Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Peter and 5i Team,
My only material exposure in my RIF is 5% in Silver Wheaton. I would like to initiate a new 5% position in XMA. Your view please on the timing and the opportunity of my thinking.
Thank you all for the excellent service.

Q: Am I wrong or have the number of questions asked recently been growing substantially? If so would you ascribe this increase to a greater number of small investors getting into the market or simply to more investors using your service?

Q: Comcast (CMCSA) is trying to buy Time Warner and I think since the shares have dropped in price since the buyout deal was announced that now would be a good time to buy the shares. What do you think about Comcast and do you think now is a good time to buy shares in CMCSA?

Q: Please help me understand what is happening to PSD (Pulse Seismic)…..it is going in the wrong direction for me to be a happy investor. Appreciate your wonderful knowledge/insights.
Lorraine

Q: What are your thoughts on Cenovus (CVE) after it latest quarter, the share price decline and dividend increase

Q: KBL
I hold this stock in my RRSP and have done reasonably well with it, my objective for the stock is LONG TERM income and growth. Stock is down >5% this year and is my biggest loser so far this year. Should I be reconsidering my position with this stock?
Thanks
George

Q: I recently purchases Powerfinancial PWF and would like your thoughts on this stock. Thanks

Q: Based on the last 12-15 months, I have decided to sell CPG & PKI - too much debt in I & loss of revenue in the other. Replacing for a cash acct. & want to retain dividends. Would appreciate your rankings on TMC, WEF, SGY, or other. As always, thank you.

Q: I am holding some Twin Butte(TBE)in my TFSA. I'm considering a switch to Surge Energy (SGY), looking for more growth. Both have a similar yield. Which one would you recommend and why, or would you recommend another stock in the oilpatch.
Thanks as always for your great service, Chuck

Q: My parents are getting close to drawing funds from their RRSPs and I want to start shifting their portfolios into safer equities. Can you recommend any lower volatility ETFs? Is ZLB fine or too illiquid? Thanks, Rob

Q: Dear Peter,

Don Vialoux has spoken a few times, most recently on BNN, about the behaviour of the market in mid-term election years. He suggests an interesting pattern for these years: that the market takes a dive in January and then rallies between February and April. From April until October, the market takes another dive, and then begins a huge rally from October to the end of the year. His data goes back approximately 60 years. I realize that 5I believes in long term value investing, and not technical analysis so much, but I was wanting your opinion nonetheless on Mr. Vialoux's thesis.

With all your experience in the market, have you noted such similar co-relations, and if so, how would you play the position with the higher risk stocks in your portfolio? (My view would be that it would be a good time to add to higher risk companies which are essentially solid otherwise, but are experiencing volatility, and to hold down the tent on the conservative parts of the portfolio.)

Your opinion is much appreciated. Thank you.

Q: Hello:
Can I have your opinion on Enterprise Goup (E)
Thanks: Jerry

Q: I was wondering if you are familiar with MOB.UN? It had quite a spike on the increase in the dividend after acquiring some hospitals in Brazil, but has settled back to a 10% yield. Do you think it is ok, and any comments on the parent company? Thanks for the great info here.

Q: My Question is regarding Aberdeen Asia Pacific Income Fund (FAP.to). What is your outlook on this stock in terms of both pricing and liquidity. I have existing holdings, like the distribution however am uncomfortable with the performance over the past year.

Thanks

Todd

Q: Re PWT...I've been holding a losing position in Penn West for some time now and hoping that the new board members would turn it around, but have now lost some faith here...do you see any up-side for ,2014 and if not.. where would you go in energy (I already hold SU, TOU, WCP, CPG, EGL.un, PGF in energy sector) ...thanks

Q: New video feature - what a great idea. Bravo.

Q: re-Bombardier-18 billion in sales-3.4 billion in cash. 69 billion backlog. Yet it seems to be the most poorly run company in the country. Any other company making as many mistakes as them would fire the management and replace the CEO. What is it going to take to shake up this company. I say hire Alan Mullaly from Ford. Your comments. thanks

Q: If it's too good to be true??? etc... Could you please comment on SWIR and the whole M2M & IoE thing.

Q: re: CSU... read your report and thank you for that. Share Price at the time of your report (Oct 2012) was around $104, yield at $1, it was priced then at 15 times earnings and you estimated adjusted earnings would grow to $8/share in 2013. Was this growth realized and do you consider this an expensive stock at it's present valuation?

Thank You

Q: Hello Team,
Just came across this article in The Telegraph and it fits in with my thinking and why I invest independently and rely on the 5i Team for additional advice. Fellow 5i members may find it of interest.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/10636217/Terry-Smith-Investors-are-their-own-worst-enemies.html

Kind regards,
Ronald