Investment Q&A

Q: I'd like to have part of my portfolio in US$ (say 20-30%). What would your top 5 US stocks be for growth plus dividends ? What do you think of the strategy and is it better to hold them in a RRSP so i don't have to deal with tax issues? Thank you. Jack

Q: RECENTLY YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT "DKAM " TO ONE OF YOUR CLIENT.HOW ONE CAN BUY IT ?.I CHECK WITH DISCOUNT BROKER(TD) AND IT SEEMS IT IS NOT ON THEIR LIST.I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND HAVE A GOOD HEATH AND DAY-EBRAHIM

Q: Hi Peter and Ryan:
I am sorry to hear Peter's accident. I hope you feel better soon. Thank you both for your very informative articles. I learn alot. Could I know your opinion about ARN, AAA, ICP and GFS should I sell? I lost money on those stock. Is there any hope in those companies.. Thanks a lot. Keep up the good work. Regards,

Aysel Ozkan

Q: ITP - Intertape Polymer Group has just boosted its dividend by 50% based on a positive outlook and there has recently been some insider buying. Earnings are due out this August, and the last time that they boosted their dividend, their earnings surprised nicely on the upside. This company seems to be a real cash machine; Good, clean earnings with not a lot of accruals. The company has almost no analyst coverage, yet it is approaching a 1B market cap. This company is yearning for outstanding, conflict free analysis of the type that 5i can provide. Will 5i be covering this company in the near future? What did you think of the dividend boost, proposed share buyback, and stated positive outlook?

Thanks!

Q: According to my G & M watch list, TD has a roughly 34% dividend payout ratio, which seems very comfortable. BMO and BNS, however, both have negative payout ratios of 118 and 134. Does that mean they are making that much more than they pay out? and does itmean they are a better "bang for the buck" than TD? .
I own all three and don't plan to sell any. Just wondering Thanks again for your wonderful service. I can't overemphasize how much I appreciate it.

Q: For someone with mostly income stocks inside a RIF, is it better to DRIP the dividends or to accumulate cash for periodic withdrawals? The attractions of DRIPS are significant but going this way (which is what I have been doing) means having to sell stocks and of course pay the commisions as well. Some of the stocks I would have to sell in the future have 8-12% yields based on purchases made years ago.

Thanks for your guidance here.

Q: Would you please comment on WPK,WIN and SYZ for investment. Thank you

Q: Hi Peter and Ryan! It seems that my first try slipped your attention, so I do it again. I see that you are very reluctant in your companies' evaluation to be too enthusiastic. So far I read in this forum about one company to be great, Stantec - STN, and another one to be fabulous, Stella-Jones, SJ. Could you, please, name some other companies, in Canada and US, if they still happen to be around? Many thanks for all you do for us.

Q: Hi Team,

According to you which stocks would be your top 5 candidates for home run stocks over the next two years

Q: hello Peter:
a question about the PEG ratio. As someone who questions the things I myself do and believe (self critique), I now am wondering about the validity of the PEG ratio. This is a general question, so hopefully your answer will address it that way, but I will use BDI, who I know you like, as an example. Morningstar lists BDI as having a PEG ratio of 0.3. For a value stock, this makes sense (to me), but BDI is hardly a value stock. Is it just that much undervalued by the market? And I could cite numerous other examples of stocks with very low PEG ratios: hopefully your answer will address my conundrum with a measure I like (I think!). I also believe others may be a bit confused with this ratio.
thanks
Paul L (seems there are more than a few Paul's that ask questions lol)

Q: Dividend Growth Rates
Does anybody know a site where you can get historical dividend growth rates for Canadian listed companies?
Thanks.

Q: Good morning team. I have XIU as my core and hope to juice the return with a handful of growth stocks. Please suggest 5 current names with better than average growth prospects in the next 2 years. Thank you.

Q: What our your thoughts on hedge funds?I am thinking about Donville-Kent Capital Ideas Fund for a 5-10% allocation. I have no mutual funds, and invest mostly in conservative dividend payers. I have bought a few of the 5i growth names, but am looking at DKAM as a way to diversify. Thoughts? Are there any hedge funds you'd recommend?

Thanks.

Q: Some companies quote both gaap earnings and non gaap income. Which is best to use in calculating financial performance such as the peg ratio,


Regsrds
ap

Q: Can you please comment on TKM's news release causing downward action in price. Thanks

Q: Is it too late to buy SCL? I started watching this company in early February, and was trying to pick up shares just below $40 but it never got to my purchase price. I have been watching it go up higher and higher ever since, and now it is over $60, that would be a 50% gain had I been able to buy at my (stubborn) price of below $40.

How strict on purchase price should I be when I decide I like a company and want to buy its shares? Should I be rigid and stick to my pre-determined price, or should I just buy at market price once I decide to acquire a position in a company (with a minimum of a 1 year hold)?

I still like SCL, and wish I had purchased it when I made the decision to buy some shares. Should I just buy SCL now at $60, or give up on it since it has had such a large run up, and find something else I like?

Paul

Q: One of the key points you stress when evaluating a company is the management. With respect to SGY you state "management has built several successful companies before"; and with respect to DHX you state "DHX management has done it all before at prior companies, which they grew and sold".

Can you expand more on these prior successes. What successful companies did SGY's Paul Colborne build? What companies did DHX management grow and sell?

Paul

Q: In my various trading accounts, I have:
ABX, AGU, AVO, BEP.UN, CGX, CSH.UN, DHX, EFN, ESL, G, SJ, SGY, TCK.B, & WCP

My losers include ABX (significantly), G, and TCK.B
My problem is that I haven't done very well in my non-registered account and this is where ABX resides. If I have a tax loss, I don't think I have very many gains to counter it.

G and TCK.B are in my RRSP and TFSA respectively, but I think you are fairly positive on these. Should I sell ABX and hope I have enough gains later in the year to balance this out with? Also, am I diversified enough?

Thank you SO MUCH for this service!

Q: Hi Peter,
I am slowly working on to build a TFSA account for myself and my son who is 19 and I have only 12G in RRSP with rbc 2 mutual funds each has 5000 dollar initial investment one is Canadian energy income and other is us dividend growth both are up in total 18%.I also have unused RRSP room of $25000.In addition of above I have two margin accounts one US and One canadian and RESP as well.My focus is to generate income of $2000 per month in coming five years. Please give me five to six names which pay solid dividend and are great debt free companies with some growth. Looking higher dividend in the range of 4 to 8% if possible. my own home work tell me that I must buy Telus because I am paying my cell bill for last 24 years, also I have house and paying enbridge last 15 years and also using TD, BNS to do daily banking and paying big fee on monthly basis so why not buying their stocks to get our money back as we are contributing to their growth. see how stupid we are! I am learning from you. If I would have done that I could have long ago retired by now. please also give me where I can get more information for dividend growing companies. Thank you very much

Q: In a previous questions regarding growth stocks you mentioned DHX,QST,and XTC as good selections. All three are multi-baggers and in the case of QST an 8 fold increase in the last three years. Realizing that markets have been strong and that you have no crystal ball how do you recognize these stocks before they become multi-baggers? Would they be speculative as opposed to growth? Could you suggest on or two and what critera did you use to select them? Thank You and wishing a speedy recovery from your accident. Ron