Investment Q&A

Q: Hi 5i Team: In the last couple of days, WSP Global (WSP) and Sylogist (SYZ) has announced bought deals.

WSP Global: The Acquisition and other related transaction costs are being financed through a combination of:
•$502 million bought deal public offering (the "Offering") of subscription receipts of the Corporation (the "Subscription Receipts") at a price of $35.85 per Subscription Receipt (the "Offer Price") and up to additional gross proceeds of $75 million pursuant to an Over-Allotment Option (as defined below);

Is this interpreted as: $502M / $35.85 = approx. 14M additional shares (not including over-allotment)?

•$400 million private placement (the "Concurrent Private Placement") of subscription receipts of the Corporation (the "Placement Subscription Receipts") at a price of $35.85 per Placement Subscription Receipt to two existing shareholders, (i) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ("CPPIB") and (ii) la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ("La Caisse") and up to additional gross proceeds of $60 million pursuant to the Additional Subscription Option.

Is this interpreted as: $400M / $35.85 = approx. 11M additional shares (not including over-allotment) purchased by CPPIB and La Cassie?

WSP Shares Outstanding before announcement is: 61.6M

If the above is correct, future WSP Shares outstanding would be approximately: 61.6M + 14M + 11M = 86.6M, therefore a 40.5% increase in shares outstanding. Is this correct?


Sylogist Ltd. ("Sylogist" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SYZ) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Acumen Capital Finance Partners Limited ("Acumen"), pursuant to which Sylogist has agreed to issue, and Acumen has agreed to purchase on a "bought deal" basis, an aggregate of 1,820,000 common shares of the Company ("Common Shares") at a price of $11.00 per Common Share for total gross proceeds of $20,020,000 (the "Offering").

SYZ Shares Outstanding before announcement is: 22.4M

Therefore, the future SYZ Shares outstanding would be approximately: 22.4M + 1.82M = 24.2M, therefore an 8% increase in shares outstanding?

If my interpretation is incorrect for both companies, please advise. Thank you.

Q: I have held Telus in my RRSP account for decades and it has grown to be a huge part of my portfolio. I feel that I should trim it back substantially, although I'm having a difficult time trying to figure out what to replace it with. I have always liked its stability and have taken advantage of the DRIP.
My question is, when trimming should it be done all at one time or over a period of time and also, could you recommend 4 or 5 quality stocks to replace it with without regard for sectors.

Thanks so much

Q: Question about model portfolios:

Is it possible for a subscriber to see what date each security was added or suggested? The original “acquisition” date would help a lot and I sense it’s in here somewhere.
Thank you
Adam

Q: Good luck Peter ... happy cranking... Ryan I am about to add a rather substantial amount of pension $$ into my account. I am completely covered in the Model Portfolio with existing RRSP's ...should I just step into purchasing Income Portfolio at the 5% allotment giving me 39 stocks in my total portfolio. Can you give me some direction please. TY.

Q: Good afternoon, I was wondering your thoughts on the recently announced equity issue by WSP Global as well as the acquisition? Deal appears accretive and the last big deal they went through was well recieved by the market (earlier this spring).

Thanks in advance.

Kevin

Q: Hi - good luck on the ride Peter. Any thoughts on the WSP acquisition and financing. Seems like a very large deal for them.

Q: Hello Team. Thank you for the updated reports. I am trying to figure out how you come up with the month % returns (not incl dividends)?? Some work out exactly and some not! EG: VNR bang on but WSP not so. (as well as others across both PFs) Please clear this up for me. Good luck Peter on your brave ride across our wonderful Canada!

Q: I am over 50 and am looking for income. I was thinking of the following names: ET (yield: 3.659), VNR (yield: 6.211) and SPB (yield:4.043). However, it seems to me that ET and VNR are not very liquid (Volume: 42,429 and 32,812 respectively). Would you regard it as an issue? Which of the 3 names would your recommend? In your view, has SPB got room for growth too?
Thanks.

