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Q: Hey Peter, I was checking out EH, Easy Home as a possible investment. At the bottom of their Easy Home Financial website they list their APR (Annual Percentage Rate) as 46.96%. If you borrowed 500 bucks from them after a year you would have payed 234.80 in interest!!!

Let alone being completely unethical, how is it even legal to loan money to people at that exorbitant rate. I can't invest in a company that abuses people like that. comments?
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on August 15, 2014
Q: Hi Peter
What is your opinion of Harbour DSC 890 fund? My daughter has been contributing to it for many years and I would like to see her set up a self directed account with ETF's. She has no other investments at this time. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks for all you do.
Read Answer Asked by Gary on August 15, 2014
Q: Hello, our portfolio includes AYA/CSU/EH/ACQ/EFN/SJ/STN/HWO (we also have larger cap defensive names with reasonable yields). Am looking for a couple of more-smaller cap growth stocks for Cdn. portfolio. May I please have two or three recommendations? Thank you. Bill Y.
Read Answer Asked by Bill on August 15, 2014
Q: What is your best estimate when your Growth Portfolio will be available
When does Peter leave for the cycle tour.
Publish at your discretion.
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on August 15, 2014
Q: Peter: In your experience, has it ever happened that a company does a bought deal financing and instead of buying something with the money, they instead receive a takeover offer? My intuition tells me something is going on at Heroux Devtek HRX. I am probably wrong but the last time I saw this kind of activity was with a company I owned called Dalsa (though I don't think they had just done a financing)and within a few months it was taken over at a huge premium. Just wondering.
Read Answer Asked by Helen on August 15, 2014
Q: CSS Contrans. Similar to my Q on Healthlease I am in the same position with CSS. Thank you! usually I would by the buyer when it pulled back on the purchase but unfortunately that didn't happen. Do you have some stocks to suggest? Mullen Group perhaps?

TIA
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on August 15, 2014
Q: Hello 5 I Team

My US Margin Account presently represents only 1% of my total holdings. I intend to make contributions to it later in the year, but for now I would like to see the money "do something" while it's sitting there. Rather than engage in any futile stock picking, I thought I would invest in an ETF which could provide consistent, if modest growth. To that end, I had my eye on the new ETF Direxion iBillionaire Index ETF, (IBLN), or the Market Vectors Wide Moat ETF, (MOAT). I would appreciate your opinion on these choices -- or your suggestion as to what might be a better stock to hold in this context. Thanks for your help.
Read Answer Asked by Sylvia on August 15, 2014
Q: Hi,
Could you please comment on the latest financial results from Counsel Corporation [CXS].

Many Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Michael on August 15, 2014
Q: Hi Team,

Do you have any comments on Aimia Inc.'s latest results and would you still consider it relatively "safe" as a stock and bond holding? I have one of its bonds maturing in September and wonder if I should keep this company on my list of potential investments (either shares or another bond).

Many thanks, Michael
Read Answer Asked by Michael on August 15, 2014
Q: considering Europe's weakness, do you think this will have a negative effect on cdn $ ? (ie weak oil and other commodies)

Thanks, Bob
Read Answer Asked by bob on August 15, 2014
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