Investment Q&A

Q: Nike, Under Armour and Performance sports have all performed amazingly well over the past 3 to 5 years. Nike (only) pays a small dividend. Is it reasonable to expect these companies to continue this growth and is the current growth coming from the new Asia/African markets?

Q: Thoughts on Amaya's spin out Innova Gaming? From recent prospectus on sedar, issue price $4.50 - $5.00, approximately 15.3 million shares total - valueing company around $73 million. 2014 revenue $23.2 million, $5 million EBITDA (up 21.6% y/y). What are your thoughts on proposed price, business prospects, management? Many thanks.

Q: Here is how the Globe Portfolio analyzer breaks down my wife's LIF. Is this a good balance or should the %'s be more equal? Are there important missing sectors that should be covered. The energy sector is lower than it was due to the fall in that sector.
Financials 32.87%
Information Technology 17.65%
Industrials 16.10%
Health Care 10.26%
Consumer Discretionary 8.33%
Energy 7.70%
Materials 5.31%
Telecommunication 1.79%

Q: Hi Team,
just looked up the value of the warrants at $0.35. Since the stock is highly speculative, as are the warrants, wouldn't it make sense to buy warrants instead of the stock? Expiry of warrants is in thee years which can be shortened if certain conditions are met based on incremental stock price.

Q: ComDev announced a share buyback plan for one-year starting in March 2015. I am a novice invstor just getting started with this company. What are possible implications of this buyback plan for my position?

Q: Peter: I would like to replace Peyto with a similar quality dividend paying stock in a different sector with strong growth potential. I am overweight in energy and underweight in everything else. Thanx Robbie

Q: Great service! Just a thought, I know your Coverage Summary is crowded, but it would be good to see where the company falls within your Portfolios. In other words, create a heading called Portfolio and in the company's corresponding cell, put the Portfolio name in which it resides.

Q: Hi Mr. Hodson and Team:
We keep hearing about the end of the Commodity Supercycle and China slowing down, and we keep sweating.
Maybe we ought to trim our Canadian Resource exposure.

We hold the following (post recent sell-offs):
Can. Energy Producers: 10.7%.
(Cpg 3%. Arx 3.1%. Vet 2.4%. Bte 0.6%. Eca 0.9%. Bnp 0.3%. Su 0.2%. Cnq 0.2%.)
Can. Energy storage/ Pipeline: 4.5%.
You said these are Hybrids, so would count as 2% of Energy.
Makes my Total Can. Energy = 11.7%.

Materials: 7.2%.
(Tck 1.8% + Can. Agri/Lumber 5.4% )

Can. Gold: 3.4%.
G 1.5% + CGL 1.1% + ELD 0.4% + K 0.4%.

Makes- Total Can. Resource exposure: 22.3%.
(Above Energy 11.7% + Materials 7.2% + Gold 3.4%).
Too much in a volatile, cyclical and perhaps SunSet (post-China), Sector?

Perhaps, we should trim Total Resource down to 12%?
Keeping Energy 4% + Materials/Agri/Lumber etc 8%?
What is your opinion of this trimming/ allocation/ %age?

What Percentage would you suggest? Please comment. Thanks so much. sarah.

Q: Please suggest a suitable replacement for Shaw Communications. Preferably something in the same sector(assuming Shaw is considered consumer discretionary), but with better growth prospects.

Q: I have a full position on Corus and while it's the type of company I generally hold (high and steady income), I'm weary now that there doesn't seem any end in sight after the Q2 loss and the negative regulatory ruling on unbundling.

I know there is still time (end of 2016) before the unbundling rule takes effect and it's not the end of the world for Corus, but how safe is the dividend? If it is safe, should I adding to my position now because these the stock is now undervalued?

Q: Hi Peter and 5i team, your preference of fsv, tcn, efn and peo. Your advice is super. thanks.

Q: I bought 4 different CIBC mutual funds on Oct 1 last year. The Dec 31 results were 2 had small gains, 2 had small losses and the net change for the 4 funds was +$256.47 for the 3 month period. I received a T3 slip that showed a capital gain of $808.17. How Is it possible to have a capital gain on a return like this? Art

Q: Hello,

I am looking for member questions on "Wealthsimple". However the searchbox is limited to 10 characters even when I use the "search all text" option. I therefore cannot find the question(s) on Wealthsimple using the search function, although I recall seeing them.

Could you direct me to where I can find them?

Thanks

Q: Hi- your comments on todays financing please. What would the payout ratio look like assuming they get the funds fully invested. How does it compare to DIV? thanks

Q: In your excel spread sheet, for the portfolios can you add a column with start date after the symbol column? This will really help..

Q: In follow-up to Friday's question on STZ (expensive in your mind), if I like the theme, where should I look from a value perspective? US (DEO) or Canadian (perhaps ADW.A or CSW)?

Thanks for the great service!

Q: Dear Gentlemen,
These two companies ATB.a & L, are in Consumer Defensive sector, together they are weighting 9 % of total PF.
For re-balancing my PF, do I classified them with Consumer disc or Consumer Staples sector ?
Thank You.
Best Regards.

Q: Howdy,

How do these two great companies compare with respect to IRR, top line growth and valuation? Which would you consider a better buy for long term growth?

Thanks.

Q: Due to funds constrain,Peter please choose 10 stocks.one from each sector from each of your 3 portfolios( i.e. total 30 stocks).My daughter(26 yrs old),spouse & I are basically conservative,but I like to invest a small sum in the growth portfolio.Really appreciate your normal great services & opinions.

Q: This is a follow up to my question regarding the upcoming IPO for David's Tea on the NASDAQ. Thanks for the question and looking through the S-1 Form.

My question is this: as a Canadian, what is the best way for us to participate in a U.S. listed IPO (like David's Tea) for example?