Investment Q&A

Q: Looking at insider trading, I have noticed numerous sales classified as "sales under company plan". I do not know what this means and is it something to be concerned about? Thanks, Bill

Q: Gentlemen:
I notice some preferred shares have an option to convert to another issue and are also redeemable on the same day. Can you exercise the option or do they redeem them?
Thank you
Ken Beatty

Q: “The dark side of dividends: Ballooning corporate debt”. Could you please comment on this article in the Globe this week suggesting significant increased corporate debt (to support corporate dividend programs) actually poses a looming threat to dividend viability going forward. To what extent do you feel this applies to the utility and pipeline sectors in particular and specifically which companies might be most impacted. Thanks.

Q: Good morning 5i,
I set up a DRIP program for my daughter's TFSA in BNS PKI and WSP. Dividends have been accumulating but no new shares have been added. Does the bank or the company determine when new share will be issued? Does each company have a minimum number before adding ( i.e. 3 or 5 ) before issuing? Any clarification would be appreciated.
Thanks for your great service ,
Gary

Q: Would like clarity on what 5i defines as a position. My understanding is that if I buy a stock/ETF etc that I have a position. That is how I find it defined in literature. In reading your Q&A I see references to 1/2 a position, 3/4 of a position. Is this a dollar value or % of a portfolio?

Q: In your answer to Claudio's question about Nvidia you state that there is a major tech reversal going on right now. What does that mean?

Q: Hi 5iResearch Team,

Would you happen to know of a web site that I can go to for earning release dates for both US and Canadian equities?

Cheers,

Q: To add to your response to John this morning regarding sources for latest company news, you can often get up-to-the-second information about a company by searching Twitter using the company's ticker symbol with a dollar sign in front of it, and clicking the "Latest" tab. A couple caveats: the signal-to-noise ratio can be extremely low, and it will return tweets about all companies using the same ticker from all exchanges. Searching with $DWS in this manner cites BNN as the reason for its big move in line with 5i's response, but also returns news spam from dubious financial websites and info about DWS Group, which shares the same ticker. Nonetheless this method can frequently provide quick satisfaction during those what-the-heck-is-going-on moments!

Q: What is the best place to get the very latest news on Canadian companies? Free would be best but I would be willing to pay if it was a good service. I see moves in stocks I own and then often have to “Google” the company and find the relevant news. What does 5i use, Morningstar?
On this note, I see a move in DWS-X today with big volume, but could not find any news. Do you know what this is about?
Thanks
John

Q: further to Ian's Corporate Class Mutual Fund note re swaps and tax considerations for ETFs in future, read a good article on the uses of Corporate Class Mutual Funds that remain as well the swaps are not eliminated just the length of contracts is limited to 180 days;
http://www.advisor.ca/tax/tax-news/corporate-class-funds-etfs-still-tax-efficient-after-budget-112009
share if think useful

Q: I am a long-term investor with the majority of equities purchases targeted to 5-10 years. Certainly, I have a few equities that are in loss positions similar to the model portfolios on 5I Research. Would you recommend using a stop loss process on all stock purchases in an entire portfolio? If so what stop loss system would you recommend for purchasing a security such as SIS? If I purchased SIS today with the intention of holding long term is there a need to utilized a stop loss system?

Q: Hello, this is in regard of the Globe & Mail article by Ryan dated March 12, 2018. Does this new index change will impact the sector classification we get from TMX Money? For exemple does this mean that using TMX Money, companies such as OTEX, CSU, MSFT will no longer belong to the technology sector as of Sept. 28, 2018? Thanks, Gervais

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/getting-a-read-on-index-changes/article38279262/

Q: Good morning. Is there any software you might recommend that would allow a person to track their investments, and generate tax related documents (ie. capital gains, options, etc)? It would need to be able to deal with different currencies as well. I've researched a few, but would be interested in your ideas.

Q: Hi!
In a rising rate environment, are there certain metrics that we can look at to determine whether a certain telcos, utility or REIT will be more resistant to the downside?
Thanks!

Q: Quite often, in both questions and answers, when there is no apparent or obvious reason for a significant drop in a stock's price it is simply attributed to "profit taking".
Can you please explain how and why this works - what are the mechanics of it?
Thank you,
John

Q: What is the equivalent site (annual reports, quarterly disclosures etc) for Japan?
Thanks.

Q: Is there a web site one can access to view the outstanding offers to buy and sell stock for a company?

Q: Greetings:
In a recent answer you commented that- " This is a classic PUMP AND
DUMP scenario" I can't recall the date or the stock. If you can, please advise in your answer. I read about a so called " ADVISOR ", who runs an investment service. This individual sends out emails to members with an opinion extolling mostly virtues of small cap stocks. It is followed by
several successive emails pumping the stocks. Then when asked later
about a particular stock invariably the answer is " I no longer follow it "
Never indicates that it has been sold. This is done over and over again.
Is this type of behavior illegal.? I have not mentioned any names as is
obvious, and would appreciate your opinion, so all of your members
will be aware of what they might get involved in. I would also appreciate
comments from the membership.
Thanks for all your help.
BEN.

Q: good morning, I would appreciate your opinions concerning the canadian dollar and if it should get into the sixty cent range and the impact on our stock market ? thanks

Q: Hi, my brokerage co. offers technical alerts and top picks on a daily basis. The top picks have a price target and a time frame to reach that target. On March 6th one stock trading at $5.94 was predicted to reach $10- $11 in 29 days. The very same stock on March 17th, trading at $5.85, was predicted to reach $7.50-$7.90 in 9days. So my questions are, does the second prediction cancel the first ? I realise that both are possible given the time frame but would that be the correct way to look at it? Also when they talk about days to target is that calendar days or trading days? The same question applies to moving averages, 20 day 50 day etc, calendar or trading? Thank you