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Q: Your thoughts on WSP and Stantec please... they seem to be on a continuous slide the last couple of months...is there anything behind the scenes that your average retail investor is not seeing?
Read Answer Asked by George on January 23, 2017
Q: Last week you suggested we wait to see how things settles out over a few days. What indicators are you looking for? - have they panned out. Can you comment on the reasons for the slow down and if it could a trend. My son and I own SJ - should we sell? We are on a 2 year timeline and 10 year timeline.
Thanks for your great work!
Read Answer Asked by Paul on January 23, 2017
Q: Hi Peter! SIS said in their statement "There are over a thousand resellers of accessibility products in North America." Their purpose behind this statement was to iterate that there are many opportunities for acquisitions that could improve synergies, but I'm more concerned about how they maintain a competitive advantage. Do they depend too much on R&D? If not, what makes them stand out from the rest and what are the barriers to entry? Is there any brand loyalty among its customers? Do you see them being bought out in the future (i.e. like United Technologies that own OTIS elevators)? Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Michael on January 23, 2017
Q: I've held ADN for a couple of years and am underwater about 10%, but have enjoyed the 5% dividend along the way. I don't mind hanging onto it other than I'd sure like to see it break water one of these days. But is there another company in the same sector that I could replace it with that pays a dividend but has better growth prospects?
Read Answer Asked by Rick on January 22, 2017
Q: Hi Peter and Staff:
More of a comment than anything else . First a thank you - I would not have hung in for such a large gain if you had not been comfortable enough to leave it in your portfolio.
I do wish that other than situations like Concordia where you decide you cannot stay in due to a bad situation that you would not drop good companies unless you added your replacement at the same time - I follow your strategy of not sitting in cash - When you toss a stock from your portfolio without a replacement despite comments you make that there is nothing wrong , I think you leave us scratching our heads as to why you feel it is so important to drop it to sit in cash . For one thing you may add a stock that we already own so we would not have sold ADW or you may add one we are not 100 percent sold on and would only sell 1/2 of Adw and buy the replacement for a 1/2 entry .
Thanks for all you do
Dennis
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on January 22, 2017
Q: Savaria peaked in October and has been going down since then. With today's loss it's reached the -10% mark where I usually think about selling stocks (I was stung by nortel and JDS uniphase during the dot com days and vowed not to ever again follow a stock down too far). I know this stock is a favorite of yours so could you tell me what might reverse this steady downward momentum?
Read Answer Asked by John on January 21, 2017
Q: Good day!

With the recent misstep by McDonald's in allowing nuts in their restaurants and no longer claiming nut free space, do you think this may have a positive impact on A&W which is nut free? Could the impact be significant in store sales? McDonald's seems to be receiving a lot of backlash from this.
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on January 21, 2017
Q: Is there some news in DHs strategic review which would account for the lathe drop yesterday and today? Is it worth holding any longer and if you had to sell Dh or Xtc which would you let go first and why?
Thank you.
Maggie
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Read Answer Asked by Maggie on January 20, 2017