Investment Q&A

Q: I am confused and would appreciate some of your knowledge on the mechanics of the type of transaction Mr Musk is doing in buying Twitter.

a) I thought that stockholders were the owners, so that buyout would mean everyone's shares were being purchased. Is this the case?

b) Then Musk said that the Board were refusing to consider his offer and they weren't aligned to Twitter's performance because they weren't big stock holders. Can a Board actually block a takeover? The press seemed to think so. Isn't there going to be a vote by shareholders on the offer?

c) Then there's the purchase price. If it's going to remain a public company, then that $49B goes where, into whose pockers?

Thanks for your guidance on these questions.

Q: Your opinion on holding these two in this market. Both are down with key having a nice dividend?

Q: Back in November 2021, you mentioned this is a stock that is trading at an expensive price and would rather wait. Do you believe this is a decent time to buy? I'm looking at 1-2% of my portfolio.
Thanks

Q: Hi Peter

Is it possible to share the link to your asset allocation article that Steve mentioned yesterday?

Thanks

Q: James Anderson, of Baillie Gifford, mentioned their positive view on RXRX in the 4.25.2022 edition of Barron’s. What is your perspective?

Q: What is the biggest near term risk with Brookfield?

Q: What is the best way to play energy decarbonization over the next decade? Hydrostor looks very interesting to me but is not public. Is there perhaps an indirect way to get involved?

Q: My portfolio is significantly over-weight tech and currently paying the price. Semi's (AMD, NVDA, SMH) had propped me up but not anymore. That's the bad news, good news is i have a sizable portion of cash to deploy. Over the next few months, where would you suggest deploying new cash? Which stocks, etf's, or sectors have been unjustly hit the hardest?
The rest of my portfolio is anchored by XIU, BAM, BIP, ENB, CNQ, etc.

Q: Has the outlook for NBLY changed recently? Any fundamental changes? It has been in a down trend the past few months. Is this one of those situations where its like catching a falling knife? Or do I wait to buy it? Like when do you know when the momentum changes? Thanks

Q: Hello 5i,
I am a DIY invesor with ove $1000,000 trading portfolio over 15 years and am up 25% not including dividends on a mix of ETF;s and equities. My expense ratio is ,05% costing $1608. The one standout is HDIV with a cost of 0.65% and an mer of 2.05% probably due to the underlying holdings. Also many of the ETF's are BMO covered calls. I enjoy the monthly dividends. Is all of this reasonable? If not, please suggest improvements.
Thank you
Stanley

Q: Good afternoon,

For an income investor - your thoughts on PRV.UN would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

Q: Hi 5i,
In general it looks like XDGH has outperformed XDG fairly consistently.
Can you help explain?
XDGH has approx. 70M AUM and XDG has approx. 311M AUM.
If one felt the USD was going to get stronger which ETF should one invest in?
If one did not have a view about the direction of USD which one would you invest in?

thanks

Q: As can be seen from today's NR, we may now be off to the races with OPS. Would appreciate your views.

QUEBEC CITY, April 26, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - OpSens Inc. ("OpSens" or the "Company") (TSX: OPS) (OTCQX: OPSSF), a medical device cardiology-focused company delivering innovative solutions based on its proprietary optical technology, today announced that it has received Health Canada approval for the SavvyWire™, its new guidewire for transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures, or TAVR.

Q: Continuing on my last question, how does LAZ compare with FSZ and FC? Is it about the same about the same risk vs safety? Do you see it as better value even though slightly less dividend than the others? How might higher interest rates effect it?Thanks.

Q: 5iteam: I am overweight with BNs and down today 10%.Thought the banks would gain some tracktion with interest rates on the rise Not so apparently.Would you consider it a hold or sell for something else with more upside potential? Tks Larry

Q: thoughts on fsv earnings. looks like a small beat. what should it means looking forward. is it positive or neutral

Q: GEORGE WESTON has ( so far ) held up well with it’s Loblaws and Choice Properties holdings and selling of the bakery business. With the passing of the father and now the son in charge, I am giving this stock another look. What is your opinion of this stock, especially in this current market ? Thanks . Derek

Q: I was thinking about buying some of this company but with such a diaster of a first quarter I am having second thoughts. Or should I be contrarian and think that everything that could go wrong went wrong (lower grade combined with lower production because of machinery problem, which is now fixed). Or should I just buy some more ARG Amerigo and get the juicy diviidend? I am long term bullish on copper (re: electrifiaction of the world) but I tend to trade my base metal holders due to excessive volitiliity.

Q: Copper Mountain is taking a hit today due to disappointing earnings, however it seems the loss was due in large part to reduced production attributable to a damaged crusher. Their future forecast looks fairly promising. What do you think?

Q: I've been looking at the regional and sector allocations of my investments at the total portfolio level (TFSA + RRSP + non-reg), generally buying growth stocks in the TFSA and safer stocks in the RRSP. Does it make sense to continue to look at the allocations and diversify at a portfolio level? Or should I also be looking at it for the 3 individual types of accounts separately?