Investment Q&A

Q: What is your opinon og gild at this price? Your opinion for the future.

Q: Hello Gentlemen,

What do you think about Facebook plans to actually split their shares and to introduce new classes of shares? Are there some potential concerns for class A shares owners? Thank you for advice!

Q: Hi Team
I'm looking at US Label companies to purchase with US$. Is there much growth left in Avery or 3M? Or have I missed the boat? Is there another company you would suggest? Much thanks

Q: Hi Team, which one to choose for growth and some income, in the U.S. Health Sector, AmerisourceBergen, Baxter International or Johnson & Johnson. Thanks! Sam

Q: Can I please get you opinion of Jack Henry and Associates as a long term hold. Is the current valuation reasonable vs its historical average? The CEO of CSU speaks very highly of this company in his annual letter so worth studying IMHO.

Q: Good morning,
I am attempting to simplify and de-risk my US portfolio. I hold Seaspan (at a small profit) and Ship Finance (at a small loss), although both are net positive due to the generous yields. I am considering eliminating one position, and do not want tax considerations to influence the decision. I would appreciate your advice. Thank you.

Q: Hi Team,
I am willing to take a full position in Endo Pharmaceutical, it seems it has been overly punished by the market due to the similarities with VRX (and similar business model) I suppose.

I see limit downside risk and it is, I think, a potential takeover candidate at the current price level (similar to Concordia).
Earnings are coming soon, so I was thinking to take my first half position before the earnings and the rest of my position after but I am not sure... what is your opinion?

Bye the way, congratulations for the latest improvements on the site!

Michel

Q: What is your opinion of this company?

Q: Hi, I have these 4 ETFs in my wife's accounts, in approximately equal weights:
XIC
CDZ
VDU
VUN

Does that look about right to you for an ETF investor?

Thanks,
Robert

Q: Can you please comment on the pros and cons of using a put write strategy to generate income, as these 2 funds do?

Thanks

Q: Morning, just wondering if there is a Canadian ETF which is focused on US industrial that you can recommend.

Thanks,
Harry

Q: The growing uncertainty about Apples short turn prospects (they have nearly 14.5% of this ETF) & the general flat performance of Googles Alternates have resulted in a rather poor quarter for XLK. Looking for your advise on either an alternate ETF or 3 to 4 of your best pics for a 1-2 year hold - Approx. $150K. Thank you.

Q: Computer task group just reported. From the press release CTG expects total revenue for the 2016 second quarter to range between $85.0 and $87.0 million. Net income is expected to be between $0.03 and $0.05 per diluted share.

For the full year 2016, Non-GAAP net income is expected to be between $0.13 and $0.21 per diluted share.

Revenue has been declining over the past few years, the long time CEO also died recently.

They have reported $7.9M in cash in the balance sheet right now, and $79M is accounts receivable.

Is it rare to see a company trading with a market cap at close to cash + AR? (Currrent market cap is $96M)

Do you think they will drain cash to maintain the quarterly dividend of $0.06/share, making it unsustainable? Or a candidate for a cut?

Do you see this as a potential value play or trap?

Is it reasonable to speculate that a Democratic win in 2016 would be positive for healthcare IT spend? (one of CTG strengths.)

Could CTG be a takeover target?

Q: I have owned the above Spirit Airlines for a year or so, got in around $74.00 and while the earnings seem positive,the price of fuel is low, it has steadily declined since I have owned. Is it something I should consider selling, it is unfortunately in my rsp, so I am somewhat reluctant. I look forward to your assessment of the stock. Thank you.

Q: I am considering replacing vxc with 50% vti and 50% vxus in my Rrsp. This I think will save some small mer, better for taxation and less losses due to currency exposure. I would appreciate your thoughts and suggestions also about possible alternatives.

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan!

Can I get your opinion on this 2.75 billion company? It provides software solutions and services for the residential mortgage industry in the United States.

Thx, Dominic

Q: I read a recent review in Morningstar and this sounded rather appealing. It would be held in a rrif as a conservative large cap hold. As the gurus seem to feel the C$ has gotten ahead of itself would it be a reasonable purchase time, although that probably matters less than the low fee. (Schwab US Dividend Equity)

Q: Hi Peter & team, I see that PG is down today even if the company beats Q3 earnings. Is PG still one of your favorite for US consumer staples exposure? The stock is down today by almost 3%, could you explain?

Q: I have sold a holiday home in the US and have $150,000 that I want to keep in US funds until later in the year when I think the exchange rate will be better to change to CDN. Can you recommend an ETF or other reasonably safe way to get some dividends on these funds for 6 to 8 months

Q: Prior to subscribing to 5I, I bought Jan 2018 call options in TWTR. At the time I figured that they had a large user base with a lot of ad potential, particularly with Periscope. I bought 2 year options knowing that tech moves fast and hoping that would give the company lots of time to turn things around.

Now, having read many of your reports, I feel that I'm a more educated investor and probably wouldn't buy this type of company again. In particular, your reports have helped me to appreciate the negative effects of share dilution which is a big problem for TWTR.

Today's earnings don't look good.

Is there any hope for this stock? I'm not afraid to take a loss and move on if that's the best thing to do.