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Investment Q&A

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Q: On Oct 1, Beam Therapeutics announced an equity offering priced at $23.50/share; over the following days, the share price declined to as low as $22.24, i.e., below the offering price, though not as low as would reflect the dilutive effect of the new shares.

Yet today shares traded as high as $34.38; what, if anything, can we infer from this disconnect? Who would pay so much when new shares can be had at 2/3 the price?
Read Answer Asked by John on October 16, 2020
Q: I am wondering about what stocks in the US you would see as cratering upon the announcement of an effective vaccine for covid. I see a significant vaccine breakthrough happening sometime within the next 6 months (or sooner) albeit with its attendant issues such as who gets it first, distribution, quantities, cost, etc but at least step 1 would be having the vaccine. I mean, just consider the gigantic effort being put into vaccine development. In particular, I'm wondering about buying ZOOM which now has a P/E in the 600 to 700(!) plus range depending on where you look. CNBC lists Zoom's peers among others as TEAM and DOCU which I already have full positions in. These all look wonderful to me now in a heavily covid world, but are they set up for a huge decline upon a significant vaccine announcement? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by William on October 15, 2020
Q: Re todays acquisition announcement I assume this should prove to be a positive move for the company, and I assume the share issue is needed to complete the takeover. However, I am puzzled and do not understand the forward purchase arrangements that appear to accompany the deal. Can you explain the latter please and comment on their acquisition. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Mike on October 15, 2020
Q: I am looking to deploy some U.S. dollars into a basket
of U.S. smaller cap stocks with growth potential as that
appears to be what you recommend in Canadian holdings.
That strategy appears productive. Would you be willing to
identify candidates for such a basket?
Thank you, Calvin
Read Answer Asked by Calvin on October 15, 2020
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