Investment Q&A

Q: Buy & Sell are specific recommendations. Hold is confusing? I’ve heard that analysts don’t want to issue sell recommendations for various reasons and that hold means sell. The question I would like answered is;
Why would you hold a stock you would not buy?
I have started a thread in the brokerages and research section of the forums if anyone wants to comment.

Q: Hello Peter,
In the current market conditions,
1) what is your opinion on adjusting the portfolio by decreasing growth and an increase in defensive stocks; at least for the next six months.
2)If so, what do you think of Charter Communications?
3)I understand that you are not a proponent of frequent portfolio adjustments and prefer to ride out based on long term fundamentals. I feel that in addition to algorithmic trading, markets are more efficient with processing information and price it in a very short span of time. Your comments on this thesis as well is appreciated.
Regards.
Rajiv

Q: Please comment on their year end financials as well as their new Gomo resourse. Thank you
https://alvopetro.com/News-Events

Q: I hold a full position in WM with most of the position coming from the takeover of Balmoral Resources. Although the recent share issue is at a good share price it adds to the high number of outstanding shares. There is also is very little attention paid to their nickel assets. Is WM a buy, hold or sell at this time ? Thanks for this great service.

Q: When might the Canadian banks be permitted to resume raising their dividends? When it does occur, do you think it will have a significant effect on their share prices?

Q: What is going on at Couche Tard? First of all they tried to acquire a French grocery retailer and now they are selling 4% of their North American Stores. What do you think their strategy is for the future? Seems like they want to diversify into something other than convenience stores. What is your opinion of the company and their management? I own some shares and am up 25 %.
Thanks

Q: How high will aapl go in 2021, 2022?

Q: Are you in general agreement with today's conclusion from TD Equity Research on Q4 results? For those willing to "hang in", it appears there is descent upside from here:
2021 midpoint revenue guidance implies more than25% revenue per-share growth and continues to imply a constructive outlook forXebec across its various end-markets (hydrogen, RNG, and other gasses). However,we believe that Xebec is firmly in "show-me" territory with investors and, based on thefactors described above, we are increasing our risk rating to SPECULATIVE (fromHigh previously), consistent with other companies in the Cleantech sector that are notexpected to generate meaningfully positive cash flow in the near term. This changein risk profile requires a rating change to SPECULATIVE BUY (from Buy previously).Based on our revised estimates, and an increase in the discount rate we employ, ourtarget price decreases to $7.50 (from $10.00 previously).
The report also mentioned XBC is abandoning it custom made RNG equipment products and will sell only standard equipment going forward.

Q: Hi , will you buy, hold or sell shopify as a block of over 700,000 shares on sale ?thanks.

Q: if one sold 100 shares of company x out of a tax account and rebought the same shares in a tfsa account does the 30 day rule apply

Q: Which do you prefer for Total Return...long term hold.
Thanks...Steve

Q: My portfolio is low in the consumer cyclical / discretionary sector. I have funds to add one stock at 2.5% portfolio weighting for a potentially long time frame. I'm torn between DOO and MG. Which would you recommend to add now and why?

Q: Where would you put the odds of TFI doing an equity financing prior to closing the UPS deal? Is it possible they might finance the purchase with debt alone? With the deal expected to close in the second quarter, when would you expect any financing to be announced? For an investor looking to add to their TFI holding, would you recommend waiting to take advantage of the drop in the stock price that an equity deal would likely cause?

Q: I'm down ~15-20% on these names and contemplating a tax loss swap.
For each of these, do you think there are suitable proxies or are they are hard to replace?
For FLNT in particular, I'm considering dumping it all together, so a similarly battered small-cap name you think will perform better will work as well.
Finally, when it comes to tax-loss selling, do you have a rule of thumb on the % down a name should be before it makes sense, or it's generally situation dependant?

Q: Based on recent market movements, if you have to pick 3 - 5 companies to buy (Canada or US, irregardless of risk), which ones would you pick?

Q: Is there any news on the AC takeover of Air Transat. I still have credits with Transat, but with Covid numbers going back up again, I'm holding off on any Travel.

thanks! Paul

Q: New to the site here. Why are there companies in the model portfolios that are not rated? If you are recommending them why wouldn't you rate them? Thanks!

Q: Are our subscriptions of 5iResearch eligible for the Digital News Subscription Tax Credit? The limit is $500.

John

Q: I got an avalanche of questions on small cap companies that you probably don't even cover but I've been doing some research and this one popped up. What are the metrics you like about it? What do you think of the industry? And it's competitors. CEO seems to have been doing alot of buying and a huge surprise upside on the last earnings release. Thanks.

Q: Hello Peter and co,

I am doing a bit of overdue portfolio clean-up in a TFSA. (long time horizon) - considering selling these holdings and would like your thoughts:

GUD - loss of 28%, but it has moved up significantly the last few days. Keep, Sell now, or Wait (if it has further upside)?

FRII - 80% loss (ouch), but is up 65% since late Oct 2020. Keep, Sell now, or Wait?

FTG - 5% loss after years of holding, but is up 40% since late Oct 2020. Keep, Sell now, or Wait?

VSR - 40% loss, thought its prospects were compelling, but disappointed so far. Keep, Sell now, or Wait?

ENGH - 122% gain, but it has drifted lower since summer 2020. Keep, Sell now, or Wait?

Thanks again for your excellent service!