Investment Q&A

Q: Good afternoon. My portfolio is lacking terribly in the Industrial sector Large Caps. All I have is CNR 2.5% and a little bit of SNC (below 1%).
I am planning to fill the gap with Balanced Equity Portfolio picks. WSP 5% and MDA 4%. Will they count towards Large Cap allocation? Or are they mid-cap? In that case, what would you advise?
I could complete the sector with Small Cap buys from the Growth Portfolio: AVO 5%, LMP 3%, PUR 3% and XTC 5%. [all 5i %ages].
Thanks so much. sarah

Q: Hello Peter,
I still hold shares of PHM, and would like to add to the position; however, I am concerned that CEO, M. Dalsin is spreading his ideas across 3 companies: Patient home, convalo health, and Inspira (which supposedly will trade end of June) and is not focused one company. I am concerned that he will not be as focused on patient home, but also see the reasons for the other two: perhaps cross sells, etc Any comments please. I have not seen much news on why CRH medical continues to move upwards. Is there any news that you are aware of? Also, other than having a nasdaq listing, is there a reason for Concordia Healthcare's price movement? Many thanks for your advice.

Q: Hello, i have royal bank, manulife and sunlife, would Great West Life be appropriate to add to my financials? Or could you offer your view on Great West Life. Thank you

Q: I hold RMP based on your recommendation of it being one of the better O&G stock. However it has been going nowhere but down for quite sometime. Would you suggest I sell it and buy either TVE, SGY or TDG as SGY seems like it is gaining momentum and TVE and TDG have recently been recommended by multiple analysts. Thanks

Q: Hello Peter & Team,

From what I have been reading and hearing, we should be seeing some fairly significant long over due infrastructure spending oveer the next number of years both in Canada & especially the US - roadways and bridges are falling apart down there.

Putting aside the obvious differences between these two engineering firms (div, size etc...) both of whom should benefit from this increased spending, I am wondering whether moving out of Stantec and into DRT would be a good move or a bad move at this time.

DRT has come back fairly significantly ($7.07 as I write this missive) since its high of $8.95 on May 8th and it now appears there may be some consolidation taking place over the past 10 days or so.

STN has been showing higher highs and higher lows since it's post-split low of $29.14 back on Mar 25 after not really doing much at all for the past 18 months.

Could you please give us a comparison of the two companies, and which one you would pick moving forward for a 2 yr hold on a full position and why. And if these are the only two companies we should be looking at or if there is another engineering firm such as SNC-Lavalin you would recommend over DRT & STN... (SNC has also come back quite a bit since earlier this month)

As always, thanks for all you do!!!

Gord

Q: Could there be a takeover in progress from unknown parties on Caldwell given the price rise and statement from management of no known cause to price/volume spike?
Thanks!
Rob

Q: Hello team,

Thank you for suggesting the above stock as it is really doing well for me.
There is talk of an aqiusition coming and solid earnings this coming quarters end according to comments on Stockhouse.
Just wondering if you have heard anything thru your sources.

Thank you,I value your advice.

Q: A small clarification. Helen asked a question about PHM earlier today, that included "[PHM] will be moving to TSX and will now be a closed end fund." You commented on the move to the TSX but didn't clarify that the closed end fund referred to is MDS, to be run by Michael Decter, and it will have no effect on PHM proper. I believe that Michael Dalsin and Roger Greene, of PHM, will have an advisory relationship with MDS, but there is no direct implication for current PHM shareholders as they are separate entities.

Q: I just read your report on Winpak. At present I hold a 5% weighting in CCL.B in my cash account. How much does WPK and CCL.B overlap in the type of business they do?

While I have no plan to sell my CCL.B, would a half position in WPK in addition to CCL.B make any sense? I am a long-term investor with a diversified balance among my holdings/groups that I am comfortable with at the present time. I do have some cash that needs to move away from the sidelines.

Q: Now that Concordia Healthcare will commence trading on the Nasdaq, would you recommend buying it on the Nasdaq or the TSX? Thanks.

Q: Hi Guys
A fund manager that I respect a lot Francis Chou has made a big bet on Nokia a while ago.
Can you tell me what he likes about this company thanks.

Q: What's wrong with this stock. Keep dropping each day. How is the fundamental? What do you think about the acquisition announced yesterday? Thanks in advance.

Q: Your take on recent results,increase in dividend & split of 3 to 1 share(when will the split happens?).Is this a good entry point.Always appreciate your normal great services & advices

Q: Some info to add to yours & others' posts, since it started paying a dividend in ~June 2007 it has grown the dividend at ~20%/annum based on a quarterly basis.

I suspect it will continue growing it.
I have a few shares.

Stan

Q: you were positive on Manulife before, as i have recently freed up some cash do you still feel this is a good call?, thanks

Q: Hi Peter and team:This ETF pulled back to 50 day moving average. Good entry point for some one with no Chinese equity exposure in his portfolio?

Q: Could you give me your current outlook for Acasti. Thanks, Mark

Q: Hi guys,
What is your opinion about this company? It seems interesting and I am looking for a medium to long term investment. Do you recommend to buy, wait or pass? Anything better on this side of the border ?
Thank you,

Q: Hello, Can you tell me what do you think of this REIT? It has taken a beating since being spun out from Simon Properties. It has a 7% yield & some insider buying. It was a top pick from Derek Warren on Market Call yesterday.
Thanks,
Martin

Q: Hello

I'm wondering if you see anything positive in the company's future. It looks bleak to say the least but I keep thinking about all the cobalt reserves and companies like Tesla needing a whole lot of it in the upcoming years. Thank you