Investment Q&A

Q: Greetings, Peter and Staff.
I find High Arctic Energy to be a very frustrating stock. The company appears to be great while the stock is not. If the stock begins to move up, it invariably gets whacked.
The stock has been doing better recently but today it took a big hit. The stock dropped $0.27 (7+%) in the last two or three minutes of trading for the week. I am concerned that HWO may be the target of a short attack so I will be watching for a very negative analyst report by Monday.
Am I paranoid? Can you help me understand what happened at the close?
With much appreciation for your excellent service.

Q: Hi 5i Wish I had stayed with my chosen drip company a few years ago but didn't. Would like a suggestion of one or two companies, sector doesn't matter, that you might suggest buying for drip purposes that I can put away for many years. Would most likely be in a tfsa. Thx Gerry

Q: What are some of the major risks you see for WPK in the upcoming future? Lastly, could you please explain how the current Canadian dollar helps the company's bottom line?

Q: I still own this - should I sell or do you think it will be bought out?
Thanks for your advice!

Q: I bought Cineplex for growth and have made a very nice gain on it. I wonder with it at over $50.00 if there is much more growth left in the short term and it might be time to sell for a better growth stock.
Thank you.
Maggie

Q: Peter - I know your opinion on STB however, I am looking to park some cash in one of my Wife's non-registered accts. Also considering KEG.UN; AW.UN; or BPF.UN. The rational is simply to pickup a 5-10% dividend over the next 6+ months until the market turns. Your guidance is appreciated.

Q: Hi- what do you think of Rocky Mountain now? They seem to have more than enough earnings and cash flow to cover the dividend- might they swing their business at all to benefit from infrastructure spending? Are they in a trough here?
Thanks

Q: hi
wondering your thoughts on Trez, looks like the share price is on the mend. divi is 10%
David Cockfield gave it a thumbs up and he owns it to night on Market Call. thanks

Q: For each of the following sectors which 2 TSX dividend paying stocks would you chose for a 3 to 5 year hold
Cons Discr, Cons Staples, Info Tech, Utilities and Materials

Q: JD on BNN today says ROE on VRX is 40+%. How does one arrive at that number?
What would CXR's ROE be according to your sources?

Q: sorry for another vrx question. when 5i removed vrx from the model portfolio what were the main reasons for removing vrx then?

Q: Hello 5i team,
My 49 year old brother-in-law finally opened up his first online broker account (after 8 years of me bugging him to start investing). He has $26,000 in his TSFA. I have a few ideas, but I'm wondering which companies you would start a rookie investor in?
Thank you,
Brent

Q: I've enjoyed holding ATD.B through several splits, but it's now 16% of my otherwise reasonably balanced portfolio. I will need to reduce. Can you suggest a stock to buy that might shine almost as brilliantly as ATD.B? I have some DOL, BYD.UN and wonder if I should buy more? Thanks for all your help.

Q: I watched Jason Donville's BNN interview and he certainly raised some valid points.The media needs to take more responsibility in perpetuating reports that,to their knowledge,may or may not have any validity.Without some sort of regulation many retail investors can be wiped out and without retail investors the stock market becomes ,to some extent, ineffective.The time should be long gone when any one individual can say anything he or she desires to control the market.Comment please! Don.

Q: Hello team, GIL has not been performing that well lately (seasonality?). What do you expect from their earnings when they report Nov. 12. Does the strength of the $US affects them?
Thank you.

Q: I read that TA was near sale before the deal fell through. Can you guess possible price range that this company would be sold for or percent premium to present trading price. Thank-you
Best Regards
Harold

Q: VRX isn't enjoying CRX's bounce. Is it facing stiffer headwinds because of direct accusations of fraud versus CRX's guilt by association, or do you think there's something else at work here e.g. it's business model needs to change, reducing profits going forward.
Bought CRX on the way down, is that trying to catch a falling knife or dollar cost averaging!! Average price $42, so fairly happy here, at least for the moment. Just wondering if there's an opportunity with VRX at this level or avoid altogether. My sector weight with CXR, GUD, PHM, PLI is 13%.
TGIF and thanks Peter.

Q: I will use Valeant as my example. When someone attacks your stock
And it is in serious decline why not call a news conference immediately. Refute the claims and announce a huge share buyback and have the short sellers squeezed.

Why do you not favour short sellers?

Q: I read the link to the Citron report provided here the other day and saw Mr Left on BNN yesterday. Bot the report and the interview revealed, im my opinion, were over-the-top to the point of being cartoonish. Citron's motives are obviously highly questionable. However, I can't help but think that Valeant doesn't own some responsibility for this. Why would Valeant not want to get out in front of this matter sooner? Why has Left done all the talking this week, while we have had so little info come from VRX?
The problem may very well be that Citron is correct in their accusation, and that VRX really wasn't sure what to say about it. It may be a small part of their overall sales, and the Enron comparison may be ridiculous, but it is possible that VRX got caught doing something wrong and can't refute it. That gave Citron a golden opportunity. Maybe we will learn more Monday. Just my 2 cents. Thx.

Q: Could you please give me your top two recommendations for each of the following sectors: consumer discretionary and consumer staples?