Investment Q&A

Q: My biggest (>40%) on paper “losers” in a non-registered account are: SGY, TOU, PHM, SCL, and AVO. They are each between 1% and 2% of the portfolio.

My biggest (>100%) on paper “winners” are : CSU and ATD.B.

I don’t have any capital gains to offset this year since I have not sold anything. Does it make any sense to trigger a tax loss for the sake of it since it could be used in the future (and nothing to carry the loss back to either)? If I sold any of the above “losers” I probably would not be in any hurry to buy them back, if at all. I can hang onto them as I still kind of believe they are still good, but you refer to the opportunity cost of holding onto them. Not sure if I should create a loss for the sake of it, and maybe take some profits on the winners since they are up quite a bit.


Paul J.

Q: Peter, my energy sector was 5% with a half position in TOU and VET. What was 5% is now less than 2.5%. I am going to take some gains in my other sectors and would like to increase my energy sector back to 5% or perhaps 8%. Would you suggest adding to these two companies or buying another stock such as BEP.un? I have been using your stock selections and your portfolio approach for the past 2 1/2 years and my returns have been outstanding! Thank you.

Stephen

Q: 5i Team: I want to cut my oil and gas weighting in half while maintaining a weighting over the long term. I hold three positions of equal weight in; TOU Tourmaline, VET Vermillion, and WCP Whitecap. Should I reduce each one equally? Eliminate one or more? Replace one or more?

Thanks for your help.

Q: Do you think there is any liklihood of TOU initiating a dividend in the next year or so ?

Q: Hi Team,

Would you sanction a full switch from ARX to TOU? I'd like to have a name that'll bounce back highest when oil prices recover, and I'm also a bit underwater on ARX so I could book a tax loss. Other O&G names I own in addition to ARX are WCP, RRX, and BDI.

Thanks,

Jordan

Q: I am under in this company and I have a full position (overweight at market value) in my RRSP account. I really like the company and I do not need to access the funds anytime soon but I have always had a problem with deciding to sell at a loss with a good company. Many things of course can change a market quickly and therefor My question is "Could the money be better used in a different sector or would I be moving funds for no reason?" Perhaps average down but I really do not want to point the money hose at this. My gut tells me to wait it out. Perhaps it is a question without an answer but I appreciate your time spent answering it.
Thank you
Jeremy

Q: I keep hearing so many positive reports about the management team at TOU. I've held it for a while and I'm down 15%. It's about 10% of my holdings (I know ...too high !!!). I have a 10 year horizon so time is on my side. Gas prices don't seem to want to move and listening to guests on BNN you always get 2 or 3 different stories. What's the real deal on TOU ? Sell or Hold ?

Q: Hello, could please comment on the recent TOU stock price weakness.

Q: Please let me know what you think of TOU results today. Thx Ravi

Q: Hi Peter, TOU was hanging in until yesterday. Besides general weakness, did something change ? Thanks, Paul

Q: Hello 5i team,

Please help with my education.

I have read "The Company (TOU) has 327.6 mmcfpd of natural gas production hedged at a price of $4.38/mcf during the first quarter of 2015."

Today NG is at $2.94. Can you explain TOU's hedging on this commodity, why $4.38 and what it means (or what they think will happen) moving forward? Hope I asked the correct question.

Thanks for all you do

Gord

Q: Tourmaline has provided a revised capital program. It shows production guidance unchanged, cash flow expected to be reduced 9% ( allowing for reduced commodity pricing),and cp. budget down 12%. In Nov. you expected per share cash flow to grow 25% in 2015. These numbers seemed surprisingly positive,in the circumstances.
Would you consider Tou for addition to a TFSA with no current energy exposure and a strong bias toward growth.
Thanks
Mike

Q: Hello, crazy times in the oil patch. I am hearing some analysts touting oil and worried about natural gas and of course lots of people saying the opposite. I do have Tourmaline which is down of course. Any sense switching for CNQ, or just let time do it's thing . I was going to wait until closer to the end of tax loss selling before making any changes

Q: Thanks Peter for your reply on Patient Home Monitoring. You mentioned about some large trade blocks. How does one find those specifics? In other words, is there a web site that tracks large blocks from an institution or investor? Also, at these levels ($9.50), if I were to add to DHX Media, would a 5% weighting be considered too high. Currently, it is at 2%. I am deciding whether to add to energy holdings such as TOU or to DHX media? This would be part of aggressive portfolio. Thanks again for your replies.

Q: My energy stocks are the following: BNP,CNQ,PRW and TOG. I need to get out of all or three of them. Which do you recommend to keep or should I sell all and buy Tourmaline that seems to be a better managed company. It seems to me that the oil stocks are not going to do better in a long time.
I also would like to know if it is right time to buyAmaya gaming, Home Capital Group. Or is it too late.
Margita

Q: Gents,

Can you explain what is happening with TOU. As you indicated, they met or bettered all financial expectations, the price of Nat Gas is going up, other gas related companies stock prices are going up but TOU shares price is dropping. Why?

Who do you thing is selling at this time?

Thanks
John

Q: After the recent correction most oil and gas companies have recovered to some extent. However Tourmaline continues its downward drift. Is it company related or the outlook for natural gas? A second question if i may - I have some loose change in my RRSP and have been dithering between QST and PRW. Which would you recommend after today's price jump? Thanks

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Q: I have bought this stock on two different occasions and have held for about a year. It hasn't done a thing. I am about to unload it and replace it with Vermilion VET. It has a decent dividend and has appreciated 8% YTD. Am I missing something in TOU? And what is your opinion of VET?

Sincerely,

Alastair Allan

Q: Tourmaline or Peyto
I have room to buy one, in your opinion which would you buy and why?