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Q: good morning...I replicate the balanced portfolio exactly with the exception of AEM...I cannot get my head around owning this part of the basic materials sector..but, I always bow to your expertise and what damage would my decision do going forward to my returns...can you please respond to this and give me your sage advise....cheers
Read Answer Asked by gene on February 15, 2017
Q: Can you please give me your top 3-4 industrial stock picks. Looking at adding some diversity to my holdings, 5% industrial. Don't have any industrial picks other than what is held in ZDV. Moreover, if I hold physical gold and silver would this be considered material sector allocation?
Read Answer Asked by Nino on February 15, 2017
Q: FCU used to be "liked" by you some time ago (couple of years) when it was around 1.90$. It went down from there to below 0.50. Recently however the stock has been rising, gaining 40% since beginning of 2017. I wonder why, when there is so much talk about deregulation of energy industry especially oil, gas, and coal which are far safer than nuclear. Where is the demand for uraniaum and specifically FCU coming from? Is it just sentiment (markets are rising) or this rise is based on significantly improved fundamentals or is it because of positive outlook? Do you think the momentum would continue and if so is it prudent to add to a very small position here?

Thanks as always!
Read Answer Asked by Saeed on February 15, 2017
Q: Silver stocks vs Gold stocks. They both move together however Silver has an industrial use where gold does not. Both are used in Jewellery. Would it not be prudent to invest in only silver stocks and not gold stocks for better future leverage ? Bob
Read Answer Asked by bob on February 13, 2017
Q: Good afternoon, as a follow up question on metrics this one for mining. Looking at comp tables from Royal if I understand correctly. First they determine the net asset value of the company on forward commodity curves and from this you get the discount to NAV. On a p/e and p/cfps it is more expensive but is cheaper on ev/ebitda with a discount to nav of 37.8%. -21% debt and div of .16$ US now. Sounds like an option to reduce exposure to utilities while collecting a nice dividend.
Am I missing something ?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Denis on February 13, 2017
Q: Hello 5i team,
I hold in the materials sector Chemtrade Logistics, Methanex and Stella Jones; I'm thinking of selling CHE to buy a position in base metals
1. Is there any momentum left after the huge run up?
2. Nevsun has not participated in the run-up; wonder why
3. What 3 would you recommend, in order of preference
4. How about an ETF such as XBM or ZMT?
Thanks
Antoine
Read Answer Asked by Antoine on February 13, 2017
Q: I have no metals or minerals in my portfolio. I seem to be getting a late start on this sector but I was deterred by negative EPS in most of these companies. If you could suggest one company to start, what would you suggest. I am a balanced investor and have been looking at LIF because of its dividend and HBM and CS for growth and concentration in copper.
Read Answer Asked by Ken on February 10, 2017
Q: I think Aquila has been raising money by selling shares which were over-subscribed. It looks like insiders have purchased 24% of the issued shares. Finder's fees (cash and warrants) have been awarded to company insiders I suppose. Certainly there has been share dilution but surely dilution is preferable to borrowing money against non-existant cash flow. I know the stock is high risk but my exposure is very low - less than 0.1%.
2 questions...
Does everything still look OK to 5i?
Does Hudbay own any part of the Back-Fourty target?
Thanks
Jim
Read Answer Asked by James on February 10, 2017
Q: I have some US cash and think I will deploy it in a copper stock because of the upward price pressure on copper. Could yo recommend some names that I can pick up using US dollars?
Read Answer Asked by hal on February 09, 2017
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