Investment Q&A

Q: I am thinking of switching some funds within my portfolio healthcare allocation by selling PFE to purchase GUD based on the many positive statements that you have made about Knight and the recent 5i report on the company. I find GUD an interesting company but difficult to value relative to PFE. Income is not required from the holding, and invested funds are not required for 5 years plus. Do you believe that there is enough upside to GUD to offset realized capital gain taxes on a PFE sale, loss of the PFE dividend stream, possible additional future currency gains on PFE, and additional capital gains potential on PFE as they improve their operations further? In other words, are you confident enough in Knights upside potential that you would make the switch in your portfolio if you currently held PFE?

Thanks!

Q: I have a small position in ACQ,and it is down considerably, I am thinking of switching out of ACQ and buying BYD.UN for more positive growth. Is this a good idea?

Q: Hi Peter,
Whats up with Tricon. Its held in well til the past 2 days. Is something up or a good price to add more ?
Thank you, Paul

Q: I do not yet own magna.should I wait for the VW dust to settle or is mg on sale now in lieu of the drop in share price

Thx

Q: What, if any, is Exco's exposure to Volkswagen? Thanks.

Q: Volkswagen said that they installed software programmed to switch engines to a cleaner mode during official emissions testing. Since Magna makes parts for them, it probably explains why the stock is down 8%. Do you or a member know if Magna develops anything involved with the engine or software that controls it? If not, how about Linamar or MartinRea?

Q: Unfortunately, I bought HCG at the top and am now dow 41%. Channeling my inner 5I, I'm assuming, given you see nothing fundamentally wrong with the company, that my reduced dollars are as well placed here as anywhere else at the moment. It's in my TFSA, so i can't take a tax loss. i'm a senior, more interested in income and maintaining capital than growth, though of course I'm happy if there IS growth. Does the real 5i share the view of my inner 5i, or should I take my loss and go elsewhere? Many thanks

Q: I am looking at the Boyd Group Income fund chart and in 3 years it has gone from about $15 to about $60 on an almost linear trendi.e., no volatility. I went to the GlobeinvestorGold site and they show a earning before tax of $42M but a profit/loss of $-15M. What is going on? Do you recommend this fund?

Q: CCL.B has a good run since Carla's question on August 23rd. Would you still consider it a buy? Thanks, Bill

Q: Do you see a stock split in the near future

thks
Marcel

Q: I am trying to decide how to complete the financial portion of my portfolio. I generally like a concentrated porfolio of 25 - 30 stocks with equal weightings. I currently hold Sunlife and BNS and can't decide between one of HCG, CXI and Element in Canada and one of JP Morgan and Wells Fargo in the US. (assuming this is not too much for the group)

Would appreciate any comments you may have and thanks for the insight.

Paul F.

Q: Peter; Regarding Gerry's question- am I missing something as my quote shows it's only down .17 cents. - not much of a drop. Rod

Q: Hi Peter and team
This stock was added to the TSX small cap index on Friday but today (Monday) it is trading down substatially on heavy volume. The volume for the first HOUR is more than 6 times the average DAILY volume. What gives?
Gerry

Q: In spite of Sylogist being profitable , isn't a bit of a value trap ... It made a huge run a few years ago and then stopped dead in its tracks and has lost share value for us late investors.
Will there ever be enough volume / growth in it ? I just look every day and ask myself : " why do I own this ?" Thank you

Q: I don't know if you saw the article in the WSJ regarding Starwood Waypoint and Colony American Homes are in talks to merge. How would this impact Tricon?

Thanks,
Heather

Q: I was thinking that I may sell CSE to realize a capital loss to offset some realized gains - and then reinvest into either CPX or ECI since I would like to replace a the yield. Your views? Thanks

Q: Would appreciate your analysis of BEP. Why include it in the Income Portfolio rather than BIP or BPY? For total return, would it be better to owm BAM instead?

Thanks

Q: Hi Peter: Just read your report on PKI. I purchased 3000 shares Sept 12/13 @ 17.18 per share. I am 80 years in good health. Should I sell and lock in my profit or keep for the good dividend I receive? Thank you for your opinion.
Ron

Q: Any reasons why this is taking such a beating

Q: Hello Peter et al
At what point do insiders have to cease buying company stock when they are in negotiations to take over another company? For example there has been a lot of insider buying of SYZ in the past 10 months including the purchase by the CEO of 12600 shares on 15 Sept. Does the recent purchase in effect confirm there are no takeover negotiations in progress?

Also would you consider calling a company such as SYZ in an effort to obtain a first hand impression of how the company is doing? Obviously they can only pass on publically released information but a person may be able to “read between the lines”.

We have about a 2% holding of SYZ and in view of the Q3 results and insider buying are anxious to buy more, but need a little shove to do so.

Many thanks for any comments. Bob