Investment Q&A

Q: Purchased several years ago at $25. plus, I am now looking at a pref. that trades around $14.
Current yield is just short of 10%.
In your opinion Is it time to double down and enjoy more of the juicy yield or bow out and lick my wounds?
The position makes up less than 5% of my portfolio and is my only preferred share holding.
Should you think it prudent to sell this security, would you please suggest an alternative.
I am 70 and comfortably retired.
Dave

Q: mandalay mnd thought on this company thank you or would you prefer. ami

Q: This company seems to have sold off somewhat after the US elections. Would you consider this a buying opportunity?

Q: Interested in your opinion on this company. I've held it since its inception on premise that lithium is and will continue to be in demand. They have a large deposit near Tesla's giga battery factory in Nevada plus a large deposit in Argentina. Stock has shown weakness last couple of months.

Q: Would you view this as a good entry point for a 3+ year hold? The stock price has not been this low since early 2013. At this level, there appears to be some potential for price appreciation along with the dividend.

Q: I know it's not your primary focus but I am wondering if you could provide some basic information on the above company. An article in Seeking Alpha suggested this US REIT is undervalued because it invests primarily in B Class shopping centres which may be out of favour because of concerns over the growth of e-commerce and how that change of shopping habits will kill these types of properties. If you accept the premise that these smaller plazas are not going to disappear, does this company represent a good value play? It pays a 9.5% (US) dividend and I don't to be in it just to chase a dividend.

Paul F.

Q: A member question regarding "Forever" stocks prompted me to backtest to 1999 a 30 stock portfolio (20 Canadian, 10 USA) that, even then, probably looked like "Forevers". I used the Globe Investor Gold service for this purpose.

This "Forever Portfolio" started at $1.3M and today is worth $10.2M - not a bad endorsement of buy and hold.

2 Questions:
1. I could not find stock symbols for a number of companies, such as Apple, Google, CP
or Constellation Software and Cineplex. Can you recommend a source that could help
in this regard?

2. A few companies seemed to have surprisingly low total returns over this 17 year period - namely BCE flat; FFH -10%; AT&T -2%; KO-N 22%; GE -8%, and VZ-N -8%.
Does this seem reasonable to you or might there be glitch in the system that produced inaccurate total results for these stocks.

Thank you for your help here.

Q: This company currently has 14% subordinated notes (TBL.NT) issued that mature September 1, 2020. Last trade was at 114.5. I reviewed the annual report and noted that almost 53% of these notes are held by insiders. The balance sheet shows negative shareholders' equity but the company reported after tax profit of over 11 million in each of its last two fiscal years. I'm thinking of buying some of these notes in my RSP as fixed income exposure and would appreciate your comments.

Q: Hello:
I have been thinking of adding some ATD.B to my portfolio but have noticed the stock has been down slightly since the Trump win. Is this a bit of nervousness because of
ATD.B holdings in the U.S.?. Is the market wary of Trumps approach to anything not
American. I noticed Trans Alta Renewables & Alqonguin have reacted in a similar manner.
Thanks: Jerry

Q: Hi, I would like to have your general view on Fairfax Financial Holdings, as far as qualify and long-term growth. Also, do you know why is it taking a hit at this point in time, and whether you think it is a good investment. Thanks very much for your service.

Q: Please comment on a small (1/3 of 1%), long position in this company.

Q: A follow up, a few weeks back I was considering selling my Jpm shares, your advice.." was maybe not so fast, best perhaps to continue on as an owner". Good call.

Q: I noticed that under the 5i report that SIS is listed as an industrial stock. I thought this stock is more of a stock that belong in the health care sector. Which sector is more appropriate.

Thanks
D

On another note I would like to thank everyone who make this a wonderful web site for all of us wanting to learn and being able to ask any question and get an unbiased answer.

Q: Due to the sell-off in DH do you anticipate management issuing any sort of statement re: dividend reduction, thoughts on 2017 earnings,etc..or...are we to held in suspence till the next qtr. results? Thanks Ron

Q: FFH and ECI have set new lows. Their charts are ghastly and their RSI numbers are in the oversold category, especially FFH. I am now at the point where I am debating adding more funds to these stocks (buy low, right?) or selling them and moving on. Currently they are a small part of my portfolio: FFH 1.2% and ECI 1%. I can see that ECI has fallen with income stocks, but I would appreciate your views on the collapse of FFH stock.

Q: You didn't mention Supreme Pharmaceuticals (SL) in the list of marijuana stocks in response to Chris's query.

Q: Hello, WSP has done very well lately and seems to have reach the consensus target price. Is it time to take some profits?
Thank you!

Q: They cut the dividend. What do you think and how do you think the market will react?

Q: What in the world is going on with nyx gaming. Is it a sell here?

Q: In my random research I came upon ACR.UN and this company intrigues me in term of yield and growth, even though it's a very small cap company.

Can you tell me a bit more about this company? It's one of the better growth REITs for the last few years in terms of unit price. It's yield is over 7% but its distribution has not been increased since 2013 though. It does not seem to have a large analyst following either.

Thanks.