Investment Q&A

Q: Iam McGugan's G&M article on factor based investing mentioned quality based stocks. Can you name a few in Canada and the US and how would you filter for these types of stocks in a search?

Much thanks
Mark

Q: If one were to sell Magna but still wanted to stay in the industrial sector would you endorse moving into CPR at this time (allowing for giving up some dividend income)? CPR share price has gone pretty parabolic in the last 5 years or so relative to their long term history, do you think the valuation has gotten ahead of itself?

In spite of its smaller size I was interested in ATS but after the unexplained drop last week on higher volume I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. I don’t mean to editorialize but I can’t count the number of times in recent years when unexplained drops suddenly become clear in the days and weeks that follow. It’s just a personal opinion but I really feel ethics aren’t what they once were, and whether it is an insider, a printer, or someone else “in the know”, it seems information gets leaked and unlike years ago there is now a variety of means (like social media) for that info to spread quickly and widely. End of rant.

Thanks!

Q: What is the #1 problem with this company?, poor management? supply chain?. It seems they get all kind of orders, make basic buses, electric buses, what they just cannot deliver the product. If the supply chain improved would it make much of a difference or are there to many other issues?
Thanks Again

Q: Nutrien struggling as of late...what is your opinion on this company and its future?

Q: NTR's SP has been hit hard of late. Is this just a usual market panic or there is substance behind this set back. I'm sitting on the sideline with some cash and is debating if I should add to my current position (still up almost 65%) or add to my DIR.UN position (currently at an 8% loss).

NTR currently yields about 3% and DIR.UN about 5%. However I'm more interested in growth and less so than yield. Your advice? Thanks.

Q: I see that NTR is at a one year low. Should I sell now and preserve the 22% gain I have in my RRSP?

Q: what is going on?

Q: Are there reasonable tax-loss proxies for CTS and TIXT that can be suggested? Thank you!

Q: If you received a relatively large sum of money, $50,000.00, from the sale of Shaw shares, where would you be inclined to invest it?

Thank you.

Q: Good morning, this is a question re the outrageously high prices Convient Stores like Circle K charge on almost everything in their store. How long can Alimention Couche Tarde keep calling themselves a Consumer Staple when they charge roughly three-hundred percent more for example a Chocolate bar compared to places like Dollarama for exactly the same thing? Or how long will or can people be willing to pay these prices, thanks?

Q: I am looking to initiate a position in Canadian Telecoms and noticed that only BCE is present in your Income portfolio (4.5 %). Nothing in Balance or Growth. No Telsus either. Could you elaborate your reasoning please.

Q: What is your 3-5 year outlook?
Philip

Q: Why would the Canadian Government invest 100’s of millions into a company that seems to be based in the UK and has gone bankrupt 3 or 4 times

Q: 1. Anaergia has sunk to a point where failure has to be considered; yet I would have thought that unlikely?
2. If you ignore the 2020 blip in their share price NWH is now discounting five years of growth. Two questions; why, and is this a sector phenomena – as in health care or if appropriate real estate more generally, or is it an individual problem applying to solely to NWH?

Q: Good morning,

Do you know why the weakness in Cameco today, down nearly 4% ? is this a good entry point?

Thank you

Q: Hi Team

Can you give us your top 5 Industrial Canadian stock picks for next 24 months

Thanks Mike B

Q: Could you please explain some of the terms that you use. I’m thinking of: you want to see a stock “gain support” at a certain level; you want to see a stick “settle in”; and other such terms. Thanks

Q: I would like your opinion on which of these 3 is the safest & has the most potential to be successful in my TFSA?

I favor NVEI.

NVEI. WELL. LSPD.

Thank you.

Q: I have held CAR.UN for some years. I am thinking of switching to TD bank. I am reasonably risk-tolerant. Please compare risk and upside potential. Thanks Jim

Q: I recently flew Air Canada from Toronto to NYC and Fort Lauderdale Florida and on both flights the planes were operating at pretty high capacity. The plane tickets were crazy expensive. Westjet has really contracted the places it flies and their frequency and AC seems to have practical monopoly on certain routes. I know that does not replace fundamental analysis but it means something.