Investment Q&A

Q: I am considering selling GE and buying GBX, Greenbrier. Considering GE has not moved much in the last 6 months and GBX has had good earnings and is into the railcar manufacturing and repair. I give up a little on dividend but hopefully gain on Cap Gains. What are your thoughts on the move and the 2 companies?
Thanks team for your knowledge and the Q and A's have been helpful in assisting me in making many decisions.
Jack

Q: US Bio Pharma Question: If this is outside of comfort zone, just let me know.
I am looking at REGN (Regeneron), ANIK (Anika Therapeutics) and RGEN (Repligen). Other than JNJ and PFE, I have no exposure in this area. Would you recommend one or more of the above for diversification or just add to the exisitng holdings.

Thanks.

Q: Good morning fine Team. What do think of PNRA today. In May you mentioned to average in slowly and to have patience! thoughts? Thank you yet again

Q: Intel (INTC) has been performing really well recently, and I'm worried it's reached a high and might be worth selling, despite recent good news. It's about 3% of my overall portfolio, which has an already small amount of technology exposure. Specifically, what sort of upside do you think remains with INTC in the next 12 months?

Q: re: CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron

Recently started watching CBI looking for value after it was highlighted on Market Call as a Top Pick and the very significant drop back in 2nd week June.

And since the 5i team last took a look on June 13, the price is down a further 15% with a majority of that being attributed to a 9% drop in today's trading alone.

Do you have any explanation for the falling value and, do you see any value in CBI based on it's current metrics?

Thanks for all you do

Gord

Q: Hi,Peter

Could you please comment on NFLX.US and Qcom.us earnings,
Is it a long term hold? Thanks.
Selina

Q: May I have your thoughts on Facebook?

Q: Hi Peter and Team,

Please speculate as to why Amazon's stock price is so erratic after hours. I am aware of their negative quarterly results but why the bounce back then???

Q: I believe you offer limited views on US companies - possibly you follow Encore Capital (ECPG) - I have done very well with this stock but, now, it continues to back up even though fundamentals look very solid.
Thanks,
Murray

Q: Hi Peter and the 5i team,

Do you know of any public disaster recovery/restoration companies that are similar in operations to Belfor (http://www.belfor.com/) that would allow one to get exposure to that industry?

The company does not have to be located in Canada.

Thanks,
Arneh

Q: PANW Palo Alto Networks What do you think of this network security stock. hasn't been trading long but stock performance has been good.

TIA

Q: Hi folks. Good luck on your bike ride. May I have your thoughts on CGNX=Nas, IDXX-Nas, XEC- NY

Q: I own DFS(Discover Financial)on the American side.I thought it had great earnings announced and it has dropped.Any thoughts?Thanks Don

Q: I am of the belief that interest rates are set to rise in the near term (although I have held this belief for the last Year). To play this thesis, I am looking at PROSHARES SHORT 20+ YEAR TREASURY ETF (TBF;NY). At today's price, this ETF is at a 52-week low so I feel that there will be greater upside potential than downside risk. I am looking at a 5% position as a hedge to my positions in interest rate sensitive stocks in the telecomm and enegy infrastructure space that will decline if interest rates do rise. Does this thesis make sense?

Also, in the event that the 10 Year Yield moves higher (say 3.0%), what impact will there be on Canadian and US Financials?

Thank You.

Q: re: TWX Time Warner

After the nice rise, TWX is down over 4% since the close of last session. It was reported that 21st Century Fox isn't likely to face any competing bidders to buy the movie studio and cable channel owner.

Do you think this is reason enough for the slightly lower closing or is there something else we should be aware of? And would suggest taking a portion of the profits recently realized when the takeover bid news was originally aired, or sit tight?

Thanks for all you do

Gord

Q: Good afternoon
GlaxoSmithKline PLC GSK.US suddenly dropped over 5% today. Is there any particular reason for this? Anything to do with bribery scandal in China?
I bought 100 shares a few years ago and they now represent 1.2% of our joint registered portfolios. There hasn't been much growth but I can't complain because I initially bought them for dividend, which at the time was 5.3%. I've been watching just recently, because I would like to invest in a company that has equally good dividends with better growth. I would have been slightly ahead of the game if I had acted yesterday, but I am in a loss position at the moment.
I'm trying to decide if I should hang on for a while to let the price recover and see if I can break even or make a modest profit, or whether it is just time wasted while I can be doing better elsewhere.
I don't hold any other any other Pharma shares.

Q: re: WOW!!!! & DASTY - Dassault Systeme A


Been watching the digital printer industry as I think eventually everyone will have one of these things.

Today... DASTY down almost 50% from $125.54 - $63.43. Do you know what's going on here?

Thanks for all you do

Gord

Q: Hello Peter-decades ago I purchased a newsletter in order to read your contributions. Could you please comment on Espial Groups(ESP) earnings. Also,any comments on SSYS as there have been several new developments. Thank you,Joan

Q: Hi, I just sold Intel with a 38% upside and am thinking about buying XLK for my tech exposure. What do you think about this EFT. Jeff

Q: Can you recommend some etf 's concentrated in large US Banks . Also given that the CDN dollar is strong at this time what are your thoughts about hedging . I was thinking to buy into a low cost ETF in US dollars taking advantage of the strong CDN dollar . Thanks. RICK