Investment Q&A

Q: If I believe that there will debt problems before this is over , does one want to continue to hold HFR. I have held it for a couple of years but would sell it if things go down to add to stocks I like. A couple of weeks ago it went way down when market crashed. I read your answer to stay put as things were a little crazy in bond market. Is it the worry of the bond holders that the companies will go under and in fact this is not a real safe holding right now as I see 1|2 of it's holdings are BBB?

Q: Just a simple persons observation.
WCS @ $5/bbl = 3 cents/liter
Using another metric: Macdonald's cup of coffee for seniors(1/2 liter) = $1
MacD coffee is roughly 65 X the price of WCS
GO figure????

Q: I see you made recent comments on Match group. I'm interested and it looks very strong fundamentally (pre covid), very high roic, roe. But debt looked like it could be pretty high and CEO sold a large chunk of shares last month. Can you comment on its financial situation and would you have concerns with it making it through some negative quarters?

Q: Based on the following from G&M today, and my horizon of 5+ years, can I have your opinion on continuing to hold:

"NFI Group Inc. (NFI-T)

On March 25, Adam Gray, who sits on the board of directors, invested over $10-million in shares of this company. He acquired 1-million shares at a price per share of $10.85 for an account in which he has control or direction over (Coliseum Capital Management LLC), raising this account’s holdings to 3,206,246 shares.

On March 25, director and the company’s former president and chief executive officer John Marinucci invested over $105,000 in shares of NFI. He bought 10,000 shares at a cost per share of $10.51, lifting this account’s position to 145,500 shares."

Thx
Chris M

Q: I have a position in BIP.UN in my Cash account at a loss and a small position on BIPC in the same account. If I sell BIP.UN and buy BIPC would the loss be considered a superficial loss for tax purposes?

Q: In early March, as the markets dramatically weakened due to looming economic damage from Covid-19, I sold four smaller, lower-quality positions within my portfolio, mainly for tax-loss reasons (the proceeds represent <2% of the portfolio value), with the intention (option) to re-buy after 30 days (as my philosophy is long-term buy-and-hold). The question now, of course, is whether to re-buy any or all of the 4 positions sold (fortunately, 3 of the 4 are trading at prices substantially lower than what I sold them for). I wonder what your advice would be as to whether to re-buy any or all of these at this time:
(a) Russel Metals;
(b) Cenovus (note—I already hold Suncor as a major position, which I could add to instead);
(c) MTY Food Group (I already hold as major positions SBUX and QSR);
(d) Premium Brand Holdings.

Q: Several people in my area have recived a letter from a person named James Campbell stating that this company crestview exploration inc is going to be the dream company that we all dream above , he mentioned that in the next 3 months you will be looking at a 500% gain and in a 12 month period looking at a 2,400% percent gain. Any thoughts on this company. Thks Wilson

Q: Please give me 3 Canadian oil & gas producers with the best commodity price hedges for 2020.

Q: Hello 5i
After the UTXexchange should I bring CARR, OTIS and RTX up to 1% of the portfolio?
Thank you
Stanley

Q: Are there any companies on the venture exchange that are you like? I already own People corp and Covalon. I am looking for others to put research into but there are so many to choose from it's overwhelming. Any direction you can point me in would be great. Thanks.

Q: These 2 stocks in your growth portfolio seem extremely cheap, making money with great balance sheets. Isn't this an obvious chance for someone to pick them up at thses bargain prices? Thanks.

Q: Would please comment on events that possibly would negatively impact on the above 3 ETFs?

Cheers

Q: Hi, Do you think ZDI and XWD could complement each other, or would there be too much overlap, thanks?

Q: Please rank the above ETFs in order of preference for income and safety. Thanks.

Q: Can you please tell me your top 5 investment themes that you would start to add to your portfolio (at these levels) for a mid to longer term hold.

Q: please list your 5 favourite Canadian moat stocks with strong balance sheets list your preferences in order of one to five thanks Richard

Q: Just comment in response to your statement today to Peter that government bonds held to maturity will never lose money - most government bonds trading today are trading at a premium. So if you buy at, say, $102, at maturity you will only get back $100. Loss of $2 (about 2%). This loss is accounted for in the yield-to-maturity, but is a loss nonetheless. Some of the current premiums are significantly higher than this.
Have I got this wrong?

Q: Hello:
What are your thoughts about Zimmer with over 2 year time frame.
Thank you

Q: Could I please have your opinion of this fund. I am a retired income investor looking for diversification away from Canada. The only knock I can see in it is 30% of the holdings are financials, mainly US banks, which I do not own but like most Canadians I am overweight Canadian financials.

Q: Hi folks,

Which Cdn and US companies would you consider buying now in relation to their assistance (equipment, internet services, food services, etc...) or solution (vaccines, drugs, etc...) or potential in view of the Covid-19 crisis and why ? Take credits as you see fit.

Please keep yourselves safe,

Jacques ids