Q: I would appreciate your take on Stantec's results today. It appears that the dividend has increased form .10 to .1125. Would you consider it a buy now or would you wait for support? Thank you.
Q: Hi, thanks for the great service, very educational, what would be your top two or three stocks in the growth portfolio with the best fundamentals, thanks?
Q: Can I have your opinion of Peter Schiff and his advertisement on the Globe Website concerning America's Financial Suicide and the Inevitable Armageddon? Pretty scary stuff and he makes a convincing argument.
Q: Good Afternoon 5i
Your comments please on how the announcement that Pokers and Full Tilt brands will be operating in the State of New Jersey by Monday March 22nd., 2016. Yahoo! How will this impact the current discussions about taking the stock private and SP?
Thanks for your wisdom.
Q: Hi Peter/Ryan and Team, a follow up to your PHM answer just provided. The question is have you followed up with management for clarification regarding this 'hidden' information, considering PHM is in the growth portfolio? Any further insight from you would be greatly appreciated as I have slowly been building a position in PHM. Time to use caution on this one?
Comment: Hate the hidden way they provided this information and this in-of-itself should be a cause for concern!! Sorry, but this is Not management inexperience in my opinion! Seems calculated and the market is reacting! Thanks!
Q: Hi Peter, Ryan and Team,
Fully realizing that taxation is not your area, I have a general question that concerns where one would go to find out info on a U.S. company doing a spin-out, to determine what potential tax implications there could be, for Canadian holders.
Specifically, opening my T5 summary today, I got a nasty surprise from the HP I was holding before they split into two last November. Apparently they didn’t just do an even split, rather they held the original (and full) book cost of one side of the company, and spun out the other portion as a 100% dividend. So if the original cost was $45 for HP many years ago, after this spin-out my book-cost has been increased to $45 + $14.72 (for the spin-out), and the $14.72 is a fully taxable event for the 2015 taxation year.
One of the lessons, I guess, is never continue to hold the stock of a foreign company once they announce a split. This is a very costly lesson, and given that, I’d like to know how I can avoid it in the future, short of selling before the spin-out/split occurs. In speaking to my broker, this was supposed to be a non-taxable event for foreigners, it just never materialized though.
Would one look at U.S. SEC filings, or as a general rule, would you just suggest selling, and if one really wanted to continue to hold, buy back in after the event occurred?
Q: ABNN guest just mentioned a 40% reduction in revenue in their ventilator business. Apparently it was disclosed but buried in the recent press release. Could you please confirm you confirm and comment. T
Q: Hi 5i - for people that held on to WIN - after the nice run up would you recommend selling now or let it continue to run(Im still down about 20%)? Thanks, Neil
Q: May I have your thoughts on the talcum powder lawsuit? I am not so much afraid the company has known they are selling a carcigen or even that they have been unknowingly selling a carcigen. I am more concerned about the legal costs defending themselves from these lawsuits. The stock was up today inspite of loosing the case. I assume they will appeal.