Investment Q&A

Q: Saw this company from the questions page. Took a quick look at their fundamentals. Wouldn't it have better served the company and investors to do a 10% share buyback then to announce a dividend. That would have retired 25 million shares.

Q: Falling knife? I'm guessing sometime in the next quarter, oil prices will rebound.
Is it worthwhile to begin accumulating at these levels and lower ? Thanks!

Q: Hi,
I’m confused with the last press release of Brookfield on Friday :

""...The transaction will result in the division of Brookfield into two publicly traded companies – the Corporation (Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will be renamed “Brookfield Corporation”) and the Manager with the holders of Brookfield’s class A ………becoming shareholders of the Manager on completion (the “Arrangement”).

• Brookfield Corporation and the Manager will respectively own 75% and 25% of our asset management business;

• the Class A Shares of the Corporation are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) under the new ticker symbol “BN”;

• the Manager’s class A limited voting shares (“Manager Class A Shares”) are expected to trade on the NYSE and TSX under the ticker symbol “BAM”;

• each holder of Class A Shares will receive 1 Manager Class A Share for every 4 Class A Shares held;


It looks like the actual BAM.A shares will be « renamed » BN. And "NewBam" shares issued on 1 for 4 basis. Is it right?


Do you know how long it could take to implement the changes after the Nov9 meeting? 5-10 days? I plan to transfer some shares of BAM out of my RRIF this year and I prefer to wait after the spinoff.

Thanks a lot.

Q: How do you see ZEB and XFN performing going forward in this environment?

Thanks for your service!

Q: I keep thinking it might be time to start buying, but the price just keeps dropping. The TTM P/E is negative but the Globe's data shows a low forward P/E. Is that likely? It was trading below its current stock price prior to Covid so I wonder if it has other avenues currently available to generate profits.

Q: If you held CAE and CJT would you stay with them or buy another industrial stock with the same or better growth profile in this environment? If so, which stock would you recommend?

Thanks for your service!

Q: Your analysis of earnings please

Sheldon

Q: I hold SLF in a non registered account. I’m down 19%. Thinking of selling, buying MFC for 30 days and then buy back SLF. I’m expecting an oversold bounce but a guaranteed tax savings is likely to be higher than the bounce and MLF should be a decent proxy. Flaws in this logic?

Q: I am down >75% on each of these 3 stocks over the past 1+ years. I still have faith in the businesses though, and have a very longterm time horizon. I'm not looking to sell and rather, wondering if each/all of them would be worth adding to (at these significantly lower prices) if looking for long term gains? Thank you.

Q: Hello 5I,
I own the above 2 stocks and am wondering if you still have conviction in these picks? I am currently down on them but wanted to confirm you still like these mid to long term.
Thanks

Q: syz not doing all that well. markets are bad but is there anything particular that is causing deep drop. do you still recommend it. what will it take to get things going.

Q: Down 15% today on 1.2 million shares traded. Settled at a dollar fourteen. Is this market manipulation. There was no news other than Scotia Bank initiating coverage with a sector outperform rating, target price 5 dollars. Only 114 cents to get to zero.

Q: Is this ETF unhedged? Since USD is very high and the world currency has been crushed is this a good time to buy this etf for diversification. Rest of my portfolio is in the US stocks.

Q: Hi,

Can you please give an overall view of this garbage stock..ie balance sheet, 5 year prospect. Also, can this stock be considered has having a moat? Finally, which price point would make it a fair price to enter this stock?

Thank you

Q: What is the best way or stocks to invest in Silver & Gold ?

Q: Hi
I am holding about 50 % cash

Does it make sense to just hold it for a while or put it into USA treasuries. And if so what would be the best choice? Stocks like ztl zvi or zmu or something else

Currently I hold no bonds … mostly dividend stocks like bce- enb- dvn - financials - reits.


Thanks

Q: I believe you have suggested PSA as a means of accessing higher interest on cash and maintaining liquidity and avoiding risk. Is there an ETF that fits this bill for US dollars that you would recommend that trades on NYSE or the TSX? Appreciated as always.

Q: Good Morning,

As the market gets beaten down yields on some very good companies are becoming difficult to ignore.

With a recession in sight yields could possibly get even better.

I am retired and an income investor sitting on substantial cash.

What would be your preferred course of action at this time?

What companies would be most attractive to you?

Thanks

Q: I am in my 80's and am changing my investment philosophy.
Can you suggest 6-8 stocks US or Can that would be in a solid l-o-n-g term growth and income portfolio. I would particularly like stocks that have recently been a little soft.
Thanks
PB

Q: This has really sold off, but from what I hear the industrial sector is doing really strong/there is a lot of demand and not much supply (at least in Canada).

Is this general market weakness or is there something else going on? Do they say if a lot of their debt is fixed rate or floating/are they getting crushed by higher rates? I though most real estate managers used mostly fixed rate.

What do you think of it at this price?