Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Group what's going on with FFH this am. Is it a buy sell or hold is it a good time to add more as i already own it. Also what's you top 3 picks in (stocks or ETFs /US or Cad ) Financials / Health care /Industrials /Tech / Consumer Disc...Thanks for your help it is much appreciated

Q: Buy or sell, how long before there is any clarity from the short report

Q: Good past performers were TC. FFH. ONEX,CSU, KXS ATD

What do you think of theses next 3 Years. Could you rank your choices Thank You RAK

Q: If FFH still attractive given its recent appreciation? On Nov 11, you said, "If rates stay where they are for longer, FFH could perform well from here" - agreed, but won't there be a point at which the market starts baking-in the implications of their decline - that is, at which it expects FFH to become less profitable? Or is this more of a Brookfield situation, in which we should expect FFH to capitalize on its interest-rate-driven windfall by, say, pivoting to growth opportunities?

Q: Hi Group can you give me your thoughts on 2 Financial + 2 healthcare
stocks. The above picks are just shots in the dark are there others you like better or? also short explanation with you suggestions would be helpful

Q: Mr. Hodson, I recall an appearance of your’s on market call several years back, when you deviated from your small to mid cap Canadian equity mandate and recommended Micron technologies because it was simply ‘stupid cheap’ at the time.

Are there any companies out there, CAD or US that would qualify as stupid cheap currently, and hard to ignore as a result. Are any of them compelling enough to buy?

Thank you.

Q: The shares set a new all time high after recent Q results. Please go over the results and add insight as to whether or not the acceleration in the earnings over the last several Q's is sustainable or a one off associated with the spike in interest rates. Analysts average of price targets is $1534 implying 20% further price appreciation. Is it a buy, sell or hold at this time? Thank you.

Q: Dear 5i,
I was looking at many of the Canadian listed Property and Casualty insurers in it looked like the price appreciation for FFH was and extreme outlier at approx. 65% Total Return for the last 12 months. Can you help explain what they have done differently than the rest of group? I thought that with many of the natural disasters would put pressure on this group of stocks. I would really appreciate your comments.

Q: What is driving this stock upward? I didn't understand when it was flat or went down for 7 years (2015 - 2021) until it got back to where I had bought it and I don't understand why it is going straight up now? Can you help?

Q: Do you think it's too late to buy FFH after the recent run up?

Q: what is your outlook?

Q: Fairfax's share price broke the $1000 mark today. Seems to be due to some announcements made in the last couple of days. Can you explain what FFH has done and whether you like it?

Q: Hi,
I need to sell all the stocks in my non-registered account to access the cash in the next 2-5 years. I will be selling many of the stocks listed, in the next few weeks. Can you list them in SELL order with a few comments on the rationale.
Also, please list the top 10 Canadian stocks (from this list or others) for longterm holding, since I will buy some of them back in one of my registered accounts (RRSP, TFSA), likely over the next 2 years.
Thank you,
Camille

Q: The 1st Q results looked good, the stock hit a 52 week high, only to completely give up that gain the next day. Would you continue to hold or switch to a different insurance company like TSU or IFC. Any others you would consider superior? John

Q: Looking at one of these two for long term growth.
Discuss the strength and weaknesses of both and reasons for your pick. Thanks. Derek

Q: What are your thoughts on Fairfax Q results? Would you continue to hold or take profits after years of underperformance?

Q: What are your thoughts on the overall prospects on Fairfax. Its my understanding that it is a much different company than the one from 15 year ago. Thanks

Q:
Any thoughts on BYD time to add more or sell/hold.

What do you like in finance space looking at COF, FFH, BLK, VISA...I already own GSY. TD,RBC...do i add to existing names or buy something new?

Do you think a commodities bull market is imminent with China opening back up. If you believe the sector will have legs going fwd do you preferer single stocks or an ETF (plse list you picks)

What do you think about Natural gas prices Presently i own 1,000ARC in the space and am still up 5% is it time to cash in ?

Lastly i am sitting on 40% cash expecting another test of the last OCT lows but looking at the recent strength am staring to get a little nervous (FOMO) your thought's please is it time to start to nibble at CSU,BYD,MSFT,APPL,AMAZ ATZ, GOOG

Q: I see that Fairfax is up quite a bit this year and hitting new highs. You’ve commented recently that value stocks are performing well. Do you see Fairfax’s upturn as a pure sector rotation or is there more support from the underlying fundamentals?

Q: Can you please rank the above financial holdings by value, safety and growth. What would you recommend as a top US financial stock that has a significant moat?
Thanks!