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Q: What do you think of Cascades? It carries a decent dividend of 3.8% but I'm not sure where in the economic cycle that sales and revenues might increase.
Read Answer Asked by Newman on November 28, 2012
Q: Hi Peter - your opinion on PIX? Valuation is cheap relative to much larger peers on an EV/EBITDA basis. Nice steady growth, diversified customer base and a high percentage of recurring revenue. Plus the data centre space has seen a lot of M&A activity at high multiples over last few years.
Read Answer Asked by Travis on November 28, 2012
Q: do you think that[BDI] black diamond group, and [SJ] stella jones, could be good long term investments, eg.3 to 5 years, thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Pat on November 28, 2012
Q: Peter; Could you suggest a ETF that tracks the U..S financials , weighted to the banks? I am not concerned about currency hedging. Thanks.. Rod
Read Answer Asked by Rodney on November 27, 2012
Q: Hello Peter.
What do you think of Glacier Media, they have slowly bought back shares, and have a great p/e, started to pay dividend this year. I know they are in the print media, but most is free distribution community media, and I see the paper is always full of flyers.
Read Answer Asked by francois on November 27, 2012
Q: hello 5i:
could you advise where I could find, and track, the following information: earnings yield of the S&P 500, and the current 10 year Treasury Yield. And, is there a site that charts the current year earnings for S&P 500 companies that readily shows whether consensus earnings or rising or declining.
thanks
Paul
Read Answer Asked by Paul on November 27, 2012
Q: Hi Peter,

Quick thoughts on Gale Force Petroleum. They seem to be trading at a deep discount compared to its peers. GFP on the venture exchange.
Read Answer Asked by Graham on November 27, 2012
Q: A response to the question on list of companies increasing dividends for past 10 years. Can't do 10 but CDZ only includes companies having increased for 5 consequtive years and the companies in the fund are easily available.
Read Answer Asked by Bryon on November 27, 2012
Q: Peter; Would you read anything into the huge ( nearly 9millioN) shares of TBE traded? Thanks..Rod
Read Answer Asked by Rodney on November 27, 2012
Q: MUX has some rights about to expire. Looking at the option of a short and long term window in your opinion should these be sold or exercised ?
Read Answer Asked by Alex on November 27, 2012
Q: Hi Peter,

I am very pleased with the service you offer.

In addition to the advice 5i offers, I am trying to do my own investigation. Is there an easy way to find summary reporting of Canadian equities that have a +10 history of raising dividends (and not lowering them as well - wink). Maybe some sort of overall ranking by "reliability of dividend raising", "amount of rise", "effect of rises on capitol appreciation of equity". That sort of thing.

Thanks, and keep up the great work.
Read Answer Asked by Jim on November 27, 2012
Q: May I please have your comments on the new "BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Industrials Index ETF" (ZIN). It appears to hold three 5i covered stocks (WestJet, Stantec and Black Diamond) as well as others that have been discussed on the 5i questions section such as Wajax. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on November 27, 2012
Q: CWF is a closed end mutual fund which trades at a substantial discount (37%) to NAV. Is this a good buy?
Read Answer Asked by Douglas on November 27, 2012
Q: I am wondering why the preferred shares of Fortis are trending down in price. Fortis, common shares (FTS) have a flat trend line, however, its FTS.PR.G preferred share price is trending down, despite an annual yield of 5.2%. I have not been able to discover why this downward trend is occurring. Do you have any thoughts on why this is happening? Thanks … Cal Chapman
Read Answer Asked by cal on November 27, 2012
Q: Watching the RPL and CXP deal unfold. Do you like this combination(execution Dec 17th)and if so how would you play it?
Thank-you.
Read Answer Asked by Alex on November 26, 2012
Q: With the statement from Sylogist that " going forward, cash flow, excluding the impact from aquisitions is expected to increase by at least 50% over the prior fiscal year could you help me out with a fair value for this stock and tell me how you make the calculation, so that I can apply it in the future?
Would it be too risky to buy TCS Tecsys just days before earnings or do you consider it good value still?
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on November 26, 2012
Q: could I get an opinion on HNZ the old canadian helicopters .Thank You.
Read Answer Asked by rick on November 26, 2012
Q: Hi Peter,

What do you think of KCG at this time. It has taken a huge trading loss and seems like it has bottomed out. Plus there is also a rumour of a takeover. I also see a net cash (less debt) of about 1.9B as per Yahoo. What are your thoughts on this?
Read Answer Asked by Imtiaz on November 26, 2012
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