skip to content
  1. Home
  2. >
  3. Investment Q&A
You can view 3 more answers this month. Sign up for a free trial for unlimited access.

Investment Q&A

Not investment advice or solicitation to buy/sell securities. Do your own due diligence and/or consult an advisor.

Q: Hi Peter, a very illiquid stock, Senvest (SEC.to) is showing huge earnings, trades at only 2x or so right now. Any thoughts on this co, is it just too illiquid to touch or is it worth a taste.

Thanks a lot
Read Answer Asked by Christopher on March 31, 2014
Q: Peter and talented crew. Andy Nasr was on BNN today, suggesting that Box.un was undervalued,the best value in retail office properties co., with a decent dividend.Has the US holdings concern now lessened? and your opinion please re growth ?
Thank you,Phyl in BC
Read Answer Asked by Phyllis on March 31, 2014
Q: This is in response to Kelly's question about good books for recent grads. I've found the rich dad poor dad series to be informative. One concept that's very helpful is the author's suggestion of looking at investments through young eyes. The younger generation knew about facebook, Michael Kors, Under Armour, Chipotle, LULU well before they became mainstream. In the same vein Peter Lynch, how to beat the street is an easy to implement investing strategy that compliments the above.
Read Answer Asked by Clinton on March 31, 2014
Q: Can not find the income portfolio that was to be posted on the weekend. Was it done?
Read Answer Asked by michael on March 31, 2014
Q: Would you please give me your opinion on TNP going forward. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on March 31, 2014
Q: Good morning team; in view of this mornings announcement re Entwisle stepping down. what is your opinion of telus going forward.I am currently overweight and am planning on selling some in the near future.Should I pull the trigger now or place a covered call order? keep up the great work thanx for your answer
Read Answer Asked by rick on March 31, 2014
Q: I am overweight with BNS in my rrsp account . I am prepared to sell
500 shares at $67.00 Is there any advantage in trying to do a covered call while i wait for the share to reach $67.00 and if so is there a risk I might have to
settle on a price below $67. I have never used an option in the past and want to know if it might be feasible in this instance .
Also I really liked the video did on the most popular 5 questions . It was very well done , relevant , clear , and brief . Hope more will follow ., When will the revised model portfolio be released . Thanks Rick
Read Answer Asked by Richard on March 31, 2014
Q: please suggest a good agriculture ETF. US or Canada? thanks
Read Answer Asked by harry on March 31, 2014
Q: Hello
Not a question- but a response to Kelly's question on financial reading. I found William Bernsteins book "The Four Pillars of Investing" to be very good. It may be out of print- but I'm certain could be found online. Highly recommended.
Regards
Read Answer Asked by Les on March 31, 2014
Q: Good afternoon 5i,

Methanex has been going down ever since it hit an all time high at the beginning of the month. Something is going on and noe news is out. I have been trying to find the insider if they are bying or selling and I have no luck. I am wandering if you guys know something that I don't. Your thought would be graetly appreciated.

Thanks

Paul
Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 31, 2014
Q: Could you please give me 5 or 6 potential takeout candidates. Thanx Robbie
Read Answer Asked by Robert on March 31, 2014
Q: Peter et al,
You have used the term "momentum shift" and "momentum investor" recently. I wonder if you can explain these to this old but still learning investor.
Gary
Read Answer Asked by Gary on March 31, 2014
Q: On March 26th, an article appeared in my local paper written by Martin Pelletier. Martin quoted Hulbert Financial Digest as follows," Corporate Officers and Directors in recent weeks have on average sold six shares of their company stock for every one they bought. This is more than double the long term adjusted ratio since 1990 and is the most pessimistic insiders have been in more than 25 years".

The article also said that research by Bank of America showed that institutional clients have been large net sellers of stocks since mid-February despite receiving large inflows from investors.
This sounds like a pretty significant warning. Could you please provide your thoughts?
Read Answer Asked by Richard on March 31, 2014
Q: AVO's current swoon began on the day their COO was released and an new COO was appointed. The technical chart shows the price today has rallied off support established on November 20th last year. The primary trend (up) is still well established and won't be broken unless prices reach $27 to 27.50. I'm underwater on the stock but won't be a seller unless both support and the trend is broken. If there is a question in here, I guess it is to ask if my thinking can be shared with you.
Read Answer Asked by Fred on March 31, 2014
Q: Hi Peter & 5i: Just a comment on Mike’s question about diversification and allocations across various types of accounts for a given individual: One thing that people forget about sometimes is that the after-tax value of a $5k position in a taxable account or TFSA is “bigger” than an equivalent dollar position inside an RSP, because the whole of the RSP position will subject to tax at the rate equivalent to earned income or interest income upon its withdrawal from the RSP. So in some cases it may look like people are over-weight interest bearing securities in their RSPs when in fact they aren’t. Since (apart from changes in one’s tax bracket) the tax payable on the interest income is the same in a taxable account as it is on the withdrawal from an RSP, there is no loss of a favourable tax treatment by having those securities inside the RSP. Then the potential for one to be in a lower tax bracket at the time of withdrawals from RSPs or RRIFs (the “deferral effect”= growth of pre-tax investments combined with a potentially lower tax bracket and tax rate in retirement due to reduced income) creates the possibility of gaining a favourable tax result on the withdrawal of the interest bearing security. If the RSP is loaded up with dividend and capital gains securities in a bid for significant growth, what one is doing is banking on the benefit of the deferral effect being sufficient to outweigh the relatively favourable tax rates that would otherwise have applied to dividends and capital gains achieved on corresponding (but smaller) investments in a taxable account. That is some tough math to figure out though and it has some unpredictable variables in the equation. Maybe best to have some growth prospects both inside and outside the RSP account, just in case? Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Lance on March 31, 2014
Looking for more? Sign up for a FREE 14 day trial! No credit card required

We invite you to sign up for a 14 day free trial of 5i Research!
Experience all the benefits and tools we have to offer; stock research, model portfolios, Q&A with our experts, and so much more. Join a community of like-minded investors today!