Investment Q&A

Q: I hold both of these industrials. EIF has done much better during my hold period plus I get a decent and seemingly secure dividend. CAE is one company that should get tailwinds from increased defence spending, sometime. I'm thinking of selling CAE and increasing EIF. No tax issues. Your thoughts, please?

Many thanks and BTW, I feel like 5i is a reliable source of information and guidance with your subscribers best interests up front
. Keep up the great work.

al

Q: This stock is not a buy and hold based on it's history. Is it worth buying for up tick and sale?

Q: For a long term stability in a RRSP + dividend growth as priorities , comments shall be appreciated considering the downtrend ( I shall not add GSY to this list since you already answered so many times !!!).

Q: Would you buy the pullback in these stocks for a 1-2 year hold?

Q: What are your thoughts about goeasy and Diageo? Value traps or attractive at these levels?

Q: Thoughts on their quarter and on their Phosphate strategic review?
Thanks....Steve

Q: Hi, Wsp has dropped over the last few months. What are your thoughts on this and adding to position in Wsp or Stantec which appears to be doing better?
Thank you.

Q: I refer to an earlier question discussing MDA's $10 million equity investment in MAXQ in which 5i alluded that MAXQ was in the "lottery ticket" category. So, I have been a fan of MDA but am now considering an exit. In 5i's opinion, is MDA's $10M investment in MAXQ visionary, or a "hail mary"?

Q: Can you give the names of 10 quality stocks in defensive sectors please.
Thanks.

Q: Looking to add to an RIF account - considering ENB, BNS, DIR.

Your advice?

Q: I half positions in the ten stocks listed and I am down 12%+ in all of them. Please rank them in terms of best candidate(s) to increase to a full position now vs waiting. Also advise if the lowest ranked should just be exited altogether

Q: Both down a lot would you buy or sell

Q: Thoughts on these two dogs. Hold longer or sell. Thanks!

Q: Why the large drop in price in recent weeks in First Service Corp?

Q: For a dividend account, in what order would you acquire and at what price. Thanks

Q: So I ran with wsp, tri, and gsy in an sdrsp for the equity porrtion. Down on all. Looking forward do you think continuing to hold these three in an sdrsp is a good move? Or do you think changing one or all for better blue chip companies is warranted? If so what do you suggest?

Q: Hi
It does not appear that their earnings were bad, yet the drop seems harder than I would expect with a consolidation - but I'm probably just overly nervous whenever I see a 4% slide on a company I believe is usually a very stable holding. Is it possible shareholders are dumping over concerns that the US government shutdown will hold things up for WSP?

Back on Sep 1st, Alexandre L'Heureux was recorded as follows on Bloomberg:
"Alexandre L’Heureux says that so far the halting of government services and permitting has had a “minimal impact” on the Montreal-based company, which has a big presence south of the border.

But he says the entire engineering and construction industry will suffer if legislators fail to reach a deal and resume federal operations soon."

However this statement is a long time ago, so I am not sure it is having any affect today.


Thanks!
D

Q: Hello team,

I have kept MGNI for a long time and saw my profits disappear badly. Every positive momentum seems to go out of steam quickly. It has been going down with high volume in the past 3 months. Is it time to let go of MGNI? If the answer is yes, would you sell it to add to HOOD or AFRM? And why? I am open to other growth-y suggestions.

Thanks for all the good work and support you are offering 5i community.

Q: Hello Team,
Could I have your top 5 Canadian "value stocks"please.
Many thanks!

Q: A retired friend of mine recently asked for my recommendations on how to invest approximately 200K which, with minimal risk, which will give him a reasonable (4.5% to 5.0%) annual dividend with minimal expectations of big capital growth, Since he currently has very little experience with investments, I would like to build a portfolio that will require minimal ongoing involvement on his part. I believe that a 10-15 year timeframe is realistic.

My thought is to split the 200K into 10 equal parts and purchase the following Canadian equities.

BNS
TD
GSY
CNQ
TOU
ENB
FTS
T
CCA
BEPC

I realize that a portfolio like this is overweight on energy. I'm comfortable with that.

What are your thoughts on this strategy and do you see any of the companies listed that you would avoid? Are there any others that you think should be added to the list?