Investment Q&A

Q: In general, how many stocks are necessary to be adequately diversified? I know that your model portfolios have 20 positions each, but if I owned fewer stocks, it would make if possible to monitor each positiion in more depth. I would appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks,

Q: At the current unit price of these etfs, do you think they are a buy at this time for a person looking for yield? Or, do you see further downside in October and November for the North American markets?

Thank You

Q: Please provide your opinion on if now is a good entry point for Amazon.com and if the future earnings will be supported? Thanks again! Rossana.

Q: Hello 5i..My question is regarding Trevali (TV) . You last commented on TV Aug 19 of this year but a lot has happened since,news releases etc. Also , Glencore is associated with TV but i'm not clear on how this would affect Trevali should Glencore go private or become insolvent. Do you think TV will survive this current downturn in the sector.
Mark Cruise just added just under 100,000 shares to his existing position of almost 1 million shares. do you view management as competent ? thanx norm

Q: Peter and Team, Hi
I have held Rock Energy for quite some time. It has gone down 70% since I bought. You know that we tend to hang onto our losers. What do you recommend? Any chance it will go up anytime soon? Should I dump it before it goes to zero? Regards... Joe

Q: Is this stock , good long term hold in my RRSP or better in my cash account? Like Yield.---Would it be sustainable?
Thanks
Cec

Q: Hi team,
I have been a holder of this company for three years and traded in and out of it,but am perplexed at it,s price resistance at around 32cents. Should the Holt mine announcement back in the spring, to be in production in Q4 for an addition of 30,000 ounces or so be THE catalyst for the share price to improve?Analysts place a value of .60 and believe the company is vey undervalued.Also it's balance sheet is strong with very little debt.Should I purchase more now?
Thanks,
Jean

Q: Hi and thanks for support through this bump in the road. I hold about a 5% weighting in ZWB and it has served it's purpose for income in our RRIFs but with a high weighting in National Bank NA I am wondering if a change to TD and BNS or perhaps CWB Cdn Western Bank would serve us better. Your comments are always appreciated.

Ted

Q: For diversification,if reducing exposure to Canadian Banks,would you provide some recommendations of companies with comparable quality and expected market performance.Thanks.

Q: What would be your choice between ALA and EMA with respect to
future capital appreciation, dividend growth, and risk? TD
Waterhouse has a buy rating on ALA with a target of 47.00. Joe

Q: Hi, Valeant's share price took huge hit over past two weeks, after Hilary Clinton comments and Democrats' request for a subpoena for drug pricing. There are two drugs in question, where price increases were 225% and 550% appx. As per analysts covering the stock, even if price of these two drugs is reversed, it should impact the share price by about $8-$9. Except one major brokerage, no one has changed rating of the stock (Most have Buys). Although a few have adjusted price targets between $10-$15 but average is still about CAD$325. Last week stock traded as low as $204.50 and has now stabilized in $230-$240 range. Only a few weeks ago it traded as high as $347. Despite the near term headline risk (although it is not known if house committee will even accept the democrats request for a subpoena and US history of very limited success with drugs price control), is it reasonable to accumulate shares at these levels, in your view? Valeant still appears to be the only choice in large cap pharma sector in Canada (of course Concordia being the other)and I am wondering if there is an opportunity here. Thanks, as always for your valued comments.

Q: I am recently retired, 58 years of age and my investments are 100% in equities and should be looking to diversify into some assets with less risk. I am currently receiving company pension that is sufficient for monthly expenses. What are your suggestions to diversify my portfolio? I am looking at some bond ETF and/or CIBC Income Plus Portfolio. Robert L

Q: Hi Team, Question on oil in the future. What is your opinion on where the price of oil will be in about a yr. I have heard some analyst say it may fall to 20.00/barrel. if Obama strikes a deal with Iran, then they would be able to start selling their oil on the market. And they have huge reserves. That would certainly flood the market. Then I heard that Russia was going to start selling more oil as well due to deals with Syria. If this happens then would the price of oil should drop drastically. what is your take on these events.

Q: I was planning to purchase this etf but I see the daily volume is very low. Is there another etf with similar attributes and yield but with more market activity?

Thanks

Q: Which Canadian bank is your favorite, being the one that will offer the most growth and capital appreciation over the next 5 years? TD, RY, BNS, BMO, or CM?

Q: Could you update on Bonavista, (BNP), especially info on the dividend and why they haven't cut (again) or eliminated it. Any chance of this one going to 0.
Thanks
Doug

Q: In the FP dated Sep 25,a Joe Chidley wrote about the Black Ducks i.e.Fear trades in reaction to mini-events.2 good examples this week.1)H Clinton's pledge to control drug price gouging.This resulted in the Nasdaq biotech index drop of 7%,& VRX declined more than 10% on Tuesday.2)Volkswagen's cheating on emissions control tests,& the impact was Ford & Gm decline of 2.8% & 2% respectively on tuesday. Neither events change the fundamentals in the subject 2 sectors.The arrival of a black duck can herald opportunity. You are correct in your prediction that the recovery from the Aug 24 decline will be a W,& not a V.Note that on Sep 28,the S&P 500 successfully retested the Aug 24 low.On Oct 2 a retest again, & the biggest reversal to the upside in 4 months on volume which is higher than the average volume for the previous 20 sessions. Please advise the situation now;It is on a uptrend now?Is it time to take advantage of egregious pricing?Please provide some names. As always apperciate Your usual great services & opinions.Looking forward to seeing You on BNN on Oct 13

Q: Thoughts on the public bickering between mr glassman and mr boland? With the large decline in cbl since it's ipo, is it something you would invest in?

Thanks

Robert

Q: With these choppy markets, what do you think of Corbys as a place to wait it out. Also, do you think the dividend at 7.6% is sustainable?
GUY

Q: Hello, is it worth keeping inter pipeline after the decline or better to get out
thanks