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Q: Hey guys. Looking to put some money to work in the health care and cyber security worlds. Im a buy and hold, long term investor so looking for long term compounders with really strong innovative business models and a good runway to grow. What would be your top two or 3 picks in each space for a 5-10 year time frame?
Read Answer Asked by Ryan on June 22, 2020
Q: Hi Peter, Dennis Mitchell is always very impressive when he speaks. What do you think abour his (Starlights) real estate and infrastructure funds ? The MERs seem high, are they ? Any interest ? Thanks, Paul
Read Answer Asked by Paul on June 22, 2020
Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

I know that you still like AP.UN, but if one feels that there could be better results elsewhere, how would you feel about a switch to GRT.UN? Allied has done well in my wife's TFSA, but I'm a bit uneasy about the office property sector in the short to medium term. Or do you have any other suggestions in the same sector? Thanks in advance for your advice.
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on June 22, 2020
Q: Yesterday, I did the Norbert's Gambit for the first time. It went smoothly. Thanks for the Q & A on it.......One learning, ask for the journalizing to be done inter-day as that then allows for DLR.U:CA to be sold shortly after the transaction is done.... I used Scotia iTrade and the result was a 1.6% saving compared to doing it at a bank like RBC........Again thanks for the "tip"....Tom
Read Answer Asked by Tom on June 22, 2020
Q: Can you shed some light on the high volume of trading today especially for blue chip stocks. Many traded at 10x usual volumes, some with sharp declines at market close.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by richard on June 22, 2020
Q: In today's Barrons on-line edition there is a story that "pressure mounts on US banks to halt dividend payments". Do you see that pressure on Canadian banks? If Canadian Banks do not feel that pressure ( and assuming that is the case even though all the Cdn banks trade on NYSE) this may make Canadian Bank shares more attractive if US banks do trim their dividends
Read Answer Asked by Murray on June 22, 2020
Q: As a part of our duties as Powers of Attorney for a relative it looks like we're going to need the services of a stockbroker.
We're sitting with a miscellany of share certificates he accumulated from the nineteen fifties through the seventies. Some of the issuers are clearly long gone (e.g. Nortel Networks) but others are or appear to be still trading. He wants to liquidate these holdings to tidy up his estate.
Some of these shares have changed name through the years.
Any suggestions on how best to deal with this situation?
Many thanks in advance.
Mike
Read Answer Asked by michael on June 22, 2020
Q: I have held riocan for more than a decade,and am still well ahead. However, I am concerned about the retail industry as well as the big yield, and fear a cut. I don’t need to be in the reit space in my portfolio. Would you recommend a hold ,or a sale and replacement with a decent yielding and relatively safe alternative?
If so, what would be your favourite?
Thanks for the great service.
Philip
Read Answer Asked by Philip on June 22, 2020
Q: Thank you for your reply to my previous question regarding sector weighting and the information on etfs for each sector.

I understand weightings should be a personal choice, however, in the past, you have provided general guidance which I found very helpful, example below:

Asked by M.S. on October 02, 2018
5I RESEARCH ANSWER:
With a conservative tilt: Cons. disc 10%; Cons staples 10%; Utilities 10%; Telecom 10%; Real estate 5%; Industrials 15%; Energy 5%; Materials 5%; Info Tech 10%; Health Care 5%; Financials 15%

Would appreciate if you can provide an update to that , or if 5i decides to stop providing that guidance, I will respect that decision too.

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Steve on June 22, 2020
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