Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,

Quick thoughts on these companies. I'm doing some clean up and these positions are under 1% in my portfolio. Which ones would you continue to hold, add to or just sell? Can you please rank. I have a diversified portfolio. Thanks!

Q: How do you feel about adding to New Flyer at these levels.

Q: Hi 5i,

I hold both NFI and COV in a cash account. I am looking at purchasing both at 2% position in my TFSA and then selling them both for a tax loss. Your opinion?

Bonus question-based on the ruffled feathers, would you consider doing a review of the various portfolios performance with commentary at set periods?

Thx

Q: If based on 5i previous report insiders owned 12% of the company and if insiders now own less than 3% could this have something to do with the stock weakness? Thx

Q: Do you agree with Gordon Pape’s opinion of NFI?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-despite-an-attractive-yield-investors-should-steer-clear-of-this/
We sold some shares last year at a substantial profit but kept some which is currently around a 3% weighting and we are still up over 100%. I wonder if we should be selling the rest? The company is still profitable but the future profitability seems to be opaque. Mr. Pape comments on the drop in new orders (firm and options). Just wondering if he is spinning the numbers? Has there been a big decline in firm orders excluding options and any idea historically how solid an option to purchase a bus become an actual purchase? When a buyer places an option to purchase a bus does this cost the purchaser any money? If there is no cost to purchase an option to buy a bus then it would seem to be a pretty weak number since the buyer doesn’t have “skin in the game” so to speak.
Any thoughts you have would be appreciated.
Jim

Q: Good morning...I am a 68 year old retail investor that has all of my expenses covered with dividend paying stocks....in my rif I hold nfi and toy both down about the same...I am thinking of selling and trading the two of them for arx and mx as these sectors are down and also these two stocks have large dividends.. would you change them now or hold the original two...also I hold vet in the energy sector and although down like the dividend

Q: On July 22 you stated that NFI is listed as Consumer Cyclical...are you sure? When I check the TSX website I can’t find Consumer Cyclical stocks. There are Consumer Discretionary stocks but NFI is not listed as one. To the best of my knowledge there is no heading using the word Cyclical. Of course we understand Material and Energy stocks are cyclical. Consumer Discretionary stocks would seem to have the potential to be cyclical since the consumer could elect not to purchase. Peter in the past has warned us that NFI is a cyclical company but maybe he could clarify what makes it so. I suppose in times of high unemployment people could stop taking the bus to work. Large buses are used by the tourist industry to transport visitors so I guess that could be a cyclical use too. Any other uses? With the retirement of us Baby Boomers we seem to be traveling more (speaking for myself) then when we were working and that seems to be a fairly strong trend which should be good for another 10 to 15 years. This trend should help a company like NFI don’t you think?
Jim

Q: I have about 20% cash in my TFSA. Other holdings are AQN, MSI, BPY, ENB and CGX. Would like to deploy about half the cash into one of AFN, NFI, CGY or FSZ. What would your pick be?

Q: Further to my prior question about allocating stocks to multiple sectors, how would you assign the following? I know this is 'not a science', but I think it will give me a better idea of my sector distribution.
TCL.A Cons Disc:Industrial
CCL.B Cons Disc:Industrial
NFI Cons Disc:Industrial
MG Cons Disc:Industrial
LNR Cons Disc:Industrial
TFII Cons Disc:Industrial
EIF Industrial:Financial
AQN Utilities:Energy
EMA Utilities:Energy
MX Mining:Energy
T Telecom:Healthcare
PSK Mining:Financial
TRI Financial:Cons Disc

If you think that other sectors should be included here, please add them.
Thanks again, and please deduct questions as you see fit.

Q: Is there a reason to hold these? Performance is just unacceptable.

THX

Q: This is a follow up to a question Chris asked on July 17, 2019. He asked about industrial companies, and included NFI and TCL.A. You did not correct him. Would you consider these to be industrials?

Q: What is the nature of the competition that NFI faces in NA? Is there a competitor that is ramping up in the US?

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,
NFI is on a real downward spiral lately, and the current yield is 5.368%. It's held in my wife's TFSA, and it's hard to see the almost daily declines, some quite steep, e.g. on July 16. It's down almost 50% now, and am wondering if we should keep it or sell it. I wouldn't add to it at this time. What are your views?
Thanks in advance.

Q: Hi 5i,

Looking to rebalance my industrials listed above. Before asking my question a little background info: Sitting at 10% sector weight with each of the listed stocks at equal weight. I would like companies with manageable debt, conservative growth and mid-large cap, with growing dividends. Shareholder friendly companies are also a nice to have. I also have a 10+ investment horizon.

Questions base on above, and please deduct as needed:

1) Would you continue to hold these stocks?
2) Which ones would have major issues if and when a slow down occurs?
3) Given answers to above, which new industrials would you recommend to replace the above?

Thanks,
Chris

Q: NFI started the day with a big stumble, is the delivery news that bad? Is this time for bottom fishing and "invest the money you can afford to lose" - so to speak.

Q: Hi, I currently have $11,500 to add to my TFSA with a long term horizon. I currently hold CNR (2.53%), NTR (2.88%), PLC (5.04%) PPL (2.98%), TD (4.21%), V (4.71), WCN (6.15%), XLV (3.31%) MAW 104 (25.11%). I am wondering if I should add to the current companies or might you have any other suggestions?

Q: NFI seems to have a good backlog of orders; why is it still struggling? Still a good hold?

Q: Enb in my portfolio has a book value of $42.16
And a yield of 7%. It now represents 10% of my portfolio. This my largest position in a portfolio of $630000. I generally buy for dividend and growth. Maybe I should reduce my position in ENB and take a 5% position in another dividend paying stock with growth potential. eg. CM or other opportunities. Any suggestions.

Q: Hi 5i,
Of the following list which ones will you let go:
PAAS, PHO, MX, SIS, TOY, WEF, NFI, TFII, PBH, and GUD,
and which ones would you keep and why.
I know is not and easy answer, please deduct as many credits as required.
thanks
Fernnado

Q: NFI seems to have picked up some momentum in the past few weeks, has now broken the 200-day average - Does this improve your opinion of the stock?? Thanks Jim