Investment Q&A

Q: This has been very lonely stand up stock in my portfolio. Rather unusual for it to be as it trades thinly at points. Now I can see a reason for it in it's recent purchase of Healthmark. I can't recall when the last time was that it bought something. Do you think this might represent a change in corporate thinking? What does the purchase mean to your thinking on RPI and how significant do you think it is for the company?
I am looking to sell some shares. Hopefully at higher prices?

Q: Hi- just thought my fellow subscribers who own Valeant might be interested in this article, which, in brief, states that Valeant is one of the greatest increasers of drug prices and may be affected by the Hilary Clinton furor.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-04/more-pain-biotechs-ahead-valeants-astronomical-price-increases-take-center-stage-pfi

Q: Wondering what your thoughts are on stonegate. At 0.03 could it be considered a good gamble?

Q: I believe you've suggested around a 25% allocation to your growth portfolio while also suggesting 20 stocks overall for diversification. With that said would you say selecting 15 stocks from the balanced equity portfolio and 5 stocks from the growth portfolio would be a sound strategy for a young investor that doesn't need the income from the income portfolio? This is assuming diversification across sectors. A etf like VXC or XAW would be added for international exposure. Cheers

Q: I have been looking at this company for some time. It seems awfully cheap, and is growing nicely. Mr. Glassman appears to have lots of expertise in the area. I realize there are far to many stocks for 5i to research, but my question is if this is a stock that you would ever consider covering, or are there some fundamental underlying issues that would exclude it from your consideration (similar to your reluctance to recommend resource stocks?) Are there any major issues that give you pause? What do you see as the main risks with this company?

As always, thank you for your help.

Q: Would you please review the key metrics that you use in stock picking for this stock .
Is this a stock that would make any short list of stocks?
It seems to have had a great run.
More upside?
Too late to get in and instead look at other US stocks?
Thanks again.

Q: Can you list five or more small cap companies that have initiated dividends in the past two years or so? Where would I find this sort of info, I don't have Bloomberg. Thanks.

Q: There has been some insider buying at Baytex in the last little bit. I was wondering if you think this is a positive thing and would you start a position now? Currently have zero exposure to energy.

Thanks

Q: This small cap is down significantly! Worthwhile to hold though for 2-3 year time frame. Thanks for your valuable input.

Q: I hold both BNS and NA (each about 4.5% of my portfolio). With yesterday's news on NA, would you recommend reducing NA in favour of BNS or another Canadian bank, if so, which one?
Thanks,

Q: In a previous question, someone asked what drillers would best respond to an oil rebound, you mentioned Precision Drilling PD and High Arctic HWO. What about Trinidad?

thanks,
jb

Q: Hi, this morning at one point one bid @ 18.28 for 8000, one ask @ 18.32 for 8000. Is this BMO making a market for the shares based on the companies inside the ETF?

Thanks

Q: Good Morning Peter, Ryan, and Team,
I noticed after looking through the Ink Insider Report for WSP that there are two very deep pocketed 10% + holders of the shares:
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board- 17,524,815 shares held
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec- 15,699,525 shares held
Total shares outstanding look to be 90 million. It appears that both pension funds take their quarterly dividends in shares as opposed to cash which dilutes the other shareholders over the long term. On one hand WSP will likely never fail due to the deep pocketed backstop of the two pension plans but on the other hand the CPP Investment Board received 148,810 shares in July in lieu of cash. I guess WSP can grow faster if it is able to redeploy the cash that it would have had to pay out to CPP (and the Caisse). I would like your take on this issue. Thank you for your sage insights. DL

Q: I asked a question on Wednesday but did not get a response.

Could I have your advise on buying some growth as well as relatively safe US stocks to take advantage of this weak market.

Thanks a lot. I leant a lot from 5i and also other members' comments

Q: How is IT impacted by AYA's New Jersey news? Agreed that the real prize for AYA is the rest of the USA and they are lobbying California. I like IT because they are in regulated markets in Europe (UK, Sweden, Spain). Does IT plan to expand into the USA too? Could you please briefly compare IT and AYA from a business and investment perspective. Do you think that AYA may buy IT once it brings debt down? Based on forward P/E IT looks very interesting and insiders have been buying in the $11 range.

Q: Greetings all! CODI looks pretty good at a PE of 4 and yield of over 8%. Is there any reason you can see for the low valuation?

Q: Can I get your current thoughts on SVC and your thoughts on their future potential/growth opportunities.

Q: Hello Peter,
I bought this stock at near all time high and thus down quite substantially while holding for a fairly long period now with nothing to show for it.
Your downgrade reflects the risk even if the growth is attractive. For a new investor in the stock the rating is appropriate. But for an existing shareholder here is the dilemma. If I sell, I have the tax loss (which I cannot use now maybe sometime in future) as the only positive. On the other hand, given the steep fall, there could be a nice rebound and therefore an above average return from this point on. What would you suggest? Would I be making the classical mistake of being in love with my loser if I held on? Or should I switch to one of KXS, PEO, QHR, TC in the growth portfolio?

Q: Hi, Peter
In my question to which oil&gas service company would profit the most from a revival of this industry, you mentioned 4 drillers. So the question is are driller the most prone from all service companies to profit first or there could be other type of service companies that would also participate early in the aforementioned scenario.
Thanks again
Claude

Q: Dear Peter and team:
Even though the tech sector has also corrected, it appears its gains haven't been completely wiped out.
What ETF would you recommend for one to take a position in NASDAQ. Keep in mind that the CAD is so weak! Do you see NASDAQ losing even more or holding steady in the next year or two. This is for my RRSPs. Time horizon 3 to 5 years.
If you don't recommend any ETFs, can you suggest some tech stocks?
Thanks .