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Q: MTY Food Group reported excellent earnings today, and the stock climbed 17% as a result. This was despite the fact that there were still 359 of their locations closed at the close of the quarter due to covid. That number is now down to 258, as reopening continues. The eps was 93 cents for the quarter, which would be a run rate of $3.72 for a year, a p/e of about 17, which seems quite reasonable for a growing business. I'm thinking that the results should be significantly better once more of the locations are open, but it is hard to quantify that. How much better do you think the results might look once virtually all of the locations are open? If they are going to be making say, $5.00 a share, the stock looks quite cheap. Do you think this is a good buy at this price?
Read Answer Asked by Dan on July 12, 2021
Q: Good afternoon,

Could you please pass along on how best to take advantage of rising copper prices both using an equity( s) and etf.
Same question as it applies to the semi conductor space.
Please feel free to deduct 2 credits as I have posed 2 questions.

Thank you,
Brad

thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Brad on July 12, 2021
Q: It is my understanding that a 75% Capital Gain Inclusion Rate means simply that 75% of the capital gains are subject to tax. The percentage of tax owing is based on one's income. So if one's income was low enough the tax owed on the capital gain might be less than 75%. Brenda's question and your response seems to suggest otherwise. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
Thanks,
Jim
Read Answer Asked by James on July 12, 2021
Q: Is it a red flag when a company has a consistently much higher depreciation and amortization costs on the cash flow statement than it has CapEx spending? I have been researching a small UK company involved in online fraud detection. It is in a good space but this is one thing which worries me, together with rather low cash return on invested capital. Any comments appreciated.
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on July 12, 2021
Q: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/biohaven-bhvn-q2-nurtec-preliminary-152303082.html

Could you please comment on the recent results and based on these updated results have your previous concerns that you’ve mentioned in past comments changed for the better…would Biohaven be a take out candidate and with all the higher price targets, the insider buying by the CEO, what a your future thoughts on the company and their balance sheet if they keep this up. Would you buy, sell or hold here? and how would they be able to compete with other big pharma companies in the migraine space going forward?
Read Answer Asked by James on July 12, 2021
Q: This is more of a "HOW TO" type question. There are 2 strategies that I've been thinking may help me react to the next down event like Covid 19, 2023. One is to sell everything early and buy back in once the markets level out. The other is to just buy dividend paying stock and get paid while waiting for the inevitable return of the market.

So, if I adopt strategy 1, how would I actually go about it? It seems obvious there would be more sellers than buyers so would you simply sell at Market and hope you recoup enough $ to rebuild your portfolio, or would you use Limit (ie you feel the market will fall 20%, so set a low limit where you feel below it maybe to damaging or to low $$ with which to rebuild, but low enough where you may get more buyers than sellers using Market.

In strategy 2, the assumption would be No Economy could ever go to zero, there is always some companies who make it through black swan events. So how would I identify those dividend payers who could maintain their dividends or a portion of their dividend in dire market conditions?
Read Answer Asked by Phil on July 12, 2021
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