Investment Q&A

Q: hello Peter:
could I please have your opinion on VLO? And if you could add a general comment on what range you see oil trading at in 2013 please.
thanks
Paul

Q: ATP,
I'm interested in high yield income stocks and value looks attractive here. Your previous responses indicate fairly strongly that ATP's $1.15 annual divivdend is safe. Why? Thanks
Larry

Q: Hello Peter, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has released their quarterly results. I don't understand the note on the "$8 million non-recurring foreign exchange loss" and can you explain. I would also appreciate your thoughts on the overall results. Thanks John

Q: Came across DPS.UN with positive comments.What I can find on them is the following.
Diversified Preferred Share Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end investment trust. The Fund is designed to provide holders of the units (the Units) of the Fund (Unitholders) with the opportunity to receive quarterly cash distributions by investing in an equally weighted diversified portfolio of preferred shares and preferred securities of Canadian issuers (each a Portfolio Security) on a passive basis and to receive the benefits of a low management expense ratio. Sentry Investments Inc. acts as the Fund's administrator. State Street Trust Company Canada acts as the custodian for the Trust.

Can you please do some digging and provide a brief run down including buy,sell and an A to E rating.
Thank-you

Q: Now that obama has been elected - I like gold. What junior/mid cap companies would you recommend, A number of them have pulled ahead after QE so I am finding it harder now to evalute which ones have the best growth potential for the next 12 months. Thanks.

Q: I have a position in WiLan and a similar U.S. company Virnetx Holding Corp who got a favorable decision re Apple today. Wondering if Virnetx is still a good hold.

Q: Woah! Do you have any idea what is spurring the drastic drop of Atlantic Power (ATP) the last couple of days? 15.05 on Nov.5, today Nov.7, 12.73 and falling. More than a 15% drop yikes!

Q: You have consistently liked Agrium (AGU) and I have held it for a long time. Is today's earnings report just a blip? Would seem so given the recent share repurchases and increase in the dividend but maybe management is just pulling out the stops to prop up the share price too. Appreciate your thoughts and work!

Q: Can you give opinion on LRE going forward after recent merger of GO and WFE. CIBC has market perform rating. Thank-you
Best regards
Harold

Q: CWA Coast Appliances just came out with its numbers. The stock looks very interesting to me. How does it look to your team?

Q: Radinat Communications TSXV:RCN reported Q3 results today. Given their strong cash-flow, cash position and improving profitability the company appears significantly undervalued. What is your opinion?

Q: I hold an initial small position in Melcor (MRD). Based on their recent financial reports which look extremely positive to me should I look for a favourable opportunity to add? Any potential hazards? Thanks.

Q: Peter,
Any insight on Coastal Energy - CEN? I have held this stock for a couple of years, pleased with it's performance. It appears to be on the verge of being taken out according to a article in the Financial Post yesterday, time to sell into this speculation or hold for more? I am inclined to hold given it's NAV, what say you?

Q: Peter
All the stocks your team recommends are good quality Canadian stocks listed primarily on the TSX which means if i was to choose only those my portfolio performance would be reflected by the performance of the TSX. Should we not balance our stock selections by also buying stocks listed on the DOW , S & P and Nasdaq ? In that light will your team be recommending other solid stocks that are listed on exchanges other than the TSX .
thanks

Q: Peter
HCI , DH and BDI all seemingly had great 3 and 9 month reports recently but were all down in afterhours trading even though the general markets were up . Why is that? Confused.
Thanks

Q: I note that in response to Kelly's earlier question, GNV hs been raided by the police today. With scandals touching SNC Lavalin and now GNV your pick of STN is looking better and better.

Q: peter, am great great results, a .20 cent special in addition to their regular .06. what do you think. i know you liked it before.stock way up today but still selling at about 3 times, i own 40000 shares in this one. dave

Q: Peter do you think that there is any hope for Petrominerales (PMG)? It has been a disappointment for a while.

Q: Peter: I would love your opinion on Argonaut Gold (AR). I have a nice profit in this stock and I wonder if it is time to take a profit> Thanks.

Q: PTQ Petaquilla Minerals Ltd
Thank you very much for your prior comments.
I'd appreciate your thoughts again. The Inmet hostile bid has been rejected. Panama Government seems to be onside with PTQ regarding resource ownership on gold vs copper deposits.
Does Inmet now go to work on their mine doing what they can and put in another offer in a couple months (weeks? years?) whenever they need to start construction on their tailings pond?
As no white knight has thus far been forthcoming for PTQ does this seem to indicate the white knight is just in fairy tales?
With the increased share price is PTQ better positioned for their long announced but never performed bond announcement?