Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,

A general question about a companies responsibility to update investors with respect to their business. Occasionally, companies update the market with respect to upcoming earnings and will 'guide up' or 'guide down' depending on what is happening. In light of the current chaos, it seems to me that now many companies have not updated guidance (I could be wrong, I follow the market generally...). Could you shed some light on to why not many companies have issued guidance updates? Perhaps the situation is so fluid, companies really can't update b/c they can't update with reliable numbers, or they are afraid to (make a terrible situation catastrophic), or...?

Further, are there time frames on issuing updates (X weeks before next quarter, for example) or perhaps requirements for updating if forecasts are going to be massively missed?

I'm basically wondering what to make of the few corporate updates.

Cam

Q: Investing in this market:
- You mentioned in a recent answer that one should buy slowly into this market. What constitutes "slow"?
- You mentioned in the same answer that shares down 40% can drop another 40%. Has this ever happened overall in a bear market other than 1929?

Q: Good morning guys:
Just like every other investor my stocks in my tfsa are down big time. I have not sold anything as of yet and bought Boyd and MasterCard for my cash account with the recent dip . I know investors should stay the course and not sell quality companies , but just like 2008 it took a long time to get our money back that was lost . That being said is it a better move to sell all my stocks in my tfsa and take the loss . I take the remaining funds and buy quality companies that have been hit big time like a Disney , mastercard , visa , Boyd for example . I presently own 10 stocks in my tfsa and they are all equal weightings. Could you please elaborate what an investor should do in this situation
Thank you for great work .
- mark

Q: Hi,
Could you elaborate on " Implied Price Return" on your companies report.

Best,
Matt

Q: Hi Team,

In this panic selling who are the big sellers? ETFs, Institutional, pension funds etc and they are moving to cash since bonds are also sold along with stocks. I believe individual stock investors are very small percentage of market. Is there a website which shows etf outflows/inflows.

Keep up the great work.

Thanks

Q: Interest rate on our money in the bank or in gics is virtually zero. I always heard that in a disinflationary period, the worst place to be is in stocks. But would people not want to be in the stock market and at least get a good yield. So many dividends are over 4%. This is a contradicton. Can you explain it to me. Thanks.

Q: Dear 5i team,
Thank you for the Special Report. Could you kindly confirm a few things about the graphs in it, please? My broker account doesn’t show graphs like yours, so what is the blue line and what is the brown filled-in background- I was thinking high and low stock prices, but noted the left and right y axis are different so I think I’ve not got that right. And how do you read the dark blue graph at the bottom- what is the stock’s ‘relative strength’ relative to?
Thanks so much!

Q: Hello 5i Gurus,
The central bank authorities at the Bank of England and the ECB have, this past week given authorization to all banks (domiciled in the UK or Europe) that they will be allowed to release ALL of their strategic counter cyclical funds that they normally hold in reserve. From what I remember, this would be several hundreds of billions of pounds or euros. Question is: Does the US and Canada have similar "counter cyclical funds" (not sure if this is the correct terminology)? that they can use to support the economy temporarily?

Q: Dear 5i;
I watch the Asian and Futures market in the evenings as a guide or possible indicator as to what North American markets might do the next morning / day and I'm sure I'm not alone in doing this .
I find it extremely irritating and unfair that I'm unable to take advantage of anticipated increases or decreases in the US and Can markets as a result of the Futures market being significantly up or down as the North American markets are already up or down big time before the markets are even open for trade ( ie the pre-market trading ).
Am i missing something here or are all of us ordinary investors stuck with this unfair system ( in my view anyways ) ?
Thanks
Bill C.

Q: Hi dream team,

Is there any free site out there that can tell you the payout ratio of dividend payers?

Thanks!

Q: Hi there,

I'm currently in 100% cash. What are typical signs of a rebound and that the turbulence is over and how long does it usually take? In other words, traditionally what signals would one use to know when to buy back into the mark. Also, for simplicity sake, what ETF would you recommend buying to get torque coming of the bottom or that would lead out of the bottom/recession?

Thanks!

Q: morning guys:
I bought a couple names with the dip but had to use my line of credit to do so . Am I able to claim the interest on next years taxes as I borrowerd to invest . If so is there a calculation that is used to determine how much interest i can claim .
Thank u

Q: On my watchlist are the broad S&P market (SPY) and an ETF that focuses on airlines, hotels, cruise ships, etc. Does one exist that you know of? I know of JETS for airlines, but is there anything that encompasses airlines and more leisure stocks?

Thanks,
Jason

Q: Any interesting happening in the markets the last little while? The price drop has been swift, but given where the S&P was in December 2018 (2416), there still seems to be some room on the downside. Is this a good level to start buying at? Different issues were affecting the market in each instance, but it still seems early to be a buyer right now.

Jason

Q: While I realize that low oil prices are bad some, they are surely good for others. Can you please offer 5 suggestions for companies that stand to benefit from plummeting oil prices, If you can sketch the dynamics of this how this might play out, that would also be much appreciated

Thank-you.

Q: The only thing that didnt go down with the rest of market was an asset class called Pensions. I believe the assets behind all pensions when south including the deterioration of the credit quality of the bonds held within .Is it possible that pension holders may feel the same pain as other asset holders?

Q: Hello friends,

Given the current market turmoil, I'm watching for good entry prices for companies I'm interested in from all 5i portfolios - including your US stocks recommendations.

However, I'm in a bit of a conundrum - which ones should I snatch first? The ones that went down the most for good or bad reasons or the ones that held-up best?

I'm aware that this depends on my stomach, and perhaps that companies that went down most might recover faster if they have a growth profile, but those that held-up best might continue to do even better during markets recovery.

To give just one example pair: GC or BYD?

Perhaps an article might be written on this theme?

All the best and many thanks that you're here for us!
Iulian

Q: This week looks like it will be volatile.
Can you recommend 4 or 5 stocks that stick out as a great buy this week in this plunging market ?

Thanks

Q: Looking to buy this morning. What do you think would be the least risky of sectors? Banks and telecoms look good to me.

Q: Are U providing updated comments on this terrible markets & how to deal with it Txs for u usual great services & advices