Q: DIV recently announced a dividend increase, which they say has a pay-out ratio of 92%. I am a bit confused here as it seems like an odd time to do this. Your thoughts on the increase and on the safety of the dividend moving forward are appreciated. Thank-you.
Q: Hi
I have held SPB for a long time and my cost is $5.98 Over the years the stock has been more than paid for itself by the dividends.
It has been as high as $16.00 in the past year or so but now it is back below $10.00 again. It now yields over 7%. Is that out of line or even sustainable?
What could be the fundamental reason for this latest set-back? Winter is on it's way and global warming notwithstanding it will likely get colder.
They have continually been buying more assets and should that not make the shares more valuable?
Could I have your analyses please. H.
Q: Thanks for your very thorough response to my question in regards to CRNC. What other companies trading in the U.S. with a similar market cap to CRNC, regardless of sector, do you see as great bounce potential once markets turn around?
Q: Saw this company from the questions page. Took a quick look at their fundamentals. Wouldn't it have better served the company and investors to do a 10% share buyback then to announce a dividend. That would have retired 25 million shares.
Q: If you held CAE and CJT would you stay with them or buy another industrial stock with the same or better growth profile in this environment? If so, which stock would you recommend?
Q: I am down >75% on each of these 3 stocks over the past 1+ years. I still have faith in the businesses though, and have a very longterm time horizon. I'm not looking to sell and rather, wondering if each/all of them would be worth adding to (at these significantly lower prices) if looking for long term gains? Thank you.
Q: Down 15% today on 1.2 million shares traded. Settled at a dollar fourteen. Is this market manipulation. There was no news other than Scotia Bank initiating coverage with a sector outperform rating, target price 5 dollars. Only 114 cents to get to zero.
Q: Me, like JWEL for the health nutritional products that should continue to do well as the population ages. In the last while it has declined and is now trading about $33 per share. Pays a dividend of 2.2% or so.The market cap is small about about 1.4 billion but then again, the products don't demand a lot of capital investment. What are your thoughts on JWEL - buy now or over time or just pass?....is it more an income stock or balanced or growth? and does its future look bright? ........Thanks....Tom
Q: I do have a small space in my portfolio for speculation and over the years have both won and lost. What I have "sort of learned" through my losses is to avoid speculative investments based on "hope", "discovery", "hype", Fomo etc. When I look at the above investments my opinion is that they are more likely to be taken private/over and unlikely to go into recievership/bankruptcy. If I didn't already have these I would consider entering a speculative position. For me this is 1 or 2% per company with a combined speculative exposure of 6 to 7%. So my question is does my thinking make sense and given the present market will these companies GSI. GRN and QUIS given time live or die. Thanks John
Q: Last December I asked what price you would consider this to be really cheap. The answer was below 3 dollars. Today it is at one dollar and thirty five cents. I guess this could go below a dollar which would have been unthinkable last year. It is no fault of their own other than profit margins. Is there some reason that large institutions don't come in and buy this up at this price. Does risk change at this price somehow.
Q: Hi
I have asked you about these four companies before .
All have since dropped even further .
i know Lundin had a sink hole by one of its mines .
for the other companies is it just the market or i there a reason for the continual drop in price.
Should i be selling these stocks
Q: I have looked at the news feeds that I have access to and can find no releases that would account for the punishment the stock, (and I), are taking today. Do you show anything that would account for this drop?