Investment Q&A

Q: I bought CRH mid April and to date my loss is 70%. Is it time to sell and buy sis or hold for a longer term.

Q: In your answers regarding this company you indicate additional comments
are posted in the question and answer section and another member thanks
you for the running commentary. I thought I was in the question and answer section but can't find anything other than what you give in the answers. Could you please clarify this for me
Thank you Dave.

Q: I bought CSU at $110 ish in 2012 and sold at $600 ish in 2016, needed the money. I would like to buy it back for a five year hold. Is it a good time to but it now.

Thanks as always.

Clayton

Q: The only news item I could find re Telus was an announcement that they were to support the Vancouver Santa Claus parade. Tell me that spending $150,000 on a charity event has resulted in the spike in price today.

Q: Hi, Shopify has bounced from recent lows. If you were still managing money would you participate in this uptrend or wait until the release of upcoming earnings.

Thanks!

Q: Hello 5i
Thanks for the ongoing commentary on company.

Would you please comment on what you believe to be the drag on the stock price?

It has been written about downgrade, share overhang thru year end and investors moving out of income names.

I am in this for income but not interested in going to zero while I collect monthly payments. Also supporting my buy decision was the expectation for company to follow through with one more dividend increase in 2017, and the fact they have cash building up due to 60% payout ratio. On the latter, management commented they would decide on cash use in Q1 2018. Do these aspects ring true in your review of the situations?


THANKS
Dave

Q: Stock has been lagging for the past few months. Is the market just ignoring the stock? Does it remain a solid growth story, or more of an income play. Thank you very much.
Karim

Q: Hi Peter,

The recent drop in value for KXS is somewhat perplexing if this is solely attributed to the loss of one customer. We don't own the stock today but it is next on our list to purchase 1/2 to a full position. Do you recommend waiting for another few days or longer to purchase or would you purchase KXS now while it is exhibiting weakness?

Thank you for your advice

Debbie and Jerry

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

With the demise of Sears and the "old news story" about the relationship between Sears and Easy Financial, does this have any negative implications for GSY going forward?

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/goeasy-announces-point-of-sale-financing-venture-with-sears-canada-tsx-gsy-2107178.htm

There's been bad press about Sears not honoring warranties among other aspects of Sears demise, and Easy Financial was mentioned since they took over from Chase Bank when, I presume, Chase Bank "saw the writing on the wall".

My wife holds GSY in her RRSP and it's been a stellar performer so far. Hopefully it will continue to be.

Thanks in advance for your insight.

Q: What is the consensus for Q3's revenue, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net earnings?

Q: Totally confused!!Any reason(s) for a 10% haircut after recent good Q plus largest contract ever.Is it good time to start a pos.& how much.Thanks for u usual great services & views

Q: I have owned GSY for a few years now and I'm very happy with my returns but how can a company that is showing good growth, has a growing dividend, consistently beats earnings (with several blow out quarters), be trading at around 10x next years earnings. I realize people don't like the industry but it just makes no sense. What am I missing?

Q: Hi Peter, l am looking in to buying gps today. Any thoughts?. Thanks .Alnoor

Q: In your Balanced Equity portfolio, you hold both ATD.b and PKI. I thought PKI was a smaller version of ATD.b with gas stations and convenience stores. ATD.B is classified as a Consumer Non-cyclical while PKI is classified as Energy. Why the difference? Both have done nothing lately. Which one would you prefer for long-term growth. Also, ATD.b is not rated while PKI is a B. Does this impact your preference or not?
I am new to this site but love the Q&A.
thanks
dave

Q: First, thanks for the great service. My question is about Enbridge, do you think tax loss selling will be an issue for Enbridge and possibly cause further price depreciation ? Thanks Steve

Q: Can you please comment on pay out ratio based on cash flow versus earnings? Specifically, how long can a company continue paying out of cash flow when earning won't cover the distribution before it becomes a problem.

Q: Is PHO still a buy at current price? Thanks always.

Q: What's going on with ITC? Was down over 10% this morning, has recovered a little. I'm not seeing any news releases today.

Q: Thoughts on the PLI line of credit announced today? Thanks.

Q: Hi, Our investment portfolios across family are made up of a combination most companies from Balanced Portfolio, some from Income portfolio and a few others like CM(10%- reasons of affiliation), TD (3.5%), CWB(1.5%), JWEL(1.5%), RPI.un(2.5%). Objective is Mostly growth and income.
I am grateful to 5i research team for recommending companies like CSU,PBH,TOY,SIS, KWH.un and CCL.b and providing timely and consistent updates, resulting in substantial gains. Many of these successful companies would have escaped my attention, if not for your valuable advice.

My question is about a few stocks, listed in subject line, which, during my YTD review, continue to show decline in value (although we have in built gains in all of these). Except SYZ and ENB others are inside RRSP's. Does it make sense to liquidate a part of these holdings and deploy capital elsewhere ? Total value of above is about 15% of my portfolio with SYZ being the largest, 6% and GUD being the smallest,1%.

Thanks again for the excellent service !!