Investment Q&A

Q: GUD has roughly 400M in cash. Getting 360M with a share offering will get them 760M.
With that money how big an acquisition could it be if that was their intention ? Also, how long does it take normally take for for the shelf prospectus to be approved ?
Thanks

Q: Did not see the financing coming. My take is that they might be close to a deal and want to be able to act quickly. Perhaps impatient optimism? Your thoughts?

Q: I HAVE HELD THESE STOCKS FOR ALMOST YEAR AND A HALF, HOPING THE STOCKS WILL MOVE UP AS THE VACCINES BECOME AVAILABLE. I FIND THAT NONE OF THESE STOCKS HAVE MOVED UP EXCEPT VEEV, AND THAT TOO MARGINALLY. SHOULD I KEEP THESE STOCKS OR SELL THEM AND USE THE MONEY FOR OTHER PROMISING TECH STOCKS. THANKS

Q: I have a DOY balanced portfolio (Alpha-Balanced for guidance) , with less than 10 year timeframe.
I’m underweight communication services, and energy. Not a fan at this stage of oil or precious metals. Overweight in industrials and technology.
My concern is with my overweight in technology. Reading a number of opinion articles that refer to the tech boom as another dot.com. The reply often is oh but this is different.
Here’s my two cents worth especially related to tech stocks I own. First of all investors/traders seem to be jumping in and out of technology based on the latest COVID-19 / vaccine news.
Re KXS; will still be in demand long after Covid-19. LSPD; somewhat sensitive to Covid-19 but have done a good job diversifying and adapting restaurant services etc. Will do well in recovery.
Maybe more acquisitions.
SHOP; like Amazon will carry on even though the valuation is high. Younger generation will still shop on line.
Now comes the tricky part. WELL and VEEV. I don’t quite have a handle on. Not sure if the demand for their service will still be there post COVID-19.
Your comments and/or thought would be greatly appreciated. I have a feeling that many of your clients would be interested in what you have to say.
I’m an experienced investor but don’t have access to the kinds of info I once did. I depend a great deal on your unbiased expert opinion.
Merry Christmas

Roy

Q: Atara Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:ATRA) has announced presentation of preclinical data of ATA3219 at American Society of Hematology.
Their allogeneic CAR T-cell therapy targeting CD19, Bayer has also just entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement, for mesothelin-directed CAR T-cell therapies for the treatment of solid tumors with Atara.
What is your opinion on this company and it's medium and long term investment potential.

Q: Good morning, I have a watch-list of vaccines, but it seemed like such a gamble in the past months, I didn't invest in any. Now that some are successful, I would like to have a position in at least one company. I've named a few above, but there are more. With the goal of growth in the next 1-2 years, which one or two "vaccine" stocks would you choose, and what percentage of the portfolio would you suggest as investment size. Thank-you.

Q: Moderna's stock has gone up significantly over the last few months. Is it a good time to sell? would love to hear your thoughts about it. Thank you!

Q: Is this a buy at the moment in regards to its vaccine.

Q: I've been watching REGN slide from US$650 to under US$500 over the last few months. Is it just out of favour? The metrics seem ok (for a biotech) and analysts still seem to like it. What's your opinion on opening a position under $500? Thanks.

Q: Please comment on latest acquistion of Excellemd today. Txs for u usual great services & views

Q: Hi there,

DMTK I came across DermTech listening to a MF US stock advisor live session on 10X opportunities. I spent some time reviewing their most recent earnings transcript and other research and the technology for non invasive detection of skin cancer seems powerful but super early in terms of adoption (a brief excerpt is below). I am considering buying for TFSA and have the following questions:
1. What is your general opinion?
2. Do you have any information on how a dermatologist would be paid for using this test vs surgery? My fear would be that the tech is amazing but dermatologists may not use it if it would reduce their revenue

"Currently, approximately 25 surgical biopsies are performed to find one melanoma. And despite all this cutting, the negative predictive value of this pathway is only about 83%, which means the probability of missing melanoma is approximately 17%. The PLA reduces the number of surgical biopsies needed to identify melanomas by approximately 10-fold and increases the negative predictive value so 99%, meaning the PLA has less than 1% probability of missing the disease. DermTech is effectively bringing melanoma diagnosis into the 21st century by transforming it from a pathway to subjective, invasive, inaccurate and costly to one that is objective, non-invasive, highly accurate, and less costly."

Q: Hi,

Of these relatively new biotech companies that have or will soon be IPO'ing, Repare Therapeutics (June IPO) and Abcellera Biotech (upcoming IPO), where would you put some play money? A bit of both? Or another recent IPO/choice altogether?
It seems that Abcellera might be a little ahead of the game wrt being profitable already. And I'm pretty sure given the expected interest, I may have to get this initially on the open market.
Are there any things from a finance view we should be aware of with these IPO's other than biotechs can be more risky dependent on clinical trial results, etc..
Repare has done well since its IPO in June.
Can you pls also add Repare to your db? It did not come up in a text or stock symbol search.

Cheers,
SteveMc

Q: Hi Peter, re: your reply to Jamie re: GUD; why will earnings fall next year ? Aren't they currently close to zero ? Shouldn't the new mfg ability increase earnings ?
This is currently the sole loser in my portfolio (as I'm getting good at cutting losses before they get worse) but like many I've held on it to doggedly for years despite its chart since I really want Jonathan G to do well. There's definitely a lesson in that. Thanks, Paul

Q: New ipo Abcl listing on nasdaq

Q: Hi group bought this stock a month ago and it has since dropped 50% what the heck happened - move on hold or buy more? thanks for your insight

Q: Hi Gents,

Wondering if you could speak to the value of GUD shares.
My calculations are that there is $3.31/sh in cash, which at Friday's price of $5.29, leaves $1.98 for the rest of company.
At $1.98 the company ex cash is worth about $260M. My modeling shows a forward P/E ex cash below 8x. Plus you get the potential of another game-changing acquisition which would likely be very accretive.

What am I missing here at $5.30/sh??

Q: Hello: Is there any news on Canadian Companies that will be involved in potential COVID 19 vaccine management and delivery? Thanks!

Q: Hi I am a holder of CVS. Within the past few weeks the price has risen sharply from mid-60.00 to 72.00 range on 2 occasions. First time was on vaccine news but dropped sharply a few days later on Amazon announcement of online drug sales. Within the past week it’s back today at 72.52. Are there underlying fundamentals to take it higher, and/or do you think their “full service” health service model will be involved with the vaccine rollout and administration and hence share price continue to move higher? Thanks

Q: I came across this company and see there has only been one question on it . Looks very interesting to me. Could you give me your insight on it.

Thanks Dave

Q: Please,your thoughts on ANGO:US.Thanks.