Investment Q&A

Q: Would you be a buyer of QSR today or would you wait it out?
Thanx Gary

Q: What are your thoughts on HWO as far as an investment for a contrarian play with a large dividend and a loss of 50% in the last year. Where do you see them going in the next 12 months , any tailwinds on the horizon and is the fat dividend safe?
Thanx Gary

Q: Is there any way I can buy shares in this co? I tried in USA investment account, no go. Is there another company producing batteries using hydrogen instead of lithium? I already bought shares in lithium battery producer BLDP. It would be nice to have both types of producers .
This is for entertainment not what one would like at as secure investment .

Q: Have held this one for about a year now and am even on the price and up about 20% on dividends. It seems to be in a holding pattern lately and I would appreciate your analysis and guidance on the future of GMP under its new look. Buy,sell or hold
Thanx Gary

Q: Ignoring taxes, cash requirements, sector allocation, on a straight-up basis, for a minimum one-year hold, which of the above-listed equities would it be prudent to currently sell,buy, or hold? Thank You

Q: I am looking for a stock for my TFSA and am thinking about either Nutrien or Thompson Reuters. I am retired and not likely to need this money for many years, if ever.

Ntr has a pretty ugly chart with lower lows and lower highs for the last year, but a pretty good dividend. It might appear to be bottoming at around $60. They also seem to be rather wedded to their old production technologies and are not putting much into R&D (unlike some competitors), which causes me some concern, though it is perhaps offset by tremendous change taking place on their retail side .

TRI seems to only go up, but has only half the yield. They've certainly made a lot of changes in the last couple of years.

Recognizing that they are very different businesses, which would you prefer to own and why?

Q: Hello Peter & 5i group,
I have about 6% in SHOP, as every one knows it's had a huge run and lofty valuations, would you recommend putting a stop loss on the position and if so at approximately what price??
Thank you very much,
Sincerely,
Ken

Q: Good afternoon,

Do you recommend CAE ? If so given its recent run up, would you establish a full or partial position?

Thank you.

Q: What do you guys think about buying and holding Choice Properties REIT forever? This REIT is supported by mainly grocery stores that will never go out of business.

I just don’t see how there could be much downside to a stock like this. I was planning on buying about 200 shares a year for the next 10 years.

Thank-you

Q: Hi 5i Team,

I am looking at APTX Aptinyx Inc., a Biopharmaueutical Co., and am thinking to initiate a small position of it.

They are still losing money and did a financing at 3.00 in mid January, but share jumped up to 4.60 already last Friday.

What is your thought and outlook of this company? Is it still speculative ?

Always thank you for your professional advice.

Q: Any news on XPEL today? Stock was up over 10% this morning on huge volume.

Q: Hi 5i
Recent takeovers have left me with uninvested funds. I'm looking to re-invest that cash into income generating (US stocks preferably) undervalued positions providing 3 - 5 % dividends.
What would you suggest I have a look at ?
Also, PA shows that I'm light on utilities and telecoms but the suggestions don't need to be limited to these sectors.
Thanks
Mike

Q: Hi team,
in an effort for international diversification, preferring individual stocks, I am considering the following Japaneese, swiss and Chineese stocks.
Your views on them would be most appreciated as well as possible alternatives.
gratefully yours,
Jacques IDS

Q: Hello Peter , I like divi , performance and low fees on this. What I dont like in VDY is high concentration to FINANCIALS ( and then ENERGY). Do you have any alternate suggestions with bit more rounded of sector holding and offering similar benefits.
Thanks

Q: I currently have about 7 1/2 % of my RIF in bonds and would like to double that position - on the safer end . As a percent of total portfolio (Rif, non-Registered, TFSA) my holdings now are:
CBO <1%
CVD 1.1%
XHY 2.1%
ZAG 3.8%
Could you suggest what else to add or what adjustments to make to the above. Many thanks

Q: Interest rates. I use the theme that interest rates will show where the country is in the business cycle. At this time interest rates will be declining or will be stable rather than rising. Therefore the chances of a recession are very low to low.
I would appreciate your opinion.
Clayton

Q: Hi,
My records indicate that the score reports later today. What are the estimates? Do you have a date for when shopify reports as I couldn’t find one. Again what are the estimates for SHOP?
Thanks,
Kerri

Q: I have some $ in zwh and I am looking to add either sphd or zlh for more u.s. exposure with capital preservation and income. Would you please evaluate these 3 etf and make a recommendation. Thank you.

Q: I am interested in your view on the best strategy for selling stocks to raise cash in a non-registered account. I am looking to sell 1% of my total portfolio, and my thinking is to either A) take this out of one or both of two stocks that are the largest (each about 5%) weighting in my portfolio or B) sell my least favourite, lowest weighting, stocks (energy producers) with 3 stocks comprising 3% total weighting.

With option A) I could pare one of my largest holdings back to 4% or both of them back to 4.5%. One stock is ENB, in which I have a 30% gain and the other stock is AAPL, in which I have a 350% gain. ENB pays a 6% dividend, which I am reluctant to lose, and which benefits from the dividend tax credit. AAPL pays a 1% dividend, which is fully taxable and easier to give up, but I will have to pay a sizeable capital gains tax. I have no stocks with losses that I can sell to offset the gains. You have always advocated hanging onto winners, and both of these stocks are "winners" in a way, one for income and the other for growth.

With option B) I could sell half my energy producer holdings. I bought the energy stocks as a "lottery ticket," expecting at least a double if and when energy prices rebound. I hold CVE (up 25%), ERF (breakeven) and WCP (up 32%). They are roughly equal weight, so I could achieve my goal of selling 1% of my portfolio by selling just one of these three stocks.

Which stock(s) would you recommend I sell and why?

Q: Hi,
Can you tell me what you think fair share value is for Aritzia now? Ive held it less than a year, and am thrilled with being up $8 (almost 50%). Im just trying to decide if the best part of this ride is over or if it has potential and reasoning to make more solid gains. Even if you think growth will continue but slow down from the current pace, I will likely sit on it a while. I just dont want to kill my returns by waiting if its likely to stagnate for a while.

Thanks