Investment Q&A

Q: Could you suggest ways to invest in short duration mortgages
Thanks
CDJ

Q: Could you comment on the recent drug approval by the FDA for Theratechnologies. Does this seem like a compelling buy with a new product and revenue line?

Q: Re Kim's preferred share question, TD Webbroker publishes a monthly analysis covering the following topics:
Market Commentary
and Strategy ................................................................................................
........................................... 2
Preferred Share
Recommendations ...............................................................................................
................................... 3 - 5
Preferred Share Classes
and Characteristics ...................................................................................
...................................... 6
Preferred Share
Table Notes ...................................................................................................
................................................ 7
Retractable Pref
erred Shares ..................................................................................................
................................................ 8
Rate-Reset Pref
erred Shares ...................................................................................................
....................................... 9 - 19
Floating-Rate-Reset
Preferred Shares ..........................................................................................
................................ 20 - 21
Perpetual Prefe
rred Shares ....................................................................................................
....................................... 22 - 25
Fixed-to-Float Pr
eferred Shares ...............................................................................................
............................................. 26
Floating Rate Pref
erred Shares ................................................................................................
............................................. 27
Split S
hares ..................................................................................................................
................................................. 28 - 29
U.S. Dollar U.S. Iss
ued Preferred
Shares ......................................................................................
............................... 30 - 36 (It's 36 pages)

Also http://www.prefletter.com/ publishes monthly recommended issues. A single copy is about $20

Q: For energy sector I have these four companies. Sure, I am under water with all, but this is probably irrelevant. All offer good dividend, so I have time to wait. They have some debt too, which I don't really like. Please comment on the prospects for these companies: at this moment can you consider them value or value traps? Or, are they a hold? Are the dividents sustainable?

Q: Thoughts on their results ?

Q: In answering a question from Calin about certain energy stocks this morning this morning you said "Because of the weak sector outlook, we would not go too crazy here."
Could you please expand a little on why the sector is perceived to be "weak" and when/why it might get stronger?
Thank you,
John

Q: Another site about preferreds for Kim would be : investingforme.com
They have information under their "Data" section on all most all preferreds
John

Q: Do you know where I can find a cdn stock list that ranks stocks by total return (capital appreciation and dividends) for each year over the last 10 or more years?

Q: Please give our thought on reml-us

Q: Hi;

As WGL is trading significantly under the bid price by ALA for takeover, is buying WGL in an RRSP - USD account a smart play or is there still too much downside risk if the deal does not go through?

DON

Q: Hi 5i team,

Can you help to compare and comment on Square Inc (SQ) and First Data Corp(FDC)? these two company looks working on the similar business and 2 years ago they were similar price and FDC was even higher at some point. FDC revenue is nearly 4 times higher than SQ while market cap is much smaller. Another question is why FDC has so many debt $19.2B, much higher than their total cash of $500M. Maybe this is one of the reason that hurts their stock price ?

Thanks,

Adam

Q: Some research has been done to indicate that in bad economic times, like in a recession, the consumption of alcohol increases. Is there any historical data that supports these findings?Would a company like LIQ benefit from this? What other companies might benefit? Thank you.

Q: Please comment on these three companies. I have a half position on each. I am looking for long term, and they seem to have potential. It is time to load the truck or hold?
Thank you,

Q: Please comment on MAL-s recent Q. What are your thoughts about the future earnings. It seems the equity increased significantly during 2017 and has very little debt.
Thank you

Q: Hello, year end earnings including Q4 didn't look good did they? Without listening to MD&A how do you think things look going forward?
Thanks man

Q: Ttm- Tata motors Adr

Hi, What are your thoughts on TTM adr for a long term? P/E Seems really cheap. Tata is the owner of Jaguar -Land Rover and are coming out with nice cars in India. A really nice Electric car is soon to be released...Thanks. Shyam

Q: How do you see CCL.B fare with the trade issues and if there would be tariffs?
Thank you.

Q: Please advise about graphene and ggg. Thx Phil.

Q: I have been charged with buying $1MM in preferred shares so have to get it right! I ETFs are a good option but is there a site that lists available Canadian preferreds? Are they as relatively scarce as in America?

Thank you.

Q: I was a bit surprised that Intrinsyc was removed from your growth just prior to their results given how good the Q4 results today were and growth year over year in revenues. Judging by the comments on the investor call it seems 2018 well see more growth. What is your thoughts of the results as it relates to the current stock price and valuations for compared to other small cap tech stocks?