Investment Q&A

Q: Good evening Peter,

Looking for your opinion on the below ETF's

1) USA small cap Tech

2) USA large cap Tech

3) Also, what Agriculture ETF would you recommend Canadian, USA or Global ?

If possible, please provide a short reason for the recommendations you suggest.

Thank you Peter.

Gordon...

Q: re: TWX Time Warner

After the nice rise, TWX is down over 4% since the close of last session. It was reported that 21st Century Fox isn't likely to face any competing bidders to buy the movie studio and cable channel owner.

Do you think this is reason enough for the slightly lower closing or is there something else we should be aware of? And would suggest taking a portion of the profits recently realized when the takeover bid news was originally aired, or sit tight?

Thanks for all you do

Gord

Q: would you please give me some info on bad badger daylight it seems to be on a downhill slope in ski season I welcome your insight thanks bob

Q: Your opinion on wajax

Q: Have things changed with DR since your last report on May 15, appears to be going down. Thanks you jack

Q: Hello Team,

Could you please provide your thoughts on Arsenal Energy, debt level and outlook over the next couple of years?
Would you also comment on GTE and CNE? Should I swap them for small cap natural gas stocks? if yes, can you suggest two or three companies. I am looking for growth and am reasonably comfortable with risk/volatility. Thanks for the great service

Q: Dear 5i
LGT recently had a 2 for 1 stock split . Can you tell me approximately what price was the stock pre split and what was the starting price of the stock after the split . Other than the stock split which would acct for the large price drop was there any other reason for the large drop in price ?
Thanks
Bill

Q: Is this a good entry point for Fortis? Thank you.

Q: I own Bell Aliant (BA) shares but have never been involved with a a company that has been taken over before. BCE is said to be offering $31.00 per share in cash and/or BCE shares but I see that BA is trading above that. How does one go about evaluating an offer such as this? As this is in a taxable account what will the tax consequences be - should I expect BCE or BA to provide any information of guidance on the taxation issue?

Thanks for your invaluable advice.

Paul F.

Q: Good afternoon
GlaxoSmithKline PLC GSK.US suddenly dropped over 5% today. Is there any particular reason for this? Anything to do with bribery scandal in China?
I bought 100 shares a few years ago and they now represent 1.2% of our joint registered portfolios. There hasn't been much growth but I can't complain because I initially bought them for dividend, which at the time was 5.3%. I've been watching just recently, because I would like to invest in a company that has equally good dividends with better growth. I would have been slightly ahead of the game if I had acted yesterday, but I am in a loss position at the moment.
I'm trying to decide if I should hang on for a while to let the price recover and see if I can break even or make a modest profit, or whether it is just time wasted while I can be doing better elsewhere.
I don't hold any other any other Pharma shares.

Q: I'd appreciate a little info on EXO. It was mentioned on this site
recently among the list of growth cos. Thank you.

Q: Hi Peter and team, this question is regarding the article you wrote on concentration. I have a high concentration of XTC (bought at 3.30) and FSV (bought at 33.60), respectively about 15 and 20 percent of the portfolio. I am quite happy with the results, and am of two minds on whether to continue holding or take profits.

I don't feel that either company has a dominant market position even though they are both growing nicely. Is it reasonable to hold XTC looking for a 5 bagger and FSV looking for a 2-3 bagger? I have already taken some profits on both, but am wishing I had let my winners run further. I have probably a 25 year time horizon minimum before I draw down on my portfolio. You have mentioned some other high growth names that are appealing, and I am considering allocating profits to those names. Any thoughts?

Q: Trade Fill question asked by Robert on July 23/14:

Also, I believe market orders go before limit orders, and the case where a broker is executing both sides of the order (crosses). Publish at your discretion.

Q: Peter & Team, can you obtain any broker insights into 4% price rise in IPL today? Very big move for this stock and it is outperforming the sector today by about 4 times. Thank you, Keith

Q: Re SGY - I've heard it said Surge is similar to an early stage Crescent Point story as they are intending to acquire and build out substantial resources. Do you agree with this and if so, do you have any timeline guesstimates that might indicate how long would be an appropriate hold period, in order to let them work their plan and potentially see much higher share price? Thanks

Q: Hi
I own BA and I heard on BNN that they are being bought out by BCE at $31.00. I've never experienced a takeover, but do my shares automatically sell out at $31.00 or do they provide an opportunity to secure shares in BCE?

Your help is appreciated.

Q: Peter

I have $55,000 in Bell Alliant(BA), $80,000 in B.C.E. and $30,000 in Telus which is approximately 8.5% of the equity portion of my portfolio . I will incur approximately a $10,000 capital gain if I sell Bell Alliant as opposed to exchanging shares for B.C.E. as per recent proposal. Alternatively, if I sold Bell Alliant, I could put the funds into Telus to provide more balance. What are your thoughts on this? Is 8.5% too high a concentration in telecommunications, given our present government's continuous threat to shakeup or shakedown the industry?

Q: re: WOW!!!! & DASTY - Dassault Systeme A


Been watching the digital printer industry as I think eventually everyone will have one of these things.

Today... DASTY down almost 50% from $125.54 - $63.43. Do you know what's going on here?

Thanks for all you do

Gord

Q: Hello Peter-decades ago I purchased a newsletter in order to read your contributions. Could you please comment on Espial Groups(ESP) earnings. Also,any comments on SSYS as there have been several new developments. Thank you,Joan

Q: Hello folks. I was wondering what your thoughts are on the new Horizons ETF(HOG). It has very low volume but is well diversified in the sector. Thanks and keep up the good work.