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Q: I am a new member to 5I and wish to realign my RRSP investments partially with the above stocks in my balanced portfolio. Kindly give your input. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Sriram on August 29, 2016
Q: I find the most difficult thing to do is buy hold or sell lol!
I bought ESL at around $66 a share--having never owned it in the past. I am holding on and with the contract they just received and momentum I think I should average down. You prefer averaging up but when a good company starts showing signs of strength should we not average down and lower the cost base?
Read Answer Asked by Helen on August 26, 2016
Q: I have sold AVO and would like to know which stock out of balanced portfolio who you replaced this stock as this was my only tech stock.I would like to replace it with another stock.I am looking at ESL and wonder if this would be a good choice.

Thanks
Dolores
Read Answer Asked on August 26, 2016
Q: Hi Peter,
Enghouse has not been doing well. Do you still like it for long term hold? Any idea why Brookfield Bussiness Partners is going up today? Also, does recent announcement of Brookfield raising $14 B for the Global infrastructure Fund refer to BGI.UN? If so, is it better to invest in BGI.UN or BIP. UN? Lastly, Telecom stocks are stable but the PEs are quite high. Can you shed some light please? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by umedali on July 13, 2016
Q: Have owned ESL with 2000 shares & IPL with 4000 shares for several years with substantial gains of 135% & 170% respectively. I am considering a trim of 25% on ESL & 50% on IPL. This would free up approx. $85,000 in a RIF acct. Would appreciate your suggestion for 2 new additions to complement the existing holdings which include KXS, DH, EIF, MIC & RY. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on July 13, 2016
Q: I have 15% of my well diversified portfolio in Tech stocks. I am thinking of consolidating my 7 stocks into a smaller number of stocks - perhaps down to 5. I have 2%-3% in all the mentioned companies except SYZ at 1%. Any suggestions as to which companies to sell and which ones to "top up" would be appreciated, or maybe just leave as is.
Read Answer Asked by David on July 11, 2016
Q: Hello Peter,
I own sj, csu, esl, and gib.a. All of them are down more than 10%-15%. My weightings range from 2 to 4 percent. Is it best to just keep the weightings as they are for long term or reduce them. Much appreciated.Umed
Read Answer Asked by umedali on July 07, 2016
Q: Could you please give me a list of your favourite insider owned companies presently? A percentage of insider ownership and a brief reasoning as to why you are choosing the company/companies over other possibilities. If there is one that could be considered a full position purchase at this time or would you ease into all the names. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Jeremy on June 17, 2016
Q: I don't have a lot of tech exposure in my portfolio and am looking to add. Which of the tech companies in the model portfolio should an investor start buying at this point if you could only buy two? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Dathan on June 07, 2016
Q: Hi 5i Team!

It looks ESL does not have price momentum, and SH experienced a strong reversal despite reporting decent numbers last week.

Is this a sector trend following the recent trend by CSU?

What is your expectation for forward looking results for ESL and SH for the next 2 - 4 quarters? Is this an opportune time to buy both?

Which is the better choice for capital appreciation for the next 12 months?

SGR
Read Answer Asked by SG on May 09, 2016
Q: Can you please briefly compare the 3 tagged companies in terms of how cheap they are on a valuation basis, their international exposure, and their expected growth rates?

If you had to pick 1 or 2 of them to put money in now what would you choose?

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Arthur on May 01, 2016