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Q: I noticed a number of questions recently concerning STC and I thought your members may be interested in the response I received when I asked my Hedge Fund (who follow the stock closely and are bullish) about the recent results:

We thought the STC quarter was strong. Gross profits were up 20% YoY and cash earnings were up 89% YoY. They lowered revenue guidance but increased EBITDA guidance.
Recurring revenue (service business) as a % of revenue

20% in 2018

30+% in 2019

40-50% in 2020

*Margins have followed suite

The conference call was very informative and the focus continues to be growing recurring revenues and profits

Feel free to publish this if you think it is of value.

Cheers
Scott
Read Answer Asked by Scott on March 04, 2020
Q: I recall that during the crash of 2008 some pundits recommended that a good entry point was when the price of a blue-chip stock fell to where it yielded a 4% dividend. I’m assuming this meant that the yield was better than potential interest that could be earned on bond prices during a flight to “safety”. If I’m somewhere near accurate with this statement and given the low interest rate environment we are in, what, in your opinion should today’s investor be looking for in terms of a yield target for dividend-paying Blue-chips, assuming the market is going to continue to decline? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Chad on March 04, 2020
Q: Hello 5i
I've never participated in a Dutch Auction before. Is it likely if I submitted my shares at say $42 they would be purchased? If so, in this market, there is a good chance I can buy them back for less than $42 on one of the many market dips we are seeing. I might be able to gain 5+% in the process. Your thoughts would be most appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on March 04, 2020
Q: Hello team.
Your thoughts about the interest rate and FX ( CAD/USD )move back home here after Fed cut half percent?
Really appreciate
Read Answer Asked by LEI on March 04, 2020
Q: I'm looking for some help in understanding the Sandbox transaction Alaris Royalty just reported.

Given that they didn't receive full value on the preferreds, doesn't that mean the common for Sandbox was worthless? Do you have any information on the other details of the transaction.

I've scanned the last three quarterly reports, I see quite a few top up investments, both additional Preferreds and debt. I didn't see any red flags in comments until Q3 where the investment was written down by $4 million and the rating was lowered. Certainly nothing indicated the common equity of Sandbox was worthless. It looks to me like they were blindsided.

What am I missing? Should I be concerned about a possible re-evaluation and writedowns of Alaris Royalty's other investments?

Thanks as always.
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on March 03, 2020
Q: My current portfolio is somewhat similar to your BE portfolio but with a small (15%) portion of foreign holdings (more if you consider BEP which I also hold, as foreign since it has a lot of foreign investments). Foreign is far too small in my estimation. I have some cash to deploy which would bring it up to about 30%.
I currently hold VEE, DXG and DXU, an awful lot of US. Do you have any suggestions of ETFs I could or should add? I have held ZDM in the past.
Read Answer Asked by Fred on March 03, 2020
Q: Hi Gang,

What are your thoughts on the FED rate cut just in? Which sectors do you see this helping and hurting?

Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by David on March 03, 2020
Q: I have $50k cash available for my non-registered account. Looking for 5 or 6 income stock suggestions to follow through the virus correction and that would be expected to rebound well. Would like yields of 5% or higher. Also do you have any sort of gut feeling on how far down this could go?
Read Answer Asked by Dave on March 03, 2020
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