Investment Q&A

Q: Apparently the US military and govt are looking to invest some funds towards funding projects in Canada for rare minerals, in an effort to reduce the dependency on China for critical minerals.
Can you suggest any Canadian companies or an ETF that may benefit from this.

Q: Can you suggest a safe proxy for WPM to do some tax loss selling? I already have a full position in FNV. I would prefer to stay with a streamer to avoid miner risk. Geographic risk also seems to be a concern with current geopolitical flux.

Thanks

Q: Freehold is an oil & gas royalty streaming company. Was there not at one time a competitor to them? Can you name the other oil/gas streaming companies.
Also - the names of the gold/silver streamers - thank you.

Q: Can you do a quick compare/contrast for these 3?
Do you place more emphasis on royalty or stream approach?
I was leaning towards SSL, on a 5+ year chart it is below the others, could it "catch up"?

Thanks,
TJ

Q: Hi, I need to harvest realized gain of approx. $15000. I plan to repurchase the above funds after 30 days. Are there any that you would not sell at this point?
Or after the 3rd quarter results?
Thank you for your excellent service.

Q: As a proxy for a tax loss sale on PAAS what would be your three top choices today.

Q: Good morning,

I hold FR ,PAAS, and WPM. All three have performed poorly the last month, Please rate them best to worst and should I continue to hold them?

Thanks,
George

Q: My advisor is suggesting I buy a position in WPM - would you have an opinion if WPM is a better choice than FNV? He did not mention FNV as an option - just knowing they are both streaming companies which would you pick?

Thank

Q: Good morning,
Thanks for your great service.
Today my question revolves around AU (gold) royalties and return of inflation - once the economy opens up & we start spending «en masse» our accumulated savings -.
I have read that royalties might be better than AU companies as they do not have the same cap ex as AU companies and they employ less human resources. I am assuming that they also have less debt on the balance sheet .
Questions:
Whether you prefer AU royalties vs AU etf or specific AU companies o even PHYS ?
Which royalty would you prefer ?
Would a precious metal royalty be a judicious addition to a portfolio ? Such as MMX, ALS, LIF ?
I am well diversified and have a substantial portfolio.
Deduct as many points as you see fit.
Best Regards,
Elaine

Q: Hello,
If there’s any truth to the potential impending silver short squeeze, what stock or ETF do you think will react favourably?
Thanks,

Q: With Wheaton having fallen around 28% since it's highs back in July, what are your thoughts on Wheaton at its current price levels? Do you see it recovering back to those highs in the next couple years?

Q: I hold both WPM and MMX in my RRSP, and WPM is up 75% recently which has pushed Basic Material weighting too high. I was considering trimming WPM and reinvesting into Industrials sector or Energy to help increase their weighting in portfolio.

Do you see continued strong upside on WPM ?
What would you recommend for Growth industrial or Energy companies at this time?

Q: Hi team,
I currently have holdings in the above companies and ETFs, and with the exception of MAG I am up between 12-90% on all of these. I am thinking that I should take some profits to reduce my exposure in the gold and silver sector.
Are there any of these that you would recommend getting out of, or would I be better to pare down my holding in each to get back to an acceptable percentage of my portfolio?
Also, if I was to hold some of these longer term, say 1-3years, can you please rank them in order of which you would recommend holding for that length of time.
thanks as always,
Paula

Q: Hi team, could I get your assessment of WPM in comparison to FNV? And what it your assessment of WPMs' quarterly results?

Thanks for the great insights!

Q: Hello Team,
Which of the profitable Silver miners has the largest proven reserves?

Q: Hi,
Seems to be talk about gold hitting 1900.00 - do you think it is talk, or has possible legs? If it has legs what's the best instrument to invest in? ETF's or stock picking? Either way, would your preference be in US dollars or Canadian? I am wondering if gold does soar, whether or not it will help to drive the value of the US dollar down. So lots of questions - deduct points as you see fit & as always, thanks for your thoughts and suggestions!
Dawn

Q: Apologies for the long list. Could I have your opinion on which I should sell? I will probably take the proceeds and add to FNV, AEM, and KL (are those reasonable choices?). Thanks very much.

Q: There are several more junior gold royalty streaming companies. Can you provide me with a list and suggest two or three that are worthy of some research?

Q: What are your views on these companies?
What would you recommend in this sector?
With the sharp declines would this be a good time to add?

Q: My husband has some old capital losses that I think we should start to be using now in the event of any possible future rule changes. He has a 10 position unregistered account in which there are 3 equities with substantial gains from 125% to 1350%, i.e.: WSP, ENGH and CJT.
There are 2 equities with 50% and 70% gain, i.e. SYZ and WPM and 1 equity with 35% gain, i.e. KXS. The remaining 4 have small profit or loss, i.e. CAE, MCR, CCL.B, PBH.
Looking at selling WSP, ENGH, CJT, SYZ ,WPM and perhaps KXS to apply some of the old losses. What would you recommend to buy for replacement (a 1st and 2nd choice if you could) and would you move back into the original equity after 30 days or would you just stick with the replacement ? A dividend would be nice but not mandatory. Also, any thoughts on timing considerations or other issues ? We have diversified RIFs and TFSAs in addition to the above.
Many thanks.