Investment Q&A

Q: It has gone from $7 to a little over $4 as I write this.
Was the report that bad? Also do you think that report by
Murray Wealth Group (which said they will miss earnings on the high side)
looks to be correct?

Is this a miss on the high side?
Thanks

Q: Peter; I’ll be the first to ask - didn’t they blow the doors off ? 🤗 thanks. Rod

Q: Converge has had quite a significant drop recently and reached a new 52 week low.
What are the reasons for this drop? Should I continue to watch before I add more to my still "green" position?
Thanks for your help
Albert

Q: Peter; Does CTS post earnings today- if so I assume after market close? Thanks. Rod

Q: Hi 5i,
I need to access some cash by selling some TFSA holdings and hope you can give me advice as to the best way to go about that.
I'm nicely up on WCP and TVE, and with dividends accounted for close to break even on DBM. CTS, CURA, QST and WELL are down a lot, and GXE is down some but not too bad.
Selling 1/4 of the WCP or 1/2 of the TVE or DBM would cover my cash requirement, whereas I'd have to offload pretty much all of any one of the others at their presently reduced values to get where i need to be.
If I didn't need the cash I wouldn't sell anything at present, in the expectation that WCP and TVE will continue to do well, that DBM will at least hold steady, probably rise relatively soon and keep paying dividends, and that the others will find their way out of the woods in due course. But unfortunately I don't have that luxury.
Given the above, could you advise what i might best hold on to, and what might be best to sell in fairly short order?
Thanks!
Peter

Q: I am down on these names in my TFSA account
CTS (-44%)
ENGLX (-73%)
QST (-28%)
XBC (100%)

Is it time to throw in the towel on all of these, consolidate into one name or use my next year TFSA contribution limit to dollar cost average down?

I also hold an ETF, VGRO, in this account which is down 13%.

Q: Can you please comment on two items for Converge: the level of share dilution over the past couple of years, and the percentage of goodwill on the balance sheet. Are either of these concerning? Need to be watched? What about the likely future trajectory for these factors? I am considering taking a position here but these things have be reconsidering. Thanks.

Q: Peter; What is the current short position? Thanks. Rod

Q: Peter; Is it possible to see if Murray Wealth was a large seller ? Not sure if they have a trading number. Rod

Q: Hello,

It was posted and later removed by portfolio manager Murray Wealth Group that Converge was telling brokers that they were going to miss estimates on the high side and that is what caused the sell off.

This seems extremely sketchy. Isn’t there a quarterly private period? If the miss to the high side could this be investigated? What is your take on this and if management does miss on the high side?

Q: couldn't find any news release on the big drop on this stock today,do you know the reason and would this be a good buying oppurtunity....Thanks

Q: Hi there, is this a good entry point right now to accumulate shares of CTS?

Thanks,
Rob

Q: High growth stocks. A recent NP piece by Peter H. advised investors consider these vs. conservative picks coming out of a bear market. "Stocks that used to be 50X sales are now 3X sales and still growing at 50%+...a Bloomberg screen shows 982 companies with 50% sales growth in the next year."

Could you provide 10 Cdn. stocks in this category or better yet provide a link to the Bloomberg screen. Thanks.

Q: Way down on EINC and PMKR in my small-cap portfolio. What is your opinion? Do these stocks have any future in a recovering market? Or better to sell and redeploy into something like CTS?

Thanks

David

Q: I own these stocks as part of my technology sector. Do you see any overlap in any of these names? Particularly between SHOP, LSPD and NVEI, or are they different enough to own all? Also if you were to choose to high grade 1-2 names, what would you choose if any? Thanks!

Q: Hello

Do you have preference of these 3 stocks and in what order would you buy.

Thank you

Mike

Q: Would you endorse a switch from saputo to converge tech for future growth?

Appreciate your insight.

Q: Hello,

Thank you for all the help in these tough times. The advice from this service does help keep a person grounded in dark days. In anticipation of us reaching peak inflation and small caps beginning to turn around can you let me know which of these you would prefer? Both are trading close in stock price but CTS is much larger according to RBC website 1.3B vs 188M. Both are well down from their highs and both seem to still be growing at a good rate. Which in your view looks like the better horse? Or should a person pick both?

Thanks

Q: I noticed an interesting thing the other day, with the CPI announcement in the US causing a sudden severe tech market downdraft. Tech stocks such as Amazon went down about 6% and have stayed there. Smaller Canadian tech stocks didn't however. I hold both Converge and Topicus and they are both trading higher than they were two or three days ago. Does this decoupling mean that smaller Canadian tech stocks may have bottomed? Ie. all of the weak shareholders have been flushed out and mostly long term holders now hold the shares?

Q: I am looking at the previous earnings reports and calculating p/e ratios etc. I notice that they put out news releases with “adjusted eps” only. Is this considered their eps? And is this the figure that is generally accepted to calculate p/e or is there another eps number I should be looking for?