Investment Q&A

Q: Would appreciate an updated opinion of MRD stock. Does the dividend payout look safe?
Thanks!

Q: Hello,

I know they don't ring a bell at the bottom (or the top), but I am wondering whether any of the airlines, hotels, cruise lines or restaurants seem compelling right here. Not really the restaurants that are Covid beneficiaries like the pizza joints or Chipotle, more than the ones that have yet to recover. I am very concerned that with more gov't money being plowed into these industries the pre-restructuring shareholders would be wiped out. Thanks.

Q: My question wasn't understood. I wasn't referring to the % difference in share price but I was meaning to point in the share performance. For example today CGL down -0.55% and PHYS -0.83%. Cgl goes up more when gold goes us and less when gold goes down. Why?

Q: Hi 5iTeam,
Price of iron ore had shot up to levels not seen since 2014. Would now be a good time to take a position in RIO or I may have missed the boat. Also please comment on RIO going forward for the next 3 years.
Cheers,

Q: If you had to select one Canadian dividend growth stock to hold for the next 20 years, with the goals of safety of capital and growing dividends, which stock would you select?

Q: Peter,
I came across the following share certificates. Does your research sources show anything re what happened to these companies ?

Tyon Gold Mines Limited - 1000 shares - August 14,1947
Norpax Nickel Mines Limited 1,500 shares Jan 8,1962
Crowpat Minerals Limited - 1,000 shares Jan 8,1962.

They were each issued from trust companies located in Toronto.

Thank you

Paul

Q: Hello 5i,
Could I have your assessment of Shift4 Payments? Also, how does it compare to Paypal and Square?
Thank you
Dave

Q: Hi Group any idea why PYR is dropping over the last 4 weeks (it stopped trading today due to the Volume (I think ) time to bail while I am still up on the stock or wait it out?. The high was $6.25 a month ago

Q: Hello 5i Team
To increase my fixed income allocation, I need to add fixed income to my non-registered account.
I am looking at the Horizon Corporate Class ETFs, in particular the Horizons Cdn Select Universe Bond ETF (HBB) in comparison to BMO Discount Bond Index ETF (ZDB), BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (ZAG) and/or iShares Core Canadian Universe Bond Index ETF (XBB). I am not familiar with the concept of Corporate Class ETFs.
1 - Is HBB a reasonable alternate to the listed major bond funds?
2 - Please confirm HBB does not pay a distribution and that “income” is reinvested in units of the ETF resulting in potential increase capital gains in the future.
3 - What would be the impact of a future increase in capital gains inclusion rate (from 50 % to 75%) have on corporate class ETFs?
4 - Is there a minimum dollar amount where the corporate class ETFs start to make sense (i.e. is better to pay the tax on a distribution from XBB when the dollar amounts are relatively small)?
Thanks

Q: in your answer to Scott today, which US company are you talking about ?

Thanks,
Jacques IDS

Q: In answer to Paul's question re free on-line stock screener for Euro dividend payers, you can refer him to the post "Euro Dividend Payers" in the Forums. Hope that helps.
https://www.5iresearch.ca/forums/viewthread/368

Q: I am very green when it comes to the purchase of bonds. Please help me understand the following transactions. I bought 26000 units at 101.275 for a yield of 4.25%. My understanding is that I paid $26,331 and I will get $26,000 at maturity. In the mean time I will collect the yield. Right? or...
The second transaction is when I bought 25,000 units at 99.25 for a yield of 2.58%. How much principal will I get at maturity?
Thanks for you welcomed answer.
Yves

Q: Exchanging the BIPC shares for the BIP.UN shares - there was an article by John Heinzl in the Globe stating that the BIPC shares are worth a few dollars more so if you exchanged them you would be losing a few dollars a shares because the BIP.UN shares are worth less. There are many questions out there concerning this and so I tried the search column at 5i that hopefully someone else wrote in about it - could you clarify John Heinzl's position on this? Thank you,
Dennis

Q: What does the market expect from BNStomorrow? Thx

Q: Could you please comment on Q2 earnings.
Thanks,
Scott

Q: Can you comment on their recent results (obviously missed expectations)....would this be an opportunity to add?

Q: Can I get your thoughts on this company please?

Thanks

Q: Hi Team,
I am interest in putting some money into Cannabis companies, could you recommend one or two please !
Thanks as always,
Tak

Q: Hello,
I read somewhere that AAPL took 42 years to reach a 1 trillion market cap and only took 2 years to reach 2 trillion! Sounds like compounding at work. How common is it for mature companies like AAPL to grow at this rate? Which of the other FAANGM companies would you expect some thing like this? Thanks.

Regards,

Shyam

Q: Hi Ryan and Peter,

I had been watching PHO for months. After their earnings call and the pull back and your words on earnings, I was encouraged and finally took a position at $1.80. I have averaged down during this pullback as I thought it was a bit "silly" as Nigel is just trying to temper expectations. They have no debt, nearly 40 cents per share is cash and a great gross margin. Am I correct in thinking the risk is the 3 companies that represent 80% of revenues and revenues dipping/not growing.

So a couple questions:
1. Am I misguided in my thought that it is very cheap right now and a couple more solid quarters would change sentiment?
2. Your past company report estimated value to be $1.93 a share. What do you believe the share price is now?
3. Who do you believe the key 3 customers are and do they have a chance to pick up more?
4. Do you know who their competitors are? I cant seem to find them.
5. At what point, would you "back up the truck"?

Thank you.

James