Investment Q&A

Q: Can you please clarify what happened to investors with Russian stocks or ETFs, after Russia invaded Ukraine. I have read that investors lost all of their money. Was this due to the actions of Western governments? It is hard to believe that all Russian companies suddenly became worthless. I am not familiar with the specifics as to what happened and am trying to understand the facts.

My question is raised from the risks of investment in China. I currently own Emerging Markets ETFs with large holdings in China. If China was to do something (e.g. invade Taiwan) which upset the Western Governments, I would like to assess the risk that these investments could zero.

Is this a legitimate concern? What are the facts as to what actually happened? Is it possible that Chinese equities could also become worthless with a significant change in the geopolitical situation?

Your advice and insights are most appreciated and valued. Thank-you.

Q: LOOSERS. FOXF,PUR-N &( ECR,NTR,CCO,IFP,MTY,NPI,SPB,WELL,WFG)ALL TSE

Q: You hold PKI.ca in the Income Portfolio and ATD in the Balanced Portfolio.

PKI has a higher dividend.

Is there an issue holding both in the same account? Is there any overlap?

Bob

Q: I have a question on the issue just announced- is this a decent entry point. With rates peaking and likely coming down this year would this be a good play? What is the outlook

Q: In one of your answers yesterday, you intimated that the sale of Enerplus might not be a done deal. "Devon is a much larger company than CHRD and if it wants ERF it likely could top this bid. .... This one may not be over." The press release announced that both boards unanimously approved the deal. Are you aware of the size of the breakup fee ? Do you know who the largest shareholders of ERF are ? As an ERF shareholder, I agree with your assessment that this is not a great deal.

Q: This stock has lost almost half the value I paid for and shows no sign of stopping to go down.

Do you see any positive future for it ?

What would you do if you were in my shoes ? If selling what would you replace it to recoup my losses ? Willing to take risks.

Gratefully,

Jacques IDS

Q: Give me your thoughts on this company is it all what they are crowing about.
Jim.

Q: I am wondering what you think the risk is with nvidia vis-a-vis the tensions between the US and China. My understanding is that nvidia's supply chain is heavily based in Taiwan. Should China overtake Taiwan, what do you think the impact would be to nvidia? Are there alternate sources elsewhere worldwide (considering supply chain constraints)? Presently, the US government is restricting what nvidia can ship to China and I must assume that China would probably reciprocate should they take control of Taiwan. Your thoughts are appreciated. Thank You.

Q: Are there alternatives to MITK and BKNG that you feel would be better to have in a portfolio today?

Q: Would you lean KXS or DCBO moving forward?

Q: Would you tender the British Flutter shares for the US?

Q: Looking to build a position in renewable. You often suggested Brookfield but digging the sector, results of Constellation seem more impressive. I don't know what to do. Your analysis and advice will be appreciated;

Thanks

Q: While planning for our upcoming Japan trip, I noticed that the Japanese Yen is at a 30 year low against the USD. Any insight into why that might be? Do you see a way to profit from this, directly or indirectly?

Q: Hello Peter,

The insurance sector has been outperforming this year and I am wondering if it is still time to add to sector weight.
Your preferred choice here is Intact Financial and if I do not increase my sector weight, I will have to replace with selling either SLF or TSU.
What is your opinion?
Regards
Rajiv

Q: Hello Peter and Team, I am trying to balance my portfolio across geographies. I am wondering how much weight I should give to companies that are domiciled in Canada but have operations in other parts of the world. For example, would I weight Magna totally Canada or would I give it a partial international weighting as well? What about Topicus (Analytics classifies it as Canada)?
Thank you for your insight.
J

Q: I am looking at ATCO for a slow and steady grower with a solid, safe dividend.

What are your current thoughts ?

Ken

Q: Hi. Thoughts on recent earnings? Do you know what the free cash flow yield is, on a forward basis? Seems pricey at these levels. Thanks.

Q: For a 5 year time frame, what 3 consumer discretionary Canadian stocks would be a good replacement for Ctc.a, for decent dividend and some growth? And/or, is Canadian Tire a stock I should just hold onto, and look at it ayear from now?

Q: Hi 5i

Is there a share lockup period period for softbank on ARM shares....If so, do you know when this lockup period ends?

How big an effect would this have on share price and the available share float... It seems this would be negative for sp at least in the short term.....



Thx

Q: Hi Peter,
Would you go overweight in either /both targeting a double in two years? Alternatively, will you assign a probability with 90% confidence on a return in two years? I just want to know how you view these stocks currently.
Regards
Rajiv