Investment Q&A

Q: Hello Peter & 5i team
Could I have an opinion on management and whether the underlying business will make it pull through its rough patch. Would you guess a 1 or 2 year hold to see a recovery or sooner?
Thanks

Q: Does the decline in gas prices hurt the future prospects of the company ?

Q: With Nike announcing stock splits do you think it is a good long term buy and hold at new levels? When I buy nke does it mean I Nike class A shares or class B shares, does this matter?

From a buyers point of view, does it make sense buy US stocks before or after interest rate hikes? What is the tradeoff likely between stock prices and US$ (assuming one needs to convert CAD to US?

Enjoyed your talk on BNN! Great job. Cheers, Shyam

Q: Thank you for your great service. I dont know if you know this company or not but the stock declined 35% on November 20 as a result of unfavourable future guidance. I have taken a financial hit but fortunately this security is a very small percentage of my portfolio. If you feel comfortable answering the question I would like your opinion as to whether I should sell, add more or hold. Thank You.

Q: Hello Peter,
Could you give me your analysis on Imax and would you prefer it to Disney to take advantage of the strong slate of movies coming up in the next year,
Thank You,
Barry

Q: Good afternoon,

I am thinking of initiating a position in air Canada.
Please give me your opinion on the company and what rating would you give it if covered by 5i.
Seems very cheap on a PE basis when compared to US.
Any possibility of the company initiating a dividend.
Am I missing something about this company with a virtual monopoly and low fuel costs?
Just renewed for two more years.
Thanks
Thomas

Q: Hello -

I am considering selling my Diageo PLC stock and replacing it with either ADW.A or CSW.A for currency/account reasons. Which of those two makes the best long term investment for a dividend growth investor.

Thanks.

Jim

Q: Hi Team,
I have a half position in CSH.UN. I like the space long term and was thinking of adding an equal weight position of SIA at this price.
Do you consider one better value than the other for dividend and share price growth or are they fully valued here? Is there much risk to the downside next 12-18 months?

Thank you

Q: Down on this one. Worthwhile keeping? Or selling and investing in equal amounts in SAVARIA, SENSIO, CONVALO and INSPIRA.
Like so many subscribers, appreciate your service and will renew
my membership for 2 years.
Thanks, Klaus

Q: Hi Team: I have room for only one of CHE or EIF- who gets the nod. can you compare valuation, payouts, and growth outlook? thanks

Q: In response to my last question, you named VLS and XLI as possible industrial etfs. Is VLS a typo; having trouble looking it up.
Thanks for your response to that question and this one.

Q: Can you provide info on this smallcap>

Q: Hello Peter & 5i team,
So far so good in 2015, even though it was a tough year ; the equities (all canadian) I own have generated a 12.6% total return to Nov 20.
But these equities represent 82% of my RRIF portfolio ; this means that I’m sitting on 18% cash which I hesitate to redeploy.
You say that the US economy is pretty strong ; well, I’m not so sure about that. It is rather the best among a lousy bunch; in other words, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed is king.
The S&P 500 rally is of low quality in terms of lack of breadth ; in 2015, its top 10 performing components represent over 100% of the total whereas that ratio was less than 20% in 2014 and slightly more that 10% in 2013. That’s a bad turn of situation.
The relative performance of the Russell 2000 vs the S&P 500 is in decline due to lack of liquidity in the small cap sector (which is the engine of growth). That’s no good either.
The Retail sector (consumer discretionary), which is a very important sector in the US economy, is dominated by only 3 names : Amazon, Netflix and Expedia. That’s hardly reassuring.
The US$ keeps gaining ground ; that causes enormous pressure on Emerging Markets debt and constitutes a substantial headwind on US multinationals profitability.
To top it all, the 2-year US yield is going up contributing to a flattening of the yield curve ; if (and its a big if) this situation perseveres for a few more months, we could face an economic downturn.
This is my rationale as to why I hesitate to redeploy my cash and look forward to your counter arguments,
Thanks as always,
Antoine

Q: Hi
Is there a Canadian small cap fund your team likes?
I tried purchasing the Mawer New Canada Fund, but it's now closed and unavailable to the public.
Any favourites you can suggest?

Thanks

Q: Hi 5i: The stock market situation has changed a lot since I last did any rebalancing. Could you therefore tell me what weights you would now recommend for the 10 TSX sectors. Also, what sectors would you assign to MAL and BOS which Morningstar calls Basic Materials, and to DRT which Morningstar calls Services. Many thanks.

Q: Hi Peter and 5i Team
I'm currently holding Paramount Energy and I've been riding that stock skidding from 13's to 9 after the quarter result. At the current situation of natural gas and oil price, as well as the current company outlook, do you suggest me to keep holding or accumulate more at this level to averaging out? Thanks in advance

Q: Good morning,

I currently hold SPY, VIG and IWO for US exposure in equal amounts representing 8% of my portfolio. Would you recommend switching to/ or adding to these the specific ETFs that you outlined for tech, consumer discretionary and industrial sectors? Also, what portfolio % might you aim for in US currently.

Thanks.

Q: If one has the goal of eventually owning all of the companies in your balanced portfolio, but can't afford all of the companies right now, (keeping in mind which sectors you think have the most potential in 2016, which 5 companies would you buy NOW to take advantage of that potential?

Q: Seems like the European market may finally be showing some signs of life with stimulus on the way. Can you recommend an ETF preferably on the TSX to play the European recovery? Or do you feel that market is not a good bet right now?

Thanks

Q: In response to my inquiry about Inspira's loan payments, Michael indicated they come from the US Government. Does he know if they come directly to Inspira, assigned by the borrowing Doctor, or do they go to the Doctor directly who then remits to Inspira?
Thanks for the info.
Steven