Investment Q&A

Q: Last fall you felt NPK was dead money, however they recently announced government funding assistance to get their Brazilian Potash mine into development. They are close to a major farming area where most of the potash must currently be imported. Since the funding announcement the stock price has taken pretty wild swings. What would your current outlook for this company be?

Thanks

Q: Would you please suggest a couple of ETFs for a very young 1 year old lady just beginning a RESP.Because of withholding taxes on foreign dividends in RESPs it seems those ETFs should be Canadian and also for a long term hold.Thanks for a great service. Don.

Q: re: SUM question earlier, can you clarify ROE of 4-5%? how is that considered attractive?

Q: What do you think of the latest quarterly reports for Painted Pony Petroleum (PPY-T)? A couple of analysts on BNN haven't been that enthused with PPY in general, one even indicating it should be a sell. I currently hold a 2.25% position and am wondering whether to keep holding in anticipation of it being sold! Thanks!

Q: Hi Peter and Team, Connacher, CLL, just released their results. May I please have your thoughts and opinions on these results and whether CLL has a decent future ahead of it, or not! Thanks!

Q: Hello 5i,
I’m looking to raise some cash and diversify my holding, as it stands right now, which two companies in the list below would you sell.
Enterprise Group (PEG), PPL Corp ( PPL), Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Emera Inc (EMA), Fortis Inc (FTS), Southern Co (SO), Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc (HE), Consolidated Edison Inc (ED), TransAlta Corp (TA), FirstEnergy Corp (FE)
Currently I’m a little overweight with Utilities and am looking for good companies in other sectors with the exception of telecom with a dividend around 5%, any ideas?
Thanks for your help!!

Q: Hi Peter & team, this is a general question. For any company, once in a while we hear or read "the stock is down today on heavy volume" or "the stock is down today on low volume"? Could you please explain the difference? In other words, is it "better" for a stock to be down (or up) on heavy or on low volume? Thanks, Gervais

Q: Would you consider NWH a safe dividend at 8% and a safe investment for the next year.

Q: Hi Peter and 5i: I am looking at including a selection of convertible debentures in a reasonably diversified RESP that will likely not be used for education funding until at least 2022. I'd like to get the principal back, eventually, and to collect a decent interest rate within the tax-deferred RESP. I am more interested in using them to offset common equity risk from the stocks' side of the portfolio and less interested in their potential upside from the convertability aspect. Converts that seem unlikely to be converted sometimes appear to offer a decent deal on the yield side. But of course I don't want to enter any situations where there is a substantial chance of default by the issuer. With all that in mind, could you please give me your comments on Firm Capital's FC.DB.D? Thanks very much!

Q: Hi 5i team, what is the risk , reward ratio and market cap before you recommend a stock? Any potential of CTH, small in a hot sector ?

Q: I would like to know which companies you really like for long term holds are presently richly valued and likely to tread water for a while barring radical market moves one way or the other. I am tempted to ask for a number of companies in this situation--say 5-- but am reluctant to force you to put a company in which really doesn't fit the parameters just to make up the number nor to limit you should there be more than 5.
Bryon in Elmira

Q: Hi Peter,
Do you think it is a good time to get out of TRP, while is doing fairly well?
Also would you strongly suggest to put the funds into IPL or PPL, or stay in cash for a bit?
Many thanks,
Brenda

Q: Hi Team, I have heard more than one commentary about a coming market correction. I own a wide spectrum of sectors, about 65% large cap, and 25% in mid-cap. and 10% small cap I have gains in all sectors (not all stocks) and I'm thinking about taking some gains to move into some cash for the next couple of months. What are your thoughts about the following sectors in small, mid and large cap , and how they might be affected if the market corrects. (all Canadian stocks)
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Financial
Industrial (eg. BGI.UN, WEF)
REITS
Tech
Consumer (DH)
Thanks so much.

Q: Hi,
I am trying to understand currency hedging. This is from FFI.UN's description:
"Currency Hedge
The portfolio's US dollar exposure is hedged back to Canadian dollars to protect against currency risk."
Does this protect me against the CND dropping or USD dropping?
Thanks!

Q: hi.What is your opinion about CM (can Imperial Bank ).Has it changed since your previous comments.Between BNS and CM which one is your choice and the strongest treason for it.Thanks and have a good day,ebrahim

Q: My question is on Directv (DTV). I noticed you commented on this about a year ago. It went to 80 but has been under pressure lately. Do you still like this holding?

Q: I currently hold no utilities/pipelines. I would like to add at this time and would appreciate your suggestions. Thanks. Your service is very helpful.

Q: ipl - vs ppl -which offers the best potential growth medium term and why -thanks

Q: Peter BPF.UN has been on a slide since the founders discounted their stock .Is it time to get out of Dodge
Stan

Q: A response to question on Donville and DHX in which you pointed out your disagreement with him.
One specific point is this---5i "We like its timeless content library" Donville sees much less value in the library after it has been shown.

Bryon in Elmira