Investment Q&A

Q: In follow up for my question about finding industrial and consumer defensive stocks, you suggested 3 consumer (L, ATD.B and PBH) and 1 industrial (WSP). That is great, but is there no other industrial that has stability in economic downturn while offering a reasonable yield and dividend growth?

Q: Currently UTX is the only industrial stock in my portfolio and I would like to add two or three more to bring industrials up to 15 to 20% of my total portfolio. I have a very long-term total return focus. What are your favorite industrial stocks (either Canadian or US) at this time? thx

Q: Can you provide me an updated view on IVQ.U? I see it is trading below book value. I presume that if it was doing well it would be slightly above book? How do you feel about their debt and what effect a rising rate environment would play in their being able to meet their debt obligations without issuing stock or othrrwise raising capital? Thank you.

Q: Hi, Can I get your assessment of the latest financials from Granite. Thank you.

Q: Good day team, I'd appreciate your opinion on the latest results of pho.
Cheers

Q: What do you think of their earnings.

Q: Is this company worth holding on to???

Q: Knight seems to be anxious to acquire the rights to ThetapeuticMD's new products as they have agreed to many success payments plus a $20M investment. Is this an exciting deal?

Q: Upside break out for PHO? Thanks

Q: What is the q3 consensus for revenue pls.?

Q: Hi 5i - my kids will start University in 6 and 8 years. In general, when do you start building cash and getting more conservative in anticipation of withdrawing funds? Thanks, Neil

Q: Hi. I am new to your group and have a question about currency, in particular about $US to $CDN. I currently have $59000 US that I set aside to buy land in Costa Rica. I changed the money over from CDN to US last year at a rate of 0.7957. I have changed my plans and won't be buying land there, so I want to change most of the money back in to Canadian funds so I can invest in long term stocks. Is it a good idea to keep some of the money in US funds so I can invest in American companies as well as Canadian companies? Also, what do you think the Canadian dollar will do in the next 3 months in relation to the Us dollar?

Thanks
Rob

Q: Thanks for the advice on ECI. Nice premium today.
What % of Brookfield Group would 5i be comfortable with in one's portfolio?

Q: Hello 5i,
We too have ECI stock. Thank you. Tendering is new to me. After a Google search we have enough information to be dangerous. Our portfolio is with RB. We only see an option to sell. Can you help by explaining how we tender our stocks? Is it easier just to sell? With FTS and AQN at 5% weighting we are not sure converting to 100% BIP shares is the best plan for our portfolios. Any help is appreciated.
Thank you
Debbie and Jerry

Q: Hello, like many other investors I have an happy problem today, thank you. I have read all the questions on ECI today. Let's say I have 1000 ECI shares and I choose to tender my shares, does this mean that 750 ECI shares (75%) will be sold for a cash deposit in my account and that 250 ECI shares (25%) will be rollover in BIP shares at takeover date? The ECI price on TMX Money is $28.88 right now, do you think this price can fluctuate significantly in the meantime of deal completion? Thanks, Gervais

Q: I have the above securities as well as RBC Cdn Equity Inc-D shares, Sentry Cdn Income, Sentry Global REIT. I am a retired conservative dividend income investor with a company pension, CPP, annuities and Fisgard Capital for fixed income.

I currently own ECI and will sell and look for a Consumer stock to replace it (not interested in BIP...I have a full slate of Utilities). I filtered several candidates using fundamental metrics (P/E, beta, P/BV, P/CF, P/S) and technical metrics (200 dma, etc), as well as yield and price targets (for what they are worth).

I will keep my CGX and PBH. I'm looking for a long term hold (conservative, liquid stock with a good and growing dividend). My short list of candidates include CLIQ, CTC.a, PLC, TCL.A. I already flushed ADW.A, KBL, RSI and since I already have 1 food stock, I flushed L and NWC.

Please provide your insights into the appropriateness of these Consumer stocks (CLIQ, CTC.A, PLC, TCL.A) for my portfolio, given my circumstances and existing stock positions.

Are there other securities I should consider, even those that I have flushed?

Thanks for your help...Steve

Q: I sold my complete position in Whitecap sometime ago. With a good quarter reported today and the market yawning I am considering buying back in to this company. I feel it is starting to look attractive again at this level.
What is your view on the results and what would you consider as a percentage entry level.

Q: Every so often I take a look at Torstar. Does today's earning report do enough to actually make it investable? Thank-you.

Q: Hello, in a recent answer to a question on chemtrade, you referred to it as a cyclical stock. Please explain what a cyclical stock is and why you consider this stock in this manner. Also I assume, it is in a downward cycle currently, when would you guess the upward cycle would begin.

Q: What do you think about RSI as an income investment? They have a nice dividend and seems to be a recession proof type of company.