Investment Q&A

Q: I refer to 'Ds' question today

To say that everything Prem Watsa touches is 'horrid', as an opinion I suppose, is fair ball, but to state that his busines tactics are 'unethical' is touching on libel. You did counter the horrid comment with reference to 'last year' but the 'unethical' behaviour was left dangling.

This one slipped through I suspect. Please clarify.
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Also, as an aside, I do like (randomly) to keep saying that Prem Watsa's business tactics are unethical and by extension everything he touches (FFH etc) is also horrid. Spread the word far and wide.
Asked by D on January 13, 2023
5I RESEARCH ANSWER:
We would be comfortable with CIX for income and some growth for a three year hold. It is of course highly tied to capital markets, and is up 11% this year with the market showing some steadiness for a change. At 5X earnings it is about as cheap as they get. We can suggest DND or TBLA for a little bit more action with risks much higher. Noted on FFH, though the stock was a massive outperformer last year.

Q: Current thoughts on Apollo for a 2 year hold. I recognize their revenue and cash flow streams are quite diversified. What sectors are most important to their success?

Q: Hi
What is the advantage of holding an ETF like CASH or PSA Instead of a money market fund such as TDB8150?
The latter appears to pay a much higher interest rate (3.8%).
Thank you.

Q: Can you pls give some details on this one?..is it worth a punt? Many thanks...

Q: Where would you suggest to store cash in a US$ account for daily or 30,60 or 90 days?
Thanks again

Q: What are your top dividend payer picks for our tfsas this year?
Thanks

Q: Would you please advise if LUN and HBM are worth purchasing. Which Canadian material stocks would you recommend

Q: Can you please help me understand what you mean when you say that investing in a US company on the NEO exchange here "offers you a currency hedge in addition to being able to buy smaller pieces of the underlying stock". (I am paraphrasing here). For example if you bought GOOG on the US exchange today and the US dollar stengthened, the value of those shares in CND funds would be higher. Similarly, if you bought GOOG on the NEO exchange and the US dollar strenghtened wouldn't the value of those shares also increase by the same amount in CND dollars otherwise there would be an arbitage opporuntity there?? If there is indeed a hedge I assume that is something you are paying for through fees? Does the hedge help you when the US dollar goes down and hurt you when the US dollar goes up? I am interested in understanding how that works,

Many Thanks
Scott

Q: I have bought two of my three tranches of ZRE in Dec ($22.60) and early Jan ($22.37). It looks like ZRE is starting to break out.

Would you advise advancing the final purchasing and buying now, instead of in Feb?

Thanks...Steve

Q: Your opinion of this company please

Q: 1. What are your thoughts on Carlyle Secured Lending - CGBD ?
- I found this company by accident and was intrigued...
- I have a small position in an RRSP account
- Should I increase position or move on

2. Alimentation Couche Tarde - ATD
- I have a good position and have a gain of 40%+
- Going into this year of uncertainty, would you suggest Trim, Hold or Buy ?

3. Brookfield
- I am currently holding Brookfield via BN and BAM(spinoff)
- Should I increase my position in One or Both ?
- OR Sell One to buy more of the other ?

Wishing good health, happiness and prosperity to all for 2023!
Thanks,
M

Q: What is your opinion of the management team at AQN? Do they have a strong enough team to orchestrate a turnaround of their fortunes? Is this a hold or sell?

Q: These stocks make up the Financial portion of my portfolio. I would like to concentrate my holdings (just because you have suggested it in the past). V and FSZ are each approximately 1.5% of my portfolio and the others are each around 2.5%.

I am considering selling FSZ and V in order to buy more of the remaining stocks. Would you endorse this move or given the different types of companies represented should I just stay the course? Capital gains would be owing on V and I tend to hold for the long term.

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.

Q: Hi there, can you give an update for this company considering inflationary times and outlook for next 3 years?

Thanks!

Q: Your thoughts on swapping HCAL for ENB.

Thanks

Q: you seem to be hot on pine cliff as opposed to other high dividend payers in the small cap oil and gas space such as gear and peyto among others. why is this?.
i know gear is heavy oil, peyto and pine cliff more nat gas.also are there others you prefer besides tamarack which seems like it is going nowhere. dave

Q: Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) said Monday it plans to commence a normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 31.8 million of its class A limited voting shares, representing about 10% of the public float.

Can you tell me how many shares are outstanding. Can you also tell me how such a reduction in the public float might impact the dividends paid out to shareholders over time (e.g. direct correlation)? Could this be the type of company that might annually try to reduce its float 10% to drive its own stock price re-rating? Lastly, is it common for a new company/spin off such as this one to start buying back its own shares?

Q: Please provide me with the following info on WSP.

NET REVENUE {last fiscal year}
EPS {3x trailing years}
PEG
DEBT/EQUITY RATIO

thank you

Q: I am currently down about 60% on WELL Health
- I am considering buying more to average down on my cost

Your thoughts?

Thanks,
M

Q: Hi
I am wondering where i can find the companies that you added to recently
Thanks fa a great service