Investment Q&A

Q: On 18 November you answered a question by stating: "Lots of Canadian companies have significant US business". You then gave BN, TRI and WSP as examples. I would appreciate it if you would expand on this list. Thank you.

Q: Hello Team,
Which would be your preference between wsp and are at this time and why>
Thank You,
Barry

Q: In a best case scenario, I think 4 years of Donald Trump in power will be chaotic and discruptive in the US and globally. In a worst case, I believe the US is heading for internal unrest/violence, and the certain parts of the globe will be at war. If you were a 74 year old investor who has done well listening to 5i the last 2 years, how would you now hedge against these scenarios?

Q: What are your thoughts on the current earnings report and how do they fare relative to expectations ? Seemingly, the market doesn't want them to buy 7i, based on the price action since bid announce and subsequent events of other bidders. Why do you think?

Q: Under current market conditions, health care as a sector is lagging. When this happens is it still important to keep good companies within this sector to keep a balanced portfolio even though the names could trend lower for some time. Is the thinking that sectors being favoured could eventually change and a good company will recover. Or, it is better to move into what's going up and keep low weighting of a space that is out of favour due to changes in politics, interest rates, or other factors. The same could be said for REITs now which are doing terribly but does one keep these out-of-favour sectors to have diversification within a portfolio. Thank you!

Q: If you own BN is there any particular reason to also own BEP.UN and BEPC?

Q: Any particular reason for the 7% jump in ATS on Friday?

Q: In this morning's Globe and Mail David Rosenberg made the case to move into cash in an article titled "It's time to move into cash. Even most bonds and commodities have become too risky". What do you think of this strategy?

Q: Could we get a list of all the “Flash Report” , their dates and a way to access them? Too many Special Reports to go through …Thanks

Q: hi. this "question" section seems heavily populated with the latest/greatest growth stocks-ie tech, AI, crypto etc. Can you provide some insight on where you see value outside of these frenzied trades? can you include comments on 1)regions - Canada, USA, Europe, Asia, China, emerging markets etc. 2) industry 3) small vs medium vs large cap.
cheers, Chris

Q: Hi,
I'd like to raise some cash in my non-registered account. How would you rank these stock (from first to sell to last to sell)? All will be sold within about 4 years.
Thanks,
CG

Q: At what price would you initiate a full position in the following? Thanks!

Q: My top holdings right now are (these are all primarily in an open account, but small portion in registered)
MSFT @ 9.18% of the equity portfolio (up 487%)
AAPL @ 7.47% of the equity portfolio (up 496%)
BCE @ 4.89% of the equity portfolio (down 16.52%)
Thinking of selling some of MSFT to rebalance and possibly AAPL to rebalance and selling some BCE for tax loss to offset some of the gains.
In the present market does this seem like good options? What could be purchased instead? I do rely on the BCE dividend for some income and might want to replace this. Will also be looking to transfer cash and/or stocks to TFSA's in the new year.
Are there better options in my situation? (the rest of the equity portfolio is fairly balanced except an over amount in financials)
Thanks,
Steve

Q: Hi guys,

I'm thinking about selling a full position in Gsy (up over 200%, thanks) and topping up Prl, Ifc and Eqb into full positions. Thoughts?
Take care
Jim

Q: Can you please rank in order of preference your top 5 buys from your tax loss publication ?

Q: Given one has decided to acquire these names, at what price would each become:

1) Attractive
2) Very Attractive

Q: Hello Peter and Staff
Thank you for recommending PRMW several months back . I’ve had a great ride but wondering where it stacks up now going forward .
I own ATD , DOL as well as it in consumer staples and wonder if L or another one you would recommend would be better than the merged Primo company going forward ?
Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Two questions - Could I have your take on SGML recent earnings please, and (2) HHL has diverged vigorously from its past consistent performance, presumably on the Trump policy on health care, appointees etc. I assume other sector participants will likewise take a hit but would appreciate your take on the matter. The issues affecting the sector appear to relate to policy, not politics.

Q: Any significance to the 'investigation' into the Silvercrest/Coeur arrangement?

Q: Hello team,
What is your view on a AtkinsRealis and Descartes Group? Are they both buys? Recently AtkinReaslis released very good results so was thinking of adding to my position. Thanks very much