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Q: My partner is invested in the Mawer International Equity Fund which is down 17.5% YTD. It holds 70% of its portfolio in European companies. Should she divest now as it appears the European economy could get much worse.
Read Answer Asked by John on May 24, 2022
Q: Discovered this Long Term Care Properties company in the US with monthly dividends of 6%. Do you think this is a stock worth holding to have exposure to US health care? And is dividend sustainable as it seems to have a large payout from my novice analysis. Appreciate your expert analysis very much.

Read Answer Asked by Dr Lorraine on May 24, 2022
Q: If you were going to have a USD Income Portfolio, what would your top 10 equities and how would you rank them. How important is annual dividend increases?
Read Answer Asked by David on May 24, 2022
Q: I plan to sell these stocks for a tax loss and then buy them back after 30 days. Could you suggest a proxy stock that I could buy as a replacement for the 30 days
Read Answer Asked by Ian on May 24, 2022
Q: I have some cash sitting in my RRSP and was thinking of adding to either Brookfield Infrastructure or Realty Income REIT. I had Costco on the list, but noted in answering another question, you recommended waiting. Of the two, which do you feel is the better choice today? Or should I continue to hold the cash a bit longer until the markets settle? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Kim on May 24, 2022
Q: Stock screener blog on CDN stocks down 40%. Am I missing where that may be ?
Read Answer Asked by john on May 24, 2022
Q: I had Alcanna and it was bought by Sundial. Alcanna was a $9.00 Canadian a share. The sale closed March 31, which means that Alcanna earnings was not in Sundial Q1. Would it be logical to assume that when Alcanna earnings become part of Sundials Q2 earnings. It would boast Sundials share price to $3 or $4 US.
Read Answer Asked by Chant on May 24, 2022
Q: Hi
Is this still a good time to buy the shippers.
1. Is there an etf for them
2. What would your top 2-3 shippers be?
3. Would your favorites include GOGL, ZIM or SBLK?

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Donald on May 24, 2022
Q: I am currently down over $35K in SPY and would like to crystalize capital losses as I feel we are nearing the bottom. I understand that selling SPY and buying VOO would be deemed as an artificial loss by CRA, so I am wondering whether you can recommend another, less obvious replacement with high degree of correlation to SPY? Ideally, a USD-traded one. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Michael on May 24, 2022