Investment Q&A

Q:

Peter,

My questions revolves around the sites Morningstar and TMX money. I look at these types of sites who provide loads of data and am wondering about the MO. Are these types of sites set up to give you "teaser" information and then get you to subscribe or do they collect their revenue from advertisers ?

Thank you

Paul

Q: It would seem that some stocks such as Blackberry,Gamestock etc are driven by Social Media hype for the short sellers ,what is best way to protect from phoney quick swings .Could you comment.?

Q: One of the biggest BB shareholders is FFH, if I am not mistaken.
Do you know if FFH is holding on to its shares or dumping them into this frenzy?
How would one know? I think this would be material information to know how.

Q: Regarding Guys comment today stating that he is experiencing trading problems at TD Waterhouse: I was experiencing the same problem with TD Waterhouse when attempting a trade using my Safari browser on my MacBook. I found that the solution was to use Firefox or Chrome.

Q: I have been experiencing trouble executing trades online. They say they are trying to resolve the problems,the problem seems to be when I enter my password to complete trade.They say to keep trying. Got frustrated , tried calling and no answer after 48 minutes. Are other members experiencing these problems.Since yesterday lost $ 2,800 in value.

Q: NLC recently raised $30m

TORONTO , Jan. 20, 2021 /CNW/ - Neo Lithium Corp. (" Neo Lithium " or the " Company ") (TSXV: NLC) (OTCQX: NTTHF) (FSE: NE2) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Stifel GMP, on its own behalf and on behalf of syndicate of underwriters (together with Stifel GMP, the " Underwriters "), pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal private placement basis, 9,900,000 special warrants of the Company (the " Special Warrants ") at a price of C$3 .05 per Special Warrant (the " Offering Price ") for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$30,195 ,000 (the " Offering ").

Each Special Warrant shall be issued under a special warrant indenture and shall entitle the holder thereof to receive, without payment of additional consideration, one common share of the Company (each a " Common Share ").
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what is the benefit to subscribers to receive special warrants instead of common shares ?
thank-you

Q: Hello 5i team, I need to assemble a large amount of U.S. dollars (~$25,000 for an investment near and dear to your hearts). I have used Norbert's Gambit for smaller conversions in the past, which works fine except that I'm sometimes tempted to 'play trader' and to time my transactions to pick up some extra dollars. But for this large transaction, I don't want to mess around. I know I can do the gambit with any interlisted stock, but I would prefer to reduce or eliminate the risk of a price move against me. Can you recommend a good investment vehicle for this purpose? Also, can the buy and sell be done the same day, or do brokers require the first buy trade to settle before I can do the sell on the US side? Thank you!

Q: When mutual funds and ETF'S show there annual returns are they net of all fees? So if a mutual fund has a higher MER but out performs a lower fee ETF it would be obviously better to go with the Mutual fund if history shows better returns even if it's only say 0.5 %. Not guaranting future returns of course. Is this why you like recommending Mawer funds!

Q: Quarterly reports for public companies are presented on a quarterly basis to the public as per financial regulations. The report is posted on a specific date that the public is notified weeks in advance. Before the report is presented to the public who sees the report and when? Board of Directors, senior management team... etc.
Clayton

Q: Hi, guys!
I am managing an income portfolio for a relative, who also has some "paper" shares of Blackberry (BB). She would like to know how to either sell them or how to move them into her trading account at RBC Direct Investing. Since I never having been involved in such, can you tell me what would be the procedure?
Thanks!
Paul King

Q: Are there any blogs, magazines, papers, etc that you recommend for an investor to keep up to date or get new ideas? I have found than many of the sites/periodicals that I used to read/watch have become very politicized and are pushing either a far left or far right agenda. (I would love to go a full day without someone talking about Trump). I still like to check on what stocks Mawer and PHN are holding in their funds, but beyond that I feel so many people are just pushing agendas.

Q: Good morning all,

To add to the discussion/confusion about CDIC insurance (Pierre's question of Jan 21 and James comment Jan 25) - I have Cash, TFSA and RRSP accounts at TD. I was informed that in order to get CDIC coverage on more than $!00,000 in the Cash account they have several CDN$ options, TDB8150 which is TD Bank, TDB8155 which is TD Mortgage Corp and TDB8159 which is Canada Trust Corp. Was I misinformed?

Q: Hi fabulous team,

I saw this under some answer:
Authors of this answer, directors, partners and/or officers of 5i Research and/or affiliated companies have a financial or other interest in PLTR.
Does that means some of your team owns the stock?

Thanks!

Q: Hi team- would appreciate any book/ reading recommendations you can offer for an investor looking to gain knowledge on options trading and option strategies
Thank you!

Q: So my question is a general one and maybe kind of dumb since I'm far from an expert. But why is it that I wake up some mornings and the market is up 250 points - or down 250 points before it's even opened? I get that there's a limited number of people who can do 'pre-market' trading. And that this trading is very thin. This means a very few trades can have an outsized influence on the market. But how is it this can set the tone for the day, with almost everything being down or up 250 points at the start? This rarely reverses, so it seems like what people do in the daytime has less influence on the market than these nighttime or early morning traders. If there's some huge event overnight I could understand, but some mornings I wake up and gold is down, bitcoin is down, commodities and oil are down, and all the markets, from high flying tech to utilities are way down, for no understandable reason.

Q: What does cyclical actually mean in the context of the investment world? Are there indicators associated with phases of the cycle assuming cycle infers ebb and flow. Thanks Donna

Q: Should investors change their goalpost metrics of valuing companies when investing?
Nowadays many complain about seemingly high valuations of many companies.

In the past, companies with a high P/E ratio would raise alarms - now it seems it's de rigeur - Apple has a P/E ratio of 43 for example! Does this go hand-in-had with investors accepting very low interest rates?

At first I thought it crazy that a company like Apple would earn $1 for every $43 dollars of share price but then realaized the US 10yr treasury currently gives me $1.09 for every $100 of principal .

Should the yardstick of what constitutes fair value be changed in light of these lower interest rates?

I know there are many ways to value companies but what would you say would be a 'fair' P/E ratio nowadays? Benjamin Graham had a formula and I'd like to see your opinion.

Q: In general, concerning Canadian Cies doing business in the USA: how to explain why some Cies allow the dividend tax credit for Canadian stockowners (ex EMA), and why other Cies (ex: WIR.UN) do not offer this advantage?

Q: In response to your answer to Richard on Reliq, according to the company website, from a corporate presentation document, “management and other insiders” at the Company own 8% of the outstanding shares.

Q: Is 5i considering developing an app?