Investment Q&A

Q: would you buy Teck.b now given the takeover rumblings?

Q: Can you comment on the Glencore bid for Teck?

Q: Hi Team

In general it seems like commodity stocks underperform the markets. Let’s look at SU, ABX and TECK which are large cap stocks in the oil, gold and copper categories. It seems commodity stocks had a good run from about 2003 - 2008. Since 2008, each of these three commodity stocks have traded in a range and are currently close to the top of said range. It seems like the commodity stocks have underperformed the overall market for the past 15 years by quite a bit because the commodity stocks are about the same price as they were in 2008. There have been times when buying commodity stocks as a “trade” was great like in 2020 when SU was $15 or in 2015 when TECK was $5 and in 2015 when ABX was $10. But today these stocks are all at the top of the range. They never break out of this range and I don’t see any evidence that they will break out of the range. If they don’t break out of the range the only direction from here is down. For example, gold is a whopping $2000, and ABX is still only $25. Oil was over $100 recently and SU still never broke out of the range. When the markets tank the commodity stocks usually tank as well…. they don’t act as a hedge. There are exceptions like in March 2020 when the market tanked, and ABX did quite well for 4 months. But today, ABX is back to $25 where it was in Feb 2020. I understand diversification is important but why add commodity stocks to a (long term) portfolio if they never perform well. The commodity stocks are finally paying good dividends but so do many other stocks in different sectors.

Question #1 – please let me know if you agree or disagree to the above. If you disagree, what is the compelling argument to buy large cap (safe) commodity stocks unless they are trading at the bottom of the range.

Question #2 – is there an etf that tracks the Canadian stock market that does not include commodity stocks?

Thanks for your great input to your members questions.
Greg

Q: A number of precious metals companies have exposure to copper as well. Which ones in your opinion (large cap, mid-cap & small cap) are best positioned to benefit from a rise in copper demand?

Q: Teck continues to drop on no news. What’s your take on why it has been tanking so bad over the past month. I thought the divesture of their coal business, if anything, was supposed to be a positive/catalyst. Not sure if that’s playing any role in the share price erosion? Down 8+% alone today, ouch.

Q: I recently purchased shares in this company and since my purchase it has dropped consistantly. I would appreciate your thoughts as to whether it would be wise to sell and take a tax loss or do you see a recovery? Thanks

Q: Good morning,

Could you please offer your opinion on companies like Teck, Rio Tinto , Freeport McMoran or others who may be best positioned to profit from increasing copper demand ?


Thank you,

Q: What are your preferences for copper producers?
Is there an ETF that specialises in AI?

Q: I'm very confused by the reaction of investors to these 2 stocks,maybe you guys can clear it up for me!!

Q: I would appreciate your evaluation of TECK.B. Would you consider it a buy at the current valuation? I like that it plans to sell off it's coal division.
Thank you.

Q: Good Morning

Todays Globe and Mail watchlist chart showed a 53% increase in Teck a shares and very little change in Teck B shares yesterday. Would you kindly explain the difference in the share structure and why the difference in stock price. I understand they decided to spin out the coal business could you elaborate on the reason for this. ? Environment concerns ??

Thank you

Q: I AM TECH HEAVY AND WANT TO REBALANCE MY PORTFOLIO. WOULD YOU PLEASE SUGGEST TWO CANADIAN AND TWO US STOCKS IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SECTORS. CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY, CONSUMER STAPLES, MATERIALS AND COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER SINCE DAY ONE OF 5I AND RATE YOU THE BEST OF THE SIX NEWSLETTERS I SUBSCRIBE TOO. THANKS FOR THE GREAT WORK AND TAKE AS MANY CREDITS AS NEEDED.

Q: I know we should not look at analyst targets but bmo just lowered the target on teck $3 to $45 cdn from $48 because of the company projected their 2023-2025 production forecast.The stock is up 5%.Where would you go or just hang tight

Q: Your opinion of Teck please.

Q: Can you give me the names of the 3 biggest copper producers in Canada. Which would be your buy,

Q: Good Morning. My mother (94 years old) is looking for a metals stock. She asked about Rus. I see it has been flat for a year (-2%). 5i seems to like STLC which is near a 52-w high and up about 60% over a year. I have Teck.b and it is near a 52-w high, so not sure about recommending that. I was thinking NTR (materials) may be a suggestion. Or what about FM as a new thought?

What would the experts at 5i suggest?

BTW, I suggested that she subscribe to 5i but she reminded me that she has never used a computer ... maybe lucky her!

Q: There has been discussions about mining companies here, mostly in the Au sector (i.e. Agnico Eagle).
What are your thoughts in investing in base metals? I have had Teck.B in my portfolio for awhile and considering adding to it holdings? Would you suggest other preferred assets?

Q: I have these names as part of my materials sector. Do you think this is a good diversified mix of companies for long term growth? I was thinking of adding in TECK. Would you add TECK to this group or swap one of the names out for TECK? If you had to consolidate to just 3 names, which ones would you pick?

AEM - 1.98%
MEOH - 0.85%
LUN - 0.68%
NTR - 1.27%

Q: Dear 5i
I am lacking stock exposure in 3 different sectors , namely Healthcare , Materials and consumer staples . If you could only pick one or two per category what would they be .
Thanks
Bill C

Q: I have a small holding in copper but would like to increase that. What companies, any country, would you invest in for the next 5 - 10 years?

Crystal ball time; what materials would you invest in and any companies you would choose?

Take as many questions as necessary.

Thanks

Mike