Investment Q&A

Q: You had mentioned "GSY initially purchased a swap on the AFRM shares to hedge away market exposure" in response to another on GSY..Could you explain how share swaps works in this context? Thanks.

Regards,

Shyam

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and 5i Team,

My wife and I need to reduce holdings in some stocks in our RRIFs to raise enough cash for the mandatory RRIF payments, which in our case is in late December.

Portfolio Analytics allows various ways to rank stocks, so I looked at the column "Total Portfolio Equity Weight" and ranked the stocks accordingly. For example, in my RRIF, my highest weight is with MG, and my wife's highest weight is with GSY. Not surprisingly, Portfolio Analytics also indicates that the Consumer Cyclical sector (MG), and the Financial Services sector (GSY) are overweight in our combined family portfolio (RRIFs, TFSAs, and non-registered accounts).

Is this a good way to determine the stocks that could be reduced to raise the required cash while at the same time putting sector weightings more in line with the recommendations of Portfolio Analytics?

I notice that many members ask questions about their holdings in various stocks, but 5i generally answers that weightings are personal.

Perhaps there's an alternative "rule of thumb" to use when going through this yearly process, and your valuable advice would, as always, be greatly valued.

Q: Any reasons why these two keep going backwards ?

Q: According to gsy news release gsy owns 1123570 shares of afrm. At 141 per afrm share that’s 158 million USD
Questions
1- how is that accounted for in the financial statement
2- I assume the forfeiture part means if paybright does not hit targets then gsy forfeits the 468k shares
3- is the market even reflecting this in gsy share price





ii) 655,416 common shares of Affirm, and iii) 468,154 common shares of Affirm held in escrow and subject to forfeiture if certain PayBright revenue milestones are not met

Q: Does the companies business model change in a rising interest-rate environment?
I am down 15% in a 5% position thinking that the acquisition of Lendcare would help offset loan defaults plus the terms of their revolving credit were expanded and improved. Does this remain a good 3-5 year hold
Thank you. I appreciate your comments.

Q: Goeasy down over 14% in the last 18 days. Something going wrong with this company?

Q: I know you like ADT.B as a company and its management but the stock hasn't done much over the past couple of years. At some point does the lack of share price growth warrant removal from the portfolio?

Savaria is another one, and despite all the potential for a reopening trade Air Canada isn't 'taking off'. Do you think these two should be considered for replacement with something else that can provide better growth?

Please deduct credits accordingly.

Q: Hi,

GSY has done very well in the past year going from ~$70 to current value of ~$186. In your opinion, does it still have decent runway ahead? Or am I too late to the party on this one?

Thanks,
Rob

Q: What three companies in the growth portfolio would you have no qualms of starting a position today?

Q: I bought REAL in juin 2020 and have averaged down on the way, ending with a large loosing position. Lesson learned about averaging down!

How do you consider the outlook for REAL? It missed estimates, but how do you like the growth, the balance sheet and the valuation actually?

Im wondering if i hold longer or if i trim around 1.5%?

Im considering the lower market to average up LSPD, GSY, ATA, WSP or BYD. How would you rank those today?

Q: goeasy. is my largest position and i have held it for years,and i know its one of your favorites, it come of 30 dollars from its high on zero news.
and again today its down 8.5 at this moment.
would you buy more, is it still your favorite and am i missing anything. dave

Q: Currently have a 17% position in financials including the above. Giving the current outlook for interest rate, would you consider this position to be favourable. Why or why not.

Q: Can you please rank these companies in terms of your preference, with a growth perspective in mind, starting from most preferred first?

Q: Thoughts on the dramatic drop in share price today....thanks...Vic

Q: What are your thoughts on the most compelling buys today regardless of sector or country?

Q: Hi Peter,

Does a portfolio, that is made up of the stocks listed above, agreeable to you if one has a longer term time frame, say 5 years plus and has a high tolerance for risk?

Thanks,

Q: Please analyze these two companies, compare them on profit, growth and volatility. Which would be the best long term buy.

Thanks for the usual good advice

Q: First time poster here.
With the slight decline recently, which of these following companies do you guys like the most for a growth portfolio for the next 5-10 years? I have 150K to invest (consider this fun spending money and money to play with), and I want to know how much of the 150K would you guys invest in each of these companies separately? ie. 35k in CSU etc
(side note), the report card for TOI said it was valued at 10 billion when it was $60/share. But now it's $131/share and everywhere I read it says 5 billion market cap. Was this a typ-o?). Thanks!

Q: Have the rapid increase in bond yields changed your positive view on Gsy

Q: It is falling today on volume higher than usual. Is there some news?

Thanks,
Milan