Investment Q&A

Q: I recently asked you for 4-5 core picks for U.S. stocks and you kindly sent them to me that was appreciated. I am trying to keep my stocks organized by sector, which you have also helped me with and wondered what (based on your Sectors) Costco and Disney would be in?
Thank you so much
Margaret

Q: Hello Crew
I'm looking for a Canadian domiciled etf similar to IGRO or VIGI.
thank you. gary

Q: Would you continue to hold CM if you had it. If not what would you swap it with.

Q: What are your favorite three US companies in the 5 to 20 billion market cap range?

Q: Hi Team - thoughts on the stock and industry overall going into 2020. Thanks.

Q: Do you currently have an opinion on AZN?

Q: Could you compare Key and Gei in the sector ?

Q: Would you add as its making all time highs?

Q: Hi Team,
RECP is down almost 30% in the last 2 months most probably due to big stockholders sales at the end of September.
... Price momentum is very ugly at the moment.
When would you consider the name a buying opportunity.

Thx

Q: Adding to a TSX comp index fund I tried to pick stocks from the balanced portfolio and others you have reports on. I'm struggling to put in the time I think required to manage 20 Canadian stocks. I'm considering buying WXM and reducing down to about 10 stocks. Anything faulty in this plan? Do you like WXM and are there other similar ETFs you can recommend i should consider?

Q: So what happens to my shares of quarterhill that I bought on the nasdaq exchange in US dollars. Do they get convert to Canadian dollars.
My shares are held in a US cash account.

Q: Please comment on the financial results of these companies. PD & ZM drop afterhours.
Thanks a lot

Q: Siyata (SIM) has been getting some good purchase orders and the shares were finally coming off a low base. Then they announced a $10 million convertible debenture with the convert price at 45 cents for the next two years. I thought with some solid PO's that they could get some bank financing or even facture financing. Instead they did a convertible debenture. What do you think of this move? If the convertible debenture is a good deal for the ones investing who can a small retail guy participate. Do you have to call the finance company that is doing the issue (PI financial, cannacord) and see ask to buy some? If so, do you have to be a client of those firms? I have kept up to date on this company and I like their future but I have to admit that I am disappointed that the stock price got slammed down again.

Q: A trading education question - today (Dec.5) WCP opened at $4.25, high of day was $4.36 and at 4pm closed at $4.29. Volume weighted average trade price for the day was $4.2918

On the TMX site more trades were listed at 4:10pm. Six trades printed, all done at $4.68
Selling brokers included brokerges with numbers 85,62,25,68 & 80. The TMX Member Firm Directory details those brokerages.

https://www.tsx.com/trading/accessing-our-markets/member-firm-directory

Question relates to the buying broker for all 6 of the 4:10pm EST trade prints - brokerage #100. Total volume printed for the 6 trades was 407,000 shares. Not mom or pop trading in their pajamas.

Who is brokerage #100 & what would be the probable reason for why the 6 shown trades were done at over a 9% premium to the day's volume weighted average trade price (ie. $4.68 vs $4.29)?

I'm assuming it's somehow related to institutional trading given individual trade volume sizes (250,000 on one print) but I would be interested to know a better answer. Ideas?

Thanks for insights and opinions.

Richard in PG

Q: Hi, could you please give the latest short positions on EIC . Thanks everyone and good weekend to all

Q: Please rank these companies with a long term hold in mind.
Thanks

Q: Please comment on the latest earnings release and quarterly update. Recovery now in progress and on track?

Q: In the company data for PKI the earnings estimate is $1.52 which is a negative 22% growth over 2019, is this correct?
For FSV the estimate is $2.38 which is negative 3.6% over the previous year?
And for ATD.B there are no estimates, do have any estimates for next year?
Your assistance as always is greatly appreciated.
Mike

Q: When reporting capital gains/losses on schedule 3 of the income tax return, would you know whether one must report DLR/DLR.U transactions? There would be no gains or losses, after all, when the two are carried out together.

Q: Hi Team,
What do you think of the research report published this morning by Spruce Point Capital on CTC.A. Anything relevant or just another short attacking a Canadian company. Thanks!