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Q: Hi,

I am 100% satisfied with my 5i subscription even though I do not use all the services and use mostly the question database for my sourse of answers. I recommend you often. Keep up the great efforts. Being overweight CSU helps - thank you).
My question on New Flyer is that I have no exposure and am getting ready to press the buy button. The long term chart has shown substantial weakness since 2018, since your last report was released. Has there been and substantial change that would allter your rating or view on a purchase today. I am looking at least a 5 year hold. Thanks so much ! Jim
Read Answer Asked by Jim on March 04, 2019
Q: Hi Team,

I love the work you do. I was just wondering what you would recommend purchasing when KWH.UN gets bought out? I am looking to replace it with another utilily. I owned Enercare, but when that got taken over I didn't replace it with another utility (but a bank stock). I am really looking for a good utility company. My investment style is that I try to be balanced. I like a combination of growth and dividends and hold my stocks for a long time. If you currently like a few, could you rank them in order and tell why you like them?

Thank you for all your hard work,
Terri

Read Answer Asked by Terri on March 04, 2019
Q: Do you know when the Lightspeed IPO will happen or what would be your best estimation. I cannot find any specific information on the date. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on March 04, 2019
Q: Hi 5i,

Could you provide a short comparison of these 3 companies, how they overlap and differ?

If one has investments in SHOP and SQ would they "supersede" Lightspeed, or could they compliment? When does Lighspeed start trading?

From my preliminary research Lightspeed appears to be a combination of both SQ and SHOP where they provide POS payment systems with the ability to create a webstore (but seem more focused on brick and mortar vs. Shopify being more online)

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by David on March 04, 2019
Q: I thought their year end numbers were quite impressive and if sustainable, the stock seems undervalued. What comparable company would you suggest to determine it's current value? It's small float and small capitalization may restrict the share interest to retail investors, at least for now. The increase in credit from their lenders was and is a sign that business is improving.
Read Answer Asked by Murray on March 04, 2019
Q: Telus and BCE. TransCanada and Enbridge. I generally try to aim for 5% per holding but I had a concern of too much overlap of these respective stock pairings, so I've reduced the total of each pairing to 8% from 10%. Is this still too much? On a the other hand, would 5% of all four make any sense? When it comes to diversifying in Canadian bluechips, variety is unfortunately limited if one wants dependable dividend growth.

Thanks.
Jim
Read Answer Asked by James on March 04, 2019
Q: Recently a number of firms, including iShares, Templeton, BMO and Vanguard, have come out with asset allocation ETFs. These ETFs appear to be well diversified both geographically and sectorally. You can purchase these ETFs with various bond/equity ratios depending on your risk tolerance. What is your view about these ETFs? Would it make sense for a conservative, retired, investor to purchase one of these ETFs as their entire investment (and to sell their individual equities)? If you like these asset allocation ETFs, which one do you think is best for an RRSP, TFSA and a non-registered account?

Thank-you again for your excellent advice.
Read Answer Asked by Dale on March 04, 2019
Q: What is your opinion of this company? I feel like with social trends moving in the direction of "pets are more a part of the family" that people are willing to do what they can for their fur babies. Also with the trend of more meat and other live stock increasing in the diets around the world do you see this company as a good long term hold with the stock price increasing?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Kolbi on March 04, 2019
Q: Hi guys
This recent option exercise at Mainstreet does not seem to be in the interests of shareholders other than Bob Dhillon.
http://reitreport.ca/mainstreet-announces-exercise-of-stock-options/

Your thoughts? Is it anything less than standard? I would see less issues if other directors had also been involved but it would appear to involve just the principle owner of stock.

I have held Mainstreet for quite a while. Other than a sale of the company, is there anything else that could move the stock price closer to book value?

I also own Moreguard and am considering selling MEQ for Moreguard - your thoughts.

Thanks guys
Read Answer Asked by Stuart on March 04, 2019
Q: thanks for reply on STZ, instead of adding to STZ, at x18, already over 3% of total portfolio, would CSU at x40 , your glorious report, be better since I have little equity in Canadian firms, except TD and a helluva lot in CA energy. Somehow I doubt it ...but want to hear your view.
Art
Read Answer Asked by Arthur on March 04, 2019
Q: I know 5i is disappointed with the performance of TCL.A and it is likely under consideration for removal from the Income Portfolio. However I would like to know if you have a different take on this analysis by TD research:

... despite the soft Q1/19, our overall investment thesis remains
largely unchanged, as we believe that TC shares remain attractive at current
levels on a sum-of-the-parts basis. While TC is certainly facing some challenges in its legacy printing business, we believe that it has additional levers to pull to mitigate the impact of the ongoing secular declines in many of its verticals.
Additionally, roughly half of TC's revenue is now generated from Packaging, which is an attractive platform for future growth, in our view.

(They still have a Buy rating for shares but lowered their Target Price by $4)
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on March 04, 2019
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