Investment Q&A

Q: Do you have an opinion on management? As a shareholder, I was very disappointed to see that one of its homes, Altamont, was called out among the 5 Ontario homes where conditions are deplorable.

Q: What are some good companies to buy now with a dividend of over 6%. For context I'm in my 20s and have been investing mainly for growth but I'd like to add some more yield to my overall portfolio so safety is not a huge concern.

Q: Could you please comment on their outlook. What is their balance sheet?
Would you buy it today?

Thanks,
Milan

Q: Could you update on FEC, do they have debt issues.

Thanks

Q: Could you please comment on their results and outlook.

Thanks,
Milan

Q: May I please have your comments on earnings. Thank you

Q: I own these Just Energy debentures that are trading around $.17 cents on the dollar. Where would you put the odds that this company ends up either filing for creditor protection or does a debt restructuring within say the next year.

Q: Please comment on STC's results.Txs for u usual great services & views

Q: If one was to place some stop loss points to various parts of a portfolio,
1. Would you base the number on a moving average and if so what time frame? 100 day moving average?
2. For ETFs?
3. For Canadian equities?
4. For US equities?

Thank you............Ron

Q: am considering forming my own mid to small cap etf...
looking at a total investment of $20,000 divided equally...
would appreciate your thoughts on these companies..
if you prefer something else pls. advise...especially if it is something you strongly believe in! and if so which one would you take out.
thanks - Ed in Montreal

Q: Hi,
Wallbridge keeps announcing positive news regarding the amount of possible gold deposits on it's properties.
I own the stock and am very happy with the returns. Given where things stand at present. when would this company start producing gold? Is this a 5, 10, more year time frame?
Also, given the management team, what would be their ultimate end game? To build producing mines or get taken over?
I plan to keep holding this stock for the long term. At this time do you any issues with this company?
Thanks,
Dan

Q: I hold VEE CDN ETF in Non Registered account. I got T3 Slip with foreign income. When doing Taxes I have to choose country do I put as USA or which country.

Thanks for the great service.

Q: When considering weightings of a particular stock do you look at the weight as a percentage of just a stock portfolio, or would you consider it as a percentage of stock portfolio plus defined pension. For example, CSU has grown to 9% of my stock portfolio, but if I include my defined pension it is 3.5%. So if I consider only the stock portfolio then I would consider trimming (to maybe 7%) whereas if I include my pension in my calculations I have no need to trim.

Q: I want to buy two stocks from above selection. What would be your prefrence.
andrew.

Q: Does you portfolio allocation as referred to country investment recognize that some companies despite designated as domestic (Canadian) have and derive significant income from abroad ?
Therefore these are more diversified by the location as it appears in the Portfolio Analytics summaries.Basically the summary understates the total portfolio diversification by the country .I give the two above companies as an example but there are more companies to which this would apply.

Q: Is this transaction a little unethical when the President of Fairfax builds up a 40% position in Torstar and at the same time involved in a private company and now the same company has offered to take it private? This arrangement does not seem to be fair to Fairfax shareholders?

The company that owns the Toronto Star and more than 70 other newspapers agreed to be taken private by two prominent Canadian business families.
NordStar Capital LP, controlled by the Rivett and Bitove families, will acquire Torstar Corp. for 63 Canadian cents a share in cash, according to a statement released Tuesday night. Based on about 81 million class A and B shares outstanding, the deal values Torstar at roughly $51 million. The offer represents a 58 per cent premium to the closing price on Tuesday.
The deal represents the end of an era for one of Canada’s largest newspapers, which has been controlled by a voting trust of several Toronto families for decades. Torstar has been unable to turn around years of steady losses in advertising revenue and circulation. The shares have fallen 77 per cent since the end of 2017.
The proposal has the support of Torstar’s board and its largest independent shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Torstar Chief Executive Officer John Boynton is expected to continue in his role following the deal and former Ontario Premier David Peterson will serve as vice chair, the companies said. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.
Paul Rivett was a senior executive at Fairfax, a Toronto-based insurance and investment holding company, when it built its 40 per cent stake in Torstar’s Class B shares. He announced his retirement from the firm in February.

Jordan Bitove is a partner at private equity firm Spectrum Capital Partners in Toronto. His family was part of the ownership group that brought the Toronto Raptors basketball franchise to the city in the 1990s.

Q: What are your thoughts on this announcement?

WELL Health has made a $250,000 investment in Phelix.ai, a Toronto based digital health company. Phelix.ai is a technology service provider that has developed an AI or artificial intelligence powered clinical assistant. Phelix.ai's software allows health care clinics to automate key workflows and administration tasks so that non-medical staff can focus on higher value tasks.

Q: Hi, would like to keep just one gold stock, which one would you keep for two years +
Looking more for growth but of course would also like best company as far preserving capital in a weak gold sector.
Thanks

Q: Recognizing that these two Cdn. companies are in different sectors etc, which of the two would you prefer to buy at the present moment giving consideration to safety of dividend, management, recovery potential and debt. Thank you. Don

Q: It looks like there's some mean reversion going on today with some of the tech names that saw big spikes of the last few months. Any names you'd pick up today, or would you wait to see how this shakes out over the next little while?