Investment Q&A

Q: Dear 5i:
V vs AXP: Would appreciate your best advice on the purchase of either Visa or American Express. Do you consider these stocks to be financial equivalents to banks or not? Thanks for your excellent service.
Lorrianine

Q: HI, What's your take on (osisko) "OSK"
Ken.

Q: Hi Peter & Team:
Hope things are going well in Europe. IPL has completed the bought deal financing at 25.15 per share. Today the shares fell to 24.85. Is Mr market telling us that it is overpriced or is something else afoot?

Thanks,


BEN

Q: DCI, very high debt., very high payout ratio, very low ROE-can this co. sustain the dividend & will > int. rate have a negative impact on stock price & what about erosion of business as cell phones and other devices are able to conduct more financial transactions?? Is their business model protected from these other competitors??

Q: What is your view of Regal Lifestyle Communities ?
Thank You,

Q: EIF: Exchange Income Fund. I have held this stock for several years. Recently it has dropped sharply and precipitously for no apparent reason and no bottom in sight.
1. Have I missed a vital piece of information?
2. Would you recommend adding to my position right now?

Thank you.

Q: What is opinion of Rock Energy RE ? Is there more upside?

Q: I am overweight in BCE and have a half position in T. Given the recent drop in telecoms should I sell, sell part or hold? Also, your thoughts on FCR as a long term hold for dividends and growth. Many thanks for your help.

Q: Hi to you all,I read that GE is going to spin off some of the financial part of their business. Is this a fact, and would it be positive for the stock? I would presume so. A quick yes or no is sufficient. Thank you Phyl

Q: Hello Team,
We would like to ask a question about capital losses. In order to off set gains this year we need to sell a portion of our holdings. The options are either H&R REIT or Intact financial. In your opinion which holding will likely do better in 2014? We could perhaps sell a portion of each. What is your opinion please?
Have a great time in Europe. thanks

Q: NuVista Energy (NVA) has pulled back here with gas prices and a flow-thru issue...is it attractive here or are there better stories in the gas patch you would prefer instead? Thanks

Q: Hope your European trip was enjoyable & profitable!
Would like to reduce my exposure to Western energy. Presently have ALA, ARX, CPG, PKI, PPL,& KEY - all in a cash acct. Have held all for about 4 yrs. & been quite profitable. Just too much concentration. As always your opinion & recommendations are appreciated.

Q: 5i Team,

I hope all is having a great 'workation'.

I have a market strategy question relating to portfolio balancing. For most investors, maintaining a balance portfolio is the best way to hedge market risk / volatility (for the purpose of this question, lets ignore the quality and size of companies being purchased, obviously that is extremely important in any scenario). Theoretically, take 11 sectors and try to maintain relative equal weighting (recognizing that it’s impossible to do so perfectly given daily market fluctuations), hence, a ‘perfectly balance’ portfolio would look like:

Utilities – 9.1%
Consumers Staples – 9.1%
Capital Goods / Industrials – 9.1%
Energy – 9.1%
Financials – 9.1%
Health Care – 9.1%
Consumer Cyclical – 9.1%
Transportation – 9.1%
IT – 9.1%
Materials – 9.1%
Telco – 9.1%

Questions:

1. For a client who is willing to go up on the risk curve, are you ok positioning a portfolio overweight / underweight in sectors that you think will outperform / underperform?

2. Given today’s macro economic backdrop, what sectors do you think will be outperforming / underperforming over the next 1-3 years?

3. Finally, I am a 30 year old investor maintaining a small, relatively balance, six figure portfolio. I will be transferring over additional cash to deploy within the coming weeks equal to about 50% of my current portfolio size and am trying to determine how best to position myself in the 11 sectors. I have time on my side, and future cash to invest in coming years, so I’m not overly worried about taking on more risk if I think it can lead to higher returns, but don’t want to be stupid either. As such, assuming I maintain a relative balance of small cap and large cap companies, what weightings do you think I should aim for? How would you position a portfolio TODAY within the 11 sectors for a more ‘risk on’ investor?

Utilities – ?
Consumers Staples – ?
Capital Goods / Industrials – ?
Energy – ?
Financials – ?
Health Care – ?
Consumer Cyclical – ?
Transportation – ?
IT – ?
Materials – ?
Telco – ?

Sorry for the long question.

Q: Do you think CCT Catamaran is in real trouble or is this now a really great buy? Thank you

Q: I'm not to sure how it all works. But on oct. 17th. The US National Dept. might come into play. A friend of mine told me maybe we should be selling ALL of our stocks. Ever since we've been listening to you guys were boyh up. Him about 25% & me about 35% we really don't want to lose our profits. So do you think we should be selling or holding on. We really appreciate all the help we've received from you. We'll be waiting for your advice. Thank You Very Much. Andy

Q: Hello Peter and the 5I team

What do you think of the new developments concerning POT? I bought this stock 2 days after the big drop, do you see good gains in this one in the short term?

Q: Hello Team,

Amaya had warrants start trading yesterday, aya.wt.a

Would you have a preference for the stock or the warrants?

You provide a great service,

Thanks

Q: your opinions on CALFRAC WELL SERVICES CFW-T would be appreciated. thank you.

Q: Equity Financial EQI is dropping on news of a management change. When I look at the bio of the incoming person I think the stock should be rising, not dropping. It appears that investors had more confidence in the outgoing person? Any thoughts?

Q: seems to be some rumblings with barrick gold, where do you think this is heading medium and long term outlook,

thanks