Q: Peter and team Could you let me know if you prefer Counsel Corp or Atrium Mortage I am tired of hearing interest rates are going up I want to add to my Financial Services position
Q: You have mentioned MDA,G,CCL.B as Canadian stocks benefitting from U.S. growth. With the BoC rate cut, could you identify any other stocks in your two Model Portfolios that you think will have additional benefit. Are there any that you would now have concerns with given the rate change ?
I don't hold any non-Canadian stocks - do you feel it is sufficient to benefit from U.S. growth this way or would you still recommend buying U.S. stocks direct ? If so, what U.S. etf's would you now recommend, as I have a (more than) full complement of individual Canadian equities. Many thanks and congrats on such great results for 2014.
I woke today to see that Richmont Mines announced a bought deal financing valued at 34 million (they are selling X# of shares at $4.00 a piece).
My take is that $4.00 is a great price for them to get (seems that financial institutions usually extract a price much lower than current market value when doing these), but am unsure what it means bigger picture. I think 5i generally doesn't like these sorts of events as it dilutes current shareholders, however I'd appreciate your thoughts on RIC specifically.
Q: Recently, these two credit card companies have been talked about as worthy investment Opportunities. Between the two im looking for Growth and Income, 2 to 3 year hold, which one would you favour, and why?
Q: I am concerned that a flat yield curve is bad news for HCG in that their margins will be squeezed. I don't think that they will be able to repeat past years' performance. When they were profitable back in 2009, the yield curve was steeper than it is now. I am down 13% with this stock and considering moving on as I think the future does not look bright. Do you think this could be the reason for the drop in the stock price?
Q: I have about a 6% position in Open Text (OTC) and about a 2.5% position in DH Corp (DH) representing my tech holdings. Do you see anything wrong with slowly adding to DH while valuations remain under 14.5x 2015 earnings (I have 2015 consensus at $2.45 earnings per share)?
Do you see the potential slowing earnings in the banks having a material impact on DH's growth prospects?
Lastly, I'm thinking about slowly building DH to about a 4% position and then adding between a 4% and 5% position in either CSU or MDA to round out my tech holdings over the course of this year. What percentage weighting in tech would you consider too much? Thanks again.
Q: I currently own ZPR and CPD.ZPR has been underperforming CPD over the last six months particularly.Is there an explanation for this difference?I am considering a switch to CPD entirely.Thanks, Joe
Q: In early Dec you advised waiting to see what the new year brought for this stock. Seven weeks later it is down over 4% today alone, barely above its 52-week low with an RSI is 12 on low volume. Is this a good entry point for 2+ year hold or would you suggest continuing to wait. I would only purchase 1/2 position or less to start and $6.45 is tempting.
Q: Morning to all ... Peter could you please give an overview of what the Feds interest rate slash's impact will have on the Portfolios and will this actually strengthen oil stocks? TY.