Investment Q&A

Q: After you removed MX from your balanced portfolio, I waited a bit and ultimately sold for a bit of a higher price. I see that it's drifted back down to the $45ish range. Just wondering if this might be a good time to buy back in and whether there's anything in the short term that might send it back up to its recent high of $60. Thanks.

Q: can you please give earnings estimates and broker SP targets thanks

Q: Hi group Mx getting slapped (ongoing over last 3 weeks after factory shut down - looking like run for the hills your comments on buy sell hold. please

Q: Curious on what's going on with MX popped to $60ish now pulled back 20%. Thanks Mike

Q: Hi group is mx dropping because they closed a plant or? - is it a buy sell or hold bottom seems to have dropped out after recent rally. 2 nd question what do you think about NTR how much runway does it have - buy sell or hold ?thanks

Q: Methanex is tanking, do you know why ?

Q: I have a full position in MX in my TFSA. Even after the recent rally, I'm still down about 15%. It seems to be having good momentum, so I'm a bit hesitant to sell, especially when I can't claim the tax loss. But a part of me just wants to just get out and buy something like WELL, XBC, or STC.

Any thoughts, or advice? Thank you for all that you do.

Q: If I didn’t have gold exposure, what would you recommend between FNV and MX? Is it important to have gold or would MX be a better option?

Thanks.

Q: Is MX a buy at today's prices or wait for tax loss selling to set in. I took a early tax loss and 40 days is up, missed the last 30 day run lol. Would like to add back at some point but can wait into 2021 or late 2020 for some tax loss pressure.

Q: Thoughts on MX at this time?
Thanks

Q: I hold some big loss holdings, such as those above, in registered accounts. Even though there is no opportunity to claim tax losses, would it make sense to consider selling them, at least until the new year, to avoid further losses resulting from tax loss season?
Thanks for your insights

Q: What are your thoughts on MX these days? It is having s bit of a run right now but earnings report is coming and that hasn't boded well for the stock lately. Im thinking about selling it for tax loss but hate to loose out on the current momentum if it holds.
Nancy

Q: Every year I look for a beaten down company - out of favor this year but with an intact business likely to do well in future years. What should we be keeping our eyes on?

John

Q: Hi 5i team,
I haven’t asked a question in a while. The reason being is that the Q&A is so comprehensive it practically covers all of my holdings, which is great. While the bulk of my funds are in the U.S. for growth, I keep a smaller chunk in Canada, so I am not fully exposed to the U.S. dollar. I recently added some beaten up stocks, such as GIL, GOOS and MX, which are quietly moving higher almost every day. A couple could be considered value. Is this a rotational trade or are some institutional investors finally coming back to Canada?
Thanks again for the insight.
Dave

Q: Hello 5i team,
I need to crystallize some losses to neutralize some 2020 capital gains: which would you sell first (in what order)? ACQ, CXI, MX, NFI, XTC? I am reluctant to sell : ACQ right now because of its excellent momentum. ACQ seemed to be turning things around before COVID, and they seem to be doing the right things again right now. Also reluctant to sell MX and NFI because they are slowly grinding higher and having good cyclical upside potential. If I sell CXI, I would feel like selling at the bottom, I would prefer to wait to see its performance when international travel reopens a little bit more (hopefully) in 2021. That leaves XTC, but I need a little more selling than only XTC. May be only a partial sale, but each only account for 1% to 1,5% of my total portfolio.
Thank you for your collaboration, Eric

Q: These two are currently my biggest loosers, down 30% and 40% respectively, unfortunately they are in my TFSA, only there because thats where I had cash available when I liked the idea of the purchase. Admittedly I havent been in CAE very long, MX has been held much longer. With current events would you sell and move on, if so a few suggestions for this account please other than Tech please, I'm way over weight there.

Q: With a 75% loss in the above companies, is it advisable to hold for a five year period for a good return on the present value as the sale proceeds would be quite small.

Q: I have several beat up stocks that are now small holdings so looking to clean up the mess a bit and reduce my holdings to a more reasonable number. These are all in my unregistered accounts so will generate a tax loss although that wont do me much good this year with no likely gains to harvest.... So my general plan was to sell some and consolidate in other holdings I already have: ( use as many credits as required)

Sell HSE ( 1/4 position ) and add to my 1/2 SU . I get the tax loss to carry forward and move from HSE that is mostly heavy oil to SU with less downside.

Sell CHW ( 1/4 position) and add to my 1/2 SJ. These 2 don't really match up well like HSE and SU but the CHW is such a small position, unlikely to move until late in the recovery and with the div suspended I think I am going to take my lumps on it. I am a bit lite on SJ anyways.

Sell my MX ( 1/2 position) and add to my MAL ( 1/2 position). Once again not good matches but these 2 are small position in the same account. MAL hasn't done much in terms of stock movement but has generated a good yield over the many years I have owned it. I am not feeling the love in the energy sector for the next few years and I have a felling that the good old days in oil and gas might be at an end with the cost of solar improving and the steady growth in electrifying transportation....

And last sell 1/2 position of AD and buy ALA ( 1/2 position). Once again not a great fit in terms of sector but yields are comparable and ALA is essentially a utility ( and not a oil and gas) so should be a somewhat stable yield.

I wish I had a few big winner I wanted to sell to harvest the tax losses now but will just need to put them in my pocket for the big recovery in a hopefully not to distant future... These moves reduce my small holdings, Get rid of some holding you don't have in your portfolios, de-risk my portfolio somewhat and finally move that money into companies a bit better placed to maintain their dividends during covid/post covid

Q: I have about a 1% weighting in each of the following names in my portfolio: MX, PLC, BYD, MTY, ALA, NFI, TFII, GIB.A, MFC, SIS.
I want to refocus by eliminating 3 or 4 of these. Sector allocation is not a factor. Please suggest 3-4 names to eliminate (list the most obvious to eliminate first) and 2-3 good candidates to boost today (best first).

Q: Greetings 5i team,
I realize that these companies are not from the same sector but am looking at a hybrid recovery/mixed industries theme for the purchase of two or three of these companies.
How would you rank them in order of priority for a min 3 yr hold?
Thank you for your work
SP
P.S. Based on the feedback I have read on Portfolio Analytics, I have become more tempted to give it a try