Investment Q&A

Q: Howdy:
With Eric Sprotts recent involvement and the price of Gold edging upwards, where do you see this company’s share price over the coming months?

Thanks in advance..
Stan

Q: Hi there,
When there is a corporate takeover and one receives a fraction of the new shares, that fraction of a new share may be paid out as "cash in lieu". Is that cash in lieu treated as a capital gain/loss or is it considered dividend income?
Thank you.

Q: Hi team
the stock SPB takes a beating for the last 7 days
were there any more bad news or just the market trend?
is it a value trap

for new money to buy for dividend and income
would one be better off in FTS or EMA as less risks?
thanks
Michael

Q: Hello 5i!
Down 70% on this one, dump and move on? Can't believe how its been beaten down. I can wait at this point, there is not much left anyways. Your thoughts please.
Cheers!

Q: Hello Peter and Co,
My 20 year old grandson has opened a TFSA with $22000 in cash, and is asking for advice how to start investing. Our suggestion is that he put a fairly large amount into an index fund ETF, such as VFV, and then buy several individual stocks with the rest. They would be small positions (~$2500 per stock) but a good way for him to start learning, and with markets down, the timing seems quite fortuitous.
He is considering the following:
100 shares VFV: ~$7500
40 shares GSY: ~$2500
35 shares BEP.UN: ~$2500
1 share AMZN: ~$2500 (CAD)
7 shares NVDA: ~$2500 (CAD)
200 shares VET: ~$2500
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TOTAL: ~$20000

We had also suggested CSU, SHOP, KXS, PKI, TTD, GOOG, AAPL, ROKU, FB

What do you think of the above approach, and what changes might you suggest? I realize VET stands out as quite risky, but should probably do well long term.
Are there any sectors or stocks or ETF that you would suggest adding/replacing? Obviously he has a multi-decade time horizon.
Thanks for your sage advice!

Q: Was thinking of buying GSY in TFSA now that it has dropped to the 53$ mark. My only real concern is that we go into a recession and loan losses increase. Seems that their loans go towards higher risk borrowers and with possible job losses / lay-offs during a recession the ability to repay these loans decreases. Am I thinking correctly?

Q: The report is excellent. I own 4 of the 10 BYD CSU CAE KXS. I plan to add modestly to these names. of the names I don't have I will okk at TMX adw plc . I need to rea the report again.
of the US stocks I have JPM dropped a lot say compared to TD . Shoud I add JPM. Among
Some of the other US stocks I have is SBUX SQ DIS . Any cooments on these will be helpful

Q: I started picking away at these names a week ago and bought half positions in each (I'm always too early!!). I'll probably look to buy the other half in each this week if we get more spikes to the downside. I'm a relatively longer term holder (say next 5-10 years at least). With respect to IHI I usually stick to individual stocks but took a look at the top 10 holdings and decided they were all good companies so just bought the ETF. Do you see any issue holding these names?

Q: I understand JNJ resold the rights to purrell to gojo a while back. This company I understand is private. Is there a publicly held company that manufactures hand sanitizer. It is hard to find any anywhere and I imagine when found the price will have gone up dramatically. Maybe an investable theme?

Q: Read about JWEL in the Globe this morning. Am thinking of doing some research on this company- I have a lot of their product in my bathroom. Any thoughts?

Q: On today (Friday) .... and on the Half Time Report, Rob Sechan expressed the opinion that, for investors looking for long term reliable dividends, HIGH QUALITY MLP’s could play an important role. I believe you have had justifiable reservations in the past ( just don’t remember the details). I would appreciate your thoughts on this as part of a dividend/ income focused portfolio.
Can you recommend a few high quality MLP’s that might be part of his thought process .... and I do understand your more limited focus on US markets.

I do not believe there are any MLP’s in Canada. Or am I wrong? Thanks once again.

Q: Do theses companies like ARX and Sgy have hedges in place ?

Q: Can you recommend a company that produces/sells hearing aids?

Q: Now that Vermillion has cut it's dividend does it fit that other high dividend energy stocks like ARX and Sgy may follow suit or are they sustainable.?

Q: What do you think of the long term prospects of ARX and is now a good entry point?

Q: Today's Special Report I would rate at the top of all reports.
Timely & useful. Thanks

Q: Thanks for todays report. I found it useful and have shared ti with a friend

Q: Distributable cash dropped 36 cents a share which seems quite large. Is there any reason for this?
Thanks
Mike

Q: I had been thinking abut buying JPM. How will the current market affect JPM and do you consider it a buy? At what price would you be interested?
ThanksJudy

Q: I've held this company since 2012. Fortunately, I have taken profits several times over the 8 years. With the decline I am undecided on adding to this position or liquidating. Only a 1% position. Based on the fact sheet on their website trailing earnings are sitting at 17.4x PE. Can you please tell me what you have for forward earnings estimates? thanks.