Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,
We have owned PHO for many years and I was planning on adding it. However over the past 5 years it has been rather choppy and not as consistent compared to xylem. Should we stay with PHO or switch into a different water stock? If you were me what would be your top choice in this sector? Looking for growth and consistency with 10 year plus time frame. Thanks
Kerri

Q: Thanks to your recommendations I have a nice profit on Itron. I have been looking at Energizer (ENR) and it seems to have good projected upside for the next year and also yields a modest 2.2% dividend. Do you think a switch from ITRI to to ENR would be a good move at this time? Why or why not? Thanks.

Q: To add to your response to John this morning regarding sources for latest company news, you can often get up-to-the-second information about a company by searching Twitter using the company's ticker symbol with a dollar sign in front of it, and clicking the "Latest" tab. A couple caveats: the signal-to-noise ratio can be extremely low, and it will return tweets about all companies using the same ticker from all exchanges. Searching with $DWS in this manner cites BNN as the reason for its big move in line with 5i's response, but also returns news spam from dubious financial websites and info about DWS Group, which shares the same ticker. Nonetheless this method can frequently provide quick satisfaction during those what-the-heck-is-going-on moments!

Q: Hello 5i team,
I want to add some funds to the energy and financial sectors and I currently hold both ENB and FSZ from the model portfolios. Both have had increasing dividends for the past 5 years but both have also gone down in the past year.

I was wondering if you have any idea why FSZ has declined and if it is still ok to add to both these holdings?

Thank You,
Andrew

Q: Greetings 5i,

Why is Ford so out of favour? 5.5% div and near 52 week and 5 year lows. With the current Trade concerns is it perhaps oversold? I certainly like the product.

Cheers!

Q: OSTK dipped 45.50 , then went up to 47. Should have sold but did not. Now it is at 35.50. I do not need tax loss. Should I dump it now or wait for it to come back? Do you have a sense of what is happening as it goes down even when US market is up last 2 days. Thanks. helen

Q: both of these companies have been getting killed especially covalon,maybe covalons mediclear is not getting the acceptance it wants, and they are at a conference this week where they are promoting mediclear, as for reliq i know it is still up a lot but lately also gettng killed.can you comment.
dave

Q: This one is crashing too.
Are all these small caps pump and dumb?

Q: I was wondering if you have comments on the recent Citron report re: Shop. Any valid concerns in your view?

Q: What is the best place to get the very latest news on Canadian companies? Free would be best but I would be willing to pay if it was a good service. I see moves in stocks I own and then often have to “Google” the company and find the relevant news. What does 5i use, Morningstar?
On this note, I see a move in DWS-X today with big volume, but could not find any news. Do you know what this is about?
Thanks
John

Q: Can you give me an opinion on XBC trading at 0.64 cents on the Venture EX. This has a good # 9 rating on Thompson Reports
Thank you
Eric

Q: Why are these two stocks dropping so much? The dividends are great. Thinking of half a position in each.

Q: Of the top 6 Canadian Banks, can you rank their exposure to the US from the least to the most exposure?

Q: What do you think about Facebook? Would you be a buyer if it keeps dropping?

Q: Folks,

Wondering if you are seeing value here at this dramatically reduced price. Last earnings release seemed positive going forward.

Thanks

Q: for growth intl, could you rate these three. Thanks.

Q: Hello 5
I am up $886 with ABBV. Time to sell given the problems or stick with it for about 10 year outlook for the dividend?
thanx
Stanley

Q: Kinaxis had an Investor day on Tuesday March 27.
Does the drop of 2.56% have anything to do with any comments made by management during this session?
Thanks for your info.
Albert

Q: Any comments on Badger earnings? Numbers look good, big dividend increase, shares buy-back and the US tax changes are helping earnings already.
Do you think all this can rattle the shorts?

Q: Hello Peter/5I reserch
Now that Nvidia has suspended self driving cars , what will this mean to the stock price going forward.

Thanks