Investment Q&A

Q: Something rancid?
Although 2nd Q earnings are not yet published the share price has dropped from $113.42 on July 13 to $98.90
Do you think there was a disappointing earnings leak?

Q: Prices are down quite a bit from their highs.
Do you think one of the reasons for the decline is a switch by some investors from growth to value?
If so and faced with higher interest rates in the future it might time for you to consider starting a value equity model portfolio
Please comment

Q: So the advice is not to buy in a downtrend but 5i continues to recommend Premium Brands although it has moved to $100 a share from $122. I owned it in the past and would
Iike to rebuy it but am afraid of catching a falling knife. Why the downturn in momentum. Is it too expensive. Would you start now with a two percent position.

Q: Good morning 5i,

Can you please provide me with your top 10 Canadian growth companies regardless of sector or market cap?

Q: Hello 5i, Thanks very much for all you do for your members. I look at your organization as the "Robin Hood" of the Canadian financial industry. My question today is: I sold my ECI this last week and decided to capture the gain and redistribute to one new position with the proceeds. I'm looking for another dividend aristocrat (as identified by the S&P index or one that could be as CIX will be getting the boot) I'm closing in on retirement but still like to stay in the growing type names. Not terribly worried about maximizing my income at this point. Which of my choices do you think has the most upside over the next 5 years.

Q: I'm looking to add 3 new positions to my TFSA. Which 3 Stocks would you recommend.

Thanks Valter

Q: I am looking to add some consumer cyclical and consumer discretionary stocks to my income portfolio as I am very light in these areas. I am looking for something with 2%+ yield, growing dividends and some growth. Which stocks would you recommend today for 3- 5+ year hold.
Thanks so much

Q: Good morning,

I am looking for a listing of your 5 top companies that have a history of increasing dividends over time.

Thank you

Q: I have some funds to invest. I am underwei
ght in MG and PBH. With their recent significant declines in stock prices would you recommend either MG or PBH a good buy now?

Q: Hi all at 5i, I have about 45k invested with only 5k in cash. I own all of the above names and was wondering if you were to free up some cash which of these stocks would you trim. If you think 5k in cash is enough, do you think any of these names would be good to trade for another name? Do you have any concerns over any of these names at this moment in time.

Feel free to deduct as many points as necessary.

Thanks,
Dan

Q: hi
Purely on a stock by stock basis, based on the short term possible performance of the stock, if you had to sell some of these stocks, which would (first 5) you sell and in what order? ( I like all of them but I want to reduce my leverage ) Do not consider them as a portfolio as I have other stocks in registered accounts. Reducing across all of them would not be efficient for the size of my account.
thank you
Francois

Q: Trying to get a better read on Premium Brands, is there negative news that relates to the recent continuous sell off? Does the $102.00 range represent a good entry point in your opinion?

Q: Hi 5i Team

I am starting a portfolio for my 20 year daughter and am looking for a suggestion for her first stock. She will not be needing the money for many years so it is a long term hold for her TSFA. I am open to Canadian and foreign stocks. What would you suggest?

Thanks

RB

Q: Which one is a better buy at the current price after the recent weakness of the PBH stock price for long term hold ? Thank you. Bill.

Q: Good morning,
I am looking to establish some additional convertible debenture positions( I currently own an Exchange Income cv debenture) and would appreciate your feedback/suggestions , with a goal of 4.5 - 5% yield in companies with healthy balance sheets and a high probability of being able to service the debt and repay principal.
Thank you

Q: I have the above securities as well as RBC Cdn Equity Inc-D shares, Sentry Cdn Income, Sentry Global REIT. I am a retired conservative dividend income investor with a company pension, CPP, annuities and Fisgard Capital for fixed income.

I currently own ECI and will sell and look for a Consumer stock to replace it (not interested in BIP...I have a full slate of Utilities). I filtered several candidates using fundamental metrics (P/E, beta, P/BV, P/CF, P/S) and technical metrics (200 dma, etc), as well as yield and price targets (for what they are worth).

I will keep my CGX and PBH. I'm looking for a long term hold (conservative, liquid stock with a good and growing dividend). My short list of candidates include CLIQ, CTC.a, PLC, TCL.A. I already flushed ADW.A, KBL, RSI and since I already have 1 food stock, I flushed L and NWC.

Please provide your insights into the appropriateness of these Consumer stocks (CLIQ, CTC.A, PLC, TCL.A) for my portfolio, given my circumstances and existing stock positions.

Are there other securities I should consider, even those that I have flushed?

Thanks for your help...Steve

Q: I have a question about CGI, which I've held since 2013, so I've done very well with them, but they don't have a dividend policy, so I'm feeling that the capital gain that I have is being lazy and not working for me without any divvy income to offset. If I was going to sell half, what would you suggest would be a good 3 to 5 year replacement to consider? I tend to favour medium to large caps, and mostly dividend payers. I also have Open Text and Syzlogist as other tech holdings, in a fairly diversified portfolio that includes international and US etf's. I currently do not have any resource/energy (I was thinking Vermillion) or consumer (I was thinking Loblaws or Metro, Dollarama looks expensive still)holdings.

thank you,

Q: Always nice to have a problem such as where to put the new money received from a 53% premium takeout of ECI. Thanks 5i!
Thinking of getting into CAE or PBH. Any preference? Looking for a bit more growth with some dividend over a 4-5 year period.
Thanks
Sal

Q: Good day,

I currently own the subject shares in my TFSA portfolio. Are these stocks still worth hanging onto with the current volatility? I was considering selling everything and going with Vanguard or iShares.

Q: watching these two companies share price roll over - i see a comment on PBH about quarter coming and market worried, but isn't this more about heavy debt loads whose share prices have done extremely well and the ramifications of higher rates? PBH has $480M of debt! BYD $250M