Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Peter,

Could you pls let me know whether sales force is holding 10% of evertz shares and if so what is the relevance to their business.

Thanks
Paul

Q: Hi Peter n team,
Is now a good entry point for this stock? I notice the p/e is high. Is the dividend safe?
Is ithis appropriate in my tfsa account? Do you have a couple names that are better for renewable energy? Time frame is 5 years. Thanks as always. Rossana

Q: Why such huge swings in the oil stocks. Is it institutional investors buying large lots and buying and selling to make quick money? But someone is buying expecting to sell at a higher price. Every time crew goes up I think I should sell and then Ibdon't just to see it fall again. It is so confusing. There is an oil rout so why are these things moving up?



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Q: I bought this stock last July and you can see where it is at now. Do you have a prognosis for it's future performance in 2016?

Q: Again & again I hear about the great opportunities in INDIA.
Would app. your current opinion as well as recommendations for a reasonable position - likely a broad 1 or 2 ETFs &/or large growing multinationals. Thank you.

Q: My current financial sector weighting is 10% . Do you feel this is a good time to look at increasing it - up to 13-15%, perhaps.
If so, my current holdings are BNS,CXI,EFN,GS,SLF,TCN & CDZ. (very small positions in CXI, TCN & CDZ). I have room in both my TFSA & SDRSP. Would appreciate your thoughts on what current holdings, if any, I might increase,(and/or eliminate) Or, if there are new names you would consider adding ?

Q: Hi, how do you feel about csw and should I consider a or b shares. Greetings, Peter

Q: What's going on with PEO? 13% down today only!

Q: According to your newsletter this morning, you have disposed of your BIN. Have you any plans to replace it at this time?

Q: Your opinion on this company and wouldIs would u buy for income? Thanks Clare

Q: Gifted $41000.00 to my daughter for a new TFSA. Based on the current market, I would appreciate your pics for 2 or possibly 3 growth stocks(with or without dividends) as I plan on controlling this investment for 5 years after which time she can do what she wants! As always, appreciate you expertize.

Q: Don't see much Q/A on Airline companies. Would have thought they would be getting a boost to the bottom line in 2016 due to the low (and going lower) cost of oil. WJA share price looks pretty beat up right now. Can you come up with any negatives on this stock?

Q: Hello,
Could I please get your opinion on Transforce vs Trimac. When Contrans was sold I purchased a small part position in each TFI and TMA. Both are down approx 30% and each represent about 1- 1.5% of my portfolio. I am debating on selling one of them for a loss and adding to the other. Which one if any would keep and why? Or should I average down on both or one of them? I can hold long term if needed.
Thanks for your help,
Kerri

Q: Peter & Team, I have held both stocks for a long time and done very well, but they are down sharply in January. The US rails (CSX & UNP recently reported) are doing really badly with freight volumes in decline like recession levels (as was the case last quarter). But CN, counter trend, put in a great result last quarter and First Call earnings outlooks suggest CNR will way outperform the major US rails again. Do you think this will continue and why has CNR been beating the US rails? As for SJ, I assume it is off sharply because of the decline in US rail business. CNR and SJ are both cyclical and in this economic environment, should they be held or sold?

Q: I am interested in ARE, STN, WSP and SNC as potential beneficiaries of federal infrastructure spending but am wondering how much of these company's current business is associated with the energy industry. Do you have an estimate of this for each of these 4 companies.
Thank You

Q: Good morning. With provincial and federal health ministers strategizing to lower pharmaceutical costs for Canadians, what do you think will be the impact on Jean-Coutu? Is it likely or even certain that a Pan-Canadian bulk-buying program for drugs will open Jean-Coutu's sales to more provinces and increase the volume of generic drugs Jean-Coutu sells? Thanks for your excellent advice.

Here is a quote from the CBC article posted Jan 21:

The group will build on the work of the provinces' bulk-buying program, the Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance, which saves money by negotiating large contracts with pharmaceutical companies.

"Even with that work, prescription drugs are still too expensive in this country," said B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake.

Q: Please give an update, I have held this for six years, is it ever going to do any thing? Thank you

Q: I am a long time holder of both Goldcorp and Yamana, both of which have been decimated and are now much smaller positions within my portfolio. Today you removed G from the model portfolio and replaced it with AEM. If I wanted to purchase AEM to replace some (or all) of my current gold holdings, would you recommend that I sell Goldcorp, Yamana, or both to pick up an equal weighting of AEM?

Q: What is your opinion of this fund. I have held it for a number of years. But now with the market malaise am wondering if I should add to it; or sell it in order to put the funds to better use - in a well diversified (mostly 5i oriented 3 dimensional portfolio - BE, Income, and Growth). NCE appears to be up almost 1.8% YTD which seems like a "grand slam" compared to mostly everything else.

As usual, thanks in advance for your guidance on this one.

Q: I am looking for a trading opportunity in this.
FTN just sold 2.5 million shares of FTN at 9.90 at the end of November. The most recent NAV on Quadravest website for FTN is 16.71 at Dec. 31.
These are dual class structures and if the preferreds are worth $10 that leaves approximately $6.71 for the nav of FTN.
Whoever pays $9.90 for this in Nov. got ripped off.
FTN was at $5 in the last week of trading. If I bid at $5 my cost should have a good margin of error below the current NAV.
I had success with RBN.un previously playing this game with stink bids well below NAV.
Thx for expert opinions.
Blake