Investment Q&A

Q: Hi. PPY chart looks like a set of stairs going to the basement. Oil is up over the last few days.
I just received an answer about Points PTS from 5i which not long ago was $28 plus. You said you were comfortable at $23 to
$24. It got down into the $22 plus today 7/21. Do you think it will be under $20 shortly? If these two mentioned stocks are a sell I would rather take a loss than a bigger one later. I also have CHW Chesswood which seems to be marking time. I am going to try and recoup some of my money by getting into some stocks which are doing quite well lately. TV, CEE and PUR. What is your opinion of them? Thanks
Dennis

Q: Good morning Peter and Team, As you've indicated, ECI is a "hold" and I'm certainly following your advice. However, what is your take on Octavian's claim of "poor corporate governance"?

Q: RE: ORV

Peter, Please see Orvana's Minerals' July 17th news release regarding it's accelerated debt repayment:

Orvana's debt, net of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, is now down to $13.7-million (U.S.) from $40.0-million (U.S.) at March 31, 2014.

I would note that this debt repayment was accomplished without an equity issue but was accomplished through cash flow, the sale of a non producing non core asset and the monetizing of its hedge book. In fact the company has not issued equity in over a decade.

I think ORV is one of the cheapest gold producers on almost every metric.

Cheers, Jim

Q: AVO.Please advise when it will release financial results,& expected revenue & eps(please compare to previous quarter).Thanks a lot.

Q: Enercare (ECI)?
I have a 25% gain would you sell or hold now and why?
thanks

Q: Hi 5. A pipes question:There is chirping about rotating out of pipelines when interest rates start to return to more normal levels. Pipes have been fantastic for anyone who's held them for the past 5 years. My take is that higher rates will raise cap costs no doubt but that higher interest expense is an expense like any other, and the pipes will pass the higher borrowing costs on to their clients, just as they do with any other expense, in order to maintain profitability. It wouldn't surprise me if interest fluctuations are covered long term contract pricing. So my question is what is your take on pipes in a raising rate environment? Thanks 5.

Q: Hi team, I was reading your opinions on CHB and XHY, some of which are dated back to February of this year. I am looking at buying a fairly large position (25K) in one or both of these as part of my fixed income section of my portfolio, would you still recommend either of these funds? Or should I split my purchase or take a single position, or are there better options? Thanks for your time.

Q: I read your comments on tax treatment of US ETNs with interest. I hold ETNs in both my taxable corporate investment account and in my RRSP. Am I subject to both Canadian and US taxes on the profits or do I just pay tax in Canada on the taxable account. I assume there are no taxes on gains from any stock sale in an RRSP. Thanks.

Q: Regarding your recent blog on doubling down, would you care to share some potential candidates?

Q: Interesting article "Going Big". How would you suggest someone with the right risk tolerance approach such a strategy ie., would you start with say 5 or so stocks and double up with momentum by maybe selling a weaker performing stock? What stocks might be candidates currently? Thanks, Mike

Q: hello 5i:
I recently began acquiring HWO, and have a small position. I've read your answers and opinions of it, and find its multiple to be "enticing", when I see very little debt, ROE of 23.2, good free cash flow, etc. Can you advise what % of shares is held by insiders (this is very important to me) and what grade it would get, back of the napkin, if it weren't so small. What percentage of the production is oil, what it gas? A lot of conjecture there, I realize.
thanks
Paul L

Q: I will be registering a LIF in September but will not initiate any income till January 2015. My max withdrawal is 6% a year increasing each year unless I can prove that I can generate more income than the 6%. I have chosen 6 stocks from the Income Portfolio to attain this goal. CVD,XHY,SGY,VNR,BEP.UN,and added PKI. Would you be comforatble with this strategy. (My RRSP covers the Growth Portfolio 100%) As always TY.

Q: Peter
What are your thoughts on the new Vanguard FTSE All World Ex Canada Index ETF VXC?
Ae there any other Canadian ETF's that you could recommend that are the same as VXC and why?
Cheers
Ron

Q: Hi Peter & all
Most enjoyed your article in the FP this A.M.& concur with your thought process.Please give 3 stocks you believe warrant doubling down in for future growth. Thanks & am enjoying all parts of 5i Research.

Q: Many of the questions asked by 5i members pertain to Canadian oil and gas companies. That being said, I'm increasingly hesitant to consider buying stocks in them even when you rank some of them very highly.

It appears that the US is fast approaching the point where it will be energy self-sufficient given its ever-increasing domestic oil and gas output. I may be missing something but I suspect that American buyers will soon be cutting back on their purchases of Canadian oil and gas products. Making matters worse for these same Canadian companies is the fact that the infrastructure in Canada is not yet in place for exporting their production abroad.

Based on my limited understanding of energy market dynamics, the near future for even the best Canadian oil and gas companies seems very bleak and, perhaps, now is not the time to buy their shares.

Is my reasonning correct or am I missing something?

Q: Hi Peter and gang
Thanks for the great service. I have a small postion in Largo and writing to ask your opinion. Is this stock ready for prime time?
GUY

Q: for some reason you guys do not seem to want to do a growth portfolio,you keep saying you might do one in the future,i think a great many of your subscribers are under 50 and would appreciate a growth portfolio, since a growth portfolio will probably be much more volatile than your model and income portfolio and would give the younger people a lot more time to overcome the dips a growth portfolio might, I repeat might bring.
having said this could you please give me your top 5 picks for growth in the next year. thanks. dave

Q: i have the following financial companies in my portfolio DFS.us, HCG and BNS all at 2.5%. I would like to increase two of them to 5%, which ones? Or do you have another one in mind?

thanks again

Q: Hi Team What is your take on drg.un & rmm.un at this time

Thanks Mike B

Q: Is there enough of a body of information about Trupanion (trup) or similar companies to make a reasonable investment,people seem to be willing to spend unlimited amounts on pet care,Thank You.