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Q: I have found myself sector heavy in some areas and need to increase my positions in both Health Care and Basic Materials. I am looking at CRH for health care and would like to add one more. Suggestions?

For basic materials do you additional suggestions in addition to SJ and MX

Thx


Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on March 29, 2017
Q: I have taken small positions in TV and MX as I like the demand/supply metrics for their products as well as latest company news, being the arrangement with Glencore for TV and the activist shareholder for MX.
I am holding them for a trade over the next 12 months.
What tools would you use ( commodity price, technical analysis, price momentum, target price etc.) to determine when to sell?
Thanks
Derek
Read Answer Asked by Derek on March 29, 2017
Q: I am down on both companies 25% each and would like to switch to MX. Which one should I sell or trim both? My objective is growth.
Read Answer Asked by JR on March 28, 2017
Q: Hello, I was wondering on your thoughts on today's response by Methanex on the 13D filing by M&G.

Do you think this company is moving in the right direction?
What time frame do you think this stocks need to be held for full value to be seen by shareholders?
What do you think M&G will do next?


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The response talked about the investment they want to do in CHILI as well as their plans on share buyback.

March 27 (Reuters) - Methanex Corp:

* Methanex Corp - commented on filing of revised schedule 13D by largest shareholder, M&G Investment Management Limited Of London, U.K.

* Methanex Corp - "We are optimistic that we will be able to secure additional gas to support an investment in restart of our Chile IV plant"

* Methanex Corp - "expect to be in a position to make a decision by mid-2017 to spend approximately $50 million over 12 months"

* Methanex Corp - "We would expect to spend around an additional $50 million approximately in mid-2018 to refurbish Chile I plant"

* Methanex Corp - "However, given our limited near-term cash requirements, we expect to generate significant free cash flow even at methanol prices that are lower than what we are realising in Q1 2017 and plan to allocate the free cash to share repurchases. Assuming we are able to average a realized price of around $400/tonne, in what is proving to be a very volatile methanol market, we estimate that we could generate sufficient cash to complete the NCIB within a period of approximately four months from the start date of March 13, 2017. After completing the current NCIB on the NASDAQ, it would be our intention to extend the NCIB on the Toronto Stock Exchange which would allow us to use excess cash to purchase up to an additional roughly 1.7 million shares."
Read Answer Asked by Ben on March 27, 2017
Q: Scotia Mcleod posted this Methanex (MX) – Shareholder M&G Investment Management, which has a 19.5% stake in MX, changed its shareholder
status to 13D from 13G (passive). Per FactSet StreetAccount, M&G believes MX’s excess cash flow should be solely directed
toward share buybacks until the share price appreciates beyond the replacement cost of MX’s assets. Further, M&G has
become repeatedly frustrated with the market valuation of the company, which M&G believes does not reflect MX’s intrinsic
value.
Read Answer Asked by andrew on March 24, 2017
Q: Hi,
I purchased a half position in these companies and all are down 6-11% would you be confortable adding the other half now or should I continue to wait?
Thanks
Luke
Read Answer Asked by luke on March 23, 2017
Q: Hello Peter and Team
I need to build the material sector of my PF and would appreciate your rating, in order, of Agrium, Stella and Methanex based on today's prices. Looking for long term growth and dividend growth. Thanks for all you do.
Gary
Read Answer Asked by Gary on March 22, 2017
Q: Hello 5i,
I want to buy two stocks to balance my portfolio which is overweight in Consumer, Financial and Health Care. In my watch list I have the following stocks.
Materials: MX
Industrials: ECI, EIF, KWH.UN
IT: ENGH, SYZ
Telecom: T
Utilities: BEP.UN
Which two stocks (sectors) would you buy at the present time? If (when) there is a correction, which sectors are more likely be on “sale”?
Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Jean-Bernard on March 15, 2017
Q: Hello, 5i team! Thinking about additional investment in material sector + dividend part. Already own about 500 shares of POT in RRSP, now thinking is it good time to add say 100 shares of AGU before merger? I consider potash as a reliable area of long-term investment but would be glad to think about the alternatives as well... Your comments are highly appreciated! Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Galina on February 28, 2017
Q: My question relates to your insights on sector performance. Consider WLKP (Westlake) CINR (Ciner) BAK (Braskem) (these are 3 US stocks) and MX (Methanex) (Canadian) , which might be characterized as base chemicals. What view do you have on this sectors performance, or individual performance?
Read Answer Asked by Jean on February 09, 2017
Q: SJ is currently the only holding I have categorized as materials. I have about a 10 year time frame. If I wanted to hold only one materials company, would a switch to MX make sense given its better momentum and dividend? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Alan on January 17, 2017
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