Investment Q&A

Q: Do you see the regulators changing the rules for what non prime lenders can charge to help Canadians and essentially the client base of GSY and how would that impact on the company and the stock. Why do you think the stock sold off so much today?

Q: Can I please get your opinion on the above stocks? Would you consider these bargains at these prices if one is expecting this turbulence not be last longer than one quarter? How sustainable do you view their dividends if we enter a brief recession? I'm wondering whether to get greedy while others are fearful.

Thanks for the great service!

Q: Just curious which Canadian listed ETF's you would hold for the quickest rebound. I hold XUS,XWD,ZQQ,ZUT,ZEB.
Thanks
Carl

Q: As we go through this cycle of the economy shutting down, stimulus to keep the lights on, and a restart of the economy... in Canada are we looking at inflation or deflation for the short or long term?
Thanks!

Q: Hi Guys
Quite struck by how much WPT has fallen given it is supposed to own mainly distributions centres like Amazon, which are apparently going gangbusters. Am I wrong here? What do you think about WPT at these levels. Are they also owners of regular Industrial properties that maybe more susceptible to a recession?

Thanks

Stuart

Q: Thank You for continuing to be the voice of reason for the amateur like me!!

What ETF's are best for 5-10 year hold for the following markets
US S&P, UK, Germany, China, Russia, Asia (general), South America (general), Africa (general). Looking to take advantage of weakness and average in.

Q: Dear 5i team,
Would you have concerns to buy a really small number of any of these, say 50 shares, none are in my portfolio. The prices seem very attractive and I have not sourced key info that would say ‘no’ but I’d like to check in with you in in case I’ve overlooked something.
Which would you say is best, and no worries if you consider them all a ‘no’ right now.

In the energy arena, in light of several posts about bankruptcies, could you enlighten further please:
- are there any that stand out as being at greatest risk of that happening
- for big/medium names like ENB, CNQ, SU, KEY for example, would you consider them solid enough to be ‘immune’ to bankruptcy (assuming they are not in your group of ‘greatest risk’)

As a dividend investor, do you as a team ever produce a list of stocks most at risk/greatest likelihood of cutting dividends? Are most investors surprised by dividend cuts or is there a set of clear indicators that a cut is coming?

Thank you!

Q: Hi Peter

What % breakdown would you suggest for Horizon portfolio in cash account under current situation for new money. ( I currently have 50%HXCN/ 25%HXS/ 25%HXQ)? or suggest any changes. I don’t like bonds.

Thanks

Q: Hello 5i
Could you please compare the ‘87 vs the current crash in terms of depth of declines and the time it took to rebound to precrash levels?
Thanks
Dave

Q: Peter, All Canadians and many Canadian businesses are being asked to
"lean-in" , and most are doing so.
Q1: If you take away its profit motive, what CAN the TMX do to help us exit "crazyville" ? ( eg: uptick rule, tollbooth for the algos, ban the shorts, etc)
Q2: If you remove "regulatory capture" from the OSC, what can they do, if anything ?
Thanks in advance for your usual unbiased perspective !

Q: Air Canada is now trading below 3x past earnings. Appreciating that they have a solid balance sheet and look likely to have pockets deep enough to ride this out, as well as a likelihood of a bailout and plenty or room to grow post outbreak, any thoughts on low enough?

Q: What are you thoughts on this stock after the massive correction post earnings? I was fortunate to get off a portion of my position at the top. Thanks.

Q: Can you give your thoughts on this? I held it for a while and sold much higher but it's looking good again for income. Has it cut its dividend before? Do you have concerns about it? Thank you!

Q: Pembina seems to have taken a much bigger hit than Enbridge. Why?

Q: I have a very large position in MRU. It is proving resilient. With an interest in rebalancing my holdings and with energy so decimated, would it be a good time to take a portion of my MRU and switch to SU ? In a sense this is switching between two strong long-term retailers; Metro and Metro-Canada.

Q: GSY: From 80,6$ to 36,5$.
Possibility of ±120% if going back to higher price

DOO: From 75,4$ to 29,3$
Possibility of ±157% if going back to higher price

AC: From 52,7$ to 15,5$
Possibility of ±240% if going back to higher price

1) Which one have the most chance at getting back to the higher price the fastest?
2) For a 12-18 month time frame, which one could recover faster?

Q: Hi. Do you have any idea why UTX is down so sharply today? Would it be related to the spin off of Otis? I have a 3.3% position in it and was considering bringing it up to 4%. Should I do that now, wait a while or look elsewhere? thanks for your great effort these past few months, it is greatly appreciated!

Q: Good Day Team,
I purchased AC this year at $50.00 a share. Sort of feel lost now as to whether Hold, Sell, or Buy. Would you please give me advice to what you would do.
Have been thinking of purchasing the same amount of shares as previous to off set this loss for when things begin to improve again.
Thank you kindly,
John G.

Q: I have a question about Real Matters Inc. I know the market is down generally but a 40% haircut in one day! Have you heard anything?

Q: With Alberta hurting and oil prices crashing would you consider the western bank safe.