Investment Q&A

Q: In the last while, gold and shares in gold producers has until the US election enjoyed a very positive run. There has been quite a downturn. What is your outlook for gold and the producers? If you owned, would you be winding down some positions? Thanks for your excellent service.

Q: Top to bottom out of the four which has the most growth ahead for 3-5 years?

Q: I'm wondering if AEM is still a buy at this price, or could you recommend the price when you would buy AEM? Is there another gold stock you would choose with good upside and as a solid company? Thanks.

Q: Thank you for your prompt response Peter. My take on the stock’s recent trading history….10 weeks ago Simply Wall Street comments that the stock’s Q2 revenue was boosted by one time items. We get closer to Q3 release date and there is selling as some investors fear the numbers will be weak, thinking that revenue will not match the previous quarter. No more one time items. Eric Sprott sees that as a buying opportunity as he is a longer term investor. The shares are tightly held and so hard for Eric to acquire unless there is selling pressure. I’m assuming Eric is buying on the open market, not through a private placement. Do you agree?
Thanks,
Jim

Q: what are your thoughts on this company share price decline after Eric Sprott stepped in and bought a large amount of shares at around the 5.00 level giving him 19% in the company and now trading around 3.10 level. thank you.

Q: Do you have any thoughts on APM? If I understand correctly the California mine produces gold using heap leaching which can be problematic. The Bolivian mine produces silver primarily. I believe Eric Sprott is increasing his share count but not sure how much that means. They report on Nov 11th.
Thanks,
Jim

Q: Hi there, thanks for your answer regarding WGX. Follow up;

Are the shares currently trading at a fair price, cheap, etc? Can you provide ratios to support your views?

Your thoughts on not hedging at this point?

Your thoughts on current management/board?

Could WGX be a takeover target itself here?

Any two/three company ideas as to who would benefit taking them over?

Is the momentum for gold strong enough to break through $3K? Or could it fall sharply next week based on the US election results, your thoughts would be appreciated?

Thanks!

Q: Hi there, your thoughts on WGX results?
Are the shares trading at a fair price here based on current gold price?

Thanks!

Q: Which stock (Franco vs Agnico) would you pick for a 5-10 year hold?
With appreciation,
Ed

Q: Please rank these companies for their capital appreciation three years out.What is your favourite gold stock for this criteria?

Q: For a single gold stock at 5% of a TFSA, would you pick FNV or AEM, and why?

Jack

Q: Record(?) or near-record free cash flow of $760M, $2B in additional buybacks announced. Bought back ~$750M of stock since Feb 2024 (~2% of shares outstanding). Gold currently ~$300/oz higher than their average selling price in Q3 of $2518. Surely slightly higher costs aren't that important in the context of the gold price being so strong and the large buybacks.

The old adage is to date the mining companies and marry the royalty companies. Is now a good entry to start dating Newmont?

Q: Do you recommend buy, hold or sell?

Q: this company seems to have a deposit that no one cares about . Is it just a loser or is there other mitagating factors like undrip affecting developement ?

Q: Hello 5i team,

For our TFSA, we hold AEM & ABX and RRSP - FCX long term over 5 years or so. We try to keep to 3 names max and keep trimming them down.

I appreciate having your thought on switching to PAAS / WPM or sell them all off and switching to energy/ energy services like OXY, BEPC, CNQ. We already have Enbridge, TC & Pembina in our portfolio for income. Thank you

Q: Still sitting on a pile of NDM shares now going on 8 years. From my perspective