Investment Q&A

Q: Could you tell me why NAL dropped 11% today, Just average volume and I can't find any news. If you do know could I ask how/where you find information like that.
I bought some around 5$ and don't know if I should sell or buy more. Difficult to make a decision when you don't have any info.
Thanks

Q: ATD.B closed at $63 today and it should be its 52 week high or thereabout. Would you recommend picking it up at this price? Please advise.

Q: Please comment on DSG's earnings. Looks like they missed? Buy, sell or hold?

Q: In doing some overdue work on my portfolio I have realized that I have too many (over 30)stocks and secondly that I have 7 different stocks each making up close to 1% of the portfolio. I would like to keep 3 or perhaps 4 of the stocks listed, take the proceeds generated from selling the others,and build upon the ones I keep. Looking forward to your thoughts RAM

Q: Hi guys,

Do you think the regulatory hit that PJC.A took, regarding generic prescription drugs, in Quebec, could be a danger to Loblaws in provinces outside of Quebec?

Do you think its still ok to use the consensus $4.04 earnings per share in 2016, in determining value for Loblaws?

Thanks.

Q: Re converting US to CDN $'s. Last time, I used Barrick, Sold short in my US a/c.
10 min. later bot in my CDN a/c. Called broker on the CDN. value date & had them tfr. to my US a/c. You're welcome.

Joe

Q: Hi Friends!

I have owned Onex for some time and have done well with the stock. Is this a difficult company to assess in your view? Do you feel it continues to be a good long term hold?

Ian

Q: Hello Peter and the 5I team
I am wondering what your opinion is on this stock? Can this extreme decline in share price be solely because of the potential interest rate hike or is there more to this story? To me the company seems to be run by good management the P/E ratio seems a little high but historically seems in line. What surprised me was that this company raises it's dividend (which is at 9.85%) almost quarterly, that does not seem like the characteristics of a business that has had its share price cut in half in the last 8 months. Would this stock be a good buy for income?? Would you start a position in this company today or wait and if you would wait at what point should a person initiate a position. I am interested in your opinion on this one.

Thanks

Q: I would like your thoughts on Kinder Morgan's business risk?

Q: Is there a significant difference between CBO and the Vanguard short term corporate bond ETF in your income portfolio? Joe

Q: I noticed a little price increase today but I did not see any news out on the company. Do you have anything new today? I also wanted to ask how much each of the metrics you use to grade a company influence the final grade. This company has only one C- but is graded a C+, obviously not every valuation carries the same weight but what is most important to yourselves when evaluating and can I assume that the grade is based on a long term hold in every case? Can you please give the answer as a percentage of each area of the scorecard.
Thank you
Jeremy

Q: Et's results today beat EPS & Rev.with $66m backlog, shipment of $30m in Nov.& $97.5m cash.Please advise gist of conference call,if appropriate,& your comments on results.Your advice of buy,hold or sell.Thanks a lot for your normal great sevices & views.

Q: Would you please give me your thoughts on this company

Q: I just bought an opening position in Disney. I wanted your opinion on cord-cutting in the industry. We've in the past year how cord-cutting and regulatory changes in Canada have impact Corus' anticipated revenues.

With half of Disney's revenue and profits coming from ESPN and other TV franchises, is the current negative sentiment (e.g. subscribers to TV declining) warranted even though there are more high profile near-term catalysts like Star Wars, Marvel etc that will continue to contribute to top and bottom lines for many years to come?

Q: Hi team:

XTC just released its Q4 and annual results, everything seems to be in good order. I can use the keener eyes of professionals like yourself for a more informed opinion. Kindly critique the past results, and more importantly the prospect of this company going forward.

Thanks.

Q: Just a note concerning Marios’ question about converting TD shares into US dollars. I am also with TD and their Buy/Sell spread for US dollars is about 1.5%. So in the end if you convert Cad dollars to purchase a US stock and then go back to Cad dollars when you sell the foreign currency exchange alone will set you back 3%. I consider this extortion! I typically use “Norbert’s gambit” with shares of the biggest Canadian bank (RY) to avoid these foreign conversion fees. One of the problems however, is that when purchasing shares in my Canadian account, TD makes me wait 3 days for the settlement until they can be moved over to my US account for sale there. Hence you end up with 3 days holding risk and price movements can either work for you or against you. I would appreciate if you could open this up to members to see if anyone has ever found a way to get around the 3 day holding period.

Q: Based on companies in the Growth Portfolio alone, which is your strongest buy today? I just topped up my TFSA and was having some hesitation purchasing EFN, not quite understanding why it continues to slide. Thanks.

Q: I own a Sherritt 8% bond maturing Nov. 15, 2017. Am I likely to get my principal back? Should I just sell for what it's worth today? This company looks to be in a lot of trouble and I'm worried.

Len

Q: Hi Peter and team I've held TCK from 2013 in my RRSP account and my cost is about $27.00, is it worth holding and is it a takeover candidate considering it's overall condition. Thanks, Nick

Q: Hi team:
this went up today past the $ 3 mark, is there any news accountable for it ? thanks