Investment Q&A

Q: Espial (T.ESP) turned the corner to profitability with its latest results in February and are now rubbing shoulders with, or supplying some of the majors in the IP video and Smart TV sectors.

Given the real and immediate threat to cable companies by outfits like Netflix, this area seem very promising for some competent players.

Given the Q4 results, have Espial's future prospects moved up meaningfully in your estimation?

Thanks!

Q: Hello Peter....I have a few questions from reading your right-on allocation for sectors on the TSX.(https://www.5iresearch.ca/questions/category/market-strategy?page=6#sthash.OCVTk6O3.dpuf) I take it this allocation is still 'good' in the current environment..and also built around a dividend/growth approach.

This allocation gives a weighting of 10% to info tech - hardware and 10% to info tech - internet and software. I'm sizing up my info tech positions between these two splits. For hardware, I assigned 2 positions, Avigilon and DavisHenderson, with a total weighting of 4.6%. I would appreciate your suggestions to round out info tech hardware....being with Canadian or US companies.

I earmarked Amaya, CSI. Constellation, Enghouse, Open Text to info tech - internet/software, summing up to 6.7%. For these, should I be adding to these positions or are there others, Canadian or US entities?

Also is there an article on Cdn Money Saver or other source about your thoughts on sector allocation/weighting?

Again, thanks.............Tom

Q: Good evening
May I have a clarification on the payout for WEQ? On 14 Nov you suggested it was 53 pc and on 13 Mar you suggested 79 pc
Donville on BNN this evening seemed to suggest it was approaching 100 pc?
I look forward to you reply.

Q: What is qhr reporting date?

Q: Hi Peter and 5I team,
Have you changed your opinion of the auto parts sector since the announcement of the South Korea deal? We know you like Linamar's fundamentals, as per your answer to the question on march 4th. Cannacord downgraded to hold and CIBC upgraded to outperform. We hold it in our TFSA with a great 48% gain. Is it time to take half off the table?
We value your opinion.

Q: It has been over a year since you answered anything on PFB.Can you give me an update going forward.I have owned it for years.Thanks Don

Q: ATD.B reported today. I would appreciate your comments on the results and if you felt there was good growth potential for the next one to two years. Thank you Ian

Q: Hello Peter....I googled "hodson allocation risk" and this is interview that starts off with "I actually bought my first stock when I was 11, in Ottawa. It was Mitel Corp......"

Though others than tune in at 5iResearch might like to read it 2. It's at http://www.myownadvisor.ca/category/authors-and-books/
..............Tom M

Q: We have full positions in the 5 major Cdn banks and a 1/2 posn in PWF. We have smaller posns in 3 utes, BEP, EMA and NPI. We rely on dividends for income so I'm considering dropping PWF for CPX, for better dividend and stability. Comment?

Q: Peter,

How do you interpret the latest results from Gamehost (GH) They seem to be blaming the weather for less than stellar sales, a pretty common theme these days. Justified or an excuse?

Thanks.

Paul F.

Q: Peter and team

What are your comments on CPX? Are there other utilities that off an equivalent yield that you would recommend instead?

Thanks
Phil

Q: Hello 5i team.
I am looking at either
VDY - 2.68% Yield - Management Fee - .30% MER - .34% or
XDV - 3.86% Yield - Management Fee - .50% MER - .55%.

XDV has the higher yield but it also has the higher fees. Does this make any difference. Take the higher yield & pay the higher fees or take the lower yield and lower fees. It looks like VDY outperformed XDV past year.

Q: dhx do you think it is a good buy at this time? thank you

Q: Peter and Team
I am looking for a junior copper stock, good balance sheet at a undervalued price. I know copper is out of favor...this would be a long term contrarian investment. What are your thoughts about CAPSTONE MINING? Does it pass the test or would you suggest others? Thank you for your excellent service...I was delighted with your recent subscription discount and was glad to sign up for another two years!
Dr. Ernest Rivait

Q: In my margin account I own four companies right now. They are SGY, DFN, WCP and CPG. All are eligible dividends except DFN. I dont want to sell DFN due to a capital gain. I am just wondering if you could give me five additional names that I could add over time for long term holds that have a good growing dividend that is considering an eligible dividend. Thanks

Q: I know you do not cover us stocks , however your opinion is valued.
I own GNW 5% of my portfolio, which has done fairly well over the last couple years. Where do you see GNW in the next 4 years. Is it worth holding or take profits and move on .

Thanks for your exceptional service.

Q: I own 5000 shares of Dragon Wave (DWI). Do you see any upside in this company? I know they were in the high teens at one point. Will they ever recover or be bought out. They seem to have good technology but lots of debt.

Q: I started watching NEV a couple of years ago when it was about .15 cents and very speculative. Lately there has been some gold discovery and it has jumped up to the .90 cent range. Is there value in this company at the current stock price? Or, has the stock price gone up more based on hype. Thanks so much,
Kim

Q: Could I get you opinion on GGT.un (Goodman Gold Trust) it holds a wide variety of gold (mainly) stocks. They trade in and out of the stocks (must be doing it successfully as they recently paid a
17 % dividend). The stock trades well below it's NAV.
While I'm looking at Ned Goodman (Dundee) stocks why does DC.A trade at less than 1/2 NAV and is it a buy at this level.
Thanks

Q: Hi all,
I'm trying to understand what I conceive as price discrepancy between the atlantic power preferred shares and their convertible debentures. AZP.PR.B is a rate reset presently yielding 12.5% (17.5% after tax consideration) and the longest term (2019) debentures (atp.db.d) yields 13.92% to maturity. Is the 3.6% spread simply due to the added duration (preferreds could be reset indefinitely in theory) and the fact that they are lower down on the balance sheet. Or, is that fact these preferreds were originally issued by Epcor, and are really a held in subsidiary of Atlantic Power corporation. How would this effect the preferred shares in the event of a default.
Thanks again.
Emile