Investment Q&A

Q: Further to you explaining your investment philosophy in your July 9/21 answer to Todd.

Regarding not "averaging down".....how about the situation where you are slowly building a position over time, as funds become available? For example, I am in the process of building a position in Leon's (LNF). I bought in Jan '21-$21.60, Apr '21-$21.95, June '21-$21.65 and plan to buy my last portion when the monies become available in August or September. Each time I review various LNF metrics, as well as recent 5IR questions, and then decide whether adding is appropriate. If I continue to like the metrics/answers and LNF happens to be lower in price, I then feel like I am getting it on sale. Does this rationale make sense to you?

Thanks for your help...Steve

Q: I am waiting for EGLX to ease its decline. Earlier you suggested $7 could be a good entry price. Do you feel it should be purchased at today's price or wait further? Thank you.

Q: MTY Food Group reported excellent earnings today, and the stock climbed 17% as a result. This was despite the fact that there were still 359 of their locations closed at the close of the quarter due to covid. That number is now down to 258, as reopening continues. The eps was 93 cents for the quarter, which would be a run rate of $3.72 for a year, a p/e of about 17, which seems quite reasonable for a growing business. I'm thinking that the results should be significantly better once more of the locations are open, but it is hard to quantify that. How much better do you think the results might look once virtually all of the locations are open? If they are going to be making say, $5.00 a share, the stock looks quite cheap. Do you think this is a good buy at this price?

Q: What do you think about Payfare?

Seems like there is a lot of movement in the stock lately and wanted to know if this is a good time to jump in.

Q: I want to maximize my total return over the next 5 years without taking on excessive risk. Would switching LNF for TOI set me up to accomplish this goal? If the switch will increase risk beyond my expectation, can you suggest another company? Thank you

Q: Good afternoon,

Could you please pass along on how best to take advantage of rising copper prices both using an equity( s) and etf.
Same question as it applies to the semi conductor space.
Please feel free to deduct 2 credits as I have posed 2 questions.

Thank you,
Brad

thank you.

Q: Is Cielo Waste solutions Corp. business model stable or profitable now or in the future? Is it negative or positive Cash Flow now, if negative could it be Cash Flow positive in the future?

Q: Peter, I would appreciate your analysis of Hillcrest Energy.

It looks like it has rebranded itself as a clean energy co. (used to be Hillcrest Petroleum) which may be what has attracted investors, but what are its fundamentals like?

Q: It is my understanding that a 75% Capital Gain Inclusion Rate means simply that 75% of the capital gains are subject to tax. The percentage of tax owing is based on one's income. So if one's income was low enough the tax owed on the capital gain might be less than 75%. Brenda's question and your response seems to suggest otherwise. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
Thanks,
Jim

Q: What would be the best replacement for Photon or would it be better to hold on to cash for a possible correction.

Thanks as always

Thomas

Q: A RECENT GUEST ON MARKET CALL INDICATED CONCERN ABOUT REVENUE GROWTH NOT TRANSLATING INTO EARNINGS GROWTH.
ASSUMING YOU CONCUR WITH THE CONCERN DOES KXS HAVE OR EXPECT TO HAVE THE PRICING POWER OR COST CONTROL TO BRING EARNINGS GROWTH IN LINE WITH SALES GROWTH?
IF YOU DONT SHARE THE CONCERN - WHY?
THANKS, HUGH

Q: Hi 5i,

I own RY; TD; BNS.

Would you sell BNS to buy EQB for diversification for a 5 year hold?

Capital gains not a problem. Any thoughts on EQB would be helpful.

Thanks
John

Q: Is it a red flag when a company has a consistently much higher depreciation and amortization costs on the cash flow statement than it has CapEx spending? I have been researching a small UK company involved in online fraud detection. It is in a good space but this is one thing which worries me, together with rather low cash return on invested capital. Any comments appreciated.

Q: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/biohaven-bhvn-q2-nurtec-preliminary-152303082.html

Could you please comment on the recent results and based on these updated results have your previous concerns that you’ve mentioned in past comments changed for the better…would Biohaven be a take out candidate and with all the higher price targets, the insider buying by the CEO, what a your future thoughts on the company and their balance sheet if they keep this up. Would you buy, sell or hold here? and how would they be able to compete with other big pharma companies in the migraine space going forward?

Q: Like a number of other members I own a full position in BAM. Wondering if you could share your thought on BAMR.
1. What type of insurance company is it
2. Is it worth adding more money to
Does it have the same potential as TSU

Appreciate your opinion Thanks. Chris

Q: Hello 5i Team,
Which will be your first choice for a long term hold? Thank you

Q: This is more of a "HOW TO" type question. There are 2 strategies that I've been thinking may help me react to the next down event like Covid 19, 2023. One is to sell everything early and buy back in once the markets level out. The other is to just buy dividend paying stock and get paid while waiting for the inevitable return of the market.

So, if I adopt strategy 1, how would I actually go about it? It seems obvious there would be more sellers than buyers so would you simply sell at Market and hope you recoup enough $ to rebuild your portfolio, or would you use Limit (ie you feel the market will fall 20%, so set a low limit where you feel below it maybe to damaging or to low $$ with which to rebuild, but low enough where you may get more buyers than sellers using Market.

In strategy 2, the assumption would be No Economy could ever go to zero, there is always some companies who make it through black swan events. So how would I identify those dividend payers who could maintain their dividends or a portion of their dividend in dire market conditions?

Q: Do you see the current price as a reasonable entry point for TRI or would you recommend waiting for a pullback?

Q: Hi team,

Grateful for your views on these companies. Are the strong growth and dividend sustainable ?
Which is the best buy now ?

Gratefully,

Jacques IDS

Q: Re: IPl takeover. I already have a full position in Pembina ,and am ,at this point quite reluctant to trigger any capital gain. In looking at both offers, it seems that the Brookfield offer could be the best for me. Is there anything that I might be missing ? Thank you for your help.
Philip