Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Peter and Crew. Thanks for great service.

I see that Carfinco ( CFN.TO ) has released its 2013 annual report today. Could be get your comments on their results. It sure seems to be oversold at this point. Many thanks.Don

Q: Hi Peter and team. I am looking at adding 2 stocks to my TFSA account. I currently own ESL, STN, ACQ, CSU. looking at adding from list, BAD, HCG, CGX, DH. Out of these 4 stocks, which would be top 2? Looking for growth and dividend increases over long term time frame.
Tks Kevin

Q: Peter and Team,

I am in the final throws of my decision to buy some Stella Jones stock. I understand from your report that they essentially profit from constructing some of the hard assets for rail roads (amoung other pressure treated wood products for tel-cos, utilities, etc.).

Focussing in on the rail part a bit, does this mean that they should see increased business for replacement ties, etc. as rail is used more and more heavily for shipping oil? It seems like this could act like a bit of a hedge to exposure to oil pipelines.

It seems like a good business (not sexy) and required business. I'd love your thoughts on what makes this thing grow.

Thanks!

Q: Hi team:

One of the speakers on market call (BNN) mentioned that ACQ is in the process of being listed in the TSX 60
I recalled that when BAD went through this process, the demand for this stock went up and the stock price would also go up
Is ACQ being listed for the TSX 60 ? How does a company apply to do that ? your comments would be appreciated, thanks!

Q: Hello 5i team,

On April 11, ESL renewed a "normal course issuer bid" which had been in place for some time. Do you know whether any shares were actually purchased by the company during that period?

Thanks.

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 ).

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".

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

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
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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?

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

Q: Hi Peter, I have an RSP portfolio with dividend paying stocks in oil, telecom, banking, mining and a pipeline. I wanted to add either MG or BAD cannot add both because of the cost involved. MG is in your portfolio and I know your view of BAD. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks, Nick

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.

Q: Hi to all, Is CFN and AVO still good stocks to hold. I bought CFN at $ 11.70 (2.2% 0f portfolio) and AVO at $33.35 (1.5% of portfolio??? both down about 17% in different portfolios

M

Q: Hi,would like your opinion on a Canadian real estate company or REIT that has exposure to the U.S. Market.
I would like a small dividend but also looking for growth.
Thanks for your good advise
Brad

Q: Hi 5i team,
AYA has 50% Debt and 50% equity and is graded as "B" in your report card. How do you grade BEP.UN which has 100% debt? Thanks

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.

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.

Q: Happy Easter.AYA closed on the day's high of $6.68 up 0.87(low $5.86)on very high relative volume.The only 2 events are your report & co's announcement of sale of 1100 gaming machines.Please advise if the latter event has any material effect.Any other comments will be appreciated.Txs a lot as usual

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.