Investment Q&A

Q: I have been a long time holder of EMA, with a YoC of over 10%. I am mainly concerned with the safety of the dividend and some dividend growth. Given the recent news, is there reason to be concerned about the dividend and overall outlook for this company?

Q: These stocks have been identified as the top 10 undervalued mid cap stocks. Would you consider any of these be buys and if so, (given no consideration for sector) can you list in terms of most favorable first. Also, which do you think will "hold on" best given the economic uncertainty and likelihood of recession.

Q: My wife's Cash account. As funds become available, I plan to initiate a position in NRGI and top up 3 existing positions = BNS, FTS, NWC.

Due to the war, NRGI could be a good addition if the war carries on, or possibly negative if the war ends (I'd gladly lose some money if it helped end the war). NWC has had a good run lately, so my thought was to do it last if at all. I currently have a large paper loss on BNS and a large paper gain on FTS. With interest rates still probably rising, that might help BNS and hurt FTS, but the market might be looking past the remaining interest rate hikes.

My thoughts on the sequence of buying when funds are available are = NRGI, BNS, FTS, NWC.

Your thoughts on sequence and why please...thanks.
Steve

Q: Hello 5i folks,
We are wondering what comments you have on the news we read in the local newspaper this morning concerning Fortis having avoided 2.2 billion in taxes over the last 5 years. The report was released by 'Canadians for Tax Fairness'.
We own Fortis shares and wonder if it is really the great company we think it is?
Thank you, Len

Q: This morning Simpson Oil Limited Provided an Early Warning Disclosure Regarding Investment in Parkland Corp. plus PKI say that third-quarter results will fall short of its expectations.
Will this have a major affect on PKI and if so should I get out of this stock asap?

Q: How you rank BIR, GXE and POU for income and some growth and ability to handle a recession? Where would you rank these vs other energy names that you mention often (such as ARX, CNQ, CVE, FRU, SU, TOU, TVE, WCP)?

Q: Could you explain the 17 Oct G+M article 'Diesel market darkens global economic outlook': how this situation might affect oil and gas prices and stock holdings? Advice?

Many thanks.

Q: Hello,
Could you please briefly list what you like and don’t like about these for income and preservation of capital? What’s your favourite utility? Thanks

Q: How does Suncor's sale of wind and solar assets to Canadian Utilities Limited impacted there potential as an "energy" company in the long term 10-20 years? To me it seems this sale indicates they focusing on petroleum products. To put this into context, I bought at $21.50; sold half at $45; and am holding the remaining shares long term assuming they have the potential to be a major energy company even as the world moves away from petroleum as its main energy source.

Should I still hold or move on? I am looking for reasonable growth over 10-20 years with this money.

Q: i do not own birchcliff preferring other names but i am curious after announcing a special divvy of 20 cents per share, increasing their cap ex and confirming the 60 cents annual divvy starting in january the stock is getting hammered-is this because the markets prefer stock buybacks over
divvys paying down debt especially in relation to oil and gas names. dave

Q: I currently hold positions in two drillers - CET and HWO. I am looking to consolidate my holdings into one driller. CET and HWO are pursuing very different strategies going forward. CET is acquiring firms and HWO is divesting assets. In your opinion what is the better company to keep or is it too close to call?

Q: if SMRs [ small modular reactors ] take off , what businesses and spin off companies good really benefit from power producers of this sort ? thanks , have a super week.

Q: About 10 days ago, I read that AQN was selling 49% of 3 US wind farms and an 80% stake in a Canadian wind farm. Doesn't this dilute the company's objective of being a renewable energy firm? Did it make a lot of money from the sale, was it a loss or can you shed any light on the sale? The share price has dropped about 25% in the past 2 months and the dividend in now comparable to the dividend of ENB. AQN is projected to increase its dividend another 6% at the end of 2022. Does any of the above or other factors, such as payout ratio, etc. significantly affect the risk profile of the dividend payout ?
Thanks a lot for your views. It is amazing to me that you can provide very reasonable perspectives on such a wide range of stocks and topics.

Q: Please comment in more detail about the 25% drop in share price in the past month, the massive debt load at over 3x total equity - to increase I assume with recent acquisitions, and on what appears to be a major revaluation by the market. In your last report on BEP.UN (July/21) you stated the 12.4x forward sales multiple (at the time) was the lowest since 2019. Currently BEPC appears to be trading at less than 2x sales.

Q: I read where the operator of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia's Far East has been changed by Russian gov't decree. What is the risk for a firm like Parex or others with significant foreign operations to be affected in the same manner, including being nationalized?

Would you have a list of the larger energy companies with significant foreign operations? I know from my past work in the oil and gas industry [40 years ago] nationalization insurance was available. I'm not aware if it is still available or not.

Thank you

Q: In this time of rising interest rates , do you think one should hold on to EMA and FTS for the longer term or should I sell if you think they may tank a lot more?

Q: Two months ago I sold AQN to harvest a loss and reinvested in ACO.X which has slumped ( like the market, like the sector). I'm now looking at the AQN yield and wondering whether taking a loss in ACO and re-buying AQN is a good move. I can use the losses but its not urgent. Your thoughts please? thanks. Al

Q: why the downward trend for both. any concerns. would you add to a small position

Q: Pref shares have been generally weak lately and today AQN-PR-A is down 8.4%. I see no reason for this. Your thoughts? Does it make sense to add to my position at this price? Effective yield is now 6.8%.
many thanks

Q: I understand the WCS price of oil is heavily discounted from the WTI. would it follow that the WCS producers should be avoided? Which of the following companies would be WCS dominated: ath,bte,erf,gxe,lou,meg,cpg,cve,joy,tve,wcp,cnq,cj