Investment Q&A

Q: I am considering harvesting a current loss in QSR and reinvesting the proceeds in PBH. For a long term investor, which company do you think will offer the better overall return ( dividend plus assumed capital growth) over time and please explain why. Many thanks

al

Q: Price action has been down since going public and the company recently announced results (Dec. 1), Please provide an analysis of the moves down from the IPO.

Thanks
John

Q: Just a note regarding those posters worried about the share price decline, it is noted today that the Company bought back approx 1M shares since November 10. Spent about 20M.

Q: My wife and I both have DC pension plans with our respective employers (with company matching), and generally buy into low-cost index funds that are available to us.

We each also have LIRAs (with pension funds from our previous employers), and for these buckets of funds we would like to buy mutual funds to benefit from good quality active management. MAW150 and DYN245 are two funds that have jumped out to us - if we were to buy these two funds alone, would a 50/50 split in each of our LIRAs be reasonable, in terms of diversification (both sector and geographic allocation)? We would be looking to buy and hold for a long period of time (~20 years).

Q: What are your thoughts on Pacific Gas & Electric now that it has exited bankruptcy after the wildfires caused by their equipment?
I see a new CEO, new board and was interested to see that it is now David Tepper's largest position at Appaloosa, Dan Loeb's largest position at Third Point and Baupost just made it a top ten position. Is this a good rebound play as California's largest utility? Thanks

Q: I submitted a question on this company, previously known as CB2 Insights (ticker: CBII), but not sure if it’s still in the queue or got missed. Sending it again just in case.

What are your thoughts on their recent earnings report and overall outlook?

Their primary business currently is providing subscription healthcare. I find it interesting that they’re a Canadian company running clinics entirely in the US. They claim profits are much easier to attain with US clinics as they don’t need to share revenue with the physicians. The doctors are only paid a salary.

Q: Hi there
When you took ENGH out of model portfolio I bought OTEX which has outperformed it by quite a bit in the last 3 years. I still really like ENGH too and it has come off quite a bit lately. I am wondering looking out another 3 years which you would prefer, in terms of current valuation and prospects, if you could just buy one of these stocks. And your rationale.

Much thanks

Stuart

Q: Can you comment on recent results. They seem to be great considering the environment.

Q: Nice to see DCBO is listing in the US. Are there other publicly traded companies in the US in the same space? Trying to get a sense of any valuation gaps between those companies and DCBO? LSPD was well received in the US so hoping DCBO catches a similar welcome.

Q: Hi 5i team,
The market is not very impressed with either CRM’s guidance and/or purchase of WORK. This pits CRM directly against MSFT in the work collaboration space. Is this a wise move by CRM? Is this a good entry point for CRM or is MSFT the better long-term bet?
Thanks again for the insight.
Dave

Q: Hi Group Ronald asked a question on Physical gold bullion within the question was a statement that paper gold and silver will become worthless? you appeared to agree with this . Did I read that correctly should we only hold gold bullion to be 100% safe please explain I own the following AEM, FNV, MAG,GDXJ, GDX, WDO, EQX, SIL, USA please advise to hold or sell /convert to gold bullion/physical gold only Thanks

Q: Hi, any comment on their decline to $21.60 today. I'm wondering if I should hold. Morgan Stanley down graded them to $15 today citing - "With Palantir up 155% since listing with very little change in the fundamental story, the risk/reward paradigm shifts decidedly negative for the shares". Any guidance appreciated. Thanks

Q: I have done well with Canadian micro and small caps over the past 25 years , in large part because that is where I have found the biggest growth opportunities as the share prices are often not at all reflective of the actual and potential earnings. There seems to be far fewer opportunities in Canada (ex commodities) to make largish investments ( minimum of $50,0000) and am looking to American micro and small caps. From your experience would you say that there are much more opportunities to find bargains in the US exchanges or are American investors more aggressive and bigger risk takers so that there is less mispricing?
Tangentially, it would be educational for me to see how the 5i team goes developing a thesis for purchasing a stock.
Thanks.

Q: At what % would you start to trim LSPD in your growth portfolio? On your last report it was 3.97%
Thanks

Q: I am heavily weighted in Brookfield right now (BPY, BEP, BEPC)– across all my accounts they are at 15% of my holdings, largely due to the great run BEP as been on. I'm looking re-balance and am considering two choices: (1) I could dump my entire BPY stock (I'm down roughly 20%) which would reducing my overall Brookfield holdings by 4%, or (2) I could take some profit from BEP to do the same, leaving BPY in the hopes I recover some of that loss.

Which would you recommend?

Q: After being shorted from nosebleed levels by at least a couple of firms, the stock has come down substantially. Realizing that it may fall some more, in your opinion what would be a reasonable entry level. Thanks.

Q: What do you think is the best way to get exposure to gold long-term and why?

Q: Peter and Ryan: Firstly let me congratulate you both on the launch of i2i and I look forward to your information rollout in the near future.
While I wait maybe you can give me some direction on two US stock that are dragging down my foreign portfolio. Both EBS and CHGG have preformed poorly this past month, should I cut my losses and redeploy elsewhere or hang in and wait?. I am open to new ideas and have a high risk tolerance.

Q: Hi 5iR, What would be your top 3 Canadian Natural Gas O/G junior to intermediate companies? Am looking for companies with at least 60% NG production, i.e. TOU at 82% as an example. In addition, if there is some 5iR expertise on the US side what would be your top picks there?
Thanks as always 5iR.
Cheers, Chris

Q: Hello,
I am not sure if we are allowed to ask a question on this type of fund but here goes.
I am just wondering what your opinion is of this fund?

Thanks