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Q: Just a comment about the 'dot-com bubble' worry, if I may. I remember that there was a legitimate craze happening at that time. Any company that had a .com at the end of its name took off to astronomical prices based on nothing - no revenue, no customers, no book value. The tech companies we're talking about now are real, and it looks to me like they're riding a secular wave of demand for computing power related to real growth areas like AI, data centers, machine learning, virtual reality, and cloud computing. Granted, this won't last forever, and it's an open question as to how long they can grow at current rates, but at least you're not investing in thin air like the crowd was doing back in the 00's.
Read Answer Asked by Rick on December 05, 2017
Q: A question was asked about a Technical analysis report that you indicated would be issued in the next week or so. How can I access this report on your system?
Read Answer Asked by John on December 05, 2017
Q: Since your last comment a month ago, there has been a flurry of news including several new purchase orders, a solid earnings release and this morning, FCC and IC approval for their In-vehicle cellular device. With this in mind, I would appreciate an update. While acknowledging that it still has a small market cap, is there potential for SIM to become a candidate for your growth portfolio.?

Thanks as always. Karl
Read Answer Asked by karl on December 05, 2017
Q: A couple of others do not display above, MKZ.un, BSO, LCS & OSP. Is there a reasonable amount of safety in any of these Very High Di Payers? If a stock pays a Dividend > 8%....who cares if there is NO appreciation, as long as risk is limited.

Thanks as always!
Read Answer Asked by Austin on December 05, 2017
Q: Good Morning
My question is about which preferred shares can be classified as being part of a FIXED INCOME component of a portfolio.

1. Would you classify the rate reset preferreds as part of a fixed income portfolio?
2. Would you classify also the perpetual preferred shares as part of a fixed income portfolio?
3. Would you classify only the investment grade preferred shares as part of a fixed income portfolio (e.g banks and insurance companies) ?

Some analysts include only rate resets and not perpetuals as part of Fixed Income. Yet others only the investment grade preferreds as part of fixed income.

What is your opinion?
Read Answer Asked by Terry on December 05, 2017
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