Investment Q&A

Q: I was thinking of selling my holdings in Paychex based on short term price target upside and purchasing CAE which seems to be selling at a discount with recent insider buying by Elise Eberwein one of their newly appointed directors. Your thoughts on this? And how much stake do you put into seasonal investing? What do you think of the people and website running equityclock?

Q: The average PE for GSY is 11-13 , now it is more than 15 according to yahoo finance. What price is a good entry point ? Please comment on earning of SFTC , is it a buy ? At what price ? At what price is good to start a position in NVEI ? Thanks a lot.

Q: Good day 5i,

As always love the work. Flash reports etc! What a huge boon.

Having a balanced portfolio. Moving a Canadian component to my non-registered account. Will trim and shuffle accordingly.

Top 5 must have longterm holds. Over 5yr-20yr

3 undervalued buys right now. Reason? Entry?

Please deduct appropriately!

Thank you very much.

Q: I bought these two during the commodity rally 6 months back. Now find myself down 40% on Alcoa and 65% on CENX. How would you proceed? Hold for a recovery or move on to something else ? If a move is warranted, which sector would you be buying currently ?

Q: Hello 5i. NPI hit a 52 week high today. I would appreciate your take on NPIs role/future in the evolution of Europe's move away from dependence on fossil fuels.

Also, do you see this pullback as an opportunity to add some CAE to existing modest holdings. I can't help thinking that at some point demand for CAE's services will return.

Approx. one year ago I asked for 5i's advice on dealing with an inheritance. It was a fairly involved/complex question but your advice has been excellent. I was nervous about how to deploy these assets and you provided sound advice. I appreciate the manner in which you provide guidance. I also want to thank you for your guidance through this market downturn.

Mike

Q: Which of these 2 companies is better to buy now? (growth and relatively safe)
Thanks very much. Helen

Q: Is Medifast worth holding. Pls give some stocks for TFSA US and CANADIAN.
Thanks

Q: Ignoring company size and sector diversification, can you please rank these stocks on a best to worst risk / reward basis for long term hold. I own them all in various accounts with a half position or less so my plan would be to let some go and increase position in others with better potential. Any of them you consider good buy at the moment? Thank you!

Q: hello 5i:
ignoring the sector difference (tech/industrials), and having a small position in ATA and a slightly larger one in OTEX; from a growth and reliability of earnings (confidence in projections) point of view, could you discuss the benefit or detriment, of selling the OTEX position and increasing the ATA position. Which would be the more risky position in only one is held?
thanks
Paul L

Q: I would appreciate your comments on the above two securities recently announced earnings. What do you see for both of these holdings in the next few years. Any company specific comments would be appreciated. Thank You.

Q: Please comment on the earnings that came out.

Q: Would you please compare CN and CP from the perspective of growth and overall expectations in the next two years.

Thank you,
Maria

Q: I have cash available to add a couple of stocks to this portfolio.
AQN,AT,ATA,BAM.A,BCE,BNS,EIF,ENB,KEY,NVEI,PBH,PRN,PXT,SLF,TFII,TOI,TSU,VDY,VFV,VGG,VVL,WELL,WSP,XAW.
Regardless of sector what are your top 2 or 3 recommendations to add to this portfolio.

Roy

Q: Good afternoon,

I'd like to add a position (or 2) in each of the following sectors: REIT (TCN or GRT.UN or CAR.UN or a better idea), energy (CNQ or SU or a better idea) and industrial (already own WSP, TFII, XYL, TT and could add to one of these or consider a better idea). I could also use a utility suggestion (either add to FTS or AQN or add BEP.UN). And, I'm always looking for an opportunity to add BAM.A to my portfolio. In what order would you add or take new positions given the current environment being favourable to a given sector and/or a good entry point for a particular stock.

Your service is always greatly appreciated, thank you,

Lisa

Q: Hi,

I have a position in Lulu (slightly underwater) and ATZ (slight gain), but wondering if - all else equal - I should sell some Lulu and make ATZ a bigger allocation.

Can you compare them in terms of valuation, growth prospects, and any other general comments?

Also, how do you think the sector and Lulu/ATZ will do in a period of economic weakness and high inflation? My thoughts are that it is discretionary spending so that's not ideal, but also they should be able to pass on some inflation to the end user.

Some anecdotal thoughts - my good friend is a model and just started working for ATZ's new men's line. I asked him what he thought of the men's clothing he said it was really good, stylish, and thinks it will sell well. Take that with a grain of salt, but he's extremely fashionable and if he likes it that's definitely a good sign.

Thanks!

Q: After seeing earnings results,are you seeing anything that you thing would warrant buying into right now.Its a volatile market and hard to play into.
CWL and AEM look good to me ,but are they enough diversified?Any other suggestions?

Q: I have partial positions in each, PBH at 2% and 1% in L. Which would you add to while I need to grow my Cons. Def. Would you sell L to buy more PBH or raise my position in L? I also own ATD and DOL. at full positions.

Thanks

Yves

Q: If I am not mistaken, I thought I saw a recent answer where you said we were late in the oil and gas cycle. In the past, I thought you answered questions as being mid-cycle. If this was a baseball game, what inning do you think are we in now?
Thanks

Q: Hi Peter, price is back again to where it was in 2007. Is it the nature of the business, management, poor bets during boom times etc ? Any positive catalysts you see ? Do you think the dividend is at risk, and would you enter ? Thank you.

Q: Algoma recently undertook a Substantial Issuer Bid where they will be retiring 28% of their shares outstanding. What your thoughts on how this impacts the outlook for the shares and warrants going forward ? I don't recall seeing a company reduce their share count by so much at once before.

Thanks