Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Guys,

looking for info on Greenhill & Co - GHL NYSE - symbol comes up blank.

Thank You

Q: Hello,Peter and your team
I bought amazon(Amzn) around $400, recently it came down a lot, do I hold or sell, Thank you!
Yingzi

Q: Hello 5I team. i'am trying to find a vangard low cost s&p 500 index fund VFINX (not sure of the symbol) Can't find it. What would be a canadian equivalent? vfv or vsp? thanks.

Q: Hi Peter and team,

Understand you don't follow the US Equities that closely but I have owned Disney for some time but its valuation seems a little overdone here and I was considering the switch to TWX since it is trading at a much cheaper multiple. My question is will the sell off of the cable division impact TWX overall and do you think this is worth the switch?

Q: hello, i bought Jive software @ $10.00 a share. do have an outlook on jive ? symbol i "JIVE" on nasdaq. thanks.

Q: I still hold my Paladin PLB shares and wonder what you think of Endo's ENDP results. Is this good, bad, or neutral? Wondering why they guided lower for 2014 after the Paladin acquisition. Is it time to sell Paladin?

Endo Health beats by $0.04, misses on revs; guides FY14 EPS below consensus, revs in-line (ENDP) : Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.96 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.04 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.92; revenues fell 26.8% year/year to $548.9 mln vs the $620.71 mln consensus.

Q: Hi Peter, Could you please give your view on Tesla Motors? We are considering a small position for growth. Thnx!

Q: hello, Peter
do you know creative edge nutritiona(fitx), thank you so much for your information.
Yingzi

Q: PEIX
PEIX reported block buster result because of high ethanol prices and low corn prices. Q1 should be even much better as the price advantage is higher. It seem that a few years ago they were a speculative company. It went up 20% after hours, and has risen more than 150% since December.
What is their cash and debt position?
Do you see them as a good investment at current level?

Q: Hello Peter & 5i team, what does an investor do with a situation like KSU, where there may be a material change? Along with CNR, I wanted a US rail name. Despite the highest multiple in rails at the time, I was persuaded by growth potential from the US crop turn around, a comparatively fairly small coal exposure at 10% of volume coupled with a small but growing crude shipment opportunity, the Mexico advantage to come from 4 auto plants coming on stream and the KSU pipeline from Mexico into the US. I had been doing very well, but the stock is now down 27% from November highs. KSU missed earnings (but still grew earnings by 15%)last report due to a coal customer switching to natural gas (turns out coal customers are fewer but larger), warned the Mexico auto business would take longer to fruition, but reiterated the railway as a growth company. But then Mexico breaches its duopoly multi year remaining rail agreement by proposing to open up to competition, subject only to Mexico senate endorsement (which may or may not happen). Turns out rail network is government owned and not the competitive moat we are looking for. Do you sell and move on at a loss or wait for this to play out? I have a 6.5% US weighting; 2.5% weighting combined portfolio. Thank you for your consideration. Keith

Q: hi, what do you think of Ocwen financial in USA. OCN. It has retreated a lot lately and is in housing market. Thanks. Helen

Q: could I please have your opinion on revenue shares large cap,(RWL)on the nyse, thanks? it is an ETF.

Q: re: KcKesson Corporation... MCK is the symbol I used with no results. I know you have mentioned in the past you are not necessarily well informed on US Companies and that this will be changing in the future. Do you have an opinion on McKesson? Do I have the wrong symbol?

Thank You 5i family

Q: GE... while being a holder of GE right now with the recent down turn may not have much appeal, this is a quality well diversified company which should be able to take advantage of any US recovery over the next few years. My questions are at what price do when think would be a good entry point or, do you think an investor should wait until April when quarterly results will be published?

Thank You 5i family

Q: Hi 5i team, I had some US dollars in my account so I followed your recommendation and bought IWO which I believe is same as Canadian XSU. However, I notice a big difference in trading volume. Can you explain how the zero point something expanses work? Thank you.

Q: Hi, wondering what your views and recommendations would be for a midcap 400 etf. Would you favor growth versus value? There are many choices like MDY, IJK, MDYG, IVOG, and then there's the ultras. What would you favor / company?

Q: Could you recommend a canadian ETF with US small cap exposure?

Thank

Q: I would appreciate your opinion on XHD for U.S. exposure. I already hold CUD. Are there other ETF's covering the U.S. market you would recommend, especially those holding U.S. companies with global exposure. Thanks!

Q: What ETF would you recommend for US exposure( one that trades on the TSX)? Do I concern myself with hedged vs non-hedged? Thanks

Q: The jan 20 issue of Forbes had an interesting article on Buy-write closed end funds in the U.S.. The 5 year returns of the 10 they covered averaged between 12% and 18.7%. The m.e.r.s were around 1%. They all trade below n.a.v. ,and the average yield is between 7 and 10 %. Are the trading strategies risky? Is there a disadvantage to Canadian investors? If not what are we missing? See: FFA ,BOE,CII,IGA,ETY,EOI,JSN,ETV,DPO,NFJ. Thanks, Philip