Investment Q&A

Q: Calavo Growers - bit of an obscure name but as a U.S. fresh foods provider (mainly avocados) with a good growth rate for sales, earnings and dividends, a good balance sheet and insiders owning over 10% I was wondering whether you'd have an opinion on this one. Thanks for your help!

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Q: Can you tell me the current P/E and the historical sector PE of each one?

DIS
CRM
WBA
GOOG
RTN
KMB
HSY

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Q: What are your thoughts on INTC today? Its growth prospects and what you like or don't like about INTC. Also, where would you rank INTC compared with other large tech companies (to form a one of the tech investments in a portfolio diversified across all sectors)? Thanks!

Q: Today Enbridge Inc. (ENB) announced they are purchasing Spectra Energy Corp (SE) in an all stock deal.

I own Enbridge in my non-registered account (in order to take advantage of Canadian Dividend Tax Credit) and I own Spectra in my US $ RRSP (in order to minimize taxes on US dividends which are treated like interest income).

I want to participate in both the Canadian and US energy infrastructure (pipeline, midstream processing) market.

My question is what can I replace Spectra Energy in my RRSP with? I own Kinder Morgan (underwater), Oneok (above water) and recently sold off Williams (too much drama) in the RRSP account.

Am I better off to sell Spectra now or wait for the Enbridge merger and then sell off the Enbridge or even keep Enbridge in my RRSP as a US holding. Or do I increase my holding(s) in Kinder Morgan or Oneok?

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Q: Hello,

Could you please comment on the results released yesterday? It seems LULU met most of the expectations but has pulled back a fair bit. Do you consider it a buy at this time?

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Q: What is your view on this large US staple company ?
I dont know why it's gone down so much in the past year but it looks like good value down here ?
Many thanks !

Q: Good morning,
Interested in ABT and Greif Inc.GEF.US. Both have a payout ratio over 100%. How do you determine the stability of the dividend and are the dividends sustainable when the payout is so high? Do you expect the share prices to grow? Thank you as always.
Gary

Q: Hi. Any thoughts on Michaels? (mik). It looks cheap on a forward P/E basis and RSI is around 30. Thanks and have a great day.

Q: What's your opinion on United Natural Foods (NASDAQ)? It claims to be North America's biggest supplier of natural foods. Natural Foods seems like an emerging/growthy segment. Is this a good investment? How does it compare to While Foods Market Inc.?

Q: Do you have an opinion on Oshkosh Corp. NYSE:OSK

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Q: HPE was top pick on BNN. What are your thoughts on HPE. Is this same as OTC.
Currently I own ESL (1.49%) and 1% in each PUR, OTC, SH, KXS, SVC and ET.
Am I overlapping if I add HPE.

Q: hi can you please sugest me a u s stock in tecnology and one in finance. thanks. Alnoor

Q: Hello 5i,

I could not locate past Q&A on FEYE however it was there some time ago (perhaps before the rollout of the revised format). I tried the symbol and text fields, however no joy.

Q: What are your thoughts on Lukadia for a 3-5 year hold?

Thanks much.

Q: Hi Team

I hold about 16% U.S. stocks in U.S. dollars. I am also well balanced, holding many within your 3 PFs (mostly the Balanced PF). I am thinking of buying ULTA with new US$ (1.25%). The stock is down about 6% or so in the last week. The only news I find is that ULTA is aligning with the Proactive product, which I would have thought would cause an uptick. Do you feel this is a good time to buy? Or is there a problem with ULTA?

I'm so very glad I joined in early 2014. What a difference you guys have made!!!

Q: Your thoughts on Coca Cola would be appreciated.
Thanks so much.
Anne

Q: What are your thoughts on Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI)? It has a dividend over 5%, a recent earnings surprise, and nice price momentum. It also plays into the renewable energy trend. But more importantly, what do you think?

Q: Could you give me your opinion on Seaspan (SSW), and your assessment of risk involved with this name.

Q: What are your thoughts on Brinker International Inc (EAT).
I purchased this recently and it has a good run up in the short time I have owned it. Should I continue to hold. My concern is that revenue growth seems to be flat but earnings growth good. Usually this is unsustainable over the longer term.
Thank you for your service. I learned about Brinker (high ROE) from an earlier question posted on July 25.

Stephen

Q: I own some GILD and am looking to add to it due to its drop in share price which I can't seem to pinpoint why. Do you believe this is a stock to be adding to, (assuming weighting is still in line). If not, any other recommendations for US value stocks (any sector)
Thanks as always