Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,
Jeff Tonkin, CEO of Birchcliff Energy (BIR-T)was on BNN-Commodities show this morning and discussed a recent change with TC Energy for buyers of Canadian Nat Gas to now be able to put their gas into storage year round as they are not required to have fixed and interruptible transportation. He said this puts a floor on the natural gas pricing. Do you agree and do you see this as significantly contributing to BIR-T and other nat gas producers bottom line and ultimately increasing their share prices? Thanks

Q: Not sure if anyone has already asked but my question is should I tender my shares for Blackstones planned acquisition of subject. Obviously Blackstone must feel they can do good things with it and the premium offered is not overly generous.

Q: What about SPOTIFY for the next 12 to 18 months for growth, what do you see it as a safe and solid?

Q: I currently own BIP, could you compare the two as a long term income hold.

Q: Often, you have people like Richard this morning, writing to you about advice they've received from their brokers that doesn't make sense. One must bear in mind that the people answering the calls are at a call-centre, and some are more knowledgeable than others. When I get a response that sounds iffy or doesn't make sense, I call back a bit later, get someone else on the phone, repeat my question, and more often than not I get a totally different answer.

Q: i am considerably down on my shares of dhx. i have recently been offered warrants which expire november 15, these warrants would give me approx 533 shares at a price of 1.67, or i can sell the warrants any recommendations? brenda

Q: They issued guidance yesterday that sounds promising. This is an American healthcare company that lists on the Canadian venture exchange. The press release says they are exploring a US listing in 2020. There may be a nice buying opportunity here, before they list in the US. Viemed is a similar stock that comes to mind. Largely ignored on the Cdn exchanges until the Americans started buying. One that bears watching.

Q: Would you please evaluate their recent acquisition in terms of the dilution of shares debt and what it might mean to future earnings and would you recommend adding to a small position? Thank you.

Q: What would you suggest a full weighting for A&W be and would you be buying on this pullback? Thanks.

Q: could you please give me a few stocks from your portfolios with the highest insider ownership. GSY comes to mind along with SIS. Thx

Q: Dear 5i,

This is where you guys are worth your weight in gold!
I looked on the investor area of their web site and found very little information.
Where can I find more detailed breakdown of their financials?
What percentage of shares does Brian Baulmer actually own?
It looks to me like he is just the celebrity marketing face of the company and provides
some consulting on the side.
Can I also get your thoughts on this company?

Q: Dfn has been going down since doing financing at 8.75. Closed at 8.37 yesterday. Your thoughts as to holding for the long term

Q: MFI is getting blasted this morning. I am inclined not to panic but would like your take on earnings, guidance and especially on whether or not this affects anything in their longer term planning.

Thank-you again.

Q: What is your opinion on FM. Good buy, sell or hold

Q: Hi Everyone at 5i ...me again. I have a non registered account with the following breakdown: 60% GICs ( because this is my retirement money and I am conservative and I know that GICs in a non registered account are a losing proposition as far a inflation etc. )..10% XHY/CPD.....and 30% stocks..BMO, ZUT, ZWE,BNS,BCE,BAM.A,BEP,UN,BPY.UN,CCL,CAR,ET,FTS,GSY,HR.UN,KXS ,NTR,OTEX,PEO,QSR,SLF,T,TD,VFV,WSP. Now to my question....I am generating $30,000. Combo dividend ( a larger percentage ) and interest income . I want to increase this but at a lower risk. .I would like to extract 150K from the GIC column and produce a higher level of dividend on these monies, but yet, keep things as conservative as possible ( this is called having your cake and eating it too.) What would you suggest?...I thought I might divide this between XBB, CPD or....your suggestion. Thank you for your help, Cheers, Tamara

Q: I bought recently shares of ITP and BPY.UN on the TSE(both companies pay their dividends in US dollars). and naturally paid for the shares in CAD. this morning I asked my broker to journal these shares to the US dollar side of my cash account in order to collect the dividends in US funds he said since the shares were bought on the TSE all future dividends would first be received in Canadian dollars and would then have to be converted to US dollars each time they were paid regardless of the fact the shares were to be held on the US dollar side of my cash acct he said the only way I could have avoided the exchange cost was to have bought these 2 companies on a US exchange! am I getting the correct advice from this large national brokerage firm?

Q: Your thoughts please on ALA’s earnings and ability to meet current dividends going forward? Thanks.

Q: May I have your current thoughts on Alantica Yield? Have they reduced their debt load since your February review of the company? I suppose as a utility like company they can carry more debt due to their steady cash flow. On the other hand recent experience with ALA has taught us that utility like companies can still get into debt problems! 6.9% dividend yield seems to be implying that the company is entering either the danger zone or becoming a great buy - not sure which. Gordon Pape recommends the stock in todays Globe. We already own AQN, BEP.UN and ALA to a 6.5% weighting. We could make a purchase of AY and bump our weighting up to 9%. We wouldn't go higher. In your previous review you noted a link with AQN, could you explain the link a little more?
Thanks,
Jim

Q: Any comments on these 2 High Yield US stocks? Are they best bought in Cash, TFSA or RRSP for Tax implications?

Thanks as always!

Q: I have sold a security and have cash to invest. Can I have your thoughts on Cargojet and Waste Connection. Which of the two do you see as the better investment? Thank You.