Q: Hi Peter and Team - I am thinking of taking a position in Kinaxis. However when I checked the Insider Trading using INK in my TD Waterhouse account it shows net selling of $40,640,658. This seems to be very high plus the Insider ownership seems to be quite low overall. Is this accurate and generally speaking how much can I rely on these insider reports from INK.
Also I understand that Kinaxis is involved in cloud based subscription software but I just couldn't understand much of the rest of the description in my TD Waterhouse site. Would you be able to summarize their business in terms that a relatively non-technical person can understand. Thanks.
Q: If you could add just one company to the Balanced portfolio - without regard to whether there is already another in there from the same sector, what would that company be?
Q: Why is the stockprice stagnating?what are the metrics here and are they losing their cash cushion?
When are their results due and what do you know about insider selling/buying.
Would you put this in a tsfa?or in non reg.
Q: Hi Peter/Ryan and Team, regarding IT in the growth portfolio, your thoughts please! Am I reading this correctly...BINGO! Your thoughts after the conf call. Also, what expectations do you have for this stock tomorrow morning, please? Interesting to say the least!
Thanks!
Q: I am looking for a home for a bit of extra cash - 3-5 year time frame. I own all of the stocks in your growth portfolio at roughly your pro-rata weightings. What are your current favorites for an additional investment. Thanks
This stock is up about 7% this morning which isn't out of the ordinary for a small cap, but what is unusual is the huge volume.
Is there any news?
Gerry
Q: Could you please clarify the recent deal where Imperial Oil has sold its retail ESSO stations to various entitities, including PKI and ATD? In one news article, it seemed to suggest that PKI purchased all of the "On the Run" convenience stores and some of the gas stations. Howefer, in reply to a previous question, you stated that ATD had bought some of the gas stations but it would seem to me that they would want the convenience stores as well, so I am left wondering who purchased what.
Could also comment on how you see the acquistions affecting both ATB and PKI.
Q: I am looking at adding ATD to my consumer staples portfolio. Could you please tell me the difference between ATD.A & ATD.B. They both have the same dividend, but ATD.B share price is approximately a dollar less. Naturally I would choose ATD.B, but is that right decision. Also, do you believe there is a better company in the consumer staples sector other than Couche-Tard. Thanks for your insight … Cal
Q: How would you view a switch from FSV or CIG to ECI? Both offer a lower yield but do they have better growth to make up for it? I have these companies before the split so there would be some capital gains tax. Should I switch out from one(which one) or both to ECI or you think it does not make much of a difference?
Regards
Q: In an environment where the Canadian dollar strengthens Iam wondering which 3 companies in the Balanced Equity Portfolio are most likely to benefit and which 3 would be least likely?
Many thanks
Mike
Q: There are some technicals (MACD, S-T DST) that have turned positive on KST. Would you add to your position at these levels and with future prospects in mind?
Q: Concordia reports Q4('15) on March 23 and TD shows Non GAAP EPS of $1.46 (7 analyst average). Not sure if this is an upgrade from your Jan.27 estimate of $1.12 (GAAP?) or if currency conversion is in play because they report in US$ or it's Bloomberg numbers vs Broker's?
As Ryan mentions in the Oct. blog piece on CRX leverage is the issue to focus on so if they hit their 2016 numbers of ~$6.50 US how much of their $3.48 US BB debt would you expect them to pay down by end of 2016 FY and could this remove the "mini Valeant" tag if they were able to pay down a bunch? Thanks, J.