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Q: The q numbers, are not a surprise to me...are they better or worse than your expectations? It is the comments found in the president's message also in the Outlook section of the release which I need help deciphering, They sound very positive; do you buy all these opportunities for qst, all the optimism she talks about? How much of this is company spin?
Read Answer Asked by Harry on August 07, 2020
Q: Hello Peter, many individual investors (certainly I) have terrible timing on their transactions. For example, if one has been following Becton Dickinson, looking to buy, one might be happy to see this morning's 8% drop and immediately place their order. How do you handle this type of situation? Wait and see where the dust settles? Jump on the 'new lower price'? Or wait some days or weeks to see a base and an upturn? Would you be comfortable buying BDX today, for the long term?
Read Answer Asked by James on August 07, 2020
Q: Good morning 5i,
I appreciated your recent article, as usual. I find them helpful to understand what is going on in the investing world. You mention that the fang stocks comprise most of the gains over the past few months and that much of the market hasn't kept up. Some people are talking about a rotation out of technology into I suppose, more value oriented stocks. I don't know if this thesis is true. The Fangs seem to keep going up. But, do you think it might be a time to start a switch for a cautious investor? If so, would rsp , an equal weight US market etf, and brk, probably the definition of value, be a good way to approach this change
thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on August 07, 2020
Q: Tax loss versus growth considerations question. Holding ENB for several years and still below water. Have held PPL for a couple of years prior to recent meltdown and recently decided to sell PPL to realize tax loss using TRP as proxy for next several weeks until 30 day period has expired. Looking at your recent answers to questions on these 3 pipeline operators (I only need two, maybe one) and considering TRP focus on a friendlier fossil fuel firmament USA got me to thinking that maybe I should just hang on to TRP despite Keystone and Crooked Joe threats rather than going back to PPL after 30 day period is up... In your view which of the 3 companies have the better growth prospects in USA space given all three are down in this negative fossil fuel energy space? Portfolio is growth/income focused tilted mostly to equities. Retired but do not depend on portfolio income.
Read Answer Asked by William Ross on August 07, 2020
Q: Both are going thru the roof but the last 2 or 3 days the stocks are not
following up in fact today are declining.
I notice a couple of sellers dumping pretty good
Can you explain whats happening?
Thanks
Peter

Read Answer Asked by peter on August 07, 2020
Q: With the likelihood of a vaccine in the relative near term there will be a rotation out of a number of tech stocks. Based on this thesis I consider the following stocks which I own to be good candidates. BYD,PKI,TFII,WSP & EIF. Do you agree and if so could you list a few other candidates that would be a good fit. Thank you.
Roy
Read Answer Asked by Roy on August 07, 2020
Q: Hello friends,
I wonder if there is a logical explanation that today (Aug 6) when the gold price is up ~1%, almost all gold miners are down. It might be just a one-day fluke, but I've noticed this several times in the past and was at a loss to come up with a reason why.
Thanks,
Iulian
Read Answer Asked by Iulian on August 07, 2020
Q: Can you please list 5 Canadian companies {non banks} with a dividend of 4%+ that you feel are safe {in your opinion} and will provide some {modest} Capital appreciation
Read Answer Asked by Valter on August 07, 2020
Q: Just a suggestion to Joanne's question re. investing in Chinese internet stocks.
The Emerging Markets Internet and E-Commerce ETF - EMQQ - provides exposure to the larger , well known Chinese stocks mentioned ( it is over half China ) as well as similar stocks in the space in other emerging markets.
MER is .86% if this is a solution she might be interested in.
Read Answer Asked by William on August 07, 2020
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