Q: I hold shares in Rockwell Collins. Recently the company agreed to a friendly takeover by United Technologies . The takeover is worth $140 to COL shareholders via a combination of cash and UTX shares. There is a 7.5% collar in place. Since the deal was announced the shares in COL jumped to the $130 range and have remained there. Is the $10 discrepancy due to the collar ,or is there a good opportunity here to make $10/share on an additional purchase of COL.?
I have a position on NOC for a couple of years. It's spare price has gone up by about 75% since and now accounts for about 4% of my portfolio.
Morning Star just downgraded NOC to 3 stars today. Just wondering whether is it time for me to bail on NOC or at least take some money off the . Also how much stock should an investor put in such rating changes (whether up or down) in general.
Q: Hi Peter, there was a video of a trader by the name of Alessi Rastani reported on the BBC Sept 20 network that is predicting a huge crash coming and seems to be very positive about it. Can you shed some light on this and should we worry about this. How do you handle something of this nature and people like this. Thanks Nick
Q: Good day, I would like to know if you think RPD(RBC Quant European Dividend Leaders) would be a good choice for European exposure, would there be, in your opinion, a better choice (I also look at VE).
Regards
Q: Could I have your views on these 3 funds from TD. Seems to be pretty good performers on a ytd to 15 year returns. Fees seem to be quite reasonable for those 3 funds.
Q: Further to Robert's question, and for my learning, what are the implications of such a large short bet on a good company that is performing well? Will there be a 'short covering' rush that will spike the price? What are the possibilities and likelihoods for short term movements of this stock? Thanks for your help!
Q: Can you account for the underperformance of this mutual fund which hit a high for the year on May 4 of $19.35 and now rests at $18.59?
The mandate is try to match the DJ index by holding the components but the index is some 10% higher now than May which makes the poor performance since then even more glaring. Can you suggest a fund or ETF that would truly mirror the DJ Index? Thanks, J.
Q: Just looking to perhaps enter a 1% position in a well diversified portfolio of 1 of the above based on current weakness. Would you rank best growth potential and which to enter into?
Q: Does the price of this debenture rise and fall with demand only. What are the other factors that would negatively affect this bond. When you say it can be redeemed in 2020 I assume this is by the company. (What are the terms of redemption) If you redeem at any other period I assume it is traded as any other security. I called TD but they were not able to provide me with any real info. The current price is $117.00 does that include paying the seller the interest payment since inception and the rest represents supply and demand? How could this debenture be seriously negatively affected? Thanks so much.
Q: HI Peter/Team if you have to choose the best 5 stocks from the balance portfolio and 5 from the income portfolio which would they be ( I am 60 years old). THANKS JIM.
Q: I sold out of a position and have some cash to work with. I have narrowed it down to three stocks and I'm struggling to pick which one is better at this time. Which of the above would you pick as the long term holding that you feel would have the best return if bought today? Disregard sector allocation. Thanks