Investment Q&A

Q: Bad day on the market. Virtually every sector is down but one. Real estate. I'm baffled by this. Almost every single REIT is up today, and REITs are performing well in New York as well. All the 'pros' have been saying that this is exactly the wrong sector to be holding now, that REITs will suffer more than any other sector in a rising interest rate market. Yet on the last day of trading it seems like everyone is tossing tech and everything else overboard and gobbling up REITs. Does this say something about the market going forward in 2017, that perhaps people are hedging their bets a lot and don't believe the "Trump Rally" will lift all the cyclical stocks after all?

Q: What's going on with CXI this morning? Up 9% so far...

Q: Hi Guys,

Any update or news on the DH take over?

thanks,

Jim

Q: My sister and I have joint power of attorney for my mother. My father passed away in 2015, leaving a sizeable estate that includes bamk accounts and investments at TD Bank. I am used to managing all my banking and investments electronically. My sister is so concerned about cyber security breaches that she does not want any of my parent's banking or investment transactions to be done electronically. I would appreciate your comments.

Q: Do you think this stock will benefit in the possibility of a rising interest rate environment I currently own a full position thanks

Q: Do you like Natural Gas over oil for next 12 months. Are tou, arx and bir large gas producers. Any others ? What are your picks ?

Q: I am going to be purchasing all stocks in the balanced equity portfolio in the next few days. Would you recommend equal weights to begin with or mirror the current weightings?
Are there any companies you would wait for a bit of a pullback before buying.
Do you still prefer WCP over RRX? I am guessing maybe for stability and dividend?
Are you planning on making changes to the portfolio anytime soon. Thanks very much.

Q: alcoa split the shares 1 for 3 in Nov 1. My original book value for the shares are $6000. After the split the book value is reduced to $2000 althought I will get additional few new alcoa shares.It sounds to me it is rotten deal.

Q: I have all 3 of these reits and have been happily taking the payouts with not much attention to the rise and fall of the unit price. I understand that I should be lightening up on reits - so I hear!- so if so which of these would you hold, both for payout stability and increase in unit prices. I become attatched to something paying me between 6 and 9%! The 3 of them together are only 6% of my portfolio which is mainly dividend paying stocks,a few growth stocks and the odd juicy one just for fun!
Happy New Year

Q: hi guys seasons greeting . can you please give me your take on nln, and can you make recommendation of a couple of gold stock with good growth and or take over potential for my portfolio. I currently have no gold stock. tbanks

Q: Starting a TFSA and have narrowed down a larger list of 10-12 stocks to these four. Still doing research on each of these, but I was wondering if you thought this was a good mix for a TFSA, while adding different sectors as the years progress.

Thanks,
Jason

Q: I have no gold holdings now. What is the best way to start.

Q: PLI is up 8.5% today.i NOT AWARE OF ANY NEWS. So would you be a seller or would you hang on for more for more gains?

Q: Good afternoon everyone. For a beginning investor with limited capital I strongly recommend the Canadian Shareownwers Investments. To the best of my knowledge, they are the only brokers that enable you to purchase a fraction of a share. This is where I started. Well worth a look. Good luck, Nick.
https://www.shareowner.com/advantage.html

Q: As an added comment on an earlier question on GUD, the increased Short position may be more a result of the financing. Traders may have short shares to hedge their position bought in the financing and lock in a gain. Not necessarily a reflection of the company, in this case.

Q: Seems like over the last 9 or so trading days PLI has found a bottom.

Any reason you see for the strong up move?

Sheldon

Q: Would prefer this stock or fierra for a full position for at least a one year hold in financial sector thanks

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"We also added a ‘digest’ function where members can get daily or weekly e-mails with analysis about the companies they care about"

Q: Please advise if this is a good entry point for CXI.It popped up after finally obtained bank licence,but subsequently dropped sharply to current level.Always appreciate u great services & views

Q: I appreciate all of 5I's recent comments on Spin Master, and I think for the most part I would guess that you're right, however I would like to weigh in here on the company.

I'm not sure I agree wholeheartedly on your positive stance of the company right now. How many toys are we talking about? This is what I can't determine. Is it .001% of total sales, or are we looking at 10% of total sales.

It's "media hype" only if the percentage is very small, and the stories are being exaggerated.

It would seem more like institutional failure, on the other hand, if the percentage is an appreciable number. Where is quality control in all of this? You would think that with such an important launch that all the Ps and Qs had been attended to. It makes me nervous that this wasn't done; and it makes me wary of the management. It speaks of an inexperienced team trying to do too much too soon.

I suppose in the end, what determines whether to stay or go, is to determine if we are talking about only "1 or 2 toys" ... or if we are talking about a company which is running before it can walk.

Your comments on this would be most appreciated.

I am a holder, and hold still, but am concerned that maybe this little fiasco of theirs is revealing that we may have bought a pig in a poke.

Thank you.