Investment Q&A

Q: My equity holdings closely match your balanced equity portfolio, but in addition I have several other holdings most of which have garnered positive comments from 5i. Regardless, my performance is generally below that of your balanced portfolio, particularly as of late. I’ve come to the realization that the likely cause of this relative underperformance (at this time) is because so many of my other holdings while not energy companies per se, are “energy related” and seem to move in sync with the energy sector. I am looking to rectify this by dropping some of these holdings that are outside of you balanced portfolio. Of the following companies, can you list them in the order you would recommend dumping them at this time if I was so inclined.
BAD
QST
BDI
IPL
SGY
PKI

Q: It's my understanding that the long overdo and over budget doubling of the Panama Canal will finally be completed this April. With the world economy in a state of turmoil, how do you see this effecting trade to and from north America? I understand Ports on the east coast have been upgraded to accommodate the larger ships. Are there firms to invest in directly or indirectly that we should be looking at?
Thanks in advance.
David

Q: Both Canadian and american financials have taken a hit recently. I am looking to add to my financials/ insurance on both sides of the border. Which 3 Canadian stocks would you recommend and which US etf?

Q: Convelo's quarter looks good to me. Could you please comment on the financials and the new CEO. Do you have any data on him? Is this a positive or status quo. Thank You
PS My sister recently compared the price of crude to a bucket of KFC. She told me that there is a thread going around social media that is also doing the comparison. The bucket of chicken was trading at a higher level for a bit last week. What do you think has more value? Please only deduct one question. You do not need to answer the second one but I am curious? Also please ignore if you have already answered another client on the same subject.

Q: I am thinking of adding to CGI to bring it up to a full position. What do you think of this stock for the next year or two?

Q: Corby Spirit and Wine versus Diageo plc (adr)

Please comment which is a better hold for long term capital growth and dividend growth.

I hold Diageo in a rrsp account to mitigate the fully taxable dividend and would hold Corby in a taxable account to take advantage of the dividend tax credit.

Thanks for the excellent service.

Q: I am looking to add to my consumer disc and consumer staples. What would be your top 3 in each category?

Q: Hi,

I bought it at 2:41 and now up 40%. Should I sell or hold on, given the recent volatility?

Thanks

Q: knight did another deal yesterday, and the way goodman structures it , it seems brilliant.
but the stock cannot get any traction. can you comment on the stock and the deal. dave

Q: Would appreciate your comparison between High Liner Foods and Clearwater Seafood regarding best choice for investment.

Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
In the last few months this miner has gone from $0.53 to $1.82 which I believe outperforms the whole gold sector. I know they settled there contract with the union in the fall and they benefit from a strong USA dollar. Also they are reporting better production results...Do you think there are other reasons? What do you think of this stock going forward...any further upside?
Thanks for your consistent high quality professional expertise!
Dr.Ernest Rivait

Q: Do you think any of the Vertex Funds are worthy of purchase at this time? The growth and value funds were doing very well for a while but seemed to have cooled off. Is this a good fund company overall?

Q: 5i's reassurances for a market recovery makes sense, but I find myself wondering which sectors or enterprises should catch the updraft the most. Sometimes it seems that it's the marginal plays - for example, miners with the highest costs - which get the greatest boost from a trend-reversal, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable working at the far ends of the risk spectrum. Is there any other way to conceptualise this problem to take advantage of differential rates of recovery?

Q: There was a press release about converting the common shares to perpetual preferred shares. I like the dividend they are intending to pay(12%). Looks like a good deal for shareholders. What is your opinion about the survivability of this company?

Q: reported yesterday looking to buy . risk reward looks good ,what are your thoughts . thank you.

Q: Could you please comment on Convalo's latest release on quarterly earnings.

Q: Hi Peter, I know you guys does not closely cover US stocks. Although I am dire situation with this one, so I want your opinion. I bought CHK last winter and now down 80%. It has a 10% weighting on my portfolio(on the book value I meant). I know I did a bad mistake by betting(not investing according to your advice)on CHK. Although in my defense, I saw report from Goldman Sachs that it was their top pick for 2015 and also Carl Ichan owns quite a bit of it. Anyways, long story short now traders are discussing about possibility of debt default in 2017. I can hold this for 10 years, but with all this rumors around that this can go down to zero. I am not so sure that I should take my 20% and run or not. Anyways, your opinion please, and what do you say probability of CHK going bankrupt in 2017?

Also I understand it is in deep hole but I don't understand how can a large corporation like CHK will go belly up. Can't they just sell their asset OR issue more share OR debt exchange?

Q: Is the latest news release 5 days ago regarding the quality of their graphite for lithium-ion batteries significant or a non-event?

Thanks

Robert

Q: My apologies. Last week I composed a question with the wrong company name. I was interested in Brookfield renewable not bip.un. Could you reanswer my question regarding selling some of my bip.un to purchase more aqn? Thank you. Please charge me another question.

Q: Good Day,
I'm wondering if this Mawer fund (MAW104) is a good one ticket solution to an older conservative investor looking for stability? I see the fund currently has about 1/3 of the fund in fixed income, some cash and the balance in equity diversified geographically around the world. Seems like a pretty good solution, would you agree with this?
Thank-you.