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Q: Would you give me your assessment of this company please, and what other company would you favor over this one. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on April 01, 2016
Q: Hi Peter, any idea about trend of oil stockings, such as sgy? thanks
Read Answer Asked by Yingzi on April 01, 2016
Q: I last wrote to you about OZM.us on October 1 2014. After reviewing your input, I held on to my shares. Unfortunately, OZM is down another 60% since that date. I would be thankful for your comment on OZM’s prospects. I cannot use the tax loss. Nevertheless is it better to sell and move on? OZM.us looks like great value. But then many companies do, just before heading into bankruptcy.
Read Answer Asked by Adam on April 01, 2016
Q: Is this a good entry point for Element Financial? Tx
Read Answer Asked by hugh on April 01, 2016
Q: Is Cara a reasonable price today after buying St Hubert. Market seems to like the deal. Used to own Cara years ago. It went private and now back public. On another note there does not seem to have been much merger and acquisitions between companies. With the strong US dollar what companies in Canada would be attractive to a US company since they could buy at a 20 percent discount?
Read Answer Asked by Helen on April 01, 2016
Q: I use 2 online brokers and subscribe to a couple of premium data providers (capitalcube.com and GuruFocus.com) . In addition I use well known commonly used sites, including for example: FinViz.com, stockcharts.com, Yahoo and Google Finance.

I often find differences in ratios as reported by the different sites. I am referring here to significant (meaningful) discrepancies , not to non-material data. The two bank-owned online brokers also have differing ratios between each other.

Do the various providers not use the same or similar data providing services (e.g. Factset, Bloomberg , Thompson-Reuters).
How would a retail investor know which ratios one can rely on? As one example (out of dozens) : OZM.us is shown as having dividend yield of ~24% at RBC Direct Investing; it is 8% at GuruFocus. The actual yield is very different : as a shareholder,even after I gross up the dividend for withholding tax, I find actual yield based on cash received is less than 4%.

I use different sources to confirm the reliability of data I am using. But when there are wide differences, one is forced to go to the (very) long form financials filed with regulators. The latter is a cumbersome process for someone who is a DIY investor.

Would you care to give suggestions of the more reliable sites one can use reasonably safely?
Adam

Read Answer Asked by Adam on April 01, 2016
Q: Hey folks. I'm looking to buy AFAM, but the 1 year chart looks lousy and the stock peaked about a year ago. Can you tell me the reason for the steady fall? Any insider trading going on? What is the short interest? Finally, what do you think of the company's financials and prospects? Thanks for all your help.
Read Answer Asked by Noel on March 31, 2016
Q: You mentioned in a response to another member that you were waiting to hear the conference call in relation to the guidance. Could you give us what you took from their guidance and conference call? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on March 31, 2016
Q: I read the PHM guidance thoroughly and, based on over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, I came away with the feeling they are executing as they should considering the challenges they have acknowledged. When a business experiences a decline in sales, it is not always negative. Trading dollars is negative but trimming unprofitable products saves cost of sales including staff, product cost, etc. and those funds can be used to grow the more profitable side of the business. Unlike many failing business models, PHM has cash and limited debt. Usually a failing business cannot resurrect itself due to debt burden realized from declining revenues. PHM went from $40M to $32M in what will most likely be their worst quarter. Recalibrating with a more defined product line and costs under control are exactly what any business consultant would tell them to do. Now they can profit from their sales which they say will rise throughout 2016 and be in a position to add incremental acquisitions from their cash flow. Finally, the management team has the experience to see the shortfalls of the company and deal with them head on. I support their plan and remember they are heavily invested at $1.47, The senior management owns over ten percent of the company.
This stock has been the victim of rumour, the publicly suggested sale of the company and negative comments for months. They are still standing and today they turned a corner. If they can execute as they have to date, I can see this company growing significantly over the next two years. Today, someone has bought well over eight million shares from fed-up sellers. I am one of them. Do you see any eventual positive success from this viewpoint?
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Steven on March 31, 2016
Q: Could you mention 5 stocks you would put in the TSFA right now.
As number 1 being the top recomendation
Read Answer Asked by Josh on March 31, 2016
Q: A pair of recent announcements have peaked my interest of late. The Telefonica deal seems like a huge vote of confidence to me and the company has decent earnings. Is this starting to look interesting to you guys? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Scott on March 31, 2016
Q: In your reply today on CAO you quoted the P/E as 17. My screener shows EPS at 2.46 for a P/E around 12. Can you check whose numbers are closer. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Noel on March 31, 2016
Q: Can you tell me what the short interest is in this stock.
Read Answer Asked by wendy on March 31, 2016
Q: Morning,

What do you recommend for an owner of CBL given the current events? It's trading under $14 this morning which is below the number I believe the company intends to repurchase at. How would you act given the news?

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Tim on March 31, 2016
Q: I too am curious about this company but it is hard to get my head around the idea that it is apparently profitable, has been around for 30 years and is trading at $.29 ?? Could I get your analysis-- Would you buy this stock.? Thanx Robbie
Read Answer Asked by Robert on March 31, 2016
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