Investment Q&A

Q: Just a comment as it appears some folks are still buying. How does this Enron style Co. justify financial statements listing
over 17B in Goodwill & Net Intangibles over 22B! Why, this puts them in the same value class as Johnson & Johnson. REALLY!

Q: I have held BCE for about 10 years and it currently represents about 6% of my portfolio. It is my only telecom holding and I am wondering weather it may be prudent to take advantage of todays pullback in Telus and sell some BCE in favour of Telus (or other suggestion?) to be more diversified in the sector. Is 6% reasonable for the sector? These would continue to be long term holdings assuming the status quo in the industry.

Q: Just wondering what your choice would be for income.Would it be Gibsons or Prairie Sky or some of each.

Brian

Q: with an implied value of 6.54 and a closing predicted for march/ april 2016 and exact earth spinoff where will shares trade tomorrow , i am guessing 6.20-6.30.
by the way great pick everytime it went down and it did jump around a lot i bought more, have a huge position. now my other huge position knight , but this one i am not worried, not with all that cash and expertise. dave

Q: who is right the long or shorts on valeant
is it a buy under todays price drop

Q: I am still holding PHM . Is there any hope in the near future for this stock or should I sell it?
Margita

Q: How do you judge one year performance for the following stocks:
AAPL versus FB
CNQ versus CPG
And is CCL still OK to buy or too expensive
Thanks
Margita

Q: Now that I have sold my WIN shares, I would caution your readers, and Helen in particular, that it is possible that the major shareholders could take this company private, using its own cash, and be laughing all the way to the proverbial bank.

Q: Telus today reported a 10% increase in its dividend, but I think it meant 10% for all 2015 including the previously announced 5% dividend increase from Spring 2015 of 2 cents from 40 to 42 cents. If my understanding is correct, then the Telus dividend increase is overstated and Telus is guilty of taking credit twice for the same positive news. Full disclosure - I have a full position in Telus and am well satisfied. Can you provide a general comment on companies taking credit for the same news more than once. If so, the politicians have competition.

Thanks as always to the work of the team.

Q: Can you give me a site providing short interest for all TSE stocks rather than top 20? Looking for CSU short interest.
Thanks

Q: Inter Pipeline increased their dividend along with Q3 results. What is your take on their results? Thank you.

Q: Your comment about above stock is appreciated.Since it was issued the price has fallen.Is it worth holding?Thank you.Ebrahim

Q: Hey 5i team
Is vig eft traded on the tsx is the same as vgg eft traded on the nyse
Tks Sam

Q: What are your recommendations going forward on Com Dev.--Sell or hold

"COM DEV shareholders to receive up to $5.25 in cash plus 0.1977 of a share of exactEarth Ltd., for an aggregate implied transaction value of up to $6.54 for each COM DEV share"

Many Thanks as usual

Q: Could you please comment on Newalta's Q3 earnings and dividend cut?

Q: Apart from the similarity of the sticker symbol, are these companies similar enough to expect Transcontinental results to be as good as CCL?

Q: I have had a very steep roller coaster ride (mostly down) with NHC and am currently out of it. Having just watched the interview on BNN with the CEO Chris Llyod and the announcement of the $300 M lawsuit, I am considering taking a position in NHC yet again. Do you see any merit in the lawsuit; and if you watched the interview or read reports of the NHC response: would any of this provide you with sufficient reason to buy the stock. Thanks.

Q: Hello. NAL's Q3 report sets a target: ​"​Despite the low oil price environment, we will target to be Free Cash Flow neutral commencing in 2016 and positive thereafter." Given NAL's cost cutting and 50% dividend reduction, do you see NAL meeting the target of 'Cash Flow neutral' in 2016 and maintaining their lower dividend? In effect, can NAL can offer existing customers and potential customers value with oil prices in the $45 to $50 range? Is it possible to predict a very rough range for the price of Oil over the next 12 months? Buy / Hold / Sell ? Thanks so much for this fantastic service.

Q: Hi 5i - considering making a switch from WIN to QCOM (which now pays a yield of 3.8% after a big drop today)? Im looking for long term yield and some growth. Does this make sense? Thanks!

Q: The recent events at WIN and even AVO (stock price drops despite strong earnings) has me fed up and inclined to do a portfolio clean-up of all my dogs. I am holding and down big time with WIN, QST, BDI, AVO & BAD. I am otherwise pretty well diversified and am already holding cash as well so I don’t necessarily need the proceeds to invest in something else. However, calling any stock a dog is of course extremely relative. I call them dogs because of the heavy losses I’ve incurred, but if I bought them today maybe I’d look at them as having good potential! In what order would you be dumping these names today for someone who is just plain tired of watching them drop? Do you regard any as having good short term (1 year) bounce potential? I am always hesitant when it comes to selling a big looser because I always think that I will be letting go at the bottom (and usually end up just staying along for the ride further down). Thanks.