Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,

Is it too late to buy BRK.b in its CDN version holding for five years? What do you think the effect of Buffets inevitable death will be on the stock?

Q: I received a copy of the debenture prospectus in the mail today and have been reading it with some interest. I think they are going to need an army of accountants to figure out how they should account for it. Although it would make an excellent CPA or CFA exam question, the arrangement seems unnecessarily (ridiculously?) complicated.

The nominal interest rate of CPI plus 6.8% until 2040 looked very interesting at first. However, the amortization of the $33 premium to the year 5 company par value redemption option would appear to almost fully negate the 6.8% (unless a warrant is held and exercised). If the warrant is exercised, effectively allowing the debenture plus its replacement debenture to go to term, the initial $33 premium amortized over 17 years still knocks off 2 to 3% per year. Nonetheless, unless I am missing something, CPI plus (say) 4% until 2040 still looks pretty good.

Having come to the CSU party late I only own 16 shares. That means I can buy $500 of debentures and so exercising or even disposing the rights seems hardly worth the effort. However, I was thinking that as the debentures will trade on the TSX, I could buy more rights or debentures but the amount I would be willing to pay would depend whether I could also acquire more warrants and at what price. It appears that the warrants will not trade on the TSX except when the company issues a redemption notice. That makes buying the debentures look more than a bit risky.

Does my analysis look right to you?

Does the 3.03 ratio of rights to $100 principal value of the debentures also apply to the warrants or is it 1 warrant for each $100 debenture? The prospectus says that CSU will try to ensure that warrants are available to all debenture holders. Do you have any idea how they will do that and will it that mean the warrants value will be suppressed somehow?

Finally, is it likely that the trading price of the debentures will assume the company will never redeem the debentures given the warrants effectively eliminate any incentive it may have to redeem the series 1 debentures early?

Thanks as always

Q: Hi guys!

Thank you for your work.

If you had to describe the current market direction (up, down, sideways, don't know) how would you describe it?

Would you suggest 5 highish likelihood stocks ready for a bit of a rebound within the next few weeks/months?

Suggestion: We learn from our mistakes. Is there any chance you could have a page that notes all of 5i's misses (along with the explanation)?

I have been getting some bullish scuttlebutt on CIX. Would you give me your opinion on CIX's future...and likelihood it will get to $30?

Q: Are there any public companies that stand to profit if housing foreclosures in the U.S. significantly increase over the next 3-4 years? Or a suggested investment strategy to play this scenario in public markets?
Thanks

Q: Hi team,
How would you rate and which do you prefer.HMAX and ZWB?
Thanks so much.

Q: Hi
What is your view of DDOG, the TAM of this sub-sector and its growth potential within versus others. ,Why choose one over another [please rank] and at what price would you advise taking an initial position.

Q: Hi
I would appreciate your assessment of MNDY and the sub-sector it is in. As a growth stock, wha is the potential total addressable market for its services, what percentage is it targeting, how is it positioned for growth vis-a-vis its competitors. In a nutshell, if you wanted to have a position in this area, would you buy and at what entry price. Or, do you prefer another and if so, why.

Q: Can you characterize these two utility companies? Wondering in how much difference/overlap there may be, geographic exposures, etc.. Would you have a preference considering allowed regulatory growth, dividend safety/growth? Thanks!

Q: What is going on? The stock is up 25%

Q: Hey folks...any thoughts on this company? View as a buy/sell...thanks.

Q: i have listed some cdn oil companies, i own ath and cpg. my question is with oil at 91. none of the above companies or all cdn or u.s oil companies stock price even comes close to an oil price of 91., most are 25-30% below where they should be. they are coining so much cash it defies description.
why is this and will it ever change or is this the environment re oil and gas-dirty fuel etc we just have to live with. dave

Q: hi, looking at your model growth portfolio, all these entities are down in share price. are they all a buy today? any a sell? any other growth equities in the portfolio you like better than these listed right now? and are there any CDN growth equities not in the portfolio you like better than these ( eg ?LMN etc. )

Q: Dividend tax credit : Do we still get the dividend tax credit for the canadian stocks included in an ETF that holds both canadian and international stocks?

Q: Any reason to explain the continued weakness in SHOP Monday morning? I see no news. Are you still recommending it as a top growth pick?

Q: What’s your latest take on Nano?

Cheers

Q: Hi,

What's your thoughts on this company at this time?

Thanks

Q: Good morning,

With the beating DND has taken the last 2 days I would like your opinion

1. Is it really that bad ?
2. Would you endorse averaging down to reduce book value? This is in a long term account with drip turned on

Q: My question is about HBND, the new bond covered call ETF, which is yet to appear in your menu. It seems like a very nice alternative to a plain vanilla bond ETF, due to the high distributions, and general safety of covered call writing, but your opinion would be much valued. I realize it is new, therefore no history to track, and no doubt still quite small, but i wonder about the safety and erosion of the share price.
Thanks

Q: Hi, between these 2 stocks who have recently reported not so enviable quarters (and knowing they could go even go lower from here before they settle a bit)....are they both a show me story now? Is there more conviction in one or the other ...or would you put new money elsewhere? I currently own about 2% of each.
It seems both of their recent 1/4 releases were surprises to most of us. Not very credible management to not have seen this coming, IMHO.

Cheers,
Steve

Q: Is it time to buy energy stocks? If so, what 2-3 holdings do you suggest? In the past I've successfully owned TVE, WCP and SGY. for growth. I currently own CNQ and have held it for years as an income stock. Thanks.