Investment Q&A

Q: I am considering purchasing ECN preferred for the great yield. Can you explain the difference between ECN.PR.A and ECN.PR.C. I can see the yield from a stock quote but can't figure how the dividend is calculated or when the rate resets on either of these. Which of the two if any would you recommend?
Thanks

Q: Were you able to learn more about sudden departure of CEO?

Q: When I asked about this company in August 2017 (to date I am the only member to ever ask about this company) you were neutral/ambivalent to it as a good investment. YTD the SP up 24% and the dividend, despite the rising share price, is now above a 6.5% annual return. Still neutral?

Q: trying to decide between npi and bep.un . what do you think is best ? Thanks

Q: I have high crush partners and am down 50%. My undestanding is that it is converting from a mlp to a corporation. Do you think it’s worth hanging on.

Q: Could you please comment on IQIYI.
I have small position, is it good time to add to full position?

Thanks,
Milan

Q: Could you please comment on People Corp financial results. How would you interpret the Company's larger loss in the 4th quarter.
Thank you for all the great advice you provide.
Mark

Q: Here is a Podcast of some people who went to all of Aphria's business locations and what they found out through their investigations about Aphria. This is somewhat disturbing and destructive information about Aphria.
Here is the link: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4225889-investigating-aphria-gabriel-grego-hindenburg-research

Q: I know it’s early days, but from what I have read Mene has excellent potential, do you agree ?
Financing was announced Friday, and the stock went down seems excessive to me, new start ups usually do this to get money for expansion, they will have $ 40 M total cash after this financing. Would you buy Mene now ? Insiders own a lot of stock. Do you think we will know who the private investor is on Sedar after the closing of financing ? This investor is in for $ 20 M with the intent of $ 80 M additional, this is a lot of money, this investor is obviously close to Mene and would not invest so much without doing his due diligence.
Comments ?

Thanks

Q: Harry Dent and others claim that the markets are about to crash and we should get rid of all gold and silver holdings. History seems to show that precious metals are a good hedge against market pull backs and gold stocks appear to be as low as they have been for a while. Is this a good time to stock up on some precious metals? Your comment will be appreciated.

Q: Considering valuation and risk which firm would you put new money into today for a 3+ year hold?
Thanks in advance.
david

Q: I have held lions gate for many years waiting for something to happen. Have done the loop from $36 to where it is now—around $18. As one of the few independents left with all the mergers and acquisitions that have taken place in the past few years, do you see potential for it as a takeover target. Amazon has been rumoured as a potential buyer for their streaming operations. Now that the Starz lawsuit has been settled, do you see a future for Lions Gate with or without a merger.
Can you tell me if Maloney owns lots of stock and if insiders own a decent amount and is debt manageable. I am tempted to buy more. I think something good will happen soon but I know hope is not a strategy for investing!

Q: Hello Peter,
With the cannabis stocks trading 50% below the legalization date, I would have thought any big companies that wanted to take an equity position in cannabis companies like Canntrust , Aphria, etc would have done it by now. Any thoughts on this? Also, I am starting to wonder if Knight is worth letting go now. This looks like a 30 year timeframe stock the way it is going... Appreciate the comments

Q: What are your thoughts on CRH at this time. It has moved up in the last few days. Is it too rich? What do you think of it's turn around? Do you think it has a chance to reach $6+? Would any of you buy into this or is just "OK"?

Thanks for your help,
Stephen

Q: After close on 11/29,BNS filed a mixed shelf of up to $40b.Does it includes the issue of shares?Your take please.Thanks for u usual great services & views

Q: Can I get your updated opinion on this company?

I am thinking of starting a position. Have tried their product and it is excellent and saves a lot of time. Sales look to be booming.

Q: Big drop today with GEI and I'm now down 12%. With the production cutbacks in Alberta has business changed for GEI? Is it a hold or a sell? Thanks!

Q: I'm looking to reduce exposure to the energy sector and harvest some tax losses. My holdings cover a range of energy companies with different strengths and weaknesses (gassy, oily, big cap, small cap) so equivalence is difficult to calculate. From the list of CVE, HSE, PGF, SGY, TOU and WCP in what order would you reduce these holdings?

As always, thanks for the excellent service.

Q: Hi guys
I have held Saputo for a very long time and done very well on it and appreciate its relative stability. However it has not done much the last few years except gradually trend lower, plus it would appear the milk/cheese market is always affected by trade/tariff issues out of control of the company. I have to say when I listen to Lino Saputo on conference calls he is very impressive how he knows the most intricate details about what drives his operations. What do you think would be a catalyst for Saputo to move forward in the next few years. A 2nd question relates to Premium Brands and given its drop in price over the last while would it make sense to sell my Saputo and bus Premium Brands as a replacement. I always worry that with a loss of a big contract like Starbucks the stock price might just fall away and that has kept me out of it, but of course they have continued to do well.

Thanks

Stuart

Q: I hold HPR and the Dynamic preferred yirld fund. In light of the recent correction in preferred share,, do you advise to hold, buy more or is it time to reduce the positions held.