Investment Q&A

Q: Halliburton is at a much more attractive price now. Would you invest in this company with a ballpark five year time horizons and why/why not?
Thanks.

Q: To the 5i Team - With the tax loss season approaching could you name a few companies that still have good fundamentals but for one reason or another will probably (if not already) be subject to tax loss selling. Sector and dividends are not a factor in this question. Thanks.

Q: Could you please comment on RNW's third quarter results. (Obviously not viewed in favorable terms by the marketplace.) What do they tell you looking forward? Thanks as always.

Q: Kindly give us your take on the Q3 results and the newly announced take-or-pay agreements. Much appreciated.

Q: Hi

What are your sources or how can we find that a company or stock is shorted.

Thanks.

Q: Looking at starting a position in railroads - how would you rank the above for a 3-5 year period and why - are there any others you would rank higher - and what is your overall view on investing in this sector at this time.

Thanks,
Terry

Q: Can you please tell me how much stock the company insiders hold in AltaGas?

Q: How much stock do insiders hold in the company.
Garry

Q: Hi Peter and Ryan,

Pls comment on LITE quarterly earning report and outlook.

Should I continue to hold this stock?
Thanks for you advice as always.

Q: Hi,
I'm thinking to buy either of these banks or both due to the recent pull back for a 3 to 5 years time frame.
Which one you prefer to own?

Thanks for your expertise!
Jane

Q: hello, when do the above report and what are the eps/ rev expectations? Thanks

Q: I would appreciate your thoughts on the weak price performance of PBH stock. PKI by contrast is much stronger although the metrics of PBH are at least comparable. For example both have high debt over 120% of equity. Both have forward earnings growth over 30% and both trade on a forward PE below the 5 year low PE. The big difference is the price action. PKI trades close to median price that analysts estimate for next year whereas PBH is well below those estimates. I am assuming you prefer the good price momentum of PKI and, all being equal, you would go with PKI despite the apparent better value in PBH? Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Mike

Q: Hello,

I’m attempting to make sense of the current ALA situation. For months, the market has been suggesting that the ALA dividend is in trouble, as the yield continued grow. With this in mind, in September I asked my financial advisor if a cut was probable, and he replied that it was more likely that the dividend would increase rather than be cut, and that ALA should be ok for my income portfolio. Now, less than two months later, he’s stated that a cut is probably on the way.

I’m confused. Did ALA hide information (which has now been revealed) ? If the answer to this is “yes”, then I can understand how people have been hoodwinked. If ALA did not hide information, and the share price had been signalling trouble, I am tempted to say goodbye to this advisor and move my money, as this has cost me a substantial sum.

Did ALA hide information from the market that you are aware of ?

Q: Vascepa is already fda approved and they have 200 million in sales where is the risk or is this just a partial approval from the fda pending further study and on a scale of 1 to 10 how risky is it ten being the riskiest. dave

Q: Hi Guys: I hold an Altagas Preferred (ala.pr.e) which is down significantly over the last year. I hold it principally for the yield so I am not too bothered by the drop, unless of course I begin to believe that the company will have to default on its debt obligations. This seems (to me at least) a pretty unlikely scenario, notwithstanding all the current drama with its debt and stock price etc. Please give me your opinion in this regard. With thanks, Don

Q: GUD reports earnings on Nov. 8, and it makes up 3% of my portfolio. Is now is a good time to add to GUD, to bring it closer to 5%? I plan on holding for at least a year.
Thank you
Grant

Q: I am trying to clean up my portfolio a bit by reducing the number of holdings. For the fixed income portion I have 5 different bond funds (CBO, XBB, XHY, CVD, HYGH). Is there enough overlap with either of these that I should consolidate any, or would you suggest any different ETFs to simplify the fixed income portion of my portfolio?

Q: The "street" appears to dislike the Encana purchase announced today. Is this transaction that bad for the Encana stock?
The sell-off is certainly significant and does this represent a worthy entry point?
I also keep hearing that gas stockpiles are far below historical levels and with the cold weather around the corner would this have any positive impact for Encana?

Q: For your model portfolio percentage returns, did you include the dividends as part of the returns?

Q: I was thinking of selling my position in AX.UN and replacing with BPY.UN which would give me a decent yield, modest dividend growth, as well as much broader geographic diversification. A decent trade? Thanks