Investment Q&A

Q: OTC is MOST confusing:
1)Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) announced that its board has approved a 2-for-1 share split of the outstanding common shares of OpenText . The share split will be implemented by way of a share dividend.
PAYABLE Jan. 24; for shareholders of RECORD Jan. 9.

2) The detailed blurb then says:A due bill is an entitlement attached to listed securities undergoing a material corporation action, such as the Share Split. In this instance, anyone purchasing a Common Share during the period commencing at the opening of business two trading days prior to the Record Date (i.e., Thursday, January 5, 2017) and ending on the Payment Date (i.e., Tuesday, January 24, 2017), inclusive (the "due bill period"), will receive a payable right. Any trades that are executed during the due bill period will be flagged to ensure purchasers receive the entitlement to the additional Common Share issuable as a result of the Share Split.

Based on the above, should I buy Jan/5, 9 or 24? Does it even make any differenc?
Thanks, Austin

Q: I have held Fiera for a number of years Could you please explain what they have done to make this a much more valuable company I read the press release but i did not really understand it

With the large share price appreciation what are the growth and profit prospects for the company

Happy New Year

Paul

Q: Gold and some material stocks are going high,is it still time to buy?.Do you notice any sector change or weakening of US dollar/.

Q: I have shares in XUU in order to get broad unhedged US exposure. This ETF is small with low liquidity, but has only minor bid/ask spreads with large number of shares available for trade. Do you have any concerns with the low liquidity? Is this a good ETF for US exposure?

Q: Div has shown a bit of an uptick recently,could you comment ?

Q: I have noticed that on TD's web broker that frequently a number of Canadian banks are making the new high list. Are you aware of any bank etf's that you would recommend and would you buy the etf at this time? With thanks, Bill

Q: Hi Peter and Staff
In a response today you indicated a payout ratio of 128 percent.
Can this be correct ? How can they do that!
Thanks for all you do
Denniz

Q: What is your opinion of Constellation Brands latest results and would the drop today be a good buying opportunity?

Q: The deeper Amazon integration announced today was good news. How does this differ from their previously announced partnership?

Q: Peter and Team I have bought some PLI and I am currently down Apox.6% Is this Co. going any where or is it a sell.

Jim.

Q: is there investments for the Canadian markets that take advantage of volatility ,should the incoming US administration do some things that start to take down the TSX ? Thanks and have a super 2017

Q: You've referenced the relationship between SHOP and AMZN in recent questions, but haven't said anything specific about the relationship - could you tell me/us what the relationship is? Is there a financial relationship between the two, or does SHOP help AMZN indirectly through better inventory management of sellers?

Also, I used to own Channel Advisor (ECOM) (which I think is in a similar business as SHOP). I sold ECOM at a loss and am wondering how the two differ, and why SHOP is the better preformer, if you are aware?

Q: If any one is interested in buying U.S. stocks I am going to read THE MAKING OF DONALD TRUMP BY DAVID JOHNSTON to give me added information.

Q: Hi 5,
If in a hypothetical situation an election were held today in the USA and a lunatic came into power, what would be your 5 top Canadian stock picks.

Thank you.

Q: I would be interested in hearing your opinion on this small cap.

Q: I think that a stock price can increase because:

1. earnings per share increase
2. multiple expansion

I understand #1. Can you please explain #2.

Q: Hello 5i,
Wishing you a very happy and prosperous 2017. And thanks very much for your advice in 2016—it helped to make that a good year for me and many others.
I need to take money out of my margin account for a purchase. I am thinking of a strategy that sounds vagely illegal but I don’t think it is I haven’t read anything about this anywhere. . I thought I would run it by you.
I have high capital gains in fairly conservative blue chip stocks, such as BNS and BCE. I have been thinking about buying a substantial amount of the same stock at todays price, thus bringing my ACB down substantially and thus reducing my capital gains. Then selling the same amount for the planned purchase. Of course at a substantially reduced capital gain.
I know that there is some risk that the stock could move in the time between the purchase and the sale, but with a stock like this probably not too much. And if it did, I could hold it for awhile. Even if dropped considerably ( probably unlikely) I could make a case for holding it.
It seems like an altogether too easy a way to reduce capital gain taxes and make some money. Am I missing something here?
thanks

Q: Could you please suggest where the funds from the sale of the propane division will be applied and the impact on the business..

Thanks Bob Rose

Q: Hi saw the President elect tweeting threats to Toyota today in regards to building a plant in Mexico resulting in a substantial tax
Contemplating a buy in BUS and am wondering if the Dec 12th press release in regards to achieving "BUY AMERICA CERTIFICATION" will be solid enough to avoid future issues, or could Trump muddle this up?

Q: What do you think of Cipher at the moment? I am down on the stock but it has had a bit of a comeback recently. Sell now or hold?