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Q: Could you please explain the term "weighted alpha" in the context of tracking and assessing a stock?

Thank you,
John
Read Answer Asked by John on March 15, 2018
Q: UNH.us has been doing well. I am reluctant to trim but to avoid personal bias I ask:
Is valuation now too high? On price to Free cash flow, it looks expensive vs. history. s PEG is ~2 but ROE looks attractive at ~24%. Is such ROE sustainable given competitive forces at play ... I worry its moat is now not good as it was in the recent --- am I wrong?
Do you think UNH will GROW its dividend?
Is debt manageable?
Read Answer Asked by Adam on March 15, 2018
Q: Good morning Peter, Ryan & Team,

I am looking at my international and american exposure. Can you give me a rough idea about what percentage of companies in the balanced portfolio have american and international exposure and how significant it is? Does that typically play to your portfolio country allocation? For example, I have 20% american equities, but X percentage of Canadian equities from the balanced portfolio get the majority of their revenue from the US, would you consider that a (20 + x) american exposure?

Thanks for your time,

Wes
Read Answer Asked by Wes on March 15, 2018
Q: My question is about how to manage the bond/ fixed income part of a portfolio. I have read that bonds etf are not as effective as stocks etf.
For a 5-10 year time frame, would you either invest in a mix of bond/pref etf (CBO/XBB/CPD) or in a actively managed fund (for example a pimco product) ? I was considering mixing the 3 etf + PIMF (a pimco etf). PIMF seems to expose the portfolio to products that are not available in the other ETF (like mortgage based security). Could you comment on a strategy?

I found bond investment way more complicated to understand than for stocks (yield curve, increasing interest rates, variety of products that are available). I'm also a member of your ETF newsletter. Any other comments or references you could suggest,
Read Answer Asked by Olivier on March 15, 2018
Q: Hi, could you offer any advice on CHIP program or reverse mortgage to release funds to seniors wishing not to downside, thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on March 15, 2018
Q: Hi Peter an team, I've had these two darlings for a while, so of course I'm down. In a previous question when the price of oil was much lower you said they could rally if the price of oil would rise. How come there hasn't been a bit of a rally in these two. Thanks, Nick
Read Answer Asked by Nick on March 15, 2018
Q: I realize these are different companies and somewhat hard to compare. I am down 24% on UNS, and since I am looking for growth would you hold or switch to SJ? Is there anything else that you would recommend irrespective of risk/industry?
Read Answer Asked by JR on March 15, 2018
Q: Hi there,
I currently own both these companies however i am wondering if its work switching to Artis (AX.un) given the cheaper evaluation and its expansion outside of Alberta. Looks like the worst is behind it but just wondering if its worth the switch. Look for a bit of growth and yield.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by kelly on March 15, 2018
Q: Hello 5i
I find myself gravitating(buying) more and more to US stocks in search of above average growth. I believe you have said non Cdn allocation is personal choice but I could fill my entire portfolio with US stocks. What do you see as the biggest negative to this?
Thanks
Dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on March 15, 2018
Q: My portfolio has gotten very International over the past several years and I was wondering if you could give me a number of non resource names that you would consider Canadian core holdings - stocks that everyone should own. I already own BAM.a, NTR, AQN, ATD.b, TRP, SHOP, BIP.un, DOL and CNR. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Martin on March 15, 2018
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