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Q: I am overweight in financials. Can you order the noted stocks in terms top to bottom ranking?
Read Answer Asked by Judith on September 04, 2025
Q: BUY. or. HOLD. or SELL for a 3 to 5 year period?
Read Answer Asked by Ray on September 03, 2025
Q: Good morning. Retired live off portfolio. Had a GIC with a nice yield just mature. Need to reinvest for "safe" income. Which of the stocks in your income portfolio would you say are the best buys at this time with safety in mind. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by MANFRED on August 29, 2025
Q: Hi,
Could you please recommend 10 (5 US / 5 CAN) high-quality defensive companies with strong balance sheets, low debt levels, and robust cash flows that YOU believe they can weather economic stress, inflation, or stagflation and they relatively hold up their stock prices during such times? If their current stock prices are overvalued, please suggest your recommended entry prices.

Also please recommend ETFs that mainly invest in companies with the above criteria?

Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Ahmed on August 22, 2025
Q: Hi Folks,
I would like to invest in one of SLF, MFC or GWO. May I have your opinion as to which one you feel would be best today? This would be for my RRSP account.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by JOHN on August 20, 2025
Q: Hello,

I currently hold a position in IFC and it has performed well. I'm considering increasing my investment, but with the recent pullback in SLF, it’s also presenting an attractive opportunity.

Would you recommend adding to my IFC position, selling my full IFC position to invest in SLF, or maintaining my IFC holdings and initiating a new position in SLF with fresh capital?

Thanks in advance!
Read Answer Asked by Satish on August 12, 2025
Q: If you had a pretty well diversified portfolio of Canadian stocks and didn't own any of these 10, how would you rank them in order of desirability to add to the portfolio for long term growth? Which ones would you definitely add?
Read Answer Asked by Dan on August 06, 2025
Q: What are your top highest conviction stocks right now for compound growth over next five years?
Read Answer Asked by Gerry on July 31, 2025
Q: Sir: What 2 US and Canadian stocks or ETFs do you see most unfairly punished now, and most likely to reward , down the road. Also could you suggest one non US value ETF or stock that cheers you a lot? Thanks-JP
Read Answer Asked by James on July 11, 2025
Q: Hi Team,

I went looking through the questions and couldn’t find one like this. I am not looking for personal advice but the context is that I am closer to winding down the working years and am trying to build some income into the portfolio through dividend growers.

What would be your top seven dividend growers in both the US and Canada where the starting dividend is at least 1.5% indicating that management sees the dividend as a meaningful part of its capital allocation strategy? Obviously, I would prefer some sector diversification as well.

Please feel free to deduct as many questions as you deem appropriate.

Thanks for the great help!
Read Answer Asked by Derek on July 09, 2025
Q: Hi, can you rank these stocks for best to worst expected total return over the next 3 years in a non-registered account. Also, rank them for the lowest to highest risk.

Thanks for the great service!
Read Answer Asked by Camille on June 27, 2025
Q: I am looking at buying Canadian Dividend payers. What are your highest conviction dividend payers. Can you provide top 10 list. Please keep in mind valuation.

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Frank on June 25, 2025
Q: Hi, I'm looking for a financial company with a significant dividend (above 3%) for a long term stable hold with some growth. I already own MS, JPM, XLF, and RY (CDN). Which of my choices (ING, HSBC, RY (US), LYG, NWG would you choose? Do you have any better alternatives?
Read Answer Asked by Graeme on May 16, 2025
Q: Whats your current favorite financial in Canada ? 2nd choice ? How does IFC fit in ? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on May 15, 2025
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