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Q: You thoughts on a portfolio rotation from car parts' distributor to car parts manufacturers strategy for 3 years hold. Thinking for selling out of PRTS & AAP moving in to Magna or Linamar.
Do you think that car part's manufacturers will perform better than distributors?
Carparts had a sudden pop in last 6 months may be time for me to cash out but debating about selling out of AAP.
Magna has its presence in the EV trend, would you prefer Magna over Linamar? Why?

Thank you!

Read Answer Asked by Nhung on December 07, 2020
Q: Hi There,
I am considering adding to my current position of either MG or BNS.
In the event of market pull back, which of these do you believe would be the most stable? The idea is, when there is a market pull back, sell the position and add a more growth oriented name.
Read Answer Asked by Kevin on December 07, 2020
Q: Good morning,

I believe 5i prefers Magna over Linamar, and you folks often go with favouring a bigger company over its competition. MG has a much larger market cap than LNR. Plse explain (if I am correct) why 5i prefers MG over LNR (management team, opportunities, contracts, balance sheet?). I wish to buy one of them for a long-term hold.
Read Answer Asked by Bob on December 02, 2020
Q: I need to raise some cash. Could you recommend which 6 of the above list you would sell first. Keeping in mind that I would be rebuying some of those as cash again becomes available.
Thanks for your advice.
Read Answer Asked by Rod on November 27, 2020
Q: Hi 5i team, do you have any recommendations on EV Canadian companies?
Read Answer Asked by victor on November 24, 2020
Q: Hi group appreciate your views on the top 5 sectors in today new crazy investing world also in order list your top 3 stock picks (list both the preferred sectors + stocks in order of preference ) deduct points as you see fit thanks for your insight. I am a medium risk investor
Read Answer Asked by Terence on November 18, 2020
Q: Retired dividend-income investor. I am a little light in the Consumer sector. I already own PBH, NWC and PLC with "full" positions relative to their individual risk level, as well as consumer stocks held within various ETFs (ZLB, CDZ, ZWC). I save a full 5% position for blue-chip stocks, like RY, FTS, BCE.

I started looking into the above stocks (AW, CTC, LNF, MG, PRMW, QSR), but filtered it down to a choice of LNF vs PRMW, using both fundamentals and technicals as well as considering my current holdings.

Q#1 = Based on PBH, NWC and PLC being long term holds, do you agree that 2 food companies are enough => I should select a non-food consumer, right?

Q#2 = If I had to choose between LNF and PRMW today, I am leaning towards LNF (better P/B, P/CF, P/S, ROE...better dividend too). So, in my opinion, I think it shows better value. Do you agree? Which shows better upside (I only see 1 analyst on LNF with a target of $17.00)?

Q#3 = Are there other Consumer stocks I should consider? Or, in your opinion, are any of the 5 stocks mentioned above deserve consideration?

Bottom line = where would you put your money?
Thanks, I appreciate your help.....Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on November 16, 2020
Q: I am really enjoying the service 5i provides. I don't have any consumer cyclical companies in my portfolio. Please provide your top three picks for Canadian consumer cyclical stocks in ranked order.
I have been looking at purchasing Magna, but only have access to the funds as of today. I'm reluctant to purchase Magna given the big jump in price over the price over the past few days.
I have a 5 to 10 year investing timeline.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on November 12, 2020
Q: Hi,
if you were putting a fund together comparable to VGG, but for Canadian equities, what might be your first 5 top picks assuming the same criteria for the ETF? Also, what would be your 3 honorable mentions?
When comparing CDZ and VGG what are the main differences in terms of the stocks that make up these two ETF's?
Many thanks,
Dan
Read Answer Asked by Daniel on October 27, 2020
Q: Hi, I was going to add to my consumer cyclicals by adding LNF based on your previous comments to others. However, I see this has a low volume of shares trading each day. This raises a red flag since if something should go wrong (e.g. bad quarter), the stock can drop considerably more as people scramble to get out. Do you see this as a valid concern? My other holdings in this sector are MG and CTC.A, both at full weightings. Can you suggest any others?
Read Answer Asked by Ian on October 21, 2020
Q: Good morning 5i,
I notice that you give lists of stocks. So, I will ask a similar question but perhaps more difficult. If one were interested in building a socially responsible portfolio, I hear that 15 to 20 stocks would do, what would you choose, given the need for domestic, US and International?
thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on October 19, 2020
Q: Without regard to sector what are you top picks in cyclicals also renewable sectors?
Read Answer Asked by Roy on October 13, 2020
Q: good morning
I've been reading about Ford committing to manufacture electric vehicles in Canada, starting in the not so near future. What, if anything, does this mean for MG, for a longer term investor? Also, are there any other Canadian companies that will derive significant benefit from the Ford decision, and what would be the timely approach to investing in this direction? As always, many thanks.
Read Answer Asked by alex on September 28, 2020