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Q: In addition to the secondary offering of units and debentures, Mr Cheskis has offered 200k of his Boyd Group units for sale, once again, leaving him with just 218k holding. Should it be a concern? With this offering, units today, have traded as low as $42.15, with a high of $47.90, not long ago. With so much volatility, do you still consider it as a stable investment with decent upside in future? Is it a strong buying opportunity @42.50 or or still has downside risk? Do you think co. has taken too much debt? Thanks for your valuable insight.
Read Answer Asked by rajeev on September 11, 2014
Q: Hi 5i team, if Contran (CSS) shareholders reject the offer by Transforce should we be concerned with holding this company moving forward? Does the action of management and the board (recommending we accept the Transforce offer) not demonstrate incompetence or at the very least very poor judgement? Are you still comfortable recommending this company knowing the board does not appear to place it's shareholders interest first? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Mario on September 11, 2014
Q: Do you think an aggressive portfolio of dhx,esl,syz,and aya, totally about $20,000 would be too aggressive for about a 3yr. Period, I have quite a high risk tolerance, thanks
Read Answer Asked by Pat on September 10, 2014
Q: I just happily renewed my subscription to 5i. Thanks for the reminder.

Question regarding BYD.UN (Boyd Income Group): Can you provide this year and next year's expected earnings per share estimates? My Investor's Edge and iTrade don't seem to provide this info for this stock. My best estimate is $2.10 for this year and $2.35 for next year which would give Boyd an 18ish p/e for 2015 with still lots of predictable, repeatable growth in the subsequent years. Am I in the ballpark or out to lunch?

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by john on September 10, 2014
Q: Hello 5i team,
What is "consumer discretionary"; could you give me examples of securities in that sector? For example would you consider that LNR and MG which serve the auto industry belong to that sector? After all is the car not the ultimate consumer discretionary?
Tony
Read Answer Asked by Antoine on September 10, 2014
Q: I have a 2% position in CFN, getting smaller daily. The recent plummet appears to be either capitulation or possibly a large shareholder exiting his position.

Is CFN getting into oversold territory and is it time to add some shares OR is this strategy like the proverbial "catching a falling knife"? At what point do you decide this was a bad investment, take your lumps and move on?

When do they report their net quarter? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on September 10, 2014
Q: A Sept. 09 2014 report from Veritas is recommending a Sell of Magna (MG) suggesting that their returns are going to be disappointing over the next 3 years. What are your thoughts on MG? I have owned for about 9 months, and was hoping to hold onto it for about another year or so. Do you think it is a stock that is still worth holding onto? It is about 2.5% of my portfolio. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Brian on September 10, 2014
Q: of the value stocks with momentum---which is your favorite, I already own chorus and am doing fine with it, I assume you will say trimac but it is thinly traded---hard to get in and out, so the question is which is your favorite. thanks dave
Read Answer Asked by david on September 09, 2014
Q: To add to our income portfolio we are looking at purchasing BEP.UN and have read your favourable comments and 2013 report. We look at Google Finance, Morningstar and the TMX site and are a little confused by the very different numbers for eps, P/E,etc. Google Finance has a P/E of 102.27 and an eps of .31. The quarterly dividend is .42. ie not a very good payout ratio? Morningstar publishes a P/E TTM of 17.5. What is P/E TTM? Are you still favourable toward owning Bep.un.as a long term hold for income? Many thanks, Len
Read Answer Asked by Len on September 08, 2014
Q: G announced today a decrease of 60,000 oz of gold in the coming months.Should I sell or hold my G stock.I intend to buy it back, if and when it dips. When is the seasonal low in gold price.Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Vinod on September 08, 2014
Q: TFI TransForce calling! TFI phoned me Friday after market close. I missed the call but they left a message asking me to give them a call. (AS if!) This call came the day TFI hit an all time high and CSS was stuck in the mud. Insulting. I am taking heart that this might be an omen that not all is going as planned for the buyout as I own CSS and not TFI.
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on September 06, 2014