Investment Q&A

Q: In my well diversified portfolio, these are losers. I do not need the cash. Which in your view are not worth holding? I am content to hold on for any possible turnaround.

Q: Good morning Peter and Team,

You have said that you prefer to "sell the losers". What criteria would you suggest to decide what to sell, and when
to sell it? Specifically, in a balanced portfolio, I am frustrated with HLF as it's down 28%. Your recent answer to Lee
in which you expressed disappointment in their earnings release has caused me to question continuing to hold HLF.

In the Consumer Staples sector, we hold ADW.A, ATD.B, ECI, HLF, PBH, and SAP. We also have a small amount of XST for re-balancing as it's a commission-free ETF in our iTrade account. (I happily note that XST is a top-performing ETF in the Canadian Money Saver).

If we were to dump HLF, what would you suggest we add to among our existing holdings in this sector? My feeling is that there are better opportunities elsewhere, but as always, I appreciate your insight and advice.

Q: Can you comment on High Liner Foods earnings and outlook for 2017.

Q: about HLF and CLR,those companies look tempting right now.
Where do you see the bottom for those and do you see much more downside risk here?
You still like HLF the best?
When do their financials come out?

Q: Can you please describe the key differences between these two seafood companies aswell as identify your preference for growth with a bit of income. I am interested in the sector in general and both stocks have pulled back of late.
Do you think either is attractive at these levels? I have very little overall exposure to the food/consumer sector as is.

Thanks!

Q: After the latest earnings reports, which would you prefer?
Thanks for all your great advice!

Q: Could you comment on High Liner's latest earnings. Were they really bad enough to warrant an almost 20% drop in price? Would you consider this a buying opportunity?

Q: I was trying to compare Premium Brand "PBH") with Highliner Foods ("HLF"), sorry I got my symbols mixed up.

Q: Own HLF took the ride down and back up at a nice profit but is there anymore left. Like the rationnalisation story im progress. Dowgraded at Scotia this morning due to price runup but it looks cheap to me on a forward p/e basis ? Thinking of maybe switching to PBH which is a lot more expensive on p/e basis.
Would like your take on these stocks ?
Thanks for the ongoing learning process !

Q: Would you please give your analysis of Clearwater and High Liner regarding growth,debt level,dividend growth,etc.and which you would recommend for a 1 to 2 year hold and why. Thanx.

Q: Hi Team, I held hlf last year and every quarter my frustration increased, all of this to say that this company can't seem to report 2 good quarters in a row. Now that the hurd seems to be piling into the stock again, I am thinking of shorting the stock around $25 or slightly below. What do you think?

I am also thinking of a pair-trade long pbh if I can pick it up around 56-58.

Q: The following is an excerpt from High Liner's website that probably contributed to the steep increase in share price yesterday:

"On August 16, 2016, High Liner Foods entered into a purchase and sale agreement ( the "Agreement") with Blue Harvest Fisheries, whereby Blue Harvest will acquire the assets of High Liner's scallop business, along with its facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Under the Agreement, High Liner will receive cash proceeds of $8 million for the business and facility, plus additional amounts for High Liner scallop inventories. Following completion of the transaction, High Liner will continue to offer scallops to its customers through an ongoing supply agreement with Blue Harvest. The transaction is expected to close within the next several weeks. The scallop processing facility was fully operational at the time the Agreement was entered into, but value-added fish operations had ceased at this facility in mid-July 2016, following the transfer of this production to the Company's other manufacturing facilities."

Q: Hello team, Your analysis please on HLF results.
Thank you!

Q: Why the big increase on High Liner Foods today Aug.16 of over .12 percent, and on Stella-Jones is the decrease done or what is a good entry point to buy, thus is HLF overdone on the up side and is SJ overdone on the down size, thank you in advance.

Q: Hi
I have a half position in the above 3 Rogers B, Thomson R, and high liner, all are on the uptrend
I am a conservative investor holding stocks that pay me a dividend while I wait
how would you rank the above 3 stocks in terms of value and safety
and which one would you like to see me adding to ?
I have BCE in my portfolio as income as well.
thanks

Michael

Q: Good morning...just making some adjustment on portfolio...Chartwell and Sienna make up 9% of portfolio with gains, HLF at loss 3.5 %...I would like to sell HLF, reduce Chart or Sienna to 5%...which one would you sell? Then proceeds to from HLF and Seniors to either SIA or PBH... portfolio approx 20 stocks and includes many of your recommended names..

Thanks
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Q: Would you be a buyer of HLF today? I know you prefer CLR. I currently own PBH and wondered if HLF/CLR would be good addition or would Loblaw be a better choice.

Thanks
Dolores

Q: This might be a tough question but I am pretty sure you would have seen it before. I need strategic help. I can’t seem to sell a losing stock. I am paralyzed by the fear that by selling I lock in the loss. Or that at the current price it is actually the time to buy the stock.
Surprisingly even with this list of losers my portfolio is actually up. Much to the credit of 5i. So I don’t need to sell but can’t help thinking that the money could be put to better use. I am also pretty sure that there could be different advice for each stock. But anyway here is my list. What do you think? Sell or hold?
Please take as many question points as you feel is appropriate.
TMA -21%
GH -20%
GS -30%
HLF -33%
PM -25%
WEF -20%
AYA – 45%
CXR -34%
PHM – 79%

Q: Good morning
I am down about 35% on HLF...was thinking of shifting to RRX in hopes of recouping losses over the next 12 to 18 months...currently in one account do not have exposure to oil/gas sold off last year...no tax concerns...have quite diverse portfolio...hoping for growth will need to liquidate in 24/36 months...residency requirements...

Thanks