Investment Q&A

Q: As for the action today in Lonestar do you think the Market Maker knew there was a million share order(s) pending, couldn't move it till he brought the market down to where there were buyers interested, it took him or her several days to accomplish this, explaining the downmove from $4. Is this feasible and do you think the amount of market manipulation is greater on the Venture, or at least with thinner trading stocks anywhere?

Also chartwise I agree price has bounced off the 200 day ma, and I see a "doji" today (same open and close roughly) which usually indicates a change in trend direction, especially when accompanied by high volume. Thanks, J

Q: Peter Could you please tell me the diff between a ETF and a mutual fund in my opinion some else is controlling your future for a fee .
Kind Regards
Stan

Q: Kindly share your thoughts on Twin Butte Energy (TBE). Thank you.

Q: are there any good nanotechnology companies worth investing in, and are they potentially a good investment long term. thank u

Q: Please give me your opinion on The Bank Of Ireland (IRE) as a medium and long term hold.

Thankyou

Q: Is D.UN a good buy right now?

Q: Hello,

I really want to add AVO and TCN to my portfolio but I'd have two sell two of my stocks to do so.

I was thinking of selling Magna to buy the AVO. I know Magna is a great company but I already own LNR and ACQ which are doing better than Magna in my portfolio right now and are in the same sector, so I'm thinking I'm overweight in the sector with Magna.

Also thinking of selling Ciniplex to buy Tricon. I know totally different companies, but my ciniplex has gone up 15% since I bought it a few months ago and I don't see as much upside with it as Tricon.

Please let me know what you think of this strategy?

Carla

Q: Goodday peter and team, heres my 2 cents on the new portfolio (growth vs. income) idea. before I subscribed to 5I I was pretty much fully invested in the Canadian resource sector,thinking that the world would always need resources. well they do and don't,ive turned a 180,000 portfolio into a little over 60,000 today . ive had to grind my teeth, grrrr as ive sold losers to invest into 5I reccomendations to see somewhat of a turnaround (thankyou). income or growth? for me its growth growth growth. tkx pat

Q: I own QHR and am up substantially.This morning it sounded as if they sold their business but stock is down.Can you look into this for me.Thanks Don

Q: Peter and Team,

Can you provide any insight to the big 30% drop at OSIS due to a contract cancellation? Its a very small speculative position in my portfolio, is the bad news already baked in, or is the a sign of things to come? Thanks.

Q: Hi Peter & Team:
Appreciate your help. I Submitted this question on Dec 4 and was
informed "your question has been submitted.", so I don't know what transpired. Anyhow, on Dec 2 Edward submitted a question about year end distributions. Is it true or not that in many cases with stocks, mutual funds & etfs the drop is not as large as the payout and so is advantageous? Also, many years hence I
owned some seg funds,and my advisor, who passed away a long time ago had me sell them, because he said he had made an error.
The funds were not popular, volume was low, and he anticipated that it would be wound down. He feared that the last holders would be stuck with large distributions. I asked if those who
sold during the year wouldn't get a t3. He replied," they are gone." Did he understand the workings of funds?
Thanks in advance Peter.
BEN

Q: I was thinking of buying td on the US side. In a previous Q/A you said the price would adjust. I am not sure I understand this. If the Canadian $ drops to say .90 cents would that not make an increase of 4% or so on the difference in the dollar plus being paid in US dollars in the dividend?
Also what are your thoughts on the dividend stock split?
Thank you for your assistance and clarification.

Q: Comment on LSI. Up to you if you think it merits posting on not! I've been watching the chart technically, and not surprised by the drop to $3.10 today. It is now (hopefully) bouncing off the 200 day M.A. , I bought and expect it to start moving up again. I think the recent sell-off was just a technical move, and nothing wrong fundamentally.

Q: could you tell me what is going on with LSI . thank you.

Q: Catamaran (CCT) has been quite volitle lately...does the rollout of Obamacare support future prospects of CCT and how how do you rate the prospects of the company and the stock over the next 12-18 months?

Thanks, Clay

Q: Hello 5i,
Out of the twelve utility stocks I own two are underperforming, which are Emera (ema) and First Energy (fe). From this starting point, in your opinion should I sell and buy CPX or wait for them to come back
Thanks

Q: While asset allocation is more personal to ones situation whats your opinion on these ETF's for a portfolio revamp or are there better options that one should consider.
Bonds - XBB, U.S. - XSP, International - XIN, emerging markets - VWO, there is also a Canadian allocation and cash but I am not sure about these 4 ETF selections.

Q: Safe Fixed Income Instrument

I am a retiree, and need a safe place to keep money in fixed income instrument. I consider this money as last line of defense. I have a stock portfolio with which I am satisfied.

I kept this money in GIC which pays almost nothing. Also tapering is expected in 2014. Please suggest a financial instrument. If I go back to GIC please suggest how long to tie up the money. I do not need it now. Thanks.

Q: My "DOGS" for 2013 include the following stocks. AET.un, BA, COS, PME, JE.

They were bought in part for the dividend and all still yield over 5% (10.6% in the case of AET.un).
My question is this: are these worth holding, adding to, or simply selling now?
Thanks for the info and your guidance.

Q: I Am thinking about trading Killiam properties for Tricon Capital Group AS it may have better growth and maybe less effected by higher intrest rates. Would appreciate your view. Thanks Barry