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Q: Scanning your latest research summary the 12.3% yield on NAL jumped off the page at me. Your B ranking doesn't put up a red flag but it also isn't in your portfolios. What is your outlook for this company. Will it continue sideways? Chances they will bring back the div? Possible short term buy at the $2 price with expectation it will pop back up to the recent $2.5 range for a short term profit? Or move on to better things realizing the 12% annualized div is gone and was a statistical hangover from better days...Any other yield traps on your list...BDI, ADN, CPX...
Read Answer Asked by Tom on May 17, 2017
Q: looking back it looks like ALA and IPL have been base building for about 15 months. Is that significant or is the price of crude the only factor in the pricing? What does your reply say about the viability of technical factors in stocks like IPL and ALA?
Read Answer Asked by Tim on May 17, 2017
Q: My birthday always prompts an RRSP review and the magic age of 71 is not that far away so I am slowly transitioning from equities to safer, dividend yields as I won't need the funds for quite a while after I have to convert to a RRIF.
I have just initiated good positions in Hydro One and the new ECN preferred. I am looking at Enbridge and Altagas for at least a ten year hold and would be happy with just the dividend. I already have a good chunk of Interpipeline.
Are pipelines in particular and dividend companies in general looking at significant headwinds with interest rates slated to rise, probably quite a bit, over my ten year plus timeframe. I'm looking for investments that I can park and collect without undue concern.
If not them, then who, with the criteria outlined?
Thank you.
Steven
Read Answer Asked by Steven on May 17, 2017
Q: Can you rank the stocks best to worst in your opinion. These are the stock s that are in my utilities sector which is 3% of my current portfolio. Would you add, swap or remove any of them? My portfolio holdings/thoughts are very similar to your BE Portfolio.
Read Answer Asked by Terry on May 17, 2017
Q: Point North is trying to control the board, a move which cannot be justified by their level of ownership.

I suppose the first question for the shareholders to consider is whether the existing board and management are doing a decent job. Do you have an opinion on this point?

If the incumbents are OK, I think that there would be no reason to give Point North's predatory demand any consideration.
Read Answer Asked by Carl on May 17, 2017
Q: Can you give me a few names with the safest dividends and yielding over 3.5%? In evaluating dividend safety do you prefer to calculate the payout ratio vs earnings, operating cash flow or free cash flow? If FCF do you average CapEx over a few years or use depreciation as a proxy for stay in business CapEx?
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on May 16, 2017
Q: 5i ...was wondering if you could explain a little about a company being shorted. Once the stocks value has reached a certain level is the 'heat' then taken off that company or do they continue to hammer it with a 'told you so' attitude. I have made some money on EIF and enjoy the dividend but do not want to watch all evaporate. TY for explaining.
Read Answer Asked by Alan on May 16, 2017
Q: Team 5i, would you kindly rank these 4 REITs? I just turned 64 and now want to focus more on Dividends and Asset Protection as opposed to Growth. I like the High Yields. Are they safe? Any other suggestions are most welcome.

Thanks as always!
Read Answer Asked by Austin on May 16, 2017
Q: The company actually earned 16 cents per share for the Q. Because they did a convertible debenture financing, they now have to show fully diluted results as well ( being 8 cents a share) if the debenture is converted. At a conversion price of $8.75, while the share price is now $6.15 that s not likely to happen, and if it does, then the debt level will be greatly reduced. If the conversion gets converted that would only happen if the company's earnings ( or a takeover, buyout) drove up the share price. I think the results were fine. And they would have been better but for the timing of delivery so the 2nd q ought to benefit from this delay.
Read Answer Asked by Murray on May 15, 2017
Q: I'm looking at the latest financials for Crius. I'm seeing a big drag on cashflows from investments in working capital. It looked similar in the previous Q1, essential this working capital issue is eating up all their operating cash. Further they are "lending" out money at high rates which is draining their investing cashflows. Finally they are borrowing money to pay the distribution. This doesn't look very sustainable to me. Can you help me make sense of this cashflow statement? Where is the actual money? When I look at the adjustments they make to derive distributable cash I don't agree that normalizing out the working capital investment is a good approach, looks like this is just part of the business. What will change as they grow to make this company capable of actually paying this dividend?

Thanks,
Rob P.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on May 15, 2017
Q: I currently have half positions in these two companies. Can you please comment on the recent earnings reports and long term prospects? Are the dividends safe/could they grow? Time to add?

Thanks,
Read Answer Asked by EVAN on May 15, 2017
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