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Q: Do you ever see activists coming in to deconglomerate power corporation? After they rolled power financial into Power Corp I would have thought the stock would have done better.
Or is it too tightly controlled by the Desmarais family?
I think spinning off their companies would see a massive pop in the stock.
Any thoughts on the above?
Read Answer Asked by Helen on December 09, 2020
Q: Hi team,
Real has been a falling knife since the last earnings release. I own it in 2 different accounts and are down 20-30% on them.Should I continue to hold out for better days, or should I sell one of my positions and replace it with something else? My plan was to hold for long term as it seems like a good company with good growth prospects. If you do suggest selling part of my position , what would be your top stock to buy today either US or cnd for growth to replace it with ? Thanks
Shane
Read Answer Asked by Shane on December 09, 2020
Q: Not a Q but a comment. My biggest winner (not by $ which is SHOP - thanks for that!) is RPI.UN which I bought at 2009 bottom. A 1600 bagger!
Most of it came from dividends. I would never have guessed that possible.
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on December 09, 2020
Q: I bought BCI on April 18 2018. We're coming up to 3 years of zero performance in a very bullish (record highs) market.

If after 3 years nothing has happened plus the online eye care market is booming (Warby Parker, etc) do you see any reason in the not too distant future of this stock showing any significant upside?

Thanks

Sheldon
Read Answer Asked by Sheldon on December 09, 2020
Q: Yesterday I sold BEPC in my RRSP as the stock had a huge run. Now I am underweight in Utilities. Is it a good idea to buy BEP.UN now as a replacement now or wait for the price to go down. Would you recommend XUT ETF instead? Currently own small position of AQN in utilities. Sincerely appreciate your opinion.
Read Answer Asked by Hali on December 09, 2020
Q: Potential tax loss selling -- could you please provide suitable placeholders for these companies. Also, if you recommend keeping these "placeholders" instead of switching back after 30 days please let me know.
Read Answer Asked by Brett on December 09, 2020
Q: Hi still hold all 4 of these stocks but would like to consolidate them, the BIP shares are in an RRSP of BEP in a non-registered account which is more income oriented. I am mainly concerned with which have more growth.
Thx
Nancy
Read Answer Asked by Nancy on December 09, 2020
Q: Both funds hold BTC only, no other alt coins that I can see. The current price has a premium to NAV of 27% and 3% for QBTC.U. Why such a huge spread ? I know GBTC is much bigger but still it makes no sense to me. Do you have an explanation ? Also am I correct to assume the price of these 2 stocks will move pretty much in line with the price of BTC ? If you had to buy one which would you buy ?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Luc on December 09, 2020
Q: Dear 5i,

I have questions about BABY listed on venture exchange.
This appears to be a holding company listed on the venture exchange but, the company resides in Israel. Can you explain why they might have this structure? The company doesn't look like it makes money yet and it seems heavily promotional and they also appear to do a lot of equity issues. Should one be cautious about these stories? It sounds like they have a licensing agreement to sell and existing product already in Israel to the North American market. If one were to invest 2% would you purchase in a NonReg or TFSA account? Please deduct points as required and thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Ian on December 09, 2020
Q: My question is related to the storage quantity of gold and silver at Sprott. As I buy and sell PHYS and PSLV on the TSX I assume I am selling to OR buying from another trader in the market. Where does Sprott obtain the funds to add to its holdings or are the physical holdings constant after funds from the IPO were invested in the metals? Am I trading around those initial physical holdings?

If I don’t hold the physical metal like having a gold wafer in a safe deposit box, do I really own it?
Read Answer Asked by Ronald on December 09, 2020
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