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Investment Q&A

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Q: Hello Peter and Team,
I hold these three securities in my RIF account with over 20% loss.
I am thinking of selling specially MAXR and PHO to replace them with two other securities with more potential upside when and if the market recover.
Please give your opinion and potential replacements.
Raouf
Read Answer Asked by Raoul on November 26, 2018
Q: Hi,

I want to make a longterm buy in tire stock because I think tires will continue to be needed no matter type of car gas or electric. I was considering cooper or goodyear. Which of these look like they are good value builder for a longterm hold. Or can you suggest some other stock along these lines. Thanks.

Regards
Shyam
Read Answer Asked by Shyam on November 26, 2018
Q: In the preferred share space I own both cpd and Ecn.pr.a. I am down a fair amount on both. Does the market really affect prefs that much. I bought because of the reset feature . Assuming higher interest rates the reset rate would be higher. No indication yet of falling rates in which case I would sell CPD and take my losses. On the other hand minimum rate reset preferred guarantees a specific rate protection on falling interest rates while at the same time having a possible increase in the reset rate if interest rates rise. Looks to me the best of both worlds. My investment is for income. Final question , will price go back to par on reset date.
Can one expect the the closer to reset the closer the value will be to par.
Read Answer Asked by Roy on November 26, 2018
Q: I know you removed Pivot (PTG) from your Growth Portfolio several months ago to redeploy into a stock offering better potential. It seems to have bottomed out around the $1.00 area during this current bout of volatility/tax loss selling and has now risen to $1.29 area. Looks like the tax loss selling may have concluded for this stock ? Are vale investors stepping in ? Can I get your opinion of this company and its potential moving forward.

Thanks

Dave
Read Answer Asked by David on November 26, 2018
Q: Toy is looking like another TSGI. The stock has been on a steady downward slope since July, now down around 30% give or take. On the basis of projections for 2019 the shares are trading at about 21 times projected earnings. Sales are expected to increase by about 7% in 2019, with earnings growing at around 10%. What is a reasonable multiple that the shares should be trading at? Unless there is something on the horizon that will increase growth, a 21 times earnings multiple seems too high for the expected sales and earnings growth. Something closer to 10 times would seem more appropriate. And if so, there is a lot more hurt to come by continuing to hold the shares. Is there anything that I am missing? Why do you think that the current price is justified? Why should shareholders continue to own the shares? And why this continued weakness heading into the Christmas season?
Read Answer Asked by John on November 26, 2018
Q: Hi 5i Team.

I have positions in the three ETFs listed above representing financial and Canad/US real estate sectors. The ETFs are at a reasonable cost and provide good yields. What is 5i's opinion about these three ETFs.

Thanks

Iqbal
Read Answer Asked by Iqbal on November 26, 2018
Q: I hold small positions in Heo nd Jtr at a loss. Is there any hope going for ward for these? If you were to hold just one,which has the better outlook for the next 2 to 3 years and why? Also, is Spb a buy at these levels? I'm concerned about their debt level,even though they have raised their outlook upwards for 2019. Thanx.
Read Answer Asked by Steve on November 26, 2018