Investment Q&A

Q: Cascades has been in a bit of a downturn recently, but today is down almost 7%. Any news that you can find? what are your current thoughts about the company.

Thanks

Q: Hi, when will TOY report? Thanks, Peter.

Q: Hello team,

Please provide your review of TEAM Q results....what you like what you don't! Thank you for your exceptional service!...

Have a wonderful weekend!

Q: Pricing in SJ's railway tie category is under pressure, negatively impacting operating margins (granted, margins are forecast to improve in H2 2018). My understanding is that alternatives, like concrete ties, are much more expensive. Given SJ produces an essential product for the railway sector, why does the company not have more pricing power? Thank you.

Q: What's your take on the KXS announcement yesterday regarding the expansion in Japan? This company is very secretive on their business developments and never provide the impacts of such developments in their PRs. Thanks.

Q: Is there an ETF which tracks companies that are payment processors such as Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Square, Shopify etc?

Q: Just received report and the board would like to list on Nasdaq exchange.They want to reduce share holdings for a price to stay listed on exchange.Good or bad and should I buy more or wait for more results.I could buy 1000 shares and wait also.Very small % of portfolio

Q: I have been looking at buying ATD for a while but momentum has been very bad. Looking at 5 year + hold. Any news for the latest weakness ? Would you wait a few weeks or take a position now.

Q: In your response this morning to Mike regarding BCI you stated: " Liquidity is an issue however so we would keep that in mind regarding a position size if adding to the name." I would appreciate it if you would explain why liquidity is an issue if I intend to take a position. Thank you.

Q: Do you think this current oil rally is sustainable,I believe seasonally we are coming into a weak time of the year.Do you think because of all the projects around the world that have either been deferred,cancelled or scaled back,do you know of any numbers that would support the fact that the surplus could become a possible shortage due to lack of new barrels coming online and what we be your top oil pick be for growth and dividend regardless of cap size thanks for your great professional service

Q: Hi 5iResearch team,
Could you list companies that are in the light oil space? Which ones would you recommend? Thank you.

Q: I have reviewed prior question responses on PMIF and PMO005. I understand that both should behave similarly (PMIF should have higher return longterm due to lower MER). My question is on the distribution. The distribution yield on PMO005 is about 3-3.5% it appears; the distribution yield on PMIF appears to be smaller and with variations in the distribution from month to month. Do you think this is temporary, as PMIF is relatively new? Do you think overtime, the distributions of PMIF will stabilize and approximate those of PMO005 with a similar yield? If not, why not, if the portfolio composition is the same in each case?

My feeling is that PMIF is 'safer' than high yield bonds such as XHY and preferred shares such as CPD/ZPR, do you agree? I hope to pair this with some VSB as my fixed income allocation. Do you think PMIF is worth the MER of 0.87%? This is for longterm, all-weather hold (irrespective of where interest rates go in the near-term/longterm) for consistent income.

Thank you!

Q: Hi 5i
Sorry if you receive an unfinished question from me as my computer is doing some strange things. I have been looking at MX graph for last year and comparing to share buy backs. The latest increase in share price is coincident with March buybacks as occurred in September as well. Then the price seems to drop off in a bit of a decline. I see that institution selling seems to be in line with this as well. So I guess my question is, should I wait to buy until the share buyback declines.
Regards
Kathy

Q: Could you comment on EGD earnings. With oil and metals seemingly showing signs of a recovery where on the buy sell hold spectrum would you put this?

Q: Hi Group thanks for your advise on the following - Currently own 15% Canadian + US banks+ Pay Pal / Score . Have done well in the past 2 yrs however the profits are slowly but surely eroding (add the Canadian dollar recent strength and the us banks are getting hit pretty hard) My question is due to market + consumer spending+Real estate concerns should I sell off and lock in the profits or do you see another option Thanks

Q: Could you please give a review of this company in terms of free cash flow, debt, dividend pay out and any other metrics that may help in my decision to buy this stock. Thanks.

Q: Hello, thinking of adding ZUB, or ZBK, as just made decent windfall short term gains on energy stocks in days , for the trade. Redeploy cash , Against social media’s commentary worked out many times perfectly so far. Before last Friday banks earnings, the media were full of ” earnings will be huge” then the very next day we’re like “reversals because fully priced in “...” growth concerns “ . . “ yield curve.....” and so on...
so what’s your take? Is it noise or seasonality trading or real concerns , so called smart money moves?
Thanks

Q: This has been under a bit of pressure over the past couple weeks. Is the 10% pullback a buying opportunity, or a red flag? Are you aware of any news? DO you still see it as an attractive long term hold?

Thanks for your help!

Q: Follow up to Maurice. ELF is a portfolio of global public equities with a market value equal to $926/shr net of debt (300 mm of prefs). The other part is Empire Life with a BV of $380 per ELF share and ROEs of 11 - 12% over the past 3 years so probably worth 1.3 times book or $494/ELF share for a total value of $1420 per share. The question is what holdco discount is reasonable because control is not in the market

Q: What is your view on Quarterhill? Does it show any potential for future improvement in price?