Investment Q&A

Q: I am currently underwater 60% on a small position of NAL (1% of my portfolio). In your view, is NAL likely to survive this market cycle and are they worth holding onto? I very much enjoy the dividend, is this likely to remain? Finally, should I consider doubling down on my position for a long term hold?

Thanks for the service!!

DON

Q: Do you have an update on the approval process of SPB acquiring CUS? The last news on it was this will be known before Q2 of 2016. Can I assume that the decision will be handed down on or before June 30, 2016?

By the way, thank you for your blog on this merger that led me to take a position in these two companies (60% SPB, 40% CUS). This combo is currently up 24% in about 3 months time. Not bad. Since I have unusual high risk tolerance when it comes to investing, do you see the combined company (if approved) will be a viable long term hold?

My own investing philosophy is that you have to have commitment in a stock (you're either in, or out, and no sell half and wait and see). If I don't see it as a long term hold possibility I really should cash out now since I'm sitting on a good size gain for such a short time.

Your advice is much appreciated.

Q: Hi , LRE currently has a bid of .52 cents a share under review by the Investment Canada Act . CEO told me Investment Canada came back with 3 undertakings ,and the undertakings have now been completed and the application is proceeding towards final review.
Without asking about this specific deal. What is the criteria for approval from Investment Canada
Thanks,David

Q: From what I read on this company,
P/E Ratio 3828.00
Earnings/Share $ 0.01
Dividend/Share $ 1.78
I do not understand why you recommend it a favourite holding.
Could you explain? I read your company report (2015).Do you still agree with an A quote?
Thank you.

Q: Hi Team ,What do you see as the prospects for Rifco: would a wait be worthwhile ?Andrew

Q: Hi , if Loblaw goes ahead with the sale of their gas bars, would you assume the share price responds positively?
Thanks,David

Q: In the month of April,there was an exercise of warrants for. 010 cents.
I didn't t add them all up but it is well over a million shares. My question is what does this mean for AYA? That's a lot of shares issued for next to nothing.

Thank you

Q: Would you buy MON now essentially on a "bet" that the Bayer deal will go through?

Q: according to td webbroker the INK insider report shows the CEO Martin Reid selling over 42% of his holdings on May 26th. Should investors be concerned??

Q: I am trying to decide on one of three stocks for income and a bit of growth. How would you rank Boston Pizza (bpf.un), A & W (aw.un), and Pizza, Pizza (pza)?

Q: ANY IDEAS AS TO CAUSE OF 10% RISE ON FRI. ON INCREASED VOLUME?

Q: Is US currency in a RBC bank account guaranteed by the BC govt not exceeding US$60,000. Thank you.

Q: Peter and Team,

How exposed is Home Capital to the Vancouver and Toronto markets. Would a reversal of house price gains in those cities materially affect the stock?

thanks,

Marc

Q: George asked about best Canadian growth stocks. You suggested KXS, SH, SIS. Where does CSU fit? I see it seems to be coming back strongly after its miss.

Q: After yesterday's conference call, what are your thoughts on their latest financial results?
Thanks!

Q: In a follow up to Paul and Jim, there is a calculator with an explanation available to get a sense of potential savings using the Horizon's DLR and DLR.U ETFS. http://norbertsgambit.com/usd-to-cad/
Cheers

Q: I believe you gave incorrect information re CAR.un You said:

Unfortunately because every REIT is different, and every year sources income can be different as well, we do not have an ability to screen properly for your list. It is rare that
For CAR, in 2015, 88.2% of distributions were classified for tax purposes as 'other taxable income'. 6.9% were capital gains, and the balance was foreign non-business income and return of capital. None of the distribution was eligible for the tax credit.

On the CAR website, they report that over 83% of distributions were categorized as ROC. A very different picture for tax purposes. Can you please confirm which is correct

Q: issued over a billion dollars of debt today. I have a small position. I think 5i called this earlier in the year about an equity or debt offering
to shore up balance sheet. any comments would be greatly appreciated.
thx

Q: Hi Peter and Ryan,

Thanks for the answer you provided yesterday on the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario (DICO), which insures Canadian currency deposits at credit unions, including interest, to a maximum of $100,000. However, my question was about deposits that exceed $100 000. I would like to have an idea of the risk involved if I were to deposit $150 000 or $200 000 on my Meridian High Interest Savings Account. I wanted an opinion based on Meridian’s corporate reports at the following web address: http://www.meridiancu.ca/meridian/about/corporate-reports/Pages/default.aspx

Many thanks!

Q: Hi again,
Sorry the symbol I was asking about is HEU. I've copied the question again below.

Hi 5i, I think over the next 3-5 years oil is going to rally up. In doing some reading I found this etf. The management fee is definitely higher than I like. I'm not exactly sure how the 200% correlation works but it sounds like if energy goes up it would be a good thing. Could you give your opinion on this fund, also could you give some better options for getting some more energy in my portfolio if you know of some. Thanks!