Investment Q&A

Q: I find the trading on the stock peculiar. After the quick run up, the stock is settling back down to pre-announcement levels. If they are potentially in play and an acquisition value may be $12-14, shouldn't it be trading a bit higher/stronger.

Or is it that their news release wasn't so strongly worded...

Q: Very frustrated that management talked up this big deal that was to go through in December only to have them tell everyone they were pulling out. What kind of top-notch management team would talk up a pending deal for months to then tell everyone they are not going through with it. To me this is a sign of a very amateurish management team and that is worrying. They should have waited to have the deal finalized then announce it as opposed to talking it up for months then deliver nothing. It gave everyone false expectations so of course price now is tanking based on their inability to bring a deal forward that they promised would happen.

Will there be anything now to get price up? It seems that NAV of 4.40 is of no interest to the market so I am worried that this company has very little going for it now but I could be wrong so would like your take on things.
Thank you.

Q: what are your thoughts on todays analyst conf call by ECN updating them on what's going on.

thanks Tom

Q: hello 5i:
I'm unable to view the presentation by the company this morning, but note the stock price drop. Can you comment on the company's view and if the price drop is correlated to the presentation or a general market reaction?
thanks
Paul L

Q: Hi 5i,

I was wondering if you had any insight into the recent price movement of DRT?

Q: Hi Peter& Ryan,

Could you comment on the latest acquisition.

Thanks

Q: Should we be worried about the high volume today ?

Q: Recent info

Q: I took a 1% flyer on this a few months back and then increased it to 2%. It seems to be doing well and I wondered how you would consider it in terms of risks and prices. It's always hard to read Brookfield P/Es. Would you buy more of this now?

Q: Good Evening
I am thinking of buying a Granite REIT bond yielding 3.5% and maturing in 2023. The credit rating is BBB.
I will appreciate any comments about this REIT and whether it is safe to invest. Alternatively would you recommend any other fixed income security yielding 3.5% and above for about 6 years.
Thank you

Q: Why would this company not pay a dividend, if they are sitting on all this cash, and cannot find anything to do with it?

Q: Do you use Stop Losses? If so what would be your criteria ?
Thankyou

Q: Why does the Balanced Equity Portfolio spreadsheets
give NFI and others a NR rating when the specific reports such companies give them A,B,C etc.

Q: I am trying to understand how NFI deserves an A- rating. Please appreciate that this is a learning opportunity on my part as I`ve made (too many) mistakes in the past. I see a company that has had excellent fundamentals (i.e. 19.7/20.7% revenue/EPS growth) over the past 5 years but only has a 4.9% revenue growth over the next year. The company's balance sheet is so/so. The companies last quarter was disappointing. The big advantage I constantly read about is its backlog (and this is not a sign of growth). This sounds like a company that was great in the past but appears to have few specifics mentioned about having a great future . What is it that we do not see? Your in-depth comments are appreciated.
Thank You.

Q: Since some folks think the MTY offer is inadequate,your recommendation to holders of IRG would be appreciated.Thanks.

Q: Happy Holidays 5i. I am interested in AI and specifically how it is going to impact the medical field in the coming years. Is there a specific AI stock that is advancing methods in the medical field that you know of? I am aware of ROBO but am not sure how much of it is tied to the future treatment of patients. Thanks

Q: You mentioned in an answer that Small Cap stocks tend to get a bump in January or something along those lines. Can you expand on that in regards to how long historically this period has lasted, do Micro Caps also get a bump and might this be a good time or when is a good time to sell out of some of my more risky holdings that I don't want anymore?

Thanks, new site is great.
Craig

Q: There are a lot of positives being written about this company which is nice, but I need to know the negatives in order to come to a balanced decision about whether or not to buy the stock. Do you have a sense of what the Achilles' Heels of this company might be?
Robert

Q: I realise this is a bit out of your focus area but I have a quadruple in a British company Games Workshop (GAW). I am wondering if I should sell some shares or hold.

Q: So back in May you answered a question to a guest, and said you had little interest in the stock for the future, since than it has gone from $26 to $38. It won it's court case, has had big insider buying by some fund has been buying a ton of stock and they are buying back stock, analyst on CNBC have also been high on the stock. So have we missed the boat here, or can this still be purchased?
Thanks