Investment Q&A

Q: Did people at 5i take a position in Flutter as per your disclosure on the last question? Thx

Q: Looking at some of the data under the company tab, I see good profitably ratios but the book value is negative and the return on equity is -111. %. What does a negative ROE mean - is at an artifact of the negative book value?

Q: Is there any way to separate out questions asked about American companies and Canadian. I invest in only Canadian an get frustrated when find out question is on an American company.

Q: With regard to Mike selling all his shares in SHOP too early; what I have learned from 5i is you do not have to sell your winners just because they are up; you trim if the stock position gets too big. What I have also done is sell enough shares equal to my original cost and let my profits ride until the position gets too big.

Q: Just a follow up to my earlier question.
What do you mean that the combined company will be dividended out to CSU for free?
And again will there be an IPO Offering and how will one know ?
Thanks
Jeff

Q: Hello Peter,
One of your fellow FP columnists suggests that the valuation gap between expensive (e.g., tech/growth) and cheaper stocks has never been greater. So while growth managers have been doing well, their upside may be limited. And value managers, while their patience continues to be tested, may have their day (soon). For those of us putting new money into the markets, your views on the above are appreciated. (I’m reminded of the dot.com boom when a start-up called 724 Solutions was, within days of its IPO, worth more than Bank of Montreal. I chose instead Edperbrascan, which was so out of fashion as an ‘old’ company that it yielded 6%. This of course became the best investment of my life, as it is now BAM!)
Thanks!

Q: Hi, is there any sign we small investor can detect ahead of companies doing finance instead of waking up next day price dropping ? thanks for your great works.

Q: After the Sino Forest debacle we were told that the books were not easily checked because it was a foreign company. Is that a fact?
Also Mad Money Cramer at one point said never buy a Chinese company, are the requirements for a foreign company as far as reporting and being audited different then for a US company or a Canadian company?

thanks for the great service, Jean

Q: Hello Team
What's your thoughts or best guesswork, IF "money" flow out from China Corp sector listed in U.S markets, which market or sectors would be benefit from it? The H.K market dropped 5% yesterday, moving day is coming ?
THANKS for the amazing services and valuable lessons we learned from 5i our family portfolio value recovered from March lows, it turned all time high a few days ago. takeaways we learned from 5i : Tech is the lead, Non Hedged, BIG picture
HXQ: 80% the rest of 20% equally mixed with FAASGM (FB, APPLE, AMAZON, SOXX, GOOGLE, MSFT. )

Q: Hi Guys
I also have a subscription to Simply Wall Street. I find their APP excellent, and like their analysis of companies.
Can you give me your opinion of what you think generally of their information, and specifically about their calculation of Fair Value.
Thanks !

Q: My outlook on the market is that there is a lot more downside risk than upside potential. I am thinking to use bull and bear ETF's to reduce market risk in a pair trade of sorts. For example, go long NASDAQ (QQQ) and short S&P (SH). The other one I'm thinking about is long investment grade (LQD) and short high yield (SJB). What do you think of the strategy generally? Secondly, what is your opinion on my choices?

Q: Good Afternoon,
I recall that you released a list of Canadian domiciled companies that pay dividends in USD. CSU comes to mind, where can I find this list? Not sure whether you did a blog & discussion on this subject matter or was it simply a list, not sure.
thanks

Q: Hi 5i Team,
If stock Ex-Div date is tomorrow and I buy stock today will 2 days Settlement date prevent me from getting dividend pay for this month?
Thanks in advance for your clarification

Q: When calculating a company's dividend payout ratio, I have seen some analysts use earnings while others use free cash flow. What is the difference between the two metrics, and which one gives a better picture of a company's ability to fund its dividend.

Q: I am going to buy some bitcoin. Could you guide me please
Many thanks. Btw 1%

Q: Shandong Gold, a Chinese Gold company, recently bought TMAC Resources which has an interest in Hope Bay project. This may be a small deal but does the 5I Team know if the Canadian Government has any measures currently in place to protect our vulnerable Canadian corporations in weak sectors like energy from foreign predators.
Thank You
Clarence

Q: what companies do you think will grow and prosper after the current covid crisis
Thanks
Peter

Q: Re the question the other day about a service similar to 5i but for the USA... would Keystone Financial fit the bill? Not sure if they are conflict-free though, and a bit pricey.

Q: Every so often I read an article which mentions “bail-in”. I would like you to explain this process and how it would affect an investor from being invested in stocks, banks as well as other companies, to holding cash. I currently have a healthy cash balance and am waiting for the markets to stabilize before I make more investments. Thank you.

Q: Dear 5i
This is probably a silly question but here goes . When the US indexes all rise as they are today and the TSX is closed , does that mean all the ETFs and CD stocks I hold on the TSX ( which include US stocks in some of the ETFs) miss out on all the gains , or does it take until the next trading day on the TSX to actually see those gains?
Thanks
Bill C