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Q: Hello, XPO Logistics Inc said on Wednesday it plans to spin off its warehousing and logistics business into a separate publicly traded company.

The freight transportation and truck brokerage businesses will remain with XPO, while the new company will focus on e-commerce fulfillment, owning about 200 million square feet of warehouse space.

The company said it intends to structure the separation as a tax-free transaction to XPO shareholders, and expects to complete it in the second half of 2021.

Brad Jacobs will remain the chairman and chief executive officer of XPO while also becoming the chairman of the new company.

I’ve been a long time shareholder of this company, In your opinion should I let the transaction proceed and do nothing and become a shareholder of 2 companies ? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by jean on December 03, 2020
Q: Good Morning
Where does TEAM fit in after the Salesforce buyout of Slack? Are they now competitors along with Microsoft or are their offerings different and possibly a takeover target themselves?
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Marty on December 03, 2020
Q: Which companies (CAN/ US) and/or ETFs would you recommend to buy today for the best exposure to AI? This would be for an 80 year old investor who wants to allocate 8% of his portfolio to AI.
Thank you for your guidance.
Read Answer Asked by Yvonne on December 03, 2020
Q: Hope all is well! Can you please walk me through the PSTH SPAC? From my understanding, units were originally sold at $20 and each unit consists of one share of common stock and a warrant for one-ninth of a share. With PSTH now at $25.40, if the market hates their proposed deal can you walk me through downside scenarios?
If shareholders vote down the eventual deal or there is no deal before deadline can you redeem for $20 and have a max loss of $5.40?
Is it correct to assume that the only way to lose more than $5.40 would be if the market doesn’t like the deal, shareholders still approve the deal ($20 floor goes away) and then the stock drifts lower on the back of company prospects?
I am interested because of Ackman involvement and the high implied vol on the shares in the options market. I am considering various bullish strategies (selling puts, risk reversals and covered calls) but just trying to develop a clear understanding of downside risks if the market hates their deal, shareholders vote down the deal or no deal happens.
I see the $23 strike warrants trading for around $9.20 with an 07/24/2025 expiration date, do only original unitholders get warrants or will unitholders that buy today and hold through a deal get a warrant for every 9 shares?
Thanks for your guidance!
Read Answer Asked by Angus on December 03, 2020
Q: What are your thoughts on Pacific Gas & Electric now that it has exited bankruptcy after the wildfires caused by their equipment?
I see a new CEO, new board and was interested to see that it is now David Tepper's largest position at Appaloosa, Dan Loeb's largest position at Third Point and Baupost just made it a top ten position. Is this a good rebound play as California's largest utility? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Angus on December 03, 2020
Q: Hi 5i team,
The market is not very impressed with either CRM’s guidance and/or purchase of WORK. This pits CRM directly against MSFT in the work collaboration space. Is this a wise move by CRM? Is this a good entry point for CRM or is MSFT the better long-term bet?
Thanks again for the insight.
Dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on December 02, 2020
Q: I have done well with Canadian micro and small caps over the past 25 years , in large part because that is where I have found the biggest growth opportunities as the share prices are often not at all reflective of the actual and potential earnings. There seems to be far fewer opportunities in Canada (ex commodities) to make largish investments ( minimum of $50,0000) and am looking to American micro and small caps. From your experience would you say that there are much more opportunities to find bargains in the US exchanges or are American investors more aggressive and bigger risk takers so that there is less mispricing?
Tangentially, it would be educational for me to see how the 5i team goes developing a thesis for purchasing a stock.
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Murray on December 02, 2020
Q: Peter and Ryan: Firstly let me congratulate you both on the launch of i2i and I look forward to your information rollout in the near future.
While I wait maybe you can give me some direction on two US stock that are dragging down my foreign portfolio. Both EBS and CHGG have preformed poorly this past month, should I cut my losses and redeploy elsewhere or hang in and wait?. I am open to new ideas and have a high risk tolerance.
Read Answer Asked by John on December 02, 2020
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