Investment Q&A

Q: Analysts, are they are all good, they sure can swing a stock price. I remember a couple of years ago when one of them downgraded a Berkshire owned stock, and Mr. Buffet said the earnings were just fine and the analyst got it wrong. Why do they always have to be right?
Thanks Again

Q: Good morning
What is the difference between these two and which is more tax efficient in a non registered account? Are the dividends basically as safe in either ?
Thanks
Jeff

Q: What do you think the probability of a buy out offer is? What do you feel a offer price would be?

Q: I have a terrible affliction for an investor, a non-functioning trigger finger. Now CELH has become my white whale. I even stopped by a CircleK to see the product placement and ask the clerk about sales and target customers. It is behaving like the NVDA of consumer disc, but NVDA has shown its ability to catch up with and blow through it's valuation. According to the company profile for Celcius in your data feed it has far exceeded even the highest analyst's recent price targets. Can you see a realistic probability that Celcius grows into and outstrips it's current valuation? I have read your recent responses but it is starting to make things outdated in a hurry. Thanks for your thoughts.

Q: Hi Peter and Staff

Please rank the 4 stocks in order of preferred ownership today for long term hold with a ranking 1 to 10 score as well with 10 being perfect
Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Good Morning

As a holder of enghouse for over 3 years now and the latest quarter not being that great and being down a little over 50% has the time come to simply sell and move on? And if so do you have a suggestion for a alternate investment?

Thks
Marcel

Q: You have recommended LMN. I am thinking of investing in the company, but it’s stock price keeps declining. Are your aware of any reasons why the stock price is in a down trend. Thanks … Cal

Q: Hey there fellow Canuck,

I bought a good chunk of ENGH yesterday...on the dip.

So, logically, I thought I should get some advice after the fact.

Do you think ENGH can turn it around? Was $32.71 a decent entry point? Will ENGH get past $33? How long might that take? Headwinds? Tailwinds? No winds?

Q: A rumoured private equity buy out? What will that do for the stock. It’s now at $29….at one point was $130.if it happens, how much of a premium do you see in the stock?

Q: I’m interested in investing in 2 of the above O&G producers. I would appreciate 5i’s recommendation and possibly a brief description of reasonings.
Thank you

Q: Hi, Could you please share your thoughts on the recent performance of the stock. LMN stock made a high of $38, just before release of its quarter, but its price has been drifting lower since then, closing at $33 level, within a span of less than 10 days.

The results looked solid, but apparently, there seems to be some concern among investors related to an expense of $2,871 mln (FY 2023), related to the increase in fair value of the redeemable preferred/special shares and dividend payable. LMN also intends to issue new common shares on March 25, 2024 to satisfy
(1) mandatory conversion of the large block of preferred and special shares held by CSU/Others at a predetermined ratio
(2) payment of $87 mln of dividend on these shares and number of such common shares, to be based on average trading price of LMN for 60 days prior to March 25.

My understanding is that the loss related to “Increase in FMV of preferred shares” is only a “Book Loss” and will extinguish completely, with no effect on company profitability (Existing and Future) once the preferred shares are converted to LMN’s subordinate voting shares on March 25.

Thus, the only relevant factor here should be the impending issue of new common shares (How many and the final total o/s shares), which would result in increase of the share count, possibly impacting the Net Income and CFO per share and further elevating the PE ratio.

So, is the market concern justified or it’s more of a sentiment issue, which should resolve itself with more clarity over next few quarters?

Based on your assessment, do you believe that nothing has changed to its mini CSU profile? And if so, is it a good opportunity to take advantage of this uncertainty and to add LMN shares at current level ?

Thank You

Q: Hi, If I want exposure to Japan, should I buy Toyota or an ETF or something else?

Q: If buying one of these two for a 3 to 5 year hold, which would you choose and why? Thanks. ram

Q: On Mar. 14 in the Q & A, Mike was concerned about a short squeeze on CELH and provided the reasons why. 5i said yes there could be one and I get the impression from reading the answer that a short squeeze would cause a fair sized drop in CELH.
Jason Donville was answering a question on HPS.A and he said it had quite a run and he likes it, but he is going with NXT because it might have a longer runway at this time.
Thank you

Q: Can you send me some advertisement on 5i that I could give to my friends?

Q: Hi there,

Can you tell me a little bit about WTEs’ business and how you feel about it in terms of an income investment.

Thanks.

Q: When I retired at age 60, I was told that I should drawdown my RRSP as much as possible before I started to collect CPP and OAS at 70. I have been doing this, but because my highest growth stocks (MSFT and COST) are in my RRSP, there has been no drawdown.

I know the general rule of thumb is to place your US dividend stocks in your RRSP. However, in my case I think I would be better off holding MSFT in my TFSA, and COST in either my TFSA and/or taxable account.

I would lose 15% of the MSFT dividend in my TFSA, but the dividend is so small, it doesn't matter.

COST is a little different because of the special dividend. If I put COST in a taxable account, I could recover the withholding tax when I file the following year although I would have to submit a T1135 if over 100K. But given that I anticipate most of the returns to be from price appreciation rather than dividends, it would be better in my TFSA up to my limit, with the remainder going into my taxable account.

Does this make sense? Thank you!

Q: Hello,

Looking at co's like FTS, SLF, RY with an unblemished dividend payout record vs those that have cancelled or reduced the dividend makes me wonder why the "Gold" co's go to such extremes to preserve the payout? Is a dividend a cheaper source of capital and does a pristine payout record shave a % or 2 off the cost? There has to be an economic reason beyond "Aristocrat" status.

Thank you

Q: The press release says 120 million in revenue not 78 million . Where is 5i source? Please clarify?

Thx

Q: I opened an FHSA and am looking to max it out and put half in index and half in high growth potential stocks. Not looking to purchase a home for min 5 years up to 10. If i end up not buying I would just flip it over to the RRSP. What are some stocks that you would recommend that have a high upside potential? CAD or US stocks.