Investment Q&A

Q: Hello 5i,
This is a comment in response to the question Dale posed earlier about Norbert's Gambit. If I understood his comment correctly, he uses N.G. for CAN. to USD conversions, but can't for USD to CAN.
I use N.G. for both, but mostly for USD to CAN. and I wonder if it is more a function of his broker? I use RBC Direct Investing (for better or worse), but I do find that I have no problems with using Norbert's Gambit at all. The first time I did it, I called D.I. for some help and they were fully aware of the process and had absolutely no qualms about it as a currency exchange mechanism.
Perhaps if Dale posted to the Forums, those of us who use it both ways could offer some suggestions?
Hope this is of some help.
Cheers,
Mike

Q: I was confused by your answer to the Q "Norbert's Gambit appears to work well to convert CAD to USD. However, this Gambit does not work for the reverse conversion. Do you have any suggestions as to how to limit your foreign exchange conversion fee, while limiting risk, when converting from USD to CA" .........why would converting from USD to CAD less efficient than CAD to USD using Norbert's Gambit?

Q: I am considering selling KEY for a tax loss. In this context which company would you suggest as a proxy to buy in the 30 day period before KEY could be bought again, without offending the CRA in terms of superficial selling.

Q: I had a GIC come due last week in my RRIF, which is managed by an advisor.
They advised buying a bond fund, Dynamic Edge Conservative Class A, MER is 1.89%. What do you think about this fund, it is a fund of funds?
What would you suggest ( for a senior) as an alternative. The amount $30,000.00. The GIC rate is about 1%.
I value your opinion.
Shirley
I really value your advice, as I am a senior

Q: Please give me your view of Apple. Has it got room to grow yet or has it more or less flatlined. Does 5G have an effect or is it big enough to work with or around it.? Do you think there will be a rise after the pandemic? Your input is valued.

Q: Hello Peter,
I thought Electrovaya's numbers were decent and yet stock sold off. Was this sell on good news and do you think it has potential in energy space? I have small position on Xebec but was wondering to raise to full position as opposed to buying Greenlane for diversification? Also, any reason why Enwave is chugging higher as your previous comments were not that positive. What has changed? Finally, is it too late to enter Shopify? i am sort of glad to have held onto blackberry and finally got a bit of pay off today.. I am just wondering if Knight may do same in the future by surprising the market with good news (I know one cannot forecast but based on its history as a company it has not done much.). Thank you.

Q: This ttl return bond fund is half corp bond and about 1/3 prov. bond. It seems to have low volatility. Can't find anything about duration. Is this fund suitable for the times?

Q: In the last two months this stock has fluctuated by over 50%. Is there a reason(s) why this huge variance for the past three trading days?

Q: Good morning,
Looking to add TSU to my TFSA. It is more expensive than other insurers but seems to be more of a growth story than the others that I consider more as income stocks. They have had good results and the outlook still indicates further growth. Can you provide a few more details on this company? Do you know management or background?
Hard to find growth that is not TECH.
Thanks

Q: I read this is an article from Matterhorn Asset Management:

"Your best friend and protector in this ignominious company of bubble assets and falling currencies are precious metals in the form of physical gold and silver.

But please ignore PAPER gold and silver (including ETFs) which one day will be worthless."

I hold both both of these funds in approximately equal percentages. Should holding my precious metals via Sprott alleviate any concerns I should have about the investment becoming "worthless"?

Q: It seems that Northern Genesis has merged with Lion Electric, a Canadian company producing electric buses and now electric trucks. It seems that POW owns a 31% interest in Lion and both co-founders of AQN are also involved in this endeavour . Would you consider this a good play in the EV sphere?

Q: Nice read in Globe. Winner ? NGA - $14.01 and NGA.WS - $3.30, why so much difference, is it better to buy NGA.WS ? Thanks

Q: Good morning - what would be your choices in the real estate and consumer defensive sectors at this time ( for long term holds)? I am concerned about the near term future for retail real estate ( i had a long career in retail realty) as well as for the longer term of office realty. Apartments and Industrial look more appealing and I currently hold IIP, Dream Industrial. Add more, or diversify, maybe to Granite? I have very little in Consumer Defensive. As always, thanks.
al

Q: I have looked at REAL recently with the idea of investing in the company. What gives me pause is that the company shares have been in a steady down slope for the past 4 months and insider selling has been non stop over this period. Given this, especially the insider selling , could you please provide rationale for buying shares when people in the know have been steadily selling their shares. Thanks

Q: What do you think of the new deal with Good Natured Products

Q: It has been approx. a month since last comment about Hive.There has been increase in price. What are your thoughts going forward with all the Bitcoin pricing and market.Are they still a gamble

Q: Can you please give us your opinion on the WORK and CRM deal? Do you think there will be another deal? I have 100 shares of WORK - how many CRM shares will I get.

Thanks for your great service
Hector

Q: Just renewed my I5 membership and added Portfolio Analytics. I have been a trader for over 20 years with good results but ever since I have become a member of I5 my yearly results have been verry good and this year it has been stellar. Thanks for the excellent work and the great stock pick.

Q: Titan is trading extremely high volumes without any available information other the Q3 report. Could this be trading by personnel with insider information. What is your opinion. Is there any information that your team might have on Titan regarding this possible large increase in share price.
Regards John

Q: Could you please provide your analysis for PTQ's just released Q4 results.
Thanks as always.