Investment Q&A

Q: This stock has jumped 100% in the past couple of weeks. What explanation for this pop on no apparent news? Do the technicals indicate further rise or?? Thanks so much.

Q: I'm presently down 27% on this stock and it doesn't seem to want to turn around ? Any suggestions ? Could you give a breakdown of what you think ? Should I hang on or invest the money elsewhere and what would you suggest ?

Q: I own half positions or less in the above stocks and would like to move to 3 or 4 fuller positions from amongst this group. My focus is short to medium term (1-3 yrs) total return with a reasonable risk/reward outlook.
What would be your choices to concentrate this group.
Thanks, Hugh

Q: I would like to add one of the above now, to my TFSA for a long-term foundational hold.
In your view which one or two would you pick for the best long-term upside potential.

Would a concentration of the above name or names in an ETF be a better option?

thanks

Asset allocation not an issue

Q: In terms of total performance over the next few years would you be a buyer of Stella Jones or Hardwood Distribution. And your rational?

Much thansk

Stuart

Q: On my question today, I seem to have included PBI in my list of companies, when I was asking about PBL. Anyway, could you give me your ranking of PBL on the 1-10 scale I was asking about, 5+ year hold, in a diversified portfolio with an above average risk tolerance. Maybe a couple of comments about the company. Thanks

Q: With MS buying Activision Blizzard will this be positive, negative or neutral for Unity and Matterport
Thanks
Peter

Q: I have positions in these companies.. would you add or hold them. Marinemax is even cheaper and RH has been on a downward trend unfortunately. Thanks.
Regards,

Shyam

Q: what are your current favorite Canadian proxies for the S&P500; and the Nasdaq

Q: Scotia lowered the target price to $41 and stated that PKI should reduce the EBITDA growth and instead return more capital to shareholders in dividends. EBITDA grew from $1.25-billion to $2.0-billion. Is Scotia's hypothesis correct? I always thought that the EBIDTA growth is one of the most important criteria in evaluating a stock.

Q: Looking at some Canadian companies that are involved in various aspects of consumer activity such as retail, investing, borrowing. Please rate each of the following on a scale of 1-10 for desirability for a 5+ year hold in a well diversified portfolio. Looking for good total return with a higher than average tolerance for share price volatility. These would not be core positions. CF, EQB, GOOS, NFI, PBI, PLC, TSU, TOY, ZZZ.

Q: fhyd ... your thoughts on the company and new CEO from ford

Q: I have held NFI for a long time, and thought that things might improve as purchasers shift to newer green energy buses. Do you see much upside for this company in the next 12-24 months compared to the market in general. I am considering getting out of this position (in a TFSA).

Thanks,
Mark

Q: Hello Peter and Team, a couple questions on Superior.
a. For an investor content to hold this for the 5.6% dividend alone, would you like it here for the long-term - or do you think the share price could drop significantly?
b. If you already owned ENB, FTS, EMA, and AQN, would you see SPB as too much, or unnecessary, overlap?
c. the price chart for SPB in Google Finance is significantly different over 1 and 5 year periods that the charts in 5i. Do you know why? Does the Google chart add back in dividends perhaps?

Q: May I have your opinion on ROOT?

TD thinks it has been punished too much and could be at a good price now.

Thanks for the excellent service

Q: Hi Team I have not invested in Bitcoin but I am interested in BITI as a hedge as I see Bitcoin falling off and suspect it may the winner on a race to the bottom. I placed a small order and was flagged that there may be MER charges. So 2 questions. Is an inverse Bitcoin pure speculation or a plausible hedge. Are MER charges on ETF's normal? I would also like your recommendations on hedges that may be soflen a downturn....up to 3 questions now!

Q: Are there any market conditions in which this company can start at least stop going down every day?

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

Portfolio Analytics indicated that we had too much Technology, and not enough Utilities. I recently sold XIT, and added more BEP.UN. In the Utilities sector, among our accounts, we own AQN, BEP.UN, and FTS. The Utility weightings are now AQN = 3.65%, BEP.UN = 2.86%, and FTS = 1.49%.

In 5i's answers to questions, I notice that you generally rate BEP.UN higher than AQN.

Recently, John Heinzl wrote in his "Yield Hog" column that he bought more AQN, and gave some good reasons for doing so. I'm now wondering if I did the right thing in adding more BEP.UN, and am asking for some "reassurance".

Finally, I note that PA still shows that we could add more Utilities. I would be doing this in a non-registered account, and am wondering what to add. Please rank AQN, BEPC (better tax advantage than BEP.UN), FTS, and NPI (this would be a new holding).

Thanks in advance for your insight.

Q: It feels like REAL is going to zero, what are the chances of it making a come back. What are the positives for the company today?

Q: GSY and DOO both in the growth portfolio are also dropping despite beating their last
Q results handily and being value stocks.

If the market is buying value stocks, why are these dropping?