Investment Q&A

Q: Hi David,
I'm looking to add three positions to my business passive account -- i'm up 15% year to date.
I have equal weight in each stock and am looking to add more diversity. A combination of income and growth US or Canadian -- minimum $1 billion market cap.

What would you recommend here.
Thanks,
Raymond

Q: Hi Peter,
I own the etf as well as some of the individual companies such as Canopy Growth, Medreleaf, etc My total weight is 5% (i.e. 1 percent in Canopy etc). I have done well in the short term . These stocks do not have much earnings but are going up on potential. What would you suggest? Take the profits or just sell half for now and put a stop loss on the remaining balance. Also, with oil and gas stocks, is it best to hold on for higher oil prices or simply sell and move on as it has been a while since the oil price has gone up. Thanks very much.

Q: I have a question about Grand West Transportation BUS They build 27 to 35 foot buses. Is Flyer competing in this segment or is Grand West a potential take over by Flyer?

Q: Hi Peter and Staff
I am aware that you are lukewarm on the stocks so far and I share that concern. I have a family member wanting to invest a small allocation in their portfolio to this industry.
Could you please outline your current valuation and other concerns with the stock prices so far and then indicate and if you were to do an investment in one company in the industry which one and why
Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Hello 5k Team,
Is your Portfolio Review service priced on a single individual basis? As my wife and I generally look at our investment portfolios (and our futures!) on a 'together' basis, it wouldn't be so helpful if your analysis was limited to accounts in my name alone. How do you approach/price for a couple? Thank you.

Q: So you write that the qtr. was challenging, and it missed analysts call by a couple of cents, but with same store sales up 7.3% and revenue up 10.1%, if DOL reported this growth, the stock would rise. Since they have gone public again, management says growth has been higher that they projected. As Warren Buffet said once , one of his companies earning were in line, it was the analysts who got it wrong and did a poor job, blame them not the company.

Q: hello, can you please suggest any free portfolio management / tracker that shows allocation by sector. i thought tmx money to show it but not seeing it. may be other members can help.thanks

Q: Is this a good entry point?

Q: What is the outlook for AGT after today's big drop in price?

Q: Good morning. My question is on CARA operations they just came out with there earnings. I own this stock with a flat return. Report seem positive do you see this stock worth holding.
Thanks

Q: I have decided to pay off my mortgage, primarily because I think I have had a good run with equity returns outperforming by a good margin the cost of carrying my mortgage. Although I am not concerned about a large correction I think the risk return is swinging a bit more towards paying off the 2.79% mortgage. I will likely sell 3 or 4 of the following to do so: bbd, mal, pza, rsi, rus, tpk, wjx, dht. Please rank in order in which you would sell the companies listed, you can assume none will adversely affect my current asset allocation. I realize it is quite a mixed bag...but they are some of the ones I hold that aren't in your balanced portfolio so kills 2 birds by getting them out of my current holdings...

Q: I asked a question about staying in unregistered equities or paying off my mortgage at 2.79% a few days back. I was a bit surprised for equity guys to tell me to pay off my debt at 2.79%. I get it and basically asked the question because that is what I am likely to do...however doesn't that seem like a pretty low bar even when risk is factored in? Even if you assume I would be taxed at highest rate of 33% you only need to get me 4.2% to come out ahead. So can I interpret your answer that you expect your balanced equity portfolio to return below 4.2% in 2018 and that you fear your current run of 8% annual returns might be coming to an end?

Q: What are thoughts on Sleep Country, given the recent pull back would you consider it a buy? (If anything it has a cool stock symbol!).

Q: I bought Fairfax India Holdings ( FFXDF ) in my US $ portion of my RRSP quite some time ago. it has progressed well until last week. Your thoughts going forward? Thanks....

Q: What do you expect will the the effect of today's announcement:
"HIVE Blockchain Announces Release of Shares from Lockup", which states that "24,636,705 common shares originally due to be released November 15, 2017 will be released on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 to allow for more market liquidity".
In general, I would expect that an increase in supply will cause the price to fall... But perhaps it is not so simple? What would you expect from this? Also, it is only bringing it forward by a week, so investors may have known about it. Mind you, I expect the vast majority here are retail investors, who may not be aware of such details, and are just buying the trend/hype.
I know predictions are almost impossible, esp. in a case like HIVE, but I would like to know your thought process when evaluating this kind of news, what points you consider most important, etc. (risk, of course, is already off the charts.)
Thanks!

Q: Hello

Could you comment on Saputo and Freshi earnings please?

Thank you

Q: 5-I,

Love the new website, particularly the ability to mark questions as favourites ! Obviously a lot of thought and work has been put into this.

You advertise as being completely unbiased as you do not allow your staff to own stocks you follow or comment on. I would like to put forth my thoughts on this and invite other 5-I subscribers to as well. As an investor I want as knowledgeable and thorough a person as possible on the guiding end. I do not care what stocks he or she owns. I believe most of the 5-I subscriber base relies on stocks that are traded in sufficient volume to negate any possibility of a pump and dump routine of a staffer. I follow two popular investment writers from the Globe and Mail and if either ever writes about a stock they own, they simply acknowledge their personal ownership. Actually I feel better that they have the confidence to invest in it themselves.
I think this will come into play even more if you decide ( hopefully ) to someday cover American stocks. I really don't want someone advising me about stocks who doesn't invest in any equities at all. You would not attract the best candidate with this approach. 5-I and its client base deserve as good a quality advisor in the future as you currently have now.

Paul

Q: Hello 5i,
Congratulations for your new website and thank you for your good work.

In my TFSA, I have the following stocks:

Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Inc.
Chesswood Group
Crescent Point Energy
Photon Control (You had recommended this one a few months ago, and I am up 16%. Thank you for the good recommendation.)
Sherritt Intl.

I am down 70% on Crescent Point and 55% for Sherritt.

I have a 10 year plus investing time horizon.

Should I hold onto CPG and S and just be patient?
If not, and you recommend to sell either one or both of them, what stock(s) would you recommend as a replacement?

I am looking for growth and income.
Currently, CPG is around $4,000 and so is S.
Thank you.

Q: I would think Bombardier might be a good short. Your opinion?

Q: Great new website.

My question is about interest rates. I saw an interview recently discussing interest rate cycles, stating that we have have had 30 years of interest rate decreases, that interest rates have now bottomed and we have begun a long term trend of rate increase. The guest also said that the last long term rate increase cycle was during the 1950s and 1960s. During that 20 year period, the interest payments on bonds were mostly offset by capital losses, resulting in a net return of less than a half of 1 percent annually over 20 years while stocks returned 19% annually over that period. In your opinion, what would be the catalyst for a repeat of this scenario? Does this mean that retirees should shun bonds in favour of stocks even though the risk might be higher?

Thanks and great work