Investment Q&A

Q: Re: member comments on Telus using Haweii. The most damaging thing any business can have is uncertainty especially when the rest of the Telco world is marching ahead on 5G rollout. My gut tells me Telus made this very public announcement to try and get the government to get off its hands and just make a decision one way or the other. Telcos in canada have been waiting months on the government's decision which has handcuffed them in moving the business forward.

Just my thoughts on this very public statement from Telus.

Q: I'm wondering what your thoughts are about switching out of SIS into GC with the idea of there being a bit more growth potential in GC. Benefits? Drawbacks?
Thank you for providing a fantastic service
Mike

Q: Re your answer on MTY can you please explain and give a bit of background about what is going on.

Big drop in the stock could be in for a nice rebound???


Thanks

Sheldon

Q: Would you expect to see a split anytime in the near future ?

Q: I was very lucky to have purchased Disney the day before in jumped to $153.
unfortunately it has now returned to almost my purchase price of $138.
with the coronavirus affecting their parks in China and Hong Kong quite extensively, would you suggest selling and hoping to purchase later after the
medical disaster has been eradicated? or is there enough strength in the overall company to just wait and see what happens!
ed in Montreal

Q: would appreciate your comments on Taiwan Semi for a long term purchase.
ed in Montreal

Q: what is your opinion of facedrive.
seems to be 90,000 ,000 shares outstanding, is that right
would you own it.
dave

Q: Any thoughts on why this one is shit*%ng the proverbial bed after surprising to the upside? Like winning first prize but the reward is a kick in the groin.

Q: I have been watching AYX, NVDA and ROKU for a while, but haven't bought any of them yet. If you were to buy them today, please rank 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the order that you would buy them.

According to RBC, ROKU has 118.1 M shares, and of that only 64.235 M are floating shares. The short interest is about 14% of the float. On Friday Feb 14th, the volume of shares traded was 63.1 M. That's 98.2% of the floating shares were traded. Can you help me understand what this information can tell you? On the surface every floating share was traded, but really some shares were traded multiple times throughout the day. When the volume of trading is this high compared to the float, what does this trading pattern indicate?

Q: Does this look like it is turning around? Thx James

Q: Thanks for your reply to my Knight Therapeutics question. Can you be more specific about
two parts:
1) Do small shareholders in GBT have to sell?
2) The stock price is surprisingly weak - do you think medisen is selling now to fund their share re-purchase or can you speculate any reason why selling is going on now after waiting so long for a big, non-dilutive cash purchase? It is a big surprise to me.
That's it.
Thank you.

Q: 5i teams,
Recently I bought FDX some shares and realized it's has been up and down quite much. Should I keep it or sell it now?

Thanks,
Alice

Q: Hello 5I staff,
I keep hearing rumblings that management want the the 2 class structure of these Power companies eliminated, but the Demaries won't give it up.
Do you have an opinion on whether this power struggle is going to hold back the Company in the future, like what is happening to Bombardier and should I be divesting out of these holdings (PWF, GWO, etc)?

Q: As a retired investor, I am keen on stocks with low betas, high dividends and some growth. AQN, NPI and BEP all meet these criteria and are all up significantly, riding on a crest of green sentiment. These three stocks now compromise 13.5% of my total portfolio. I am loathe to part with my green energy stocks as they are doing so well. That said, have I put too many eggs in one basket? At what percent should I cap my green energy investment? Other than higher interest rates, what could impact continued growth in this sector?

On a related note, I am now overweight in utilities, which now represent 21% of my total portfolio. This includes the three above-mentioned stocks, plus Fortis and BEP. Would you suggest reducing this weighting? And if so, which stock(s )would you be inclined to sell?

Thank you.

Q: In your opinion, Is the 15 percent decline in AEM today justified or an over reaction creating a buying opportunity? Cheers

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

We have a 2.5% position in CN, and are a bit underweight in the industrial sector. Would the ongoing rail line blockade and slight decline in share price represents a buying opportunity? Or would a new investment into WSP, for example, be a better strategy? (Our other industrials are CAE, SIS, and TFII). Thanks in advance for your valued advice.

Q: Peter,
As a dividend growth investor, what is your opinion on the ETFs issued by a company called Bristol Gate? I am referring to BGU-T and BGC-T. Are you familiar with the success rate of the management at this company?

Thank you

Paul

Q: I haven't seen too many company purchases similar to GUD buying GBT. Is it unusual to take out the major shareholders then individuals and will small shareholders be forced to sell?
The purchase was paid in cash with no dilution, Medisen is paying $77M for their shares, GUD will have well over $300M left plus any Biotoscana profits from Nov. 29 and, yet the share price is very weak. Is something not going well?
Finally, Medisen has 4 years to sell their GUD shares. Do you think they are selling now to raise cash to buy back their shares and, second, is a low price good for GUD as biotoscan shareholders will most likely sell at the ptemium offered? Thank you!

Q: How was the quarter?

Q: Hi 5i,

The recent run up is starting to make me a little nervous.

Everything else being equal, is this a time to think about reducing weightings in something like an SP500 or other broad market ETF and perhaps move to something more defensive?

Thanks