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Q: Hi,
I have these 4 companies in my portfolio. I try to copy your balanced equity portfolio as much as possible which is why I have ENB, MX and WCP. I added SPB last year on one of your suggestions and I'm up 46% on it.
Do I have too many in this sector and should I sell them, keep them or do you have a better company to replace it with?
Read Answer Asked by Rob on April 11, 2017
Q: Can you please help prioritize these energy stocks I am considering. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by EVAN on April 07, 2017
Q: The pop in SP of MX in the last two days seems to be solely driven by the majority shareholder's publicly expressed dissatisfaction with its management. I seem to recall a similar "public spat" on IBM and it did not seem to achieve any change in that company. Management being "called out" by shareholders in those cases would only feel resentment and would seldom give into those demands - just human nature I guess.

Do you feel this is heading the same way, or would it lead to the demanded changes in MX? I see that the SP chart of MX has been escalating of late so perhaps this publicly expressed dissatisfaction is the catalyse that may proper MX to the next level.

Love to have your view on this matter. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Victor on March 31, 2017
Q: Hi. I would like to add 2 to 3 stocks to the growth part of my portfolio. What US/Canadian suggestions do you have? My portfolio is well balanced so I am not too concerned about sector. Currently I have SHOP, CSU, SJ. thanks, J
Read Answer Asked by John on March 30, 2017
Q: Hi guys, my 21 year old sons TFSA presently consists of: Crh, Kxs,Gud,shop, and Syz. We are considering adding PBh, Zcl, mx, or pho. Leaning towards PBH or ZCL. What would be your preference or is there another recommendation?
He is up over 20% on all positions and 50% on KXS. Can't thank you enough for starting 5I.
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on March 30, 2017
Q: I have found myself sector heavy in some areas and need to increase my positions in both Health Care and Basic Materials. I am looking at CRH for health care and would like to add one more. Suggestions?

For basic materials do you additional suggestions in addition to SJ and MX

Thx


Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on March 29, 2017
Q: I have taken small positions in TV and MX as I like the demand/supply metrics for their products as well as latest company news, being the arrangement with Glencore for TV and the activist shareholder for MX.
I am holding them for a trade over the next 12 months.
What tools would you use ( commodity price, technical analysis, price momentum, target price etc.) to determine when to sell?
Thanks
Derek
Read Answer Asked by Derek on March 29, 2017
Q: Hello, I was wondering on your thoughts on today's response by Methanex on the 13D filing by M&G.

Do you think this company is moving in the right direction?
What time frame do you think this stocks need to be held for full value to be seen by shareholders?
What do you think M&G will do next?


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The response talked about the investment they want to do in CHILI as well as their plans on share buyback.

March 27 (Reuters) - Methanex Corp:

* Methanex Corp - commented on filing of revised schedule 13D by largest shareholder, M&G Investment Management Limited Of London, U.K.

* Methanex Corp - "We are optimistic that we will be able to secure additional gas to support an investment in restart of our Chile IV plant"

* Methanex Corp - "expect to be in a position to make a decision by mid-2017 to spend approximately $50 million over 12 months"

* Methanex Corp - "We would expect to spend around an additional $50 million approximately in mid-2018 to refurbish Chile I plant"

* Methanex Corp - "However, given our limited near-term cash requirements, we expect to generate significant free cash flow even at methanol prices that are lower than what we are realising in Q1 2017 and plan to allocate the free cash to share repurchases. Assuming we are able to average a realized price of around $400/tonne, in what is proving to be a very volatile methanol market, we estimate that we could generate sufficient cash to complete the NCIB within a period of approximately four months from the start date of March 13, 2017. After completing the current NCIB on the NASDAQ, it would be our intention to extend the NCIB on the Toronto Stock Exchange which would allow us to use excess cash to purchase up to an additional roughly 1.7 million shares."
Read Answer Asked by Ben on March 27, 2017
Q: Scotia Mcleod posted this Methanex (MX) – Shareholder M&G Investment Management, which has a 19.5% stake in MX, changed its shareholder
status to 13D from 13G (passive). Per FactSet StreetAccount, M&G believes MX’s excess cash flow should be solely directed
toward share buybacks until the share price appreciates beyond the replacement cost of MX’s assets. Further, M&G has
become repeatedly frustrated with the market valuation of the company, which M&G believes does not reflect MX’s intrinsic
value.
Read Answer Asked by andrew on March 24, 2017
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