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Q: With reference to CUS ( Yossi's question ) ... the newsletter Seeking Alpha posted a convincing article that suggested Canexus and Gibson would benefit from the Keystone XL setbacks ( due to their reliance on rail ).
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on April 22, 2014
Q: Re Yossi's question on CUS. An article on CUS was published by Seeking Alpha today. The title of the article was "How to Profit from Keystone XL's Indefinite Delay".
Read Answer Asked by John on April 21, 2014
Q: Hello, I'm getting a little nervous about my Carfinco (CFN). Performing very badly over
the last while. I would appreciate your view. Hold for a while or time to Sell?
Thanks: Jerry
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on April 21, 2014
Q: cus up 5.9 % with some volume ,any news or developments that might be behind this ???

thanks

yossi


CUS:(TSX)
Canexus Corp

$5.18 CAD
Apr 21, 2014 3:51PM ET
0.28
5.71%
$5.17
x61
$5.18
x57 1.3M
Read Answer Asked by JOSEPH on April 21, 2014
Q: WIN. The Globe & Mail reports that the us supreme court may restrict the application of patent protection in the Alice corp case which the paper suggests could affect the worth of Blackberry. Could this be the final nail for Wi lan? Are Wilan's patents mostly in the electronics industry?
Read Answer Asked by James on April 21, 2014
Q: Hello Team
After spending quite some time looking at all the different fundamentals of these 3 telecom companies maybe you can shed some light on which one you feel I would do best in. Telus,Chunghwa CHT, or Nippon NTT.Being a contrarian at heart I always lean toward the deepest value which I feel would be Nippon telecom,However there ttm ROA is much lower than the other 2 However forward P/E, Price/sales,and P/CF values are much lower.The other metric which I find interesting is the Net income growth AVG over the last 3 years which Telus has performed much better over.
Thanks Gord
Read Answer Asked by Gordon on April 21, 2014
Q: I recently read this in a publication "The percentage of people over 65 continues to increase each year. According to a University of Ottawa report, by 2021 - just seven years from now - there will be 6.9 million Canadians age 65 or older. They will represent 17.8% of the total population." Where can we invest our money to capitalize on this demographic trend? Thank-you.
Read Answer Asked by Albert on April 21, 2014
Q: For what its worth I feel the CEO of G badly bungled the OSK file. I never liked the low-ball offer - if you want it you put up the numbers to get it. A low-ball offer just invites competition. OSK, in my opinion, is an excellent miner...it's got the reserves, the grades, the location and the team that brought a gold mine into production during declining gold prices. I know you like G and I am a shareholder myself but now I am wondering about the executive suite.
I sort of recall seeing the CEO stating on television that the initial offer was a take-it-or-leave-it offer and he wasn't about to overpay. Then he increases the bid once YRI comes to the table. His word does not appear to be his bond.
Read Answer Asked by James on April 20, 2014
Q: Your answer to Jeff's question about AYA's 5 year earnings growth. The CAGR IS -253%. The math proceeds as follows: -253% turns plus 4 cents into -6 cents after 1 year, into -9 cents after two years, -14, -22 and finally -33 cents after 5 years. If you change to a simple average (presumably over 5 years) you'd show -7.4 cents as the annual level change needed to turn plus 4 cents into -33 cents over 5 years. In simple interest terms that's -285% and not much easier to grasp. Keeping the CAGR (which works well in the vast majority of cases) and showing the 5 annual earnings in the body of the report would illustrate how plus 4 cents developed into -33. Publish this if you think it's worth doing so.
Read Answer Asked by Fraser on April 20, 2014
Q: Based on the April 17 market action it seems market players are tuned in to 5i's report on Amaya, AYA, issued the same day as a big pop. Just kidding, but what it does illustrate is how volatility can be a friend as well as a foe. Bear in mind, to add to John's recent wisdoms on this stock, that without volatility, the two sided coin, you wouldn't make any money in the market, so you might as well buy a GIC if you can't embrace this concept. Also, most stocks present buying opportunities when the faint of heart swoon. I can provide lots of recent B.O. examples with 5i portfolio stocks, too.

I love the new report card. At a glance I can see where a company's strengths and weaknesses are, and in Amaya's case it seems they need to buckle down and earn some dough. I get the D minus rating on 5 year EPS growth but I have trouble getting my head around minus 253% which I believe is an annualized return over the 5 years. My knowledge of accounting isn't very extensive but I believed that minus 100% was about as bad as it could get, and if you're going to break it down over 5 years you get something like minus 20% annually, less if compounded. So is this a typo or am I out to lunch? Also TD has current ROE as minus 13% so over the 5 years was this a positive figure that has shifted to the negative and is the trend down? Thanks, J.
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on April 18, 2014
Q: I have a position in CFN but I am currently under water and it continues to slide. Would you recommend cutting my losses and moving on or keep holding ?
Read Answer Asked by Ken on April 17, 2014
Q: I bought some Glentel at 12.80 and have watched it slowly go down these last few weeks. Would you continue to hold this? I am considering selling and buying some K-Bro. Should I at least wait for a bounce with Glentel?
Read Answer Asked by Wayne on April 17, 2014
Q: do you have preference for AFN-vs-CVL for income/growth and why? thanks
Read Answer Asked by don on April 17, 2014
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