Investment Q&A

Q: Can I please have your thoughts on GLG.US TD holding. I hold some should I sell or hold.
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Q: Although not within your usual purview, could you please review the outlook for this equity. Does it look like a favourable investment and if so, why? Thank you for your excellent service

Q: SQM seems to be having environmental assessment problems. I believe the mine pumps up a lithium brine ground water. I think this water is allowed to evaporate in the desert sun to produce a lithium rich concentrate. Not sure if they inject water back into the ground to replace what has been taken out. That would add considerable expense to the whole operation. Do you feel SQM's mining operation is sustainable? The share price of SQM looks to be quite volatile over the past 10 years. I'm guessing demand is increasing slowly and the stock volatility has more to do with investor's short term passion followed by lack of passion for lithium. In addition I suppose SQM is a material's company so volatility comes with the territory. I remain undecided on the company and any thoughts you might have would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim

Q: Hi, could I please get your opinion on Youdao as a high growth company? What is the potential, key risks, valuation compared to other similar high-growth stocks?

Q: A fund manager on BNN gave these as top picks. i got the sense he knew what he was talking .please comment on ASML.in some detail
Also Costco briefly

Q: Do you have any updated thoughts on Copa Holdings? Market seems to be ok with results this morning. I'd like to step in at some point, but if their restart keeps getting pushed out month by month, can they survive for long?

Q: I would like to start investing in Chinese technology companies. What would you suggest?

Q: How and where can one Buy this Stock? Many Thanks!

Q: Thoughts/comments/guidance on placing this company in an RRSP for a 10 year horizion.
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Q: Hi, could I please have your view on this ETF. It is small in AUM but seems to have a lot of underlying holdings. Wondering if these holdings are relatively mature stable companies (for China!) like utilities, telcos, banks etc.. Would you consider the distribution relatively stable? Also is it currency hedged to the Canadian $. Thanks.

Q: Any thoughts on how the pound will fare in the next 6 months? My thoughts are that the Great Britain needs the EU more than the EU needs Great Britain. My guess the EU will play a little "hardball" with Britain so the value of the pound will decline. Of course a declining pound should help British exports...just like a weak currency helps Canadian exports. I'm not intending to short the pound. Just curious. (A pound currency at one point was backed by a pound of silver. Now the pound currency is worth about a tenth of one ounce of silver. I believe we call that inflation!)
Regards,
Jim

Q: Hi,
SVA & AZN are both in phase 3 of COVID-19 vaccine.
What are your thoughts about these companies?
Which one has the better financial ability to see the end of the vaccine development, approval and production of the vaccine (if their vaccine will prove itself successful).
Thanks,
Morris

Q: Hi Guys
I just use these 2 ETFS to cover the World it keeps it simple, I was told Canada only represents 3% of the World so that is the weighting i use, would you find that an acceptable weighting. Also. VXC has Japan at 8% and China at 4.5% would this be acceptable or would you add another ETF to compliment the 2 listed above, to get a higher exposure to China and other countries, and if so at what percentage weighting.
Thanks Gord

Q: Any recent news to account for the downtrend over the last 2 weeks ?
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Q: NIO stock has shot up significantly over the last couple weeks; sales numbers for the last quarter looked strong. Financing is in place. What are your thoughts on this company and do you think it makes sense to jump on this EV play vs Tesla. Second question; if sales remain strong throughout the rest of 2020, where could you see the stock price by year end.

Q: Thoughts on the Fairfax Africa deal? Thanks.

Q: A couple comments and a question with regards to FLTR/PDYPF
- I deal with TD Watwerhouse and when the shares had still not settled in my account I questioned it and just received the following response -" Thank you for your inquiry, kindly note that the event between Stars group and Flutter is currently still under processing, we have received the certificates from the overseas Transfer Agents and have begun the physical settlement process to clear the certificates with our UK custodian (typically up to 6 weeks). The Safekeeping will be place on the security until clearing has been completed." THIS IS A LOOOOONG process
- they told me that if I keep the shares in my CND account they are held as FLTR and trade on the LSE in GBP. When I sell the shares I do so with their international desk an would pay $250+ for the trade and it would go through 2 currency conversions - GBP to US $ to CND $
- if I move the shares over to my US side the shares are converted to PDPYF, costs $9.99/trade and everything remains in US$, no currency conversion fees. Caution when selling however, volume is low so always set a price, never a market order
- I never received compensation for the fractional share.....I am assuming this will happen when the shares finally settle but wondered if any has seen the fractional shares settle in their account???
- they told me that the sale of TSGI to FLTR was a taxable event and the new BV of the FLTR will be the value of the stock at the time of the closing. Is that correct??? I did not realize it was a taxable event.

Thanks for any clarification

Scott

Q: Please advise of the risk in buying otc/pink sheet stocks. Thanks, Bill

Q: Hi I am interested in investing in bicycle company stocks, can you suggest some names, country doesn't matter.

Thanks!

Q: What is the cause for the major drop today?