Investment Q&A

Q: What is happening with Couche-Tard. Seems to be losing value continually...

Q: Hi , if Britain leaves , will the "market" perceive it as a negative to ATD.B
- would it make more sense to sit on the sidelines for June , or maybe scale in on dips

Thanks,
David

Q: I have some money that I will be putting into an RESP for my children: while it is roughly 0.5%-0.75% of my actual total investment portfolio, I would prefer to avoid more volatile companies in this particular account. I do have a long time horizon (about 6 years before I start to have any demand for the money), but have been burnt before in this particular portfolio by trying to "hit a home run" with an investment play, and am looking for slow, steady growth.

I have listed three companies above, with ATD.B as my first pick as I only have roughly a 2% overall exposure (between all of my collective accounts) to the Consumer Staples group (I assume that ATD.B would be under Staples rather than Discretionary). If you would recommend something else in this space, or another sector, rather than the companies I have mentioned, I would be most grateful for the suggestion. In any event, I look forward to your thoughts. Thanks so much!

Q: Is this a good entry point for Alimentation Couche Tard? Thank you

Q: you seem to get a question on couche tard everytime it declines, and i know it is one of your favorites.
so is the recent decline due to sector rotation, cdn dollar strength, margins on gas etc or what.
i would think with the recent purchse of esso stations in mtl, possible bidding on valero and loblaws stations the stock would be rising, also most targets are in the 70 dollar range. dave

Q: When I look at the last 10 years of Cineplex data, I see a plodding yearly price increase without any particularly exciting price swings, a continuous series of modest quarterly profits with few exceptions, a series of fairly regular dividend increases - in a word DULL!

Do you think that they'll continue to be similarly dull? Can you point me to 4 or 5 companies that might be similarly dull over the next 3 to 5 years? I could use some dull (other than financials, where I'm a bit over-weight) to add to my portfolio.

Thanks.

Q: Hi
If you could only buy five out of the six above listed stocks at today's prices (for the long term), which stock would you NOT purchase?

Q: I hold a small position in L currently up 53% and am in a position to double it or add ATD.B to my well diversified portfolio. My focus is dividends with some growth. What is your recommendation at this time?

Thank you for your valued opinion.

Q: Peter, I'm looking to invest in one of the three companies above. I won't need to touch the investment for 5 - 10 years, and I would be content with an average annual return of 6 percent (including dividends). Please rank these three in order, based on the combined criteria of capital preservation and the goal of achieving the hoped-for 6% or better. (My portfolio is otherwise diversified.) Thank you.

Q: I'm looking for Canadian consumer stocks. Any suggestions?

Q: What's a better bargain right now BOS or ATD.b

Q: Hi team, I know you've mentioned that you don't like dual-class shares. But don't you think that in ATD's case it has actually worked very well? The stock has gone up 500+% in 5 years. Maybe this wouldn't have been achieved had the founders not have had the 10 vs. 1 votes. They obviously have done an excellent job. Your comments pls.
Thank you,
Silvia

Q: Re Q by David today,I am in same line.On 4/26 Royal Bank reduced the target price to $68 from $70.Is this material?My simple opinion is the fall is partly due to rotation out of a strong performer,who has grown by acqistions

Q: i am reading all your answers to couche tard questions as the stock gets hammered day after day, i have added a few hundred shares each day as it keeps dropping, now own 4000 shares. my question is could there possibly be something else going on other than the 2 class of shares-- the price of oil, the cdn. dollar etc etc. some downgrades somewhere i have not seen, i agree with you it makes no sense but maybe we are all missing something. dave

Q: Hi Peter,Ryan et al. My daughter age 32 has $32K to invest in her TFSA. My initial thought was a half position in CAO and KXS along with full positions in BNS. ATD.B CTC.A,PBH,
and HCG. Any suggestions and comments would be appreciated for at least a 3 year time frame.
Thanks in advance.
David

Q: Hi 5i - I have a small position in ATD.B - is now a good idea to bump it up to a full 5% position (i.e. is the current price to good to pass up) or should I average in over the next 3-6 months? Thanks, Neil

Q: I would like to add to some of my positions. Of the following companies, which ones do you feel could be added to now: atd.b, Efn, Hcg, mg, Esl, sj, Dhx, Tcn, syz.

Thank you

Q: wondering if you can comment on the investment merits of atd'b . Also -are you concerned about general drop off of automobile usage thru uber ,ride sharing etc . in the future..how this these events would affect atd's business plans overall

Q: I hold this in my RRSP and it has dropped from $60.00 to present level of $53.85. How much further would you feel this is going to drop, or are we at the bottom. I feel I should average down.

Thanks for your advice.

Q: How would you rank these companies in terms of growth and risk level? which 2 do you believe offer the best risk/reward potential?