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Q: Was thinking of buying GSY in TFSA now that it has dropped to the 53$ mark. My only real concern is that we go into a recession and loan losses increase. Seems that their loans go towards higher risk borrowers and with possible job losses / lay-offs during a recession the ability to repay these loans decreases. Am I thinking correctly?
Read Answer Asked by Rudy on March 09, 2020
Q: I currently own BNS, BAM and GSY in my Canadian equity portfolio for a total weight in the financial space of about 12%. I am wondering if you would currently favour a switch to SLF from BNS, especially if I could crystallize a taxable loss?

Also a comment about the questions on market timing that you have recently received. If you are reacting to volatile markets it may simply be that you are not as risk tolerant as you believe!
Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 06, 2020
Q: An investing strategy question for a TFSA where growth is the primary concern, the investing horizon is 5+ years and I知 comfortable with risk. About 18 months ago, market turmoil resulted in me going all to cash in my TFSA. I have since returned to growth stocks and have learned to better weather the volitility that comes with them. Today I知 wrestling with the same capital preservation vs ride it out scenario as many investors. My question is what advice would you provide given my growth objectives. I知 considering selling CSU and GSY simply because I have nice profits, while keeping PHO because I知 down 30% and would rather not sell at a discount. Does this make sense or am I selling 2 winners and keeping a loser that might drop much further as the economy slows? Is selling PHO the better capital preservation move? BTW, I知 open to not selling anything in this market as you frequently advise the best move is sometimes no move. I guess I知 wondering what your thought process would be in scenarios such as this. Thank you for all of your guidance, at times like this it痴 invaluable!
Read Answer Asked by Warren on March 06, 2020
Q: Hi, I would appreciate if you can suggest few names outside oil & gas or mining sector which are a buying opportunity today due to market sell off.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Harpinder on February 27, 2020
Q: Hi guys, I own the following with the respective total portfolio weightings. My TFSA is all CDN and RRSP is a mix of USD/CDN. When I rebalance, should I try and rebalance with respect to % of TFSA and % of RRSP or rebalance each holding as a percent of overall portfolio? If the latter, I would consolidate some of the holdings in my TFSA to bump up the individual weightings. Are there any obvious adjustments that I should make? I知 heavy on AAPL but have sold so much of it over the years I知 very tempted to let the remaining shares ride.
Please deduct as many credits as you see fit and many thanks for the excellent service you provide. The Q/A is invaluable as are the periodic market summaries. You致e pulled me away from the panic button many, many times.
RESP:
VFV 1.30%
RRSP:
GOOG 4.78%
AYX 3.77%
AAPL 11.77%
BNS 5.26%
ENB 5.50%
GH 3.69%
XQQ 6.23%
JPM 4.80%
GUD 1.63%
NVDA 5.91%
DIS 3.25%
VXC 24.23%
TFSA:
ATD.B 1.96%
CAE 1.30%
WEED 0.48%
CSU 2.73%
GSY 1.94%
GC 1.59%
KXS 1.42%
LSPD 1.80%
MX 0.67%
PHO 1.14%
SHOP 2.69%
Read Answer Asked by Mark on February 19, 2020
Q: Hello,

I picked up some Go Easy this morning as the shares were down over 6% on what I believe may be a non-existent "risk" to Go Easy, of a virus outbreak in central China. Are you able to please let me know what the Median (or Average) Price / Earnings multiple has been for Go Easy over the last 5 - 10 years? If you might be able to provide me with the current PEG ratio, that would be great as well.

Finally, if P/E isn't the "best" ratio to value a company such as Go Easy on, then would you please let me and others know what ratio I should be concerned with and what its current and historic values are for this firm?

Thank you very much!
Read Answer Asked by Richard on January 28, 2020
Q: When looking at these stocks in terms of management team, growth, potential, and outlook for 5-10 years+, how you would rank them in order starting with the best and why?
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on January 22, 2020
Q: Good day I have a large gain in the above stocks in an outside account. I am thinking of taking half off the table and putting it into a canadian dividend etf VDY. I understand that i would have to pay some tax but i would net a higher dividend from VDY than the other three and i live from my dividends. Or should i just leave them to grow as each is about a 4% position in my total portfolio. Could you please give me your thoughts on this....Gene
Read Answer Asked by gene on January 21, 2020
Q: Goodmorning
My son is looking at buying CSU or GSY for a long term hold in his RRSP I favor CSU because of its long term record of performance and additional security in size and financial strengh what would your selection by and why? He can afford only one at this time
Thks
Marce
Read Answer Asked by Marcel on January 21, 2020
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