Investment Q&A

Q: Happy New Year. What do you expect from bad and gil in the coming year? Are you ok with starting a position in bam and dsg today or would you wait for a pullback? T Steve

Q: I'm an owner of the Balanced Equity portfolio. I had to turn over a lot of the portfolio in the second half of last year due to some transactions I was doing. I'm now back to having my cash and looking to rebuild the part of the BE portfolio I'm missing.

How do you see GIL for new purchases today? Any key BE names other than this one I should focus on now given market conditions today?

Q: Any of your favorites oversold due to tax loss selling and providing a good buy opportunity this week? I have a bit of cash to invest so wondering where to put it.... Mainly balanced portfolio follower but open to any of your portfolio stocks on good opportunities.

Q: I do not currently have a position in GIL. It seems to be recovering well after the recent earnings miss. Would this be a good time to initiate a position?

Q: BGE,BPY.UN ,COV, GIL ,LSPD ,MFI ,PBH ,QSR,ALL TSE stocks,which one to sell for tax loss
and which has a potential to comeback

Q: Hello 5i team,
I have a question in terms of buying the dips for Gildan Activewear Inc. I initially bought roughly a half position around the time you issued the buy recommendation for GIL at $49.33. Since the poor recent quarter and guidance downwards for the next year, the stock has dropped to $34.26 as I write this.

It seems this is purely market driven as appose to company fault. If I plan to hold this long term (~5 years), would it be a good idea to add to my current position? I know you are not a fan of averaging down, but isn't buying the dip the same thing?

Andrew

Q: Hello 5i Research team,
My question relates to your answer to a recent question from “dave” about “must own”. Could you conceptually define what a “must own” company? They are probably the foundation of a stock portfolio; each of these companies should be kept to a full position throughout the economic cycle. That’s where it gets interesting, because your list included GSY and GIL.
As a long term owner of GSY (thank you 5i), I would tend (if capable) to overweight (let it run) during the most favorable portion of the economic cycle, but to underweighted it when the credit cycle deteriorate. Would you agree?
About GIL, but not specifically about GIL: when a situation such as what happened to GIL recently would happened about one of these selected companies, would you almost automatically buy the dip to increase back the position to a full position, and think about medium and long term? Would you agree?
Thank you for your collaboration, Eric

Q: Hi 5i team,
These two stocks, which are in the Balance portfolio, had a lot of happenings in the past few days. GIL posted negative news while GUD posted positive news. Is it a good time to initiate a 4% position in one or both stocks ? Would it be prudent to add to these two stocks right now, or better to wait till the dust settles.
Thanks

Q: Have you been able to gather any more information about the Gildan annoucement that was recently announced?

Q: GIL is on my add to holdings at next opportunity to align with the 5i portfolio. Is today the day to do it with the drop? I assume this is greatly Trump China trade related so who knows how it will go. CAE and BYD.un are also on my buy at next opportunity list would you prefer one of those...

Q: Hi there, I have a position in Gildan and it looks like its down about 18% in pre trading on the earnings warning. What do you suggest doing in this situation?

Thanks!

Q: I have a list of all earnings release dates and when I feel it is necessary I will do a protective put before earnings, which seems to work very well in this volatile market.
What the h--- happened with the GIL guidance which just seems to come out of the blue with no warning etc?
How does one protect against something that happens haphazardly?
Why would they do this? To piss off their shareholders?

Sheldon

Q: Hello 5i,

I currently hold these stocks in an unregistered account. I have journaled over the five companies into a US account for the dividend. I would like to add possibly two more companies that pay their dividend in US funds. I have the rest of the balanced fund and some growth in my TFSA. Any suggestions to add here, and if it results in duplication, what would you remove from the list. I am well balanced and would likely have to sell at least one current stock and could just add the other if you can give me two. Was looking at Nutrien or AQN. Didn’t pull the trigger on AQN last year at 12.5.

Thanks for the assist.

Q: Hello Peter, I called in BNN market call but could not ask the question. Good show.
Question is about adding new money on a regular basis. What do you suggest adding to - positions that are lagging ( and thus are at the lower weight now - some listed above) or picking ones with most attractive outlook (from fundamental perspective).
Can you please suggest top 2-3 names in each portfolio at this time.
Thanks

Q: Gentlemen good morning

Can you please name a short list of good stocks (US and Can, any sector ) that can be on a growth & a value list
It’s a tricky or irrational question but I try it.
Thanks Regards

Q: What's your opinion on TJX for growth? Would you consider the recent drop an attractive buy point or are there better alternatives for growth in the sector?

Q: Top TFSA buy this week for 6k unused 2019 tfsa. A few names are getting beaten up, which of your balanced or income companies have been beaten down more then they deserve. short term buy opportunity with long term hold (5+ years). Asked a similar question for my un-registered account. This could be almost any of your names except for wsp who I am overweight already.

Q: Hi 5i
According to the Portfolio Analytics, I should be reducing my exposure to consumer cyclical stocks from 15% down to 10% of my overall portfolio, and I agree I should reduce 3-5%. I currently have MG-3%, CCL.B-4.5%, BYD.UN-4.5%, GIL-2% and the big laggard TSGI-only 1% of my portfolio now.
I'm considering selling TSGI (50% loss) as I'm getting fed up with it, in addition to one of either GIL or MG. What is your opinion on this approach, and would you sell GIL or MG at this time? I'd also like to hear if you would advise a different approach to reducing my exposure. Thanks very much!

Q: Hi Guys,

If one believes that the Canadian dollar is about to strengthen over the coming year, what are good ways to take advantage of that?

Am I correct in that my non-hedged ETFs such as VGRO and XAW would come under pressure? Are there any companies that would meaningfully benefit from a stronger Canadian dollar?

Q: What would your three or four top consumer cyclical picks be for an income investor looking for a bit of growth, Canadian or US?

Lyle