Here’s one buy and one sell for PGI investors: Chemtrade Logistics and NortonLifeLock

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Long-time readers know that we’re constantly re-evaluating our stock picks. That means moving out of picks with limited growth prospects—see Chemtrade below—in favour of stocks in high-growth areas such as pharmaceuticals and technology—like NortonLifeLock. CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND $5.61 (Toronto symbol CHE.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (www.chemtradelogistics.com; Units outstanding: 92.7 million; Market cap: $530.3 million; Dividend yield: 10.7%) is one of the largest removal-service providers for resource firms that create acids and sulphur as byproducts. In March 2020, the trust cut its monthly distributions by 50%, to $0.05 from $0.10. The units have a still-high yield of 10.7%. Chemtrade faces market conditions that will weigh on it for the foreseeable future. While it has sufficient liquidity to manage today’s challenging conditions, its long-term debt is now $1.2 billion, or a very high 2.3 times its $530.3 million market cap. That adds a lot of risk. We still like Chemtrade’s long-term outlook—it offers investors diversified exposure to North American industrial chemicals—but we think there are better stocks for your…