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Q: Peter BPF.UN has been on a slide since the founders discounted their stock .Is it time to get out of Dodge
Stan
Read Answer Asked by Stan on March 19, 2014
Q: Peter,

How do you interpret the latest results from Gamehost (GH) They seem to be blaming the weather for less than stellar sales, a pretty common theme these days. Justified or an excuse?

Thanks.

Paul F.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 18, 2014
Q: Hi all,
I'm trying to understand what I conceive as price discrepancy between the atlantic power preferred shares and their convertible debentures. AZP.PR.B is a rate reset presently yielding 12.5% (17.5% after tax consideration) and the longest term (2019) debentures (atp.db.d) yields 13.92% to maturity. Is the 3.6% spread simply due to the added duration (preferreds could be reset indefinitely in theory) and the fact that they are lower down on the balance sheet. Or, is that fact these preferreds were originally issued by Epcor, and are really a held in subsidiary of Atlantic Power corporation. How would this effect the preferred shares in the event of a default.
Thanks again.
Emile
Read Answer Asked by Emile on March 18, 2014
Q: Hi 5i,

Could i get your updated views on RDM (RC-V)?
Read Answer Asked by Sasha on March 18, 2014
Q: On March 7th I asked a question on Clarke (CKI) but did not get a reply. However you did reply to another member's question on CKI which covered 75% of my enquiry so I won't repeat my question. Instead I will ask you to compare Clearwater (CLR) to High Liner (HLF). I own CLR in a registered account and have had a good run up since early November but it has pulled back in the last month. HLF has been in a trading range for the last three months and is currently at the top of its range. I am thinking of swiching from CLR to HLF if HLF moves above its 52 week high. Which stock has greater upside in the next two years? I am looking for capital appreciation rather than income and have a medium to high risk tolearance.
Thanks, Tim.
Read Answer Asked by tim on March 18, 2014
Q: Peter isn't one of your criteria for selecting good stocks the fact that they rarely issue shares? The reason I am asking this is that AVO -- Avigilon seems to be issuing a LOT of stock when they don't need the cash. I know your team has answered a previous question on AVO about this by saying that they probably have a big acquisition that they want to do BUT I have been invested in companies before that have done this and it always seems like they think the shares are over-valued and they want to benefit by selling at a high price.

Do you have any concerns about the way that they are selling a lot of shares without needing the cash?

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by ken on March 18, 2014
Q: has there been any substantial activity by insiders in WIN lately, buy OR sell ?
Read Answer Asked by tony on March 18, 2014
Q: Hello Peter....My energy sector positions makes up about 20% of the portfolio. This weighting is about 5 times the weighting of the 5iR model portfolio. With this in mind, I considering right-sizing, decreasing the weighting? And at the same time, this would consolidating the positions rather than having a number of borderline 1% holds that for me, likes spread the risk among a number of similar holdings in the energy sector.

Here are the positions with weightings. Badger 1.1, CanElson 1.2 PHX 2.4, Lundin Petro 2.4, Vermillion 1.4, Baytex, 1.1, Cenovus 2.0, Energplus 1.2, Painted Pony 1.4, Surge 1.0 and Tourmaline 3.4. These are held in a growth/capital appreciation non-registered account....that is now more fairly sector diverse since being a follower of 5iR.

What weighting or allocation % for energy would you suggest for this economic environment? And what stocks should I continue to hold or stocks that should be the core ones? (Could Badger be classified as Industrial?)

Many thanks.....Tom M
Read Answer Asked by Tom on March 17, 2014
Q: Wow a busy day with questions. I am writing for your assessment of badger's financial today. They appear to be great but management seems to have the most conservative comments in light of their result. l was disappointed not to see a dividend increase could that be staged for the end of the month to give the stock a second bump. Happy St. Patrick's Day Mike
Read Answer Asked by Mike on March 17, 2014
Q: Fairly muted market response to BAD's q4 report. Numbers look god on their face. Is the mention that there were weather-challenges in q4 and that these are still present in q1, part of the reason for this response? Maybe the lack of divi increase? The market was also weak today.
Your comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by frank on March 17, 2014
Q: I have set up two trust accounts for my teenage children. The intention is to buy a couple of dividend paying stocks with a drip, the idea being to set them on a path to financial literacy since I'm not convinced they will learn this at school. As they turn 18 I will transfer the proceeds into their first TFSA for them. I will research my own portfolio for ideas - PKI comes to mind - but would you have an stock recommendations that meet these criteria:

1) 5I approved
2) div of min 4%
3) with a DRIP

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Kim on March 17, 2014