Investment Q&A

Q: Hello Peter and the 5I team
I am wondering what your opinion is on this stock? Can this extreme decline in share price be solely because of the potential interest rate hike or is there more to this story? To me the company seems to be run by good management the P/E ratio seems a little high but historically seems in line. What surprised me was that this company raises it's dividend (which is at 9.85%) almost quarterly, that does not seem like the characteristics of a business that has had its share price cut in half in the last 8 months. Would this stock be a good buy for income?? Would you start a position in this company today or wait and if you would wait at what point should a person initiate a position. I am interested in your opinion on this one.

Thanks

Q: I would like your thoughts on Kinder Morgan's business risk?

Q: Is there a significant difference between CBO and the Vanguard short term corporate bond ETF in your income portfolio? Joe

Q: I noticed a little price increase today but I did not see any news out on the company. Do you have anything new today? I also wanted to ask how much each of the metrics you use to grade a company influence the final grade. This company has only one C- but is graded a C+, obviously not every valuation carries the same weight but what is most important to yourselves when evaluating and can I assume that the grade is based on a long term hold in every case? Can you please give the answer as a percentage of each area of the scorecard.
Thank you
Jeremy

Q: Et's results today beat EPS & Rev.with $66m backlog, shipment of $30m in Nov.& $97.5m cash.Please advise gist of conference call,if appropriate,& your comments on results.Your advice of buy,hold or sell.Thanks a lot for your normal great sevices & views.

Q: Would you please give me your thoughts on this company

Q: I just bought an opening position in Disney. I wanted your opinion on cord-cutting in the industry. We've in the past year how cord-cutting and regulatory changes in Canada have impact Corus' anticipated revenues.

With half of Disney's revenue and profits coming from ESPN and other TV franchises, is the current negative sentiment (e.g. subscribers to TV declining) warranted even though there are more high profile near-term catalysts like Star Wars, Marvel etc that will continue to contribute to top and bottom lines for many years to come?

Q: Hi team:

XTC just released its Q4 and annual results, everything seems to be in good order. I can use the keener eyes of professionals like yourself for a more informed opinion. Kindly critique the past results, and more importantly the prospect of this company going forward.

Thanks.

Q: Just a note concerning Marios’ question about converting TD shares into US dollars. I am also with TD and their Buy/Sell spread for US dollars is about 1.5%. So in the end if you convert Cad dollars to purchase a US stock and then go back to Cad dollars when you sell the foreign currency exchange alone will set you back 3%. I consider this extortion! I typically use “Norbert’s gambit” with shares of the biggest Canadian bank (RY) to avoid these foreign conversion fees. One of the problems however, is that when purchasing shares in my Canadian account, TD makes me wait 3 days for the settlement until they can be moved over to my US account for sale there. Hence you end up with 3 days holding risk and price movements can either work for you or against you. I would appreciate if you could open this up to members to see if anyone has ever found a way to get around the 3 day holding period.

Q: Based on companies in the Growth Portfolio alone, which is your strongest buy today? I just topped up my TFSA and was having some hesitation purchasing EFN, not quite understanding why it continues to slide. Thanks.

Q: I own a Sherritt 8% bond maturing Nov. 15, 2017. Am I likely to get my principal back? Should I just sell for what it's worth today? This company looks to be in a lot of trouble and I'm worried.

Len

Q: Hi Peter and team I've held TCK from 2013 in my RRSP account and my cost is about $27.00, is it worth holding and is it a takeover candidate considering it's overall condition. Thanks, Nick

Q: Hi team:
this went up today past the $ 3 mark, is there any news accountable for it ? thanks

Q: Hello,

Could you please give your comments on the latest acquisition. I'd like to purchase more stock. Do you rate it a buy.

Thanks

Q: Hi Peter & Team,

Thanks to 5i, my gains in BYD.UN are substantial, and I was thinking about some tax loss selling to lessen my tax bill.

The stocks that I hold in my margin account that are down are:
WCP (-26%)
BOS (-15%)
BIN (-14%)
TMA (-12%)

Which of these (if any) would you suggest for tax loss selling purposes, and which (if any) would you buy back after 30 days? I am considering deploying the proceeds from the sale into a money market ETF for the 30 days, but perhaps there is a better approach.

I realize that any selling decision should be driven by investment considerations, but I've never done any tax loss selling and want to "do it right".

Since this is a rather long question, please feel free to use more than one question credit. As always, thanks for your valuable advice.

Q: Would you have any comments on this news report?
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Feb. 13, 2015) - OneSoft Solutions Inc. (the "Company" or "OSS") (TSX VENTURE:OSS), a North American developer of cloud-based business solutions, has today filed a Statement of Claim against Sylogist Ltd. ("Sylogist") to recover the balance of the purchase price owed to the Company by Sylogist pursuant to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement dated June 26, 2014, entered into between the parties, which governed the sale of the shares of Serenic Software, Inc., Serenic Canada Inc. and Serenic EMEA Inc. Further details regarding the Statement of Claim may be accessed by reviewing action number 150302555 which has been filed in the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, Edmonton Judicial Centre.
Dan

Q: Hi ...can you comment on the current apparent disconnect between the AIG stock price and the company's warrants . The stock is currently trading close to it's year high ...yet the warrants are off over 4$ . Seems too rapid in terms of time erosion on these warrants as they don't expire till 2021 ....lots of time left .. they trade over 29$ in August . ...an opportunity?

Q: Could I get your take on recent earnings and is it a good opportunity to start a position, thanks

Q: I had bought shares of Questor(QST) recently and sold them this Monday because of their 3rd quarter numbers.Today they increased from $0.60 to $0.77.Kind of the story of my life but could you help me understand.
Thanks
Michael

Q: The proof's in the pudding. Canadian Business magazine in the most recent issue named CEO Bruce Flatt #94 wealthiest Canadian and director Jack Cockwell #98. These guys are there because they have over 90% of their assets in BAM stock. Other directors and officers including Blidner and Lawson have lots of skin in the game too.
My hunch is Flatt (he's only 50 y.o.) and company will be moving up the ranks in years to come, and my money's with them. The Seeking Alpha article is fluff to put it politely.