Q: I have set aside funds specifically for the purpose of establishing an income portfolio. While I understand your reservations in trying to time the market, could you recommend a strategy for deploying the funds giving consideration to the weak seasonal period for equities we are entering, the imminent elimination of QE, and the potential for incremental increases in interest rates starting within the next six months. Would it be wise to place the funds in money market, or even a short term bond etf like VSB or VSC, and wait till later in the year to begin the investing process? What ideas in the 5i income portfolio are buy-able currently? Many thanks.

Q: Model PF I am reviewing my weightings in various sectors and it is proving to be an equivocal process. I turned towards your PF to get some ideas and couldn't find anything relating to it. Is there somewhere to find this and if not, have you thought of doing so or, is there a reason that you don't.

TIA

Q: Hi guys ... I'm in the process of culling the last bit of crap from my portfolio (FLY and AET.UN) with the idea of replacing them with something much better. I'm looking for a couple of solid stocks that offer a realistic chance at 15-20% growth in the next year or so while also providing a dividend of at least 3%. I got lucky with PKI on a big dip a few weeks ago ... now I'm hoping to find a couple more. Any help would be appreciated. One caveat ... I'm already overweight in energy so I'd like to avoid that sector.

Thanks for the great service.

Q: Re: FLOT (US) - Floating Rate Bond
I currently have a large US$ cash balance in my US Trading Acc't which I put into TD's Investment Saving Account (TDB8152) to get at least a little bit of interest while the money sits idle between trades. Would FLOT be a suitable alternative to TDB8152? For instance, how would it compare in safety and yield, and are there any other alternatives to these that you might recommend for idle US$?
Thank you.

Q: i have a tendancy to trade and take profit more often than necessary and miss the further upside and downside also sometime,to decipline my self would it be wise to adjust to model growth portfolio and not worry about other stocks outside the portfolio?.Growth is my intention.

Q: Hi Folks:
I notice that ET is in your Income Portfolio but there is no report on it on your site. It has an ROE of 19% and a decent yield. Any bad news that we should know about?
Charles

Q: Peter and Team,

Is there a reason the model income portfolio doesn't contain any of the Limited Parternships that are spun off of the major pipeline companies? Examples would be TransCanada Pipelines LP or the Enbridge Income Fund. These generally pay higher yield and have less volatility than the common shares of the associated pipeline company so I would think this would have been a great pick. Are there reasons to avoid these vehicles?

Q: All of the stocks that I own are your recomendations. As per you suggestion I want the highest growth stocks in TFSA's. From your A and B rated stocks in the summary, which would you consider for the highest growth for TFSA's.
Thanks for your outstanding service.
PB

Q: Hi Peter,
I am wondering if you are nearing a decision on what to do with the cash in the Model Portfolio account?
Thanks
Mike

Q: Hi Peter and team, With some of the proceeds of our house sale, we'd like to invest in both the Income ($100,000) and Growth portfolios ($150,000). We will hold these in trading accounts since our RRSPs are maxed. Would you recommend starting the year now with an equal (5% each) distribution across the 20 stocks in each portfolio or is there an advantage to using the current weighting? Thanks for your thoughts!

Q: Hi Peter - Presently I have around $160,000 in cash. Should I wait for the correction (who know when that coming)or invest in the model portfolio with some changes to take into account that I am 65 and semi retired. So if I do invest in the model portfolio what changes would you make taking into account my personal situation?...thanks for your insight

Q: Hello 5i,

I manage 2 RRSPs in our household. I am running the income portfolio on the larger account and the model portfolio on the other without duplicating crossover stocks . Does this sound like a valid strategy?
I am adding 2 stocks to both accounts and would like you to give me your preference at this time.
For Income portfolio ENB, ET, L, SLW and VNR

For the Model portfolio AYA, CSS , FSV, CCL.B, and DSG

Thanks