Investment Q&A

Q: Looking into these three companies and wondered if you have an option on them.

Q: afn has been gaining this last week. A buy? Should arc be considered a top stock in the lng play in western canada. ie Enbridge announcement of lng plant in chetwynd and kitimat pipeline?

Q: I hold the above stocks in my portfolio. Thinking of adding QSR. Your thoughts. Or should I keep my cash for better opportunities during tax loss period ? BEW and PNG are my play money. Playing PNG with house money.

Q: These three companies have appreciated during the last week. Natural gas prices are rising. Please explain the reason for the increase and future outlook. Which of the three in order would you purchase and why? Thanks

Q: At $50ish WTI, if all I cared about was the DIV. sustainability and no bankruptcy, which of the above would you list as best.
thanks
Yossi

Q: Good Morning 5i,

So on this fine Friday long weekend morning, I'd like to pick the brains of people who've "been there and done that" much longer and more successfully than I, and have seen some things in the financial world first hand that I have not.

I want your opinion on oil and gas. Are we not watching one of these classic "blood in the streets" scenarios you always read about as investors and wish you'd had the fortitude to plug your nose and dive in? The shares of almost every publicly traded company in the space are being thrown away for nothing. The good ones, the bad ones, the ones making money, the ones losing money, good balance sheets, bad balance sheets - it's almost irrelevant. If they're in the space they're being slaughtered.

So if the thesis is:

a) it will take a lot longer to power the world with worm casings, pixie dust, and unicorn farts than some would have us believe (i.e. hydrocarbons are not going anywhere in the foreseeable future)

b) a surprising number of these companies have solid balance sheets

c) a surprising number of these companies are earning profits hand over fist, doom and gloom aside

If a, b, and c are indeed true, you'd have to believe a lot of these companies trading at historic lows will eventually make investors a lot of money. Like buying Florida real estate in 2009.

What am I missing? What holes can be shot in this thesis, looking at it objectively?

I take the point that there is no catalyst to change things or excite investors in this space (although I do get surprised from time to time that the fact that a company can throw off ridiculous amounts of profit and return it to shareholders via dividends and buybacks doesn't itself become a catalyst, but I digress...)

I also take the point that these scenarios can persist for a lot longer than people think they can before things change.

Single-company risk is always there, I understand that, but I reject the idea that all of these companies are headed for bankruptcy.

Aside from patience and the stomach to watch your investment get hammered in the short term - where exactly are the risks?? This seems like such a great buying opportunity that I feel I have to be missing something.

Thank you for whatever insight you can share, and happy long weekend to you and your families!

Ryan

Q: I heard gas prices were incredibly cheap in 2010, when ARC resources was worth $20 a share. I think the Balance Sheet still looks okay with a 10% dividend. What are reasons not to buy this? I own shares at a cost of $25 - If I was willing to buy it before what has changed? Thank you.

Q: Good morning...I am a 68 year old retail investor that has all of my expenses covered with dividend paying stocks....in my rif I hold nfi and toy both down about the same...I am thinking of selling and trading the two of them for arx and mx as these sectors are down and also these two stocks have large dividends.. would you change them now or hold the original two...also I hold vet in the energy sector and although down like the dividend

Q: A good chunk of my TFSA was chugging along nicely to the tune of KWH and its nice dividend, but ... alas ... no more!

Thinking of redistributing the money into WCP ... or any of the others in the energy sector mentioned above. Your thoughts?

I've also been toying with avoiding the sector altogether in this account (since I hold Enbridge and Algonquin Power in an RSP) ... and stepping over to Savaria?

The crystal ball question (without holding anybody to account is!) ... is ... which is likely to do better ... the energy picks, or Savaria? (I'm looking for a dividend with some growth in this account.)

If I should avoid ALL of these at the moment, any other thoughts on "growth with dividend"?

Thanks, as always!

Q: In 5i's opinion are the dividends on these 5 stocks sustainable and if so which 3 would 5i recommend to buy for income at the current prices.
Thank you.

Q: Buy, sell or hold: dividend sustainable and catalysts going forward?

Q: Hi Team,

What do you think of ARX at this point? How safe is it?


Thanks!

Q: I am considering adding a few long-term positions to my registered accounts and looking for ideas in oil & gas - income and growth. A few names are noted above, however, looking for your top 5 recommendations.

Q: If you had to own one of these which would you pick? Why? I have a full position in VET right now.

Thanks

Q: I bought ARX on the recommendation of a couple individuals on BNN. I think I might have leapt before I looked. Doing some research I’m not impressed with the chart as well as the negativity on natural gas. I like to invest in stocks with a decent dividend and some opportunity for price appreciation. I’m not sure this fits. What’s your opinion?

Q: For information
Looking at your list of payout ratios, I noticed a 210.13 % payout ratio for Arc resources.
The actual payout ratio dividends + debt is 29%.
I encourage everybody interested in ARC RESOURCES TO GO TO THEIR WEBSITE and download their very informative investors presentation.

Q: ARX or CVE; If you have to buy one, which one you buy today

Thanks

Kuldip

Q: I have been suffering with this stock for a long time and even with the dividend I am under water a great deal.There seems to be some buy recommendations but the stock still on its way down.I realize that the oil-gas market is not good but other stocks in this space are doing much better.Do you belive there is any chance of a dividend cut in the near future and would you sell now and move on.
Thank you
Al

Q: What do you think about ARX after Q1 results?

Q: Hi
I'm looking at adding 2 oil companies.
Do you agree with these companies or do you have others in mind.
Thanks