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Q: Based on insider reporting information provided by my broker approximately 17 million shares were sold by the insiders in March of this year.
Do you find this significant?
The stock in the meantime dropped by more than 30%.
Can you please verify that indeed there was a substantial reduction of shares owned by insiders early in 2018?
As well, would you still hold their bonds maturing in 2023?
Thank you for your insight.
Read Answer Asked by Terry on October 31, 2018
Q: Can you clarify what you meant in answer to Lee’s question on “likes” when you said “We have the 'heart' for personal favourite questions, ”$
Read Answer Asked by David on October 31, 2018
Q: Happy Halloween to all.
I know you dont cover US stocks but do you see any good stocks to buy now for 2 to 3 years growth? Ones that have been beaten up too much. I'm thinking NAVIDA GRUB GOOG but suggestions welcome please. Thank you
Ps should we wait until end of November?
Read Answer Asked by El-ann on October 31, 2018
Q: Hello,
The ALA.PR.U preferred has fallen like all other ALA shares.
If they cut the dividend on the common, could they just as easily cut the dividend on the preferred?
My intentions are to generate USD income and still take advantage of the dividend tax credit.
Would you suggest I hold off from averaging down?
The yield (in USD) is appealing. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Carlo on October 31, 2018
Q: Question about preferred shares in general.
I will use a Pembina preferred as an example. PPL.PR.I issued March 31, 2015.
Rate reset date is December 1, 2020.
Issued at 4.75% - therefore initially issued at 3.91% + .85%.
Currently the 5 year government bond yield rate is 2.36% (I'm getting this from iTrade and to reset Pembina will use Bloomberg GCAN5YR. I'm assuming they are the same or close).
Therefore the reset rate will be 6.27% (3.91% + 2.36%).
I am assuming that Pembina will either reset the rate or redeem the preferred at $25.00 on December 1, 2020.
Two questions:
1. Is there anything else they can do other than reset or redeem?
2. If they can only do a reset or redeem then why has the stock decreased in value from above $25.00 to $24.25 this past week? I would have thought with the pending increased reset rate or redemption the preferred would be holding its value.
Am I totally missing something here?
Thanks so much.
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on October 31, 2018
Q: I had the pleasure of listening in on the conference call last week. One theme that I agree with is to sell your losers. I understand you mean on fundamentals, not price alone. I am holding some of your favorites, and they have all taken a bath with the market. I wonder if it is time to let any go, or are they all still a hold
CAD: GSY, DOO, PHO
USD: NVDA, BOX, GRUB
Read Answer Asked by Kuldar on October 31, 2018
Q: Does any market research companies in the USA provide similar information about the American market like 5i does for Canada?
Read Answer Asked by Robert on October 31, 2018
Q: This is a market question. Yesterday, markets were up nicely until news of more US tariffs on China came out, then they plunged. But they plunged deeper in Canada than in the US. Would you have a try at explaining why that would be given our valuations are cheaper and US tariffs on China would have no impact on us? It seems every time US markets drop due to China tariff concerns ours go down more. Are we in a bear market in Canada? Morgan Stanley has said the US is now in a bear market and all rallies should be sold because it's going to get worse. Would you advise that here?
Read Answer Asked by John on October 31, 2018
Q: Hi team,
Just how big is this cloud anyway? Since IBM announced its purchase of Red Hat, it seems every tech stock and their brother claim to be a cloud company. I got several Seeking Alpha emails identifying about 20 or more companies that are now M&A candidates in the cloud. There are too many to list here, but two companies that I follow stood out to me; one that was there and one that was conspicuous by its absence.

I have been following DOCU for awhile. It was on the list. It seems it has a unique electronic signature software/platform that resides on the cloud and that would be an attractive functionality for bigger companies in the future for document authorization. The one that was absent from the list was BOX. I had been in that stock earlier the year but lost interest after erratic earnings. It looks like the risk/reward may be attractive here, but I just don’t see any real competitive advantage that it holds over many other cloud candidates. Earlier this year, you suggested that MSFT could potentially be interested. What sets BOX apart from many other cloud companies and is the outlook for DOCU and/or BOX enhanced or not by the IBM deal?

Thanks again for your thoughts,
dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on October 31, 2018
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