Investment Q&A

Q: What are your thoughts on ATVI -- Activision Blizzard -- in terms of growth prospects and soundness of balance sheet. If it meets your approval, is this worth a full position in a portfolio -- which for me is 4%. ( I couldn't find any other mention in your archives, even though I was certain you had addressed this company's prospects at one time.) Thank you for you help. (Notwithstanding that this is NOT your area of focus, I always value your opinion.)

Q: This company is starting to have some volume. What is your opinion of it?

Best,
Linda

Q: I own a stock and i want to buy and sell in an attempt to average down my cost and eventually to get even. I would always use the new money invested to trade in and out. This is in a non- registered account. Can i do this without waiting the 30 day period.

Thank You

Vince

Q: Could you please comment on PRW, including debt load and insider holdings?

Thanks, Alan

Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
I know this is an american company but I thought you might have a general perspective.I see it is hitting a new high today...why do you think? Would you consider it a buy, sell or hold at this price?
Thanks for bending the rules and commenting on a USA stock.
Dr.Ernest Rivait

Q: Hello 5i team, Could you explain what is gold streaming and how revenue is generated and taxed? What is the difference between streaming and royalties? Would you recommend investing in streaming companies such as franco nevada as an alternative to have gold in your portfolio or in conjunction with? Would this be considered in the income portion of a portfolio? If you know of a good source that explains it please post. Thanks in advance

Q: Hi 5i team:

What is your opinion about dream office, I am really underwater on this one and seriously thinking to take a capital loss and move on. is there any hope for recovery ?

Slate office : what is you opinion on their management team, is now a good entry point ?

regards
Alex

Q: i asked 5i a few days ago about preferred shares vs reits. 5i response was that reits are favoured due to the fact they can grow their business/distributions over time but both sectors will be impacted by interest rate hikes. i know in the past you have recommended etf for diversification but i've looked at the reit etf's XRE, ZRE, VRE and I have concerns, rightly or wrongly, with either the weightings (Riocan, HR as % of holdings) or certain reits (DREAM) in each etf. what do you think of just holding REF and CAR as my reit holdings instead of an elf, especially given the pullback in those names over the last month or so? would these 2 provide enough diversification in the reit space? these would part of a portfolio with a fair bit of exposure to utilities, pipelines, banks. thank you

Q: I keep reading about this, but NO ONE can tell me exactly HOW to ENROLl in these DRIP Programs. I even dropped into the office of Agnico eagle around the corner, and they did not know.....telling me to see by broker. I also wrote to someone I respect very much at ROB, but to no avail. Can you please tell me how?

Thanks as always!

Q: Hi,
You seem to favour FTS over EMA in your answers to member questions - I am wondering why. The P/E for EMA is lower (14 vs 20) and the dividend is higher (4.6 vs 3.9%). Would you please explain your preference? Have you any plans to do reports on these stocks?
Thanks!

Q: I have watched as KBL has continued to drop. Although I like the diversity KBL provides to my portfolio, I am considering selling in order to preserve my capital gain. A ale would trigger capital gains, so I would prefer not to sell. I would appreciate your opinion on KBL and the tendency for the price to continue to fall. Also, what precipitated the significant dropping the first weeks of March this year, that drop appears to have been the catalyst for the continuing poor performance. Note I tried to go back to March to read 5i comments at that time but I could only go back as far as April, even when I enter K-Bro. as a symbol.

Q: With 90% loss in a 1% position should I not hope for a miracle rather than taking a loss?

Q: Some time ago I asked about this fund TRIMARK GLOBAL ENDEAVOUR FUND. and you mentioned the MER is quite high.If I am thinking of selling this fund and would like to know what stocks or ETF would you replace this fund with?

Thanks
D

Q: Street Capital took a big hit Tue and again Wed (oct05). Can you explain why? What is the outlook over the next few months for this company? Buy /hold /sell?

FN took a big hit too.

Thank you!

Q: i hold Gs in my margin acct and have been and have been an owner for a couple of years now, what are your thoughts as to a continuing hold.

Q: Hi,
I'm loving GoPro lately. I took a position just a few months ago around $12. It's sitting at $17.45 right now. Could you offer some insight as to what's causing the run up and how far (I know it's asking for a crystal ball) you think it will go? Any other thoughts or insights you have into GoPro would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Q: I'm working on a TFSA.Which portfolio should I be using or what type of stocks.

THANK YOU KIM

Q: I would like to make my TFSA more growthy. The candidates I have in my TFSA that I am considering replacing with more growthy names are: TD, IPL and WCP. I own these in a non-registered account as well, but since I can’t take advantage of the dividend tax credit in the TFSA I would like to replace them.

The growthy names I have in my TFSA are DHX.B, ESL, and GUD. I think I have enough of these, so I am looking for other suggestions from your growth and model portfolio. I am considering, CXI, TOY, PBH, ZCL (maybe KXS if it pulls back to the mid-50s). I already own SIS, NFI, OTC, CSU in a non-registered account and think I have enough for now.

What growthy (but not overly risky) stocks would you suggest for a TFSA today for a long term hold?

p.s. I have already maxed out my TFSA contributions. With some cash in the TFSA and the sale of shares I may not have enough $ in the TFSA to buy a full lot(s) of the replacement (e.g sell 100 shares of TD @ $58, buy 200 shares of TOY @ $31.50). I would rather not buy an odd lot (e.g 184 shares of TOY) because I don’t have enough cash in the TFSA, and I can’t add any more $ to the TFSA until next year. Should I wait until I can buy the full lot (i.e. the price falls, or I get dividends to increase cash), wait until January when I can add another $5500 to the TFSA, or find another stock where I can buy full lot(s). What is your opinion on buying odd lots, especially with low volume stocks like TOY and CXI?

Q: What are your thoughts on Journey Energy (JOY)?

Q: What is your option on urb.a?