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Q: Hello , back to the old short debacle. In the previous convo you mentioned DH had been taken over. I would go so far to say that the large hedge funds : drive prices down to take over or a take a large position in otherwise good Canadian companies; or, create unusual volatility so their trading arms can use trading algorithms to profit from this by playing both sides of the trade. Sad, like the Donald. Haha

Read Answer Asked by Alan on July 24, 2017
Q: Hi 5i,
I don’t think you have ever been asked about this one and it isn’t a name that comes up every day in the media but how do you think Markel Corp (MKL) looks right now? Aside from it being beaten down like everything else in the financial crisis, a very long term chart shows it to have been a remarkably good buy & hold stock up to this point. Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Lance on July 24, 2017
Q: Greetings guys.

Question: If you had to split a 5% position among the names above, using strength of balance sheet, dividend growth, eps growth and valuation as determining factors, which name or names would you select and what percentage would you allocate to them.

Do you think the utility / alternative energy sector is a decent place to invest in against the backdrop of a rising rate environment. Theoretically, what weighting in a portfolio would you make this sector.

Thanks.

John
Read Answer Asked by john on July 21, 2017
Q: I am interested in Village Farms to diversify my holdings in the marijuana sector and it seems like a safer play, currently I just hold ICC for a speculative play on South America.
What are the key metrics on VFF, earnings, book value, P/E etc… and would you consider this a good entry point now that it has come off its recent high after the Emerald Health joint venture announcement?
Read Answer Asked by Craig on July 21, 2017
Q: Hello 5I, Am I right to assume that min rate-resets less vulnerable to future rate increases as regular ones? I am looking at ENC.pr.c, pays min 6.25 divs. redeemable at $25.00, trading at $23.45, new issue was underwritten by TD-BMO and RBC how safe is it, can they stop paying this div? I would appreciate your advise, perhaps suggesting a couple others.
Many thanks, J.A.P., Burlington
Read Answer Asked by Joseph on July 21, 2017
Q: I have been reading the recent news on Patriot One Technologies. Their technology identifies concealed weapons without the person's knowledge. If their technology is as good as it would appear to be, than PAT's revenue will explode in the coming years.

The current market valuation is more or less ¬$50,000,000, my best guess is PAT's income for the next twelve months will be in the $12,000,000 to $15,000,000. I am unable to predict how profitable the company will be, but their product sells for $10,000 plus PAT will receive some recurring revenues. I am guessing that most of the development and research costs are behind them, and that the cost of manufacturing their product will be less than $10,000. My question is, is there a method one can use in order to figure out if the current valuation is reasonable or not ?
Read Answer Asked by Gilles on July 21, 2017
Q: Hi there,

I am in a losing position with Cardinal on what is a small level of energy exposure in my portfolio. Do you think the dividend is safe or ripe for a cut? Also, the name has fallen considerably more than RRX, WCP etc. I understand that they have more heavy oil production which may weigh on the stock. If I wished to maintain energy exposure would you suggest switching to a different producer? If so, who? I also own Spartan.
Read Answer Asked by Tim on July 21, 2017
Q: Hi 5i,

I currently have 14% of my portfolio in materials, which include MX (3.2%), CCL (4.25%), ZCL (3.47%) and AEM (2.84%).

I also have 12% of my portfolio in consumer non-disc, which include PBH (4.85%), DOL (3.47%) and ZZZ (3.2%).

For a growth oriented investor with 30 years until retirement what do you recommend as an appropriate allocation to materials and consumer non-disc? I will need to trim my holdings in each of these sectors to re-balance as I feel I am overweight so any suggestions on what should go?

Thank you as always,

Jon

Read Answer Asked by Jonathan on July 21, 2017
Q: good day...these five stks are 5% of my portfolio of which I hold all of the balanced portfolio and six income portfolio stks...I am down on these five stks 24% cumulatively...what should I do in these circumstances as I tend to be a long term investor and am retired but do not require income from this portfolio for about two years from now...thank you for the best investing education that I have had...gene
Read Answer Asked by gene on July 21, 2017
Q: Which is the best way to calculate the annual EPS Growth Rate for a stock that has had a miss(s) over 5 years? I want to compare all stocks as per their annual EPS growth rates (actual and estimates) to find the great companies to invest in.

Here is an example of TCN's annual growth rate (no misses) over 5yrs from TD:

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 GR (%)
0.23 0.55 0.56 0.56 0.63 0.81 28.63

Here is an example of PKI's annual growth rate (with misses) over 5yrs from TD:

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 GR (%)
1.32 0.66 0.46 0.49 0.72 1.17 -2.38

Here again is PKI's annual growth rate over 3 yrs from TD, restarting the rising growth rate trend at 2015?

2015 2016 2017 2018 GR (%)
0.46 0.49 0.72 1.17 36.50

Obviously, if I use PKI's 5 yr EPS GR it would rank well down my list. However if I compare all stocks using the 5 yr EPS GR it won't penalize a company that has been intelligently growing earnings consistently? Your thoughts would be much appreciated.

Read Answer Asked by LARRY on July 21, 2017
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