Investment Q&A

Q: In a response to Paul today, you described CSU as a template on how to run a company. Can you list a few other companies, perhaps in other sectors that you view as extraordinarily well run, whether their share prices reflect this or not?

Thanks for your wonderful service.

Q: Could you give an opinion of the fmv of the shares? Is applying a 15 p/e based on earnings growth of 15-20% too conservative or simplistic or should one focus on other metrics like roe etc? I own these shares and they have been on a nice run the past 3 weeks. I am leaning towards just holding for now. Thanks.

Q: With the Caisse (Quebec)taking a .30% interest in Bombardier's rail unit, I feel the Quebec government is taking control of Bombardier with also the interest in the C series Airplane. Thus, how does this affect the shareholders, and is it a dilution of shareholders interest (shares)?

Q: Been awhile since last comment on this,could you provide any further update or opinion.

Q: S&P Capital IQ Top Ten Portfolio
Investorline publish this list , among their Investment tools for US market.Having a big amount of my capital in USD
How practical/advisable is it to use this source as basis for sell/buy of US stocks. There are in-frequent deletions/additions to the list by the S&P advisers.
Pls. give your constructive comments about this source. Art

Q: Hello Peter & 51 team,
Have you ever suggested a typical portfolio split between the balanced equity, the growth and the income portfolios? My $ split is turning out to be roughly 75%, 15% and 10%.
Enjoyed your appearance on BNN today
Antoine

Q: Hi Guys. With all the hype of 5 Star Wars releases in the next 5 years plus the merchandising to go with it. Is Disney priced to perfection at this point or does it have room to move to the upside if it starts smashing worldwide box office records? This is of course in addition to all its other upcoming high profile film releases. Not to mention media properties, parks, cruise ships etc.

Q: Just a comment: Peter Hodson's opinions on Market Call Today are nice;y summarized at http://www.stockchase.com/expert/view/119

Q: Given the comparable valuations would it make sense to sell my position in Enghouse and buy an equal weighting in Descartes so as to remain in the tech sector? That is to say does Descartes have a larger gain ahead of it over the next 1-2 years?

Thanks
Robert

Q: Can you please explain what is happening with slyce? It looks like it stopped trading today due to a potential takeover. What is your recommendation for those of us still hanging on?
Thanks!

Q: I think I may have experience a time out, so apologize if i have dupliacted this.
Not a question, but a comment in response to the posting of the Globe and Mail article referring to ``PHM in Steep decline``. First off, this article may be misleading to members as it was written on Oct.19th. The SP for PHM has increased since then and by roughly 30% in the last 5 days. I am quite pleased with this as I thought I was fortunate when I had a buying opportunity at $.63. You can imagine my chagrin when the price maintained its downward spiral and hit a low of $.44. I held for the same reason I bought. Despite the ugly series of events that precipitated the downward trend, I felt the fundamentals supported the thesis that this stock was unjustly oversold. I experienced the same scenario with Concordia. I excitedly bought CXR at $54. Then, out of a sense of recouping some of my loss, I bought at $45. We all know the story, and I feel fortunate to have bought my last lot at $30. By doing so, I was able to average my cost to $44. Today the stock is over $50. I only wish I had the fortitude to have bought at its ``bottom`` of $25. Needless to say, during a negative Market backdrop, I am thankful that I maintained my confidence in the fundamentals of these two stocks and feel they both have tremendous upside. Thank you to 5i for your guidance in teaching us to recognize true fundamentals, and my simple message to other new investors and members of 5i … try not to be overly swayed by all that is written by the `` Talking Heads``
Thank you, Rick

Q: Some guys in my stock group think oil is a real long term dud beause of American shale. The infer it is much worse than people suspect from the supply side, indicating the US has just scratched the surface on their ability to recover this cheap oil.If I heeded this news it would discourage me from ever buying any oil stock in the future since demand will never come close to making up for this new technology which is also allegedly being exported all over the world. Do you think this idea is over blown, for the short and long term

Q: Team,

*Please count this as 4 questions*

Can I get your updated opinion on the following 4 US companies, all of which has had recent dips / corrections.

I own an avg. position in each as part of a balanced portfolio, thinking of adding more to each name, do you have a higher degree of confidence in any of these names more than the other? Thanks.

1. UTX
2. CSX
3. MRK
4. PG

Q: Hello, Pretty much every healthcare stock is up today at least 5 percent, some over 10 percent. Is the healthcare crash over now and is it in recovery? I really want to add to some of my healthcare positions but wanted to wait until we were in a rally to prevent further losses. What signs should I be looking for to distinguish between a short term blip and an actual recovery? Where do you see health care going in 2016?

Q: Hi,

Along with others, it does seem that the length of questions can be sometimes tedious and really represent multiple questions or discussion points.

I believe you may have intentions to introduce forums.

If so, would you consider enforcing Twitter-like length limits on your questions and push the more involved ones to forums?

Keep up the great work. Thank you.

Michael

Q: Hi 5i,
Just an FYI. This is a quote from a press release I found on Globeinvestor in the off chance some people might have missed it: "Amaya intends to use its investor relations website as a means of disclosing material information to its investors and others and for complying with its disclosure obligations under applicable securities laws. Accordingly, investors and others should monitor the website in addition to following Amaya's press releases, securities filings and public conference calls and webcasts. This list may be updated from time to time."
If others have passed this information along, just disregard it.
All the best,
Cheers,
Mike

Q: Just a comment related to the questions of Jeff and Brian: It appears that this issue is eligible for the dividend tax credit, as it is from a Canadian company (and traded on the TSX). This makes this US-dollar pref all the more appealing.

Q: Not a question, but a comment in response to the posting of the Globe and Mail article referring to ``PHM in Steep decline``. First off, this article may be misleading to members as it was written on Oct.19th. The SP for PHM has increased since then and by roughly 30% in the last 5 days. I am quite pleased with this as I thought I was fortunate when I had a buying opportunity at $.63. You can imagine my chagrin when the price maintained its downward spiral and hit a low of .44. I held for the same reason I bought. Despite the ugly series of events that precipitated the downward trend, I felt the fundamentals supported the thesis that this stock was unjustly oversold. I experienced the same scenario with Concordia. I excitedly bought CXR at $.54. Then, out of a sense of recouping some of my loss, I bought at $.45. We all know the story, and I feel fortunate to have bought my last lot at $.30. By doing so, I was able to average my cost to $.44.The SP has just broken $50.00. I only wish I had the fortitude to have bought at its ``bottom`` of $25. Needless to say, during a negative Market backdrop, I am thankful that I maintained my confidence in the fundamentals of these two stocks and feel they both have tremendous upside. Thank you to 5i for your guidance in teaching us to recognize true fundamentals, and my simple message to other new investors and members of 5i … try not to be over swayed by all that is written by the `` Talking Heads``
Thank you,
Rick

Q: I bought a small position in HLF and up lucky enough to be up 40%. It's a pretty volatile co. Should I sell all, some or buy more?

Q: Hi Peter. Do you see any catalysts for drt to go any higher from here or do you think the recent setback could continue?
thanks