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Q: The Prime Minister just announced a $750M fund to reduce emissions in the energy sector. This seems to be the sort of thing Questor Technologies does. Do you think this will give a boost to QST stock? Are there any other companies that are in this space and could benefit?
Read Answer Asked by Ken on April 20, 2020
Q: Good morning,
There was a fair bit of insider trading in QST in late January when the shares were around $5. Now they are trading at $1.29. Do insiders still have a solid stake in the company? Also, the shares of XBC, which seems to be in a comparable business to QST, have held up better, especially since they were declared an essential business by the Province of Quebec and have maintained operations there. Is XBC a better investment than QST at this point in time?
Read Answer Asked by Ken on April 07, 2020
Q: In a relatively prolonged and deep recession,for each grouping of companies,please list in order from least likely to most likely to go bankrupt.
Group One:KEL,NVA,BIR
Group Two:STC,QST,WELL,XBC,GRN
Thanks.

Read Answer Asked by maurice on March 27, 2020
Q: Please comment briefly as appropriate on the above stocks covered by 5i. Add,sell or hold? 1)EIF 1.5% position/ p/p$44 / Investment a/c. Recent big drop to $32.19 2)SU 1% / $42.59 / RIF. Sharp drop in oil price 3)AW.un 1.5% /$43.63 /Inv.a/c. 4)Real 2% / $14.25 / Tfsa. Sharp drop today. 5)STC 1% / $2.47 /Tfsa. Down since recent Q. 6)Ray.a 1.5% / $9.70 / Rif. Down trend.Decent results,but no love. 7)Qst 1.5% /$5.01/ Rif. Very sharp drop last few days. 8)Hr.un 3.5% / $21.33 / Rif. Its building in Calgary is leased to Ecana,now IVV( US$2.60.) Thanks for u usual great services & views
Read Answer Asked by Peter on March 16, 2020
Q: The valuations on companies with a favourable ESG component are lofty at best. Do you see any in this sector that are still reasonably priced? A dividend would be preferable.
Thanks for your consideration.
Read Answer Asked by Denis on February 21, 2020
Q: Hi 5i Team. Thanks for your great service.
With all the renewed hype with regards to green/ESG companies, is there a need to own all of the above companies or do their services overlap? Which ones would you own?

Thanks

Dave.
Read Answer Asked by David on February 19, 2020
Q: Hi 5iR team, Many brokerage houses start each New Year by attempting to consolidate their best stock ideas for the year in a comprehensive list.....their Conviction List. I'm wondering if I may ask 51R to do the same? If I was to canvas the 5iR Staff stock experts what would the majority agree on to be your best 5 stock ideas, give or take a few, for 2020? Thanks team. Chris

Read Answer Asked by Chris on February 12, 2020
Q: Investing in companies that are directly involved in the climate change space seems to be a big investment growth theme and that may explain the good performance of these stocks over the last while. New Flyer is included because of their electric bus component. Successful companies ought to see growing valuations.
Read Answer Asked by Murray on February 04, 2020
Q: Seems like the renewable energy area has a future. Could get your top 6 stocks that you would purchase for growth and dividend? Which would be most affected if interest rates were to gradually rise? Thanks for the great service. Would like to stay in the cdn market, but a top us one or two would be appreciated.
Read Answer Asked by kenneth on February 04, 2020
Q: Guys...I have some room in my portfolio for a few high risk, high reward stocks. Can you give me one or two from Canada and the U.S. that you like currently...this is long term money...doesn't have to be on your model portfolios either...thx
Read Answer Asked by dan on January 28, 2020