Investment Q&A

Q: Engine Capital bought into PKI and did wonders for the stock price Now they bought a 5.3% holding in DND. What do you think of the transaction? Can I hope for similiar results to PKI?

Q: According to my TD direct Investment site, analysts are advising selling Fortis. This seems excessive to me. What do you think? I'm a not aggressive senior without, given my age, a particularly long recovery time.

Q: So...do you think there will be a bidding war here? Should buy at these levels...with the assumption that the price will move up?

Q: I have listed a number of companies you like. Most of the companies named have done well (some very well).

Do you consider all these names a Buy at current levels? From the list what would be your 5 favorite stocks?

Thanks
Tim

Q: I have a ~1% position in ERF (Enerplus), in an RSP, which looks to be taken over by Chord (CHRD). Most of the ERF proceeds would be in CHRD shares (a company I don't know much about), with only a relatively small amount of cash received. Meantime, my portfolio is currently ~8.5% oil & gas (SU, CVE, TOU, IMO, CPG, etc.) but only ~3% "chips" exposed (CHPS.to, MSFT). From your perspective, what do you think of selling some (or all) ERF now, so as to buy something like ASML?

Ted

Q: Hold the above securities in TFSA account held by my 89 year old parent. EMP.A (-25%)and ENGH (-51%) and am now trying to decide if I should add to them or move on to something with a better future prospect ( a suggestion with be appreciated). TOU has a small positive return at this time but was thinking of replacing it with CNQ - your thoughts. Some other holdings in the account include BAM, BN, CM, BEPC GSY, JWEL. Please deduct as many credits as many credits as appropriate.

Thank You

Q: HELLO PETER AND COLLEAGUES,

Five years ago I was willed a (small) number of shares in Suncor, which seems to have gone through some ups and downs the last few years (more downs than ups when it comes to CEO's replacements and other issues...) but seems to have stabilized somehow lately. Notwithstanding, do you consider CNQ a better run corp with a better chance of success, and should I, for the intermediate time when owning shares in an old fashion energy business still makes some sense, switch my SU position to an equivalent CNQ one? Thank you.

Q: Can you suggest 3 "best" US stocks for growth other than MAG7 ?
3 best US with dividends. thanks

Q: Please comment on the latest earnings and whether it is a good buy now, bearing in mind the sector it is in and speculative in nature. Thanks

Q: Hello. What do you think of JEPQ?

Q: Found this tiny REIT that has a portfolio of multi-family properties in Winnipeg. They trade at a significant discount to NAV; however, the debt is high and it is VERY illiquid primarily because there are a very low number of equity units O/S.

The Company is externally managed with a management agreement that pays fairly high fees.

Is this one worth the risk?

Q: Good morning. I have held Canoe EIT Income Fund since 2016 and it has averaged 11% annually. My goal is yield so I have been quite happy. I am currently reinvesting the distributions, but plan to eventually withdraw them to help fund my retirement. My EIT.UN holdings are now approaching 7% of my portfolio value and I was hoping to find something similar but different, for diversification. I know you have mentioned in the past that the fund is decent but has some drawbacks like a high MER. Could you provide some other options please? Thank you.

Q: Do they have any competition? How would you rate their last few years? Your general thoughts as well please. Thanks.

Q: BIZD Vanec BDC Income ETF

Stable, reliable income plus some growth?

Thanks.
I just submitted a question on this ETF …. BUT forgot to ask if it would also be a good complement to XLF because of the different composition of holdings. ?

Or is there a better financial ETF choice for that purpose?

Q: I am looking for some interest bearing stocks.

I do not have any REITs and with the state of office space these days, I am always a little concerned.

However, I just read about this company “SmartCentres” that pays an 8.2% dividend (pretty amazing – but it is sometimes a warning sign). Based on company information, it states that it has “98.5% in place and committed occupancy” which I believe is positive.

According to its profile (in 5i), the stock appears to be close to its low for the past year. In fact, the stock is lower than the “Low Target price”. The liquidity ratios appear to (very) good. I don’t know how it compares to its peers but the P/E ratio also appears low compared to its historical trend.

I understand this is not a growth stock but my need is to find some balance and dividends are always good (especially at 8.2%). I also own other dividend paying stocks, such as Enbridge which I’ve acquired slowly over the past number of years. The stock price today is a little lower than when I bought it as the stock price has not changed very much during the last 10 years (but the dividend is very good and the volatility has been reasonable). It has been a very good paying GIC.

Any thoughts on the above. If you have better ideas for dividend paying stocks (or ETFs), please list your top 2 or 3, with a short explanation. As a secondary question, for dividends to rise to 8.2% for SRU and 7.8% for Enbridge, is it also possible that these stocks are out of favor and may also have some potential capital appreciate over the years? Thanks.

(As an aside, I compared the 10 year chart provided by 5i in the “Enbridge profile” section with 2 other charting tools and the one in 5i did not match. I did a comparison because I felt that the return I got with Enbridge did not align with the 5i profile chart.)

Q: Hi, could I have your updated opinion on CFLT please? I don't see recent questions on it - I have a small position and need to top up or sell. Could you possibly rank compared to DDOG, PATH, SNOW, APP

Q: what would you you recommend as 5 top shorts?

Q: Please rank these healthcare stocks in terms of long term growth potential (5-10 years or more): EW, ISRG, IDXX, GEHC, ZTS, ABT, TMO, ATRI, GMED, INMD

Q: I am thinking about moving some of my portfolio to ETF's, and when I looked at CDZ holdings, I was surprised to see FSZ as their top holding - a stock you have recently seen as a sell. Do you have any suggestions for a Canadian ETF that is more about great companies with a growing Dividend and not so heavy in Financials and Telcos? Thank You!

Q: On the software security front, my opinion is that the general, PANW is slipping a bit and being reigned in by CRWD, NET, ZS. What is your opinion on these, and also S? Could you please rank for growth over the next 5 years?