Investment Q&A

Q: They released results this morning which looks like a beat on all metrics except they expected earnings for 2019 to be $2.96 -$3.06 and expected is $3.08.
What is your take on the results and will the 2019 estimate hurt the stock
which has tumbled from $70's to the mid $40's.

Q: The US President ‘may’ have broken laws and the Mueller Report will or could shed light on how big my perceived concerns could be.

If the President did break laws what will be the effect on the stock market. Or what effect will occur on the stock market if the President did not break any laws.
Clayton

Q: Other than being a small company which reports in US dollars, what is you opinion about the business and financials of Destiny Media? They just reported fiscal 2018 results and on the investor call from the Management's comments, they expect a big uptick in revenue growth in the current fiscal year as a result of investments made to upgrade their technology.

Q: I am down 25% on this Robotics and Automation ETF. After learning more about ETF's I feel it is small, and wish I would not have purchased it. What are your thoughts for a 5 year hold?

Q: tax question - I want to move a stock with a capital loss from a non-registered account to TFSA. I know I need to wait 30 days after selling the stock to buy it back in the TFSA. What about FIRST buying the stock in the TFSA, then afterwards (say the next day) selling the stock in the non-registered account and utilizing the capital loss. Is that process OK?

Q: Mid seventies and only investing in RIFs.

I bought 100 shares of LVS at US$79.93 in June primarily because of the good dividend and it is now off 31%.

There was some good news a few days ago about money flowing back into the casinos in Macao again, but do you see any hope of regaining the lost 31% in the short term, or would I be better off to sell and put the money to work somewhere else?

Q: Why would Whitecap delay there guidance for 2019? Is there a possibility that they are planning to cut the dividend? If so, what would that do to the stock price?

Q: First year of my subscription. I am single, rent, retired and am 66 years old. Besides CPP and OAS (fully clawed back) have a DB pension which covers my daily living needs so I treat it as my bond portfolio. Have a non-registered account from the proceeds of my house sale and collapsing my RRSP. Account objective is dividend/growth and not to lose money.
Looking at my Oil & Gas holdings I have HSE and XEG, the latter underwater by 20%.
Other energy-related holdings are ALA, BEP.un, ENB, FTS, H, IPL, SPB, and RNW all of which are underwater from -2 to -53% in this market.
I have owned a TFSA since 2009 and made full contributions every year mostly from savings from pension income. It holds AQN and IPL in the energy related sector.
Thinking of switching XEG for OIL or ZEO today in non-reg and booking the tax loss against previous 2015 capital gains. Is it a reasonable switch and are there any tax implications; i.e. trx not subject to 30 day rule?
Bill

Q: How was results, worth keeping?

Q: I have 3k shares of Btg (Bto in Canadian market), I want to sell and replace with TSG, your thoughts please, thanks always.

Q: Hi, I have a pile of different rate reset preferred shares that have done nothing but lose value, and I am considering ditching some of them and buying bank stocks. Of the choices between the big five Canadian banks which ones would you favour the most, I am looking for steady dividend payers that could go up in value. .........thanks Joseph.

Q: hello! as a retired income investor, I have approx. 17% of my (well-diversified) portfolio in CBO, CLF, CPD, XHY … I also have CRT.UN, CHP.UN, CAR.UN, AW.UN, BIP.UN, BEP.UN (approx. 15%) .. I have $100k in cash that I would like to put to work .. what might you suggest? thanks!

Q: Can a case for Crius be made based on a thesis of increased demand and prices for North-American based energy, driven by high growth of the overall US economy? New steel mills (announced this week) and manufacturing in general consume large amounts of energy. Is it reasonable to assume that if prices of gas/electricity start to rise, that fixed priced supply contracts would become more popular?

Q: cardinal is dropping a lot . Do you think the company will survive Canadas current energy environment? And if not what would be a better company to go too? thanks

Q: Paid 47$ now 41 $ should i sell it and take a tax loss then re purchace it 30 days latter

Q: wondering which companies have the largest runway for growth out of these? I have a very very long time horizon

Q: Pinnacle Renewable has dropped quite a bit recently. Is it just related to the overall market, or is something going on with the company that I should be concerned with? Thanks!

Q: dear 5i group
i did not tender my shares of tng.what are my options?

Q: In numerous questions you always give a preference to PPL over IPL. Could you please explain your rationale for this ? Thanks. Joe

Q: i own quite a few of your favorite companies kinaxis,the stars group,covalon,great cnd gaming,methanex,square -on square iown long dated options a year out,savaria,knight,enbridge,shopify,largo
i also own some you do not like , like baytex but ithink if oil gets to 60-65 this is at least 4.00, i have an awful lot of cash, so i am looking for one small to mid cap that you really like for the next few months, could be in the u.s. but i prefer canada.has to be liquid.does not have to be in your portfolios.dave