Investment Q&A

Q: This company has been a disaster, now 50% lower than its IPO. What catalyst(s) change this momentum for the company share performance (excluding the bear market). Would you invest in this at these prices?

Q: Above are 4 of my poorest performers. Which ones would you be selling? Also, Nov. 4 there were a lot of stocks that were down big numbers even though some of them had a good quarter recently (i.e SHOP, LNTH, NVEE and a few others). Can you give me some insight into what is happening here. Always appreciated.

Q: Hello , following is my list of losers .. and I am assessing which ones to sell this month for YE capital loss. I appreciate your comments.

As an aside; in watching the huge drop in some of these stocks, one certainly wonders about the wisdom of their CEO's ... as an example META, they are spending billions on Metaverse so that people can work and play and interact in virtual reality .. maybe in the year 2050 !!. and many others that just didn't adopt their businesses to people post Covid returning to work and shop at malls... truly incompetent .. For me, this crash has convinced me to buy shares in companies that are making money and have a strong management team.

Thank you
Carlo R.

Q: Would you consider Lightspeed an investment or speculation at this time?

Q: With Lightspeed selling off today and anything you gleamed from the earnings call would you be comfortable stepping in here with a long term horizon?

Q: Hi,

Would you consider this a great opportunity to pick up more shares of LSPD knowing how much it tumbled after yesterday’s earnings?

Q: Came you please give your amalysis of earnings especially of forward looking commentary.

Thanks

Sheldon

Q: Hi 5i, today you replied to Warren's question on DTOL, "and we would be comfortable letting this one go given the comparable attractive buying opportunities right now in the tech space. ".

Please provide 3 to 5 companies that meet the above response, thx.

Q: I am having a hard time seeing a path to profitability for LSPD. I get that their product offers client service management, however there are tons of different point of sales systems/payment providers. Much of their growth has come from acquisitions, with a tight capital environment I not sure that is a good plan going forward. Why buy this?

Any comments appreciated Leo

Q: Upside over the next 12mths. How would you rank the above in sequence of potential during this period.

Q: Lots of Management changes I see. CEO left (was he fired or did he go elsewhere)

CBO is leaving in the new year (wonder why)

New CEO has been promoted from one of the companies they purchased.

What is your take on each of these moves especially the track record of the new CEO?

Sheldon

Q: Hi,
Please take as many credits as you feel fit. Our portfolio is a hot mess. We’ve basically been ignoring this downturn for the past 6 months knowing we are are in for the long term. Retirement is 7-10 years out. The above holdings have fallen below a 1% weight in our portfolio. We have limited cash to deploy. Which of these would you add to? In what order? Any you would not add to and just hope that time allows for recovery? Any if these you would sell? For the ones that could be added too. Would you just buy now or put some stink bids in given the crazy volatility in markets? Any additional input is welcome.
Thanks so much,
Kerri

Q: Are there any reasonable tax-loss proxies for LSPD? Thank you!

Q: In your response to Guy R. (Oct 22) about Tax Selling, you indicated the likelihood of a considerable sell-off still to come for this year's 'worst performing' stocks. Yikes !! Taxable account or not, wouldn't it be advantageous to sell the “worst” now, then repurchase in early December those stocks that you wish to own for the future? Otherwise, by holding, you are faced not only with recouping the loss already established, but on top of that, the additional loss anticipated in the coming 5 weeks.
My “worst performing” list includes: Canadian stocks: ANRG, AT, CAE, EGLX, LSPD, MG, PRN, SHOP, WELL. US stocks: APPS, U.
1) Are there any of these that you would suggest NOT selling ?
2) Of those to be sold, are there any that you would suggest NOT repurchasing in December ?
3) You mentioned some investors will want to buy “less worse” performing stocks so as not to miss out on a possible short term rally. Do you support this approach in the current situation, rather than just holding the cash proceeds temporarily ? If so, are there a handful of “less worse” performing stocks, that you would suggest and, would they be temporary or more long term replacements ?
Use whatever question credits appropriate. Thank you , as always.

Q: LIGHTSPEED PROMOTES JD ST-MARTIN TO PRESIDENT.

Do you have any background on this guy?

Good move or not?

Thank you.

Q: High growth stocks. A recent NP piece by Peter H. advised investors consider these vs. conservative picks coming out of a bear market. "Stocks that used to be 50X sales are now 3X sales and still growing at 50%+...a Bloomberg screen shows 982 companies with 50% sales growth in the next year."

Could you provide 10 Cdn. stocks in this category or better yet provide a link to the Bloomberg screen. Thanks.

Q: These stocks have been identified as the top 10 undervalued mid cap stocks. Would you consider any of these be buys and if so, (given no consideration for sector) can you list in terms of most favorable first. Also, which do you think will "hold on" best given the economic uncertainty and likelihood of recession.

Q: I own these stocks as part of my technology sector. Do you see any overlap in any of these names? Particularly between SHOP, LSPD and NVEI, or are they different enough to own all? Also if you were to choose to high grade 1-2 names, what would you choose if any? Thanks!

Q: With free cash flow and/or sufficient ready liquid cash on hand and a healthy prospective new business list in the hopper, in which order would you liquidate. Obviously the weakest one being the 1st to go.

Carl

Q: In todays market. Please rank these, with brief reasoning. As always. Thank you.