Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, "Reuters - December 16, 2015 - Canadian cable-TV operator Shaw Communications Inc said it has agreed to buy Mid-Bowline Group Corp and its subsidiary Wind Mobile Corp for about C$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion).
Wind is Canada's largest non-incumbent wireless services provider with about 940,000 subscribers across Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta, Shaw Communications said. "

So Shaw will become the 4th major Wireless Services provider in Canada, if the deal is approved by regulators. How would it impact the business of BCE, Telus and Rogers in terms of possible competition? Which one of the three is expected to be affected most, based on Wireless Revenue/Profits as % of their total business and the geographical base of Wind Mobile ? Do you see this development causing a reaction to share prices of these companies? Thanks for your insight.

Q: What do you think about Foot Locker (FL.US)? Buying opportunity or value trap?

Q: Western Canada Properties - almost as unloved as oil and gas. PE is 4.4 trailing, 7.7 forward. 4.71% yield with 27% payout ratio and yet stock has fallen from $19.90 in March to $12.74 today. Seems like a great buy, get paid to wait until the the oil pendulum starts swinging the other way. Whats you're thoughts

Q: Hi Peter and team,

I'm looking to add a balanced core of ETF's in my portfolio for everything outside of Canada, what ETF's would you suggest? Some income would be preferable.

Q: What Canadian Companies have a great deal of their sales in USA and will benefit from low Canadian Dollar. I can think od atd.b, mal, lnr, mg, . Which ones would you recommend.

Q: I am baffled at the discrepency between forecast and actual numbers of the US weekly oil inventories. This week a plus of 4.5MM vs a forecasted reduction of 1.8MM. Can you shed some light on what could create that much variance on a weekly reported number?

Carl

Q: With the US going to allow oil exports for the 1st time in 40 years what will the effect be on oil prices ?

Q: I am looking for solid Canadian dividend payers with a large proportion of their income/cashflow (40%+) from US and International operations.I already own BNS,PWF,SLF,GWO,TRP,EB,ENF,VET
BIP.UN,BEP.UN,BPY.UN and DH. I believe all of these fit the bill - do you agree and can you suggest some others. Many thanks

Q: Higher rates are finally here. Since the guessing is over, time to invest in companies with insurance revenue. Could you rank these stocks from "profits the most from the rate hike plan" to "profits the least": PWF, POW, SLF, MFC? If there is too little difference for your taste, could you use the valuations and dividends to help the ranking. Thank you.

Q: What would your top three Precious metal miner picks be?

Q: Hi Team,
I was surprised today that Goldcorp and other precious metals miners jumped up. G was up over 7%, presumably on news about the rate hike in the US. Klondex, Mandalay, Agnico Eagle and others were also up quite a bit (so it's not company specific). Can you please comment on the correlation between US rates, US dollar and gold miner prices. Seems like gold itself was down slightly. I would have expected gold miner shares to fall.
Thank you for your insights.
Michael

Q: Could you please comment on ESL's fourth quarter and year-end earnings release? It looks very good to me.

Thank you, Peter

Q: There has been a fair bit of insider buying lately with this company. Thoughts as to if this might be a good time to add to one's holdings?

Q: Hello Peter
Please comment on 2-3 stocks that will have the most up side with the Fed. new rate increase policy for 2016.
Thank you for the great advice this year , i did very well up over 20% on my portfolio YTD.
Wishing you and your Team a Happy Holiday and a Healthy New Year.
Kindest Regards

Claudio

Q: I need to sell a Stock for my riff payment shortly and am considering selling IGM Financial. Question why is this stock trading at near low for the year. 52 week range is shown at 33.32.-47.45. Todays quote is 35.89. My dividend is 5.75%. What would be your recommendation. ? Ernie

Q: Hi Peter
I own this floating Rate Preferred share issue which pays out a dividend which is based on 70% of the prime rate, it has taken a significant hit to say the least.
Recently it was downgraded to pfd-3 (high) i imagine because of debt risk,i hope this doesn't translate into Junk.
Could you comment on this Preferred share rating and the risk associated with it.
Thanks Gord

Q: I would like to wish the team all of the very best during the holiday season. I hope you will have a well-deserved rest and relaxation and renewal. As no one could have predicted the fall in oil, i like many others have suffered loses. Happily many gains, too! So, I have difficulty understanding some people's complaints on here from time to time. That is the market! I don't believe that there is a comparable service to yours which offers so much for so little. I don't believe there is any other place where you can even ask questions like this and get an intelligent answer so quickly. I find it an amazing service. And I know many others do to. But, onto the question: I am planning to sell sgy for tax loss selling and was wondering whether you thought Whitecap might be a suitable replacement?

Q: Hi,
Why does this one drop a lot today comparing to FXI:us?
Thanks
Jim

Q: They have reduced their capital program by 27% from their Nov. announcement. I think this is prudent...market not so much. Your advice please.

Q: I am wondering what your reaction is to the proposed 4 rate increases for 2016 and 4 more for 2017. My impression was that the rate increases would come much more slowly. Was this your expectation and what the effects would be on the US and Canadian economy and equity markets.
Many thanks
Mike