Investment Q&A

Q: With Altus separating the losing Geomatics from the company this should help the bottom line I assume.Jim

Q: I have held this former income stock in my RSP for many years waiting for a recovery. Seems they have made minor progress in debt reduction. I am 15% underwater since inception.
Time to dump this apparently dead money?

Q: Have to raise cash - the above are my poorest performers (SIS is negative). Have to sell 1 & 1/2 positions. What do you suggest I sell.
Thanks for all the great performers you have named.
Bill

Q: Does BEP-UN require CRA form 1135 to be filled out?

Q: your latest report shows a 12% inside positn but Bloomberg shows only 2.7% which is correct? Thx

Q: Are the EPS estimates on the 5i company profile pages accurate? I noticed a significant difference between the SHOP EPS estimates provided in answers and the EPS estimates on the 5i company profile page for SHOP.

Here's the example:
Question Asked by Kerri on January 22, 2020
5I RESEARCH ANSWER:
SHOP Feb 12; $0.24 EPS; $481M revenue.

I'm guessing this is the estimate for QTR1 (12/19)

5i Company profile page for SHOP
Current Estimate
QTR1 (12/19) -0.21,
QTR2 (03/20) -0.30
FY1 (12/19) -1.24

Why so different?

Q: I will admit to being mildly nervous about SHOPs rate of growth over the past couple of months. I'm now more than 300% over my PP. As it recently broke through $500 CAD/share ... and now, $600 CAD/share ... I'm feeling pressured to keep trimming to 5% of my portfolio. Is this merely an analogue of the CSU "story" (whose stock price, incidentally, appears to be moving into "new territory")? I'm curious to know your thoughts about these developments. Thanks.

Q: Watching them for a few months now and would appreciate your analysis of this specialty retailer. Do you see the dividend as safe and do you think there are sufficient tailwinds to keep them on an upward climb?
Thanx gary

Q: EGLX is moving to the TSX is this worth conidering as a medium term investment

Q: What do you think of Nutrien here, is it a buy?

Q: I am a retired, conservative, dividend-income investor who is normally fully invested with a "buy-and-hold, but trim-add around core positions" strategy.
I currently have 2% in investable cash, with my portfolio set up exactly where I want it now...good asset allocation both via sectors and via individual position sizes.

However, I am also looking at the macro picture and things seem to be going parabolic. I am contemplating trimming to increase my cash position from 2% up to 5%. I understand in the past you have indicated that the key things to watch are interest rates are unemployment. They are both low, so "let it ride". So, what to do...let it ride vs trim? I know this amounts to market timing, which I know you are not fond of and, coincidentally, I am lousy at.

In your past life, as a fund manager, when did you raise or invest your available cash and what factors pushed you to do something or to just sit on your hands?

Thanks...sitting on my hands for now...Steve

Q: Hello, this is about WEF labor dispute. Is there something new regarding the strike, is there an end in sight? Should one expect a good rebound in price once the strike is over? Would that make sense to buy now at the current price? Thanks, Gervais

Q: I'd like to add a few REIT's to my portfolio, I'm looking for long term income. What are 3 or 4 of the very best REIT's that you would recommend? Also, what % allocation (all REIT's combined) would you see as a target for a moderate aggressive investor?

Q: Would you be a buyer of QSR today or would you wait it out?
Thanx Gary

Q: What are your thoughts on HWO as far as an investment for a contrarian play with a large dividend and a loss of 50% in the last year. Where do you see them going in the next 12 months , any tailwinds on the horizon and is the fat dividend safe?
Thanx Gary

Q: Is there any way I can buy shares in this co? I tried in USA investment account, no go. Is there another company producing batteries using hydrogen instead of lithium? I already bought shares in lithium battery producer BLDP. It would be nice to have both types of producers .
This is for entertainment not what one would like at as secure investment .

Q: Have held this one for about a year now and am even on the price and up about 20% on dividends. It seems to be in a holding pattern lately and I would appreciate your analysis and guidance on the future of GMP under its new look. Buy,sell or hold
Thanx Gary

Q: Ignoring taxes, cash requirements, sector allocation, on a straight-up basis, for a minimum one-year hold, which of the above-listed equities would it be prudent to currently sell,buy, or hold? Thank You

Q: I am looking for a stock for my TFSA and am thinking about either Nutrien or Thompson Reuters. I am retired and not likely to need this money for many years, if ever.

Ntr has a pretty ugly chart with lower lows and lower highs for the last year, but a pretty good dividend. It might appear to be bottoming at around $60. They also seem to be rather wedded to their old production technologies and are not putting much into R&D (unlike some competitors), which causes me some concern, though it is perhaps offset by tremendous change taking place on their retail side .

TRI seems to only go up, but has only half the yield. They've certainly made a lot of changes in the last couple of years.

Recognizing that they are very different businesses, which would you prefer to own and why?

Q: Hello Peter & 5i group,
I have about 6% in SHOP, as every one knows it's had a huge run and lofty valuations, would you recommend putting a stop loss on the position and if so at approximately what price??
Thank you very much,
Sincerely,
Ken