Investment Q&A

Q: Hi 5i,
I am turning 72 and moving from an RRSP to a RIF and think this portfolio should be more orientated towards income.

In that light I wonder if you could suggest some replacement stocks for the non dividend paying TMUS and DIS on the US side of my RIF? Thanks as usual for you help.
David

Q: I hold JNJ, PFE and CVS in the health care sector. Are JNJ and PFE sufficiently different to warrant holding both? Would you recommend an alternative (and for which one)?

Q: Where do you see Costco in the near future? I think we all know they have a good moat and successful business model but I’m concerned they will be hit by consumer slowdowns and they are already pricey. Their recent past is frequent oscillation in a range.

Q: What is your opinion on Allegiant Travel? I have a small position which has been a long term under performer and am considering exiting.

Q: Can you please tell me what you think of Net’s earnings

Q: Envala Corp. ELA:NYSE what is your opinion on this company?

Q: Hi team ,
Once again Pinterest is crashing. I was hopeful things were on the uptrend with the name lately. Is this another earnings over reaction? I thought the Amazon partnership was quite interesting for transforming the platform into a e-commerce enabled site…potentially very lucerative once it gets going. But, market not liking results. Should I keep patience with this name or dump? Part of the reason I was holding was I believed this name will be taken over at some point at a much higher share price.

Thanks ,
Shane

Q: Dear Peter,

This question is based on your excellent article in Canadian Money Saver Nov/Dec 2015! How time flies, eh?! Titled: Setting up a US income portfolio with call options.

Several years ago I had asked if you have written any follow articles on this strategy? If you have, please post the links for all of your subscribers. That would be helpful.

But my question is this:
Based on the criteria that you highlighted in that article if you had to choose Five stocks what would those stocks be today?

I am semi retired senior citizen who can allocate 10-15% of my portfolio to this strategy.

Many thanks in advance.
Mano.

Q: What is the risk of buying BJ over Cost?
Thanks again

Q: Hi there, I've been holding nxpi at a loss for about 2 years now and I'm getting fed up. I am into it at about $200 a share. Would you suggest that I hold? It had a run up to the $180s in Feb but has since fallen back. I find it painful as it seems to fall all the time. Should I hold and wait and see or move on? Thank you,

Jason

Q: You have taken some heat on WELL and some other small caps, so I thought we would throw in a comment for some balance. In mid March I was thinking of taking a flyer on FRC and you were very cautious about such an idea. You said, and I paraphrase, 'we don't like stocks than can potentially go to zero'. That was enough to keep me on the sidelines. Now, FRC is down about 65% since then, and might not make it through the weekend. I wanted to thank you for your advice, and sometimes the 'don't buys' are good as or better than the buy ideas. Thank you for your service and keep up the good work.

Q: I am considering a purchase of ON Semiconductor. It has been pulling back significantly and this is making me question if I should buy. What factors would you highlight for buying or staying away?

Q: I hold the following in loss positions and need to raise some money and sell 2 of these dogs. In the past I have sold my winners hoping for recovery on the losers but I am trying to fight the psychology of that tendency. Could you rank these in with the 1st ranked being the highest conviction sell. Also, if inclined perhaps you could comment and provide your perspective on this most annoying human trait. John

Q: Hi, I was interested to read the question and answer you had yesterday on whether you would pick google over Microsoft (you sided with google). I hold google at a loss (down around 15%). I have been concerned by the argument that ai search will ultimately harm google’s main income source - it’s search engine. One analyst even said google is at risk of cannibalizing its own business with its ai search engine. The other argument against google was that it has only market share to lose against the bing/Microsoft challenge. Can you address these arguments? The fear seems to be that google is a potential candidate for being the next yahoo or Kodak which of course is a little premature to call but that seems to be the bear argument on google.

Thank you.

Jason

Q: This company is Delinquent in its filings. Should I sell it? I noticed in a previous question you were positive on this stock as a hold, do you remain so?

Q: What are your thoughts on Newmont for a long term hold? I'm holding ARIS and thinking to swap out as I'm an income investor.

Any thoughts on timing the trade? Should I wait to see the Newcrest deal close? When is it due to close?

Q: How does align look after earnings ?
How compelling of a buy is it to you ?
How does it rank amongst your favorite growth stocks ?
Thank you

Q: I have this as very small percentage of porfolio. Is there any hope or reasons to hold it or else take the tax loss and move to more attractive risk/reward. Could it recover well in a lower rates environment?
Thank you.

Q: Hi There, would you be a buyer of ABBV right now?

Thanks,

Rob

Q: Peter; What are the street estimates for LNTH next week ? Thanks.
Rod