Investment Q&A

Q: Could you please comment on their recent financing. One of their Intended use of financing funds seemed to be to repurchase their own shares? Selling shares to buy their own shares doesn’t seem to make sense unless they had plan to Drive the share Price down.
Do you think they are planning a big buy Or a series of acquisitions like their Sister company Phm.
What is your going forward perspective on vmd. They seem to be in an ideal market area (ventilators) and able or pull in funds very cheaply and their shares seem to have consolidated. Thank you for the great unbiased advice you provide us diy investors.

Q: Have risks regarding the takeover increased lately, what concerns need to be watched? As a shareholder what action do you advise at this time? Same question on both of these companies.

Q: Good day, 5i According to my information, Suncor has a -43% payout ratio for their dividend. Is this accurate, and what do you think of the chance of a dividend cut? Thank you in advance.

Q: Someone asked about a basic book on investing. A clear explanation of how investing works and how to understand various ratios etc. Is a small book by jason Kelly, called , "The Neatest Little Guide To Stock Market Investing". It is not Buffer or Dodds, but he does give a brief description of their styles, but i think it is quite useful. It is maybe fifteen years old and has had various editions. I know there is a free pdf version available on the web. I didn't post it because i don't know the legality of it. I think it is probably an earlier version that is now out of print. But i don't think the version matters that much. It is just basic information

Q: Good afternoon 5I.
Today Chris had a question regarding where to put his money from his home sale. You guy suggested a one year GIC that's paying 2.15 %.
My question is who is offering this GIC?

Thanks

Q: Hi Guys,

My patience is finally paying off for holding Pivot given today's announced takeover offer @ $2.60/share. In your opinion, any chance of a competing bid ? Any recommendations for a dividend paying tech stock to replace PTG in portfolio.

Thanks

Dave

Q: If you own 10 stocks in a Margin Account, and 1/2 have huge Gains with the other 1/2 having Small Losses, WHICH would you sell first to satisfy the Margin Call?

Thanks! Austin

Q: Hi 5i - what does the Lightspeed US IPO mean for current shareholders? The stock is trading down following the announcement today. Appreciate your perspective on this announcement. Thanks

Q: If you were to start an resp now, would you consider these etfs as suitable or a combination thereof,or do you have alternatives? Thanx.

Q: good day....the headline in the Globe and Mail that caught my attention is the murky role of SoftBank Group Corp. in fuelling the tech sector’s recent surge...by buying options.
with that astonishing news, what lies ahead for cautious investors like me?........like sell and take profits in US listed tech positions?.......thanks for your take........Tom

Q: PGM is doing well the last couple of days as Red Lake seems to making the news. Is theer any other news to support the increase? Dam Dan

Q: I've just sold my house, and the cheque has been deposited into my Investorline non-registered account. Not quite sure what to do with it for the next few months. I've read the comments on PSA, and you've suggested money market funds too. I don't know anything much about them - is that something you buy online, or through Investorline? What would be your recommendation?
Thank you

Q: Good day I‘M looking for a few easy to understand, safe apps, where I can learn to paper trade then a few books for a young, first time investor

What info is best to relate to a new investor

Thank you appreciate your time

Q: your thought about SU and the electric culture going forward.

Q: Both of these companies are in cyber security. How do they compare and which one is preferred given the substantial correction currently.
Thank you, Team!

Q: Re the massive purchase last week by Softbank of call options of tech stocks which your message says caused the sudden price ramp up in the market, and led investors to rapidly sell once they found out about the Softbank purchase (and it seem are still vigorously selling), can you suggest a way to avoid the big losses that rookie investors like me have been having as a result? I was thinking about how to communicate such qualitative information, since most investors are aware of the quantitative info sources. Could you consider adding a market barometer that becomes active when such significant events occur with maybe a couple bullet points to explain the rise or fall ? In any case, your good advice remains exceptional and many in my category are much further ahead because of it.

Q: Hi team

I have held this for years, not going anywhere, lost some money

would you say that Europe could do better next year ?
or the Brexit and the Cov-19 is making the economic prediction worse in
the next 12-24 months ?
I could replace it with one of the Mawer International funds which I have
thanks
Michael

Q: In an earlier question, you answered that you’re not a fan of buying options. Was that specific to short-term options? What’s your opinion on long-term call options as a buy-and-hold strategy (i.e. rolling LEAPS forever)? Thanks.

Q: We have 300K which we want to use to build a portfolio of Canadian dividend payers in an open account.
This forms a significant chunk of our semi retirement portfolio. We have growth stocks in registered accounts and also some cash in a HISA.

1. Would you think that 10 companies offers sufficient diversification?
2. Which companies would you recommend? (we are thinking 2 x financials, 2 x telecoms, 2 x utilities, 1 or 2 materials, 1 or 2 energy)
3. Over what time frame would you recommend purchasing these companies? (TD charges me $10 a trade)

Thank-you,
Jim and Sharon

Q: Hi 5i
Would appreciate your comments to the LOI announced this morning.Thanks