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Q: As Verde posts a second quarter of exponential sales and are derisking themselves as a profitable company I would really appreciate your expertise. What is the best way to value this company?

I would also appreciate your thoughts on Belarus and Russia as it pertains to fertilizer. Together those two countries make up 50% of the worlds supply of potash which seems from a macro perspective to be a huge amount of political clout for Russia when the product is integral for modern farming.

Thank you.


Read Answer Asked by Frederick on August 19, 2020
Q: Hi there , do you know how I can find the % of revenues and profit that BNS gets from its Latin american operations ?, following a previous question from another member : I travel to Chile often and I am always amazed at the high activity of the economy and the low service standards for banks . BNS ought to benefit from these favourable conditions.
Read Answer Asked by Alejandro (Alex) on August 19, 2020
Q: Would you expect the Canadian dollar to experience weakness now that Bill Morneau has resigned? I've been very surprised by its strength since March.
Read Answer Asked by Mike on August 19, 2020
Q: Further to ma's question and our answer concerning what constitutes a bubble: "Joe Kennedy, a famous rich guy in his day, exited the stock market in timely fashion after a shoeshine boy gave him some stock tips. He figured that when the shoeshine boys have tips, the market is too popular for its own good..."

Interestingly, that article was from April 1996. They were onto something, but it took another four years...

https://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/15/211503/index.htm
Read Answer Asked by Marc on August 18, 2020
Q: Could I have your thoughts on Maxar at present ( I know it is now a U.S. company but a lot of the assets are the same as when domiciled in Canada.
The earth intelligence segment continues to perform well as it always has with recurring revenues. Since Jablonsky ( former Digital Globe CEO) took over as CEO at Maxr the stock is up 400 % plus. There is 80% institutional ownership and the debt is looking much more manageable now. Would you consider Maxr a moat type company? The list of clients is impressive. Every Google map I see has been done by Digital Globe. Moving forward would you consider this a good investment? Thx
Read Answer Asked by blake on August 18, 2020
Q: Could you please tell me a little bit about this company?
Why was it trading so high a few years ago? Was it all froth?
Cell phone app patent to emit UV to wipe out covid? Really??
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Carlo on August 18, 2020
Q: Can you provide your current top Canadian dividend picks, with an emphasis on stable, safer companies.

Thanks,

Joe
Read Answer Asked by Joe on August 18, 2020
Q: I'm 2 years from retirement. I will have a company pension. Within my dividend growth stock portfolio, I've already reached my dividend income goal.

With all the money printing and worldwide government debt, I am looking to increase my gold exposure in attempt to diversify one step further, and (hopefully) provide some investment protection. It may not be the '70's all over again, but hard assets seem to becoming more attractive.

I would like to increase my gold exposure to 20%.
I know weighting is a personal choice, and I know you tend to moreless limit weighting in a given stock to about 5%.
Currently I am at about 5% with CEF, and only about 1% with GDXJ - to potentially provide a bit of torque. I would like increase those weightings to 17% and 3% respectively. Is this reasonable? I don't know if there is really any benefit in splitting the bullion exposure to CEF / PHYS, do you?

How do my NTR (5%), CMP (1%), DBC (1%) commodity investments fit into this picture? Should they be part of the 20% or would you consider those as a separate sector, and thereby figured separately from the overall weighting?

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by James on August 18, 2020