Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,

Wondering if you have any thoughts on Imperus technologies? I have some warrants from two years ago that expire this November and wondering if it's a good move to exercise. Appears that the price has dropped significantly.

Q: Peter, I have owned CSU for quite a while and it is time to rebalance. I would like to keep my IT sector at 20% and I am thinking of selling CSU down to 5% and adding to my other IT stocks namely DSG, ESL and DH. Would you suggest I keep these four stocks or should I add another stock to this sector?

Thanks, Stephen

Q: On a fundamental basis, what do you think of CI Financial's purchase of First Asset? For a five year hold in the financial category of a portfolio, would you rate it as a buy or would you rate BNS or another one of the banks more favorably?

Q: Hi - My 21 year old daughter has put $11,000 into a TFSA trading account, and has allowed me to manage it while she travels. What stocks would you advise at this time? Thanks

Q: This isn't a question, just another interesting tidbit regarding the VRX/Citron drama. Feel free to post if you like...

From Reuters: "Short interest in U.S.-traded Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc shares stood at its highest in nearly a year in the first half of October, exchange data showed on Monday, indicating bearish investors were stacking up against the stock even before a negative report torpedoed the shares last week.

Short interest in Valeant shot up to 10.54 million shares, or about 3.1 percent of the stock available for trading, in the period to Oct. 14, according to FactSet Research Systems data cited by the Wall Street Journal.

That was the highest since the last half of October 2014 and an increase of 49.3 percent from the 7.06 million shares, or 2 percent of the public float, at the end of September.

Overall short interest on NYSE stocks declined 2.2 percent during the same period, exchange data showed."

Q: Thanks for your quick response. I actually feel a lot better knowing it is a short report that created that panic. Usually these type of reports are self serving issued to generate panic for the perpetrators to make a quick short kill. The market is always more crooked than casinos. LOL. Just look at the weekly Monday sell off on crude oil and oil stocks! you can set a clock on that one by now.

Anyway my real question is - if that report is nothing but exaggeration, can the report issuers be sued by DH shareholders sold for losses because of the panic it created. I love nothing less than seeing these short sellers and their panic generating side kicks get hauled away. What are the investors rights in this regard. Thanks.

Q: What are your thoughts on the Valeant conference call? It seems like they refuted Citron's claims but the stock has been pretty neutral today. Any idea why that is/do you think their response was satisfactory?
Thanks!

Q: Your research report on Gildan states

"Gildan has significant exposure to cotton prices, which can have a big
impact on the bottom line. The company says fluctuations and volatility
in the price of cotton and polyester fibres is a big risk."

Is there any reason the company would not hedge these risks through cotton futures or even oil futures (for the polyester price risk)? It seems to me that this is exactly why these futures exist, to serve the producers and smooth their earnings cycles. Thanks, J.

Q: I'm holding DH. It is selling off heading into this week's earnings. Should I read anything into that? When a stock is dropping going into earnings, is that a predictive pattern? What are consensus numbers for DH for these earnings? Finally, does DH have internally generated earnings growth or will they need to continue to grow by acquisition in order to justify their PE multiple?

Q: FYI, BNN just mentioned a possible short-report on DH. I can't find anything on the interweb.

Q: FYI: Catherine on BNN just said that apparently there is a short seller report on DH.

Q: Hate to sound like a nervous nelly, but why is DH being sold down so aggressively of late - such as today? As well of late the volumes are large and the drops are big.

I know you assure me earlier there is nothing of note from its operations. I know earnings release is tomorrow, is someone trying to create a panic before then?

I bought more today anyway, just to go against the grain (or take a deeper plunge and catch the falling knife - whatever).

What's your take?

Q: Hi- your comments on todays guidance please. What is the PE for 2016 at today price. What is the total debt situation and a concern? thanks

Q: Hi Peter
What causing the sell off in DH?
Kind Regards Stan

Q: Q3 - please comment.

Q: What is your opinion on cpd?
is it a buy now and what is your future outlook?
Would cpd rise with a rise in interest rates and with interest rates at the bottom this would be a good entry here?

Q: I have a new baby (less than two months old) and have just set up an RESP. We plan to contribute $2500 each year to get the government grants and grow a portfolio. Because $2500 is fairly low, what would you recommend as a starting equity position for this? Would something like GUD or DHX.B be a good start, or wouldis there an ETF be recommended first?

Thanks!

Q: Any news regarding takeover.Will the sale go ahead,I have voted for acceptance from broker,Any idea about disposition

Q: What do you think of starbuck at this price. Is it a buy?

thx

Q: I want to raise some cash from my unregistered account. I have narrowed it down to one or the other or some combination of both of VNR and GH. I w3ould appreciate your opinions.
Thanks