Investment Q&A

Q: Hi! I’m evaluating the Canadian banks and I’m trying to find historical averages for price to book and price to earnings ratios. Can you outline historical ranges where Canadian banks were cheap and why Canadian banks trade higher than u.s. banks on price to book? Is it due to their oligopoly status?

Thanks,
Jason

Q: I was listening to Ross Healy on BNN Market Call this morning, and he thinks the NASDAQ composite could drop by 75-80% off its peak. I also saw a headline on the same show whereby a Manulife survey indicated that 25% of homeowners would sell their homes if interest rates continue to climb upwards. Can you comment on the historical relationship between stock prices and house prices? For example, if stocks tank, will house prices follow downwards? Or if house prices drop significantly, can we expect a major market sell off?

Q: Hi there, I hold a large amount of my portfolio in these broad based ETFs. I have about 30% in cash. At these levels, would you be adding to these indexes for a long term hold? How likely do you think it is that we would see SPY at 3300 to 3400 range? What would your strategy be to deploy my cash position into equities? Thank you!

Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
Please give your assessment of this company going forward. The price is cheap and I am thinking it might be a good long term contrarian play...even with inflation we have to eat. How risky would a buy be...better to wait for a lower price...I see we are now officially in a bear market...are we getting near the bottom? Thanks as always...your opinions are always valued.

Q: Given the current market backdrop, do you feel this makes a good entry point for TCS? Thanks

Q: What are your top picks for industrials in Canada?

Thank you.

Q: These are companies that I’ve held small positions in, based on future potential as I could see their businesses being very relevant in the future. Would you consider them worth adding to, with the goal of long term (albeit higher risk) growth prospects?

Q: There is a lot of negative sentiment toward Shopify right now. It worries me when early investors like Mawer pull their money and others seem very bearish. Are you still bullish long term? I currently hold a big loss and wonder if I should keep holding on?

Q: Hi,

If the main issues for CNR are inflation, labor issues, recession and supply shortages. Seems all 4 are taking the rails off the stock, down roughly 30$ from it's high. Still thinking it can go much lower. From your view at which price this stock becomes a value or even a deep value?

Thank you

Q: I saw a Company Highlight Ad on BNN for Amerigo Resources (ARG) a month or 2 ago...
- I started looking into the company and was intrigued...
- Please let me know your thoughts and health of the company overall and comment on the dividend that is approx, 7.3% , - Is it sustainable?
- Long term/Short term comments would be appreciated

Thanks,
M

Q: Hi Everyone at 5i! I am thinking of selling my BNS shares and buying CIX for better future growth. What are your thoughts on this?? Would this be a good move at these stock prices??
Cheers,

Tamara

Q: How is CSU looking versus its historical valuation? Is it getting interesting to add here, or above its average longer-term valuation?

Thank you

Q: Good (not so good ..) Monday.
Have you seen any official press release about these 2 preferred which will reset at the end of June. Prefblog’site mentionned that EFN.PI will be redeemed. I have not seen anything on EFN.PI or BPO.PG. Some cies really drag their feet. Thanks

Q: What is Sylogist’s dividend coverage ratio currently?

Q: I have been hearing a lot of negative views on the stock market lately because of rising inflation/interest rates. I had a look at the US 10 year bond rates, compared to the S & P 500 level over the last 60 years. The 10 year moved up over 8% in roughly the 1978/1979 period and basically stayed there until roughly 1991, with a peak of over 15%. During that time, the S & P 500 went from roughly the 400 level to around 850, so the market more than doubled. Inflation was also very high then, and unemployment was much higher than it is now. It seems curious to me that so many people are so negative about the stock market, citing rising rates/inflation as the reason, when the market performed quite well during an extended period of much higher rates. Wondering if you had any comments about this.

Q: Can you comment on hut.ca? I am considering buying at the present price for a 1% holding longer term vrs a trade to sell after sometimes after bear market has turned.

Q: Amazon or Salesforce for a 5 year hold in an aggressive growth account? Thanks!

Q: Any explanation for the sudden drop in BIPC from $88 to $57?

Q: Peter; Could you updates your thoughts on NHF.UN ? Thanks. Rod

Q: ISRG is now under $200/share. I thought I would add to it if it fell below $200, and now that it has I am not sure if I should average down. I am down 40% already.

Why should I NOT average down at this time?

What price would you consider adding to this stock?

In this market many growth stocks have fallen considerably. I know you don't like averaging down, but at some point you will have to unless you have owned growthy stocks for 3 to 5 years then you are still positive.

thanks,
Paul