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Investment Q&A

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Q: Hi Team - XTC has been a frustrating stock. It's a half billion dollar company with a low valuation, but it's price has languished below 12 dollars. Do you have any insight into why it's such a thin trader, and why there's resistance to moving to a higher valuation? The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that it's pretty easy to manipulate a stock with such low volume.

Thanks for your long term and very valued service!
Read Answer Asked by Rick on March 17, 2017
Q: I bought CRH at 4 dollars. It's now at app. 11 dollars. In the past with CCL and CSU, as the stocks ran up I trimmed and took profits. In hindsight, I would have done better if I had let them both run.

What I've learned from you is that picking a weight you're comfortable with is the best way to go. CRH now represents app. 7% of my portfolio. What is your recommendation as to the maximum weight for any one stock?

Thanks for the great service. cheers
Andy
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on March 17, 2017
Q: I am helping to invest money for my thirty-year-old daughter into her TFSA and RRSP accounts. These investments should be considered as retirement assets so there is a very long time frame here. I am wondering between choosing RRX and VET for part of her energy portion (WCP will likely form the other half of her investment in this sector). Personally, I like the dividend and outlook that VET brings but being older, I am prone to viewing things from a more conservative perspective. However, would RRX have more potential to provide the longer term gains she is looking for?

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 17, 2017
Q: I like the cash flow from utilities and Transalta seems to be getting a handle on the new operating environment in Alberta. RNW is approx 60% owned by TA and that would mean the market is pricing TA only for it's share of RNW and assigning no value to the rest of TA business. Are my assumptions correct and if so do you have any idea why this would be so. Thanks
Kenn
Read Answer Asked by Kenneth on March 17, 2017
Q: In our combined RRIF's, my wife and I have a 10.88% weighting in Financials (TD, BNS, PWF) of which PWF is 2.7%. I would like to buy more lifeco shares and wonder whether I should sell the PWF and put the proceeds into SLF, or just buy SLF to make up about 5% of total portfolios weighting.
Read Answer Asked by John on March 17, 2017
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