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Q: I plan to shuffle my RRSP to include your Balanced Equity Portfolio and the three ETFs above. Would you recommend any exposure to bonds through a fourth ETF?
Read Answer Asked by C Shane on January 05, 2018
Q: Happy New Year, and all the best of 2018.
Our granddaughter is 18 months old. Currently her RESP consists of 64% WN.PR.C and 33% XDIV. I was considering adding XDUH, the hedged version of the above fund, for both growth and income, with this year's total contribution. For direct growth, would it be wise to split this year's contribution between XDUH and SIS, given that all of these investments I make on her behalf are extremely long term holds.

Thanks again. Susan
Read Answer Asked by Susan on January 05, 2018
Q: Hello 5i team,
I was wondering what is the difference between the 2 above bond indexes? Do they both track CAN government bonds but are simply from 2 different institutions.

Which one is better?
Thank You,
Andrew
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on January 05, 2018
Q: At present my TFSA is composed of MAW120/MAW150 at a 60/40 split.
I can keep this and add 1 stock this year. If that is the case which growth stock would you recommend?
Or should I sell and buy a 5 growth stock portfolio? What 5 stocks would you recommend?
The reason for the MAW funds in the first place was to increase my international exposure since I was mostly in canadian funds overall. I have now rebalanced my portfolios and have my international exposure needs met elsewhere.
As always your help is greatly appreciated.
Read Answer Asked by Anna on January 05, 2018
Q: Hi team,
I used to own MU about 10 years ago but never made any money on it. The stock was stuck in the doldrums for years. Back then it seems they had no pricing power, semiconductors were just a commodity and there were not as many uses for the product. Now there seems to be many more potential uses in future automotive design, the internet of things, artificial intelligence and many others. I missed the big run for MU the last 2 years or so (can’t be everywhere in the market). I am also following AMAT which also had a big run. What are the prospects of these two going forward in 2018 and would you buy either one today? Is there better pricing power in the industry or is it just sales volumes with the many new uses that is driving the huge price gains? Am I too late to the party?

I have some technology stocks (no semiconductors) but I am not too concerned with sectors or weightings at this time as I tend to let things run a bit until I cut back (or the market does it for me).

Thanks again,
dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on January 05, 2018
Q: Need to add a full position to my TFSA. Currently own the above 5i covered stocks with KXS in my TFSA. What is your recommendation? Considering PBH, TOY, DOL.
Read Answer Asked by Chris on January 05, 2018
Q: Scotia shows outstanding shares for Dollarama declining from 144 million, in 2014, to an estimated 103 million in 2020. Is it within the realm of possibility that management continues to purchase shares and decrease the share count to the point where just privatizing the company becomes the logical end game?

Thanks for your opinion. I look forward to renewing my subscription before the end of January.

John
Read Answer Asked by john on January 05, 2018
Q: Good morning. I currently only have one bank (TD) and am thinking of adding a full position of Laurtentian Bank to take advantage of the recent drop in the share price. My question is, does the lead up to a provincial election in Quebec generally have negative effect on bank share prices in general and LB in particular? In other words, should I be anticipating further downward pressure on LB leading up to the fall election?

Thanks
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 04, 2018
Q: Hello Peter, and Ryan,
I would appreciate some guidance. EMH on Jan 3rd has been trading at $8 or so but they just announced a secondary offering $15M with a common share of $5 and a warrant at $6. I have seen this on other stocks and the value of the stock dips to the offering level but emh continues surging. Is this because of the hype or am i missing something? Much appreciated.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/01/03/1281528/0/en/Emerald-Health-Announces-15-Million-Prospectus-Sale-Concurrent-Secondary-Sale.html
Read Answer Asked by umedali on January 04, 2018
Q: I read your December response on this stock. It seems that their vaporizer product line required appropriate distribution channels to generate realistic returns. Apparently, the company has entered into a joint venture with one of the weed companies,which should bolster sales volumes.
Although still a high risk investment, the stock might probably be more palatable at this point. Would you agree?
Z
Read Answer Asked by Sigrid on January 04, 2018
Q: If one wanted to add exposure to the lumber industry do you have a favourite among these? I see that Resolute seems to have run away from the pack. WEF has trailed the others recently and has caught my eye. Please let me know which lumber stock you would suggest and why. It would also be helpful to know if you see adding in this sector as well timed or poorly timed. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Tim on January 04, 2018
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