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Q: Hi team
I am a Canadian citizen residing in Canada
I have been investing in some US mutual funds that I bought directly from the US mutual funds, Fidelity Magellan and Vanguard Windsor 2
they do have a withholding tax for dividends and income
My question is that when I sell or redeem the shares in the mutual funds, am I subject to a withholding tax on the amount redeemed, (about 20-30%) and I was told that in order re-claim the withholding amount ;
I have to file a US income tax return and show it to Rev Canada to do so. if you have information, it would be helpful, thanks
Read Answer Asked by Michael on April 05, 2017
Q: Hi
I just experienced the following with RBC DI which I would like your comments on.
I put in a sell order on Mar 31st for all of my shares of DH after verifying on the DH website that their DRIP program was suspended as of October 25th 2016 and that all future dividends would be paid in cash. So I assumed that I would receive cash for my March dividend. Then today, one share appears in my DH account as a DRIP.
I contacted RBC Direct Investing, ended up talking to a supervisor who agreed to sell my share with no fee. Then I asked how they could process a DRIP on a company who 6 months earlier suspended their DRIP program. It was explained to me that RBC DI has their own DRIP eligible list and it had not been updated as yet for DH change as there is only one person doing this.
I find this unacceptable as I depend on this brokerage to reflect what is happening in the market place. Is this ethical to issue drips, I assume from their inventory of DH shares?In your experience is this normal ?
Thanks
Kathy
Read Answer Asked by Kathy on April 05, 2017
Q: Hi Peter, Some spring cleaning and making room for new purchases.
I am still having some legacy stocks from BE PORTFOLIO - AYA, CGX, HCG.
Are they sill keep or let them go. The intent would be to replace with AIF CLS, GUD and add on to CXI. Is this sounds good to you. THANKS AS ALWAYS.
Read Answer Asked by RUPINDER on April 05, 2017
Q: If I may be permitted a response to Peter's query regarding his conversion from a RRSP to RRIF, I would suggest it all depends on whether or not he will need income from his RRIF. I am strongly opposed to the notion that, just because a person reaches a certain age he/she should convert to a conservative portfolio. I'm almost 80 and since I don't need a lot of income from my investments, hold no bonds and except that dividends help to define a quality company, don't worry about dividends. My portfolio is based on the Balanced Equity portfolio from 5i with some diversification stateside and EAFE. My performance has been more than acceptable. The withdrawal requirements of my wife's and my RRIF have been met by transferring to TSFA and will continue to be until I run out of TFSA room.
Read Answer Asked by Fred on April 04, 2017
Q: I've been following the Home Capital Group challenges from the sidelines. Given the valuation and what I see as pretty stable earnings and a sustainable dividend, I'm thinking of starting a position via selling puts but I'm not sure the dust has settled on the dismissal of the CEO yet. I'm worried there may be another shoe to drop like financials restating or another governance issue that the company hasn't shared yet? My thinking is that if any new problems contributed to the CEO being let go, the company would have had to make that public by now. What do you think?

Thanks
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on April 04, 2017
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