Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,

Is there a web site where I can see the short positions on various stocks? In the same vein, is there a site that detail which days companies report their results?

Thanks

Q: I own loblaws and wondering what to do with my soon to be issued george weston. Is it a hold or sell.

Q: It's been a few months since anyone has asked about BEAT. It's been on a tear all year and apparently just announced some good results and/or guidance.

Can you summarise the recent results please and would you be a buyer?

Q: Good Afternoon: Another question about preferreds. I notice that kml.pr.a, a Kinder Morgan Canada preferred is now trading more than a dollar below its par value of $25. This is a rate reset with a guaranteed minimum of something above 5% yield. My suspicion is that this has something to do with the current deep malaise of anything connected to the energy sector in Western Canada. However, KML surely has a viable ongoing business as long as there is oil and gas to be transported from source to elsewhere. I could see the negativity if the switch away from fossil fuels to renewables was imminent, but this hardly seems the case. Or am I missing some factor that is peculiar to KML and its operations. I actually thought it came out of the deal involving TransMountain pretty well. Your comments please. Don

Q: Greetings,
I am specifically interested in finding out about NWH & BIP but as a general "rule of thumb", are international holdings better held in RRSP accounts irrespective of them being listed on TSX?

Q: For someone focused on income, what 3 or 4 names would you suggest in the Consumer Staples space. All I have currently is NWC.

Thanks.

Q: What would you see as the top 3 stocks and etfs with the most potential at this stage in the market 3 year investment ?

I enjoy the webinar by the way and continue to appreciate your work gang!

John

Q: In response to Stuart, another free tracking tool for equities is on Morningstar.ca. US and Canadian. It is pretty good and has news and other features. Free registration required.

Q: Which of these or other recommendations do use suggest for a position in US housing?

Q: I'm often sitting with ~$5K-$10K in cash reserves, which sit in my TFSA/RRSP account while I wait to decide how to invest that money. Usually the money sits for a Quarter or more. What are your thoughts on investing the money into XBB instead of letting it sit in cash? It pays a 2.95% Yield and historically has been fairly stable (thought it has dropped in value this year).
Given my time-frame, do you think its worth investing the money into XBB while I wait to decide how to invest, or better to simply have the money sit in cash?

Q: In answer to Stuart, who was looking for somewhere which would give him information on his stocks, I have found that Yahoo Finance does a good job of this. Once you put in your list of stocks you'll get a grabbag of the latest stories at the end of the list every day. Or you can click on any given stock, page down past the usual financial information like the stock chart for today and find the latest story on it, including earnings releases. Works for both US and Canadian stocks.

Q: I have a question about 3135
Would you buy RA or GSBD or both or none for income. Both seem stable enough. Dividend probably safe do you agree ? Difficult for me to assess risk. I like that one is backed by Brookfield, the other by Goldman, or does that matter anymore.
Thanks.

Q: I have a question about 891

Why would Enbridge suspend the DRIP if they weren't offering anything 'extra' (as in an extra % to those who took part) to take part in it?

Q: For a two to five year hold roughly, which of these two companies have better upsude potential, disregarding risk, thanks?

Q: which stock would you recommend for exposure to newly legalized sports gambling?

Q: I would like to invest $4,000 short term (less than 2 years). Are there a few stocks you can suggest for me to invest in?

Q: Any thoughts on EIT.UN after yesteday's raise of additional funds,

Q: Caldwell Partners' stock price has been trending higher with trading volumes slightly higher too. I believe this is anticipation to fiscal 2018 results most likely due out next week and maybe a dividend increase too. Given the Company's strong balance sheet should the stock not trade at dividend yield of 5% or less implying a stock price of $1.75 prior to any dividend increase with more upside potential thereafter based on results and outlook for fiscal 2019?

Q: Hello,
I am attempting to add RYT to my watchlist but it is not in your database.
INVESCO S&P 500 EQUAL WEIGHT TECHNOLOGY (US: RYT)
I recently added a half position, it is down like all of the other Tech ETF's.
What is your opinion on this ETF vs XLK or other Tech ETF's.
For a medium term hold .. growth.
Thanks as always !

Q: The Globe and Mail seems to have dropped their Stocklist function which used to enable me to go to Stocklist and then bring up all news on my Stocklist including earnings releases and other news. Is there another site offering a similar function. Cannot understand the change at the Globe and Mail it was the most useful feature they had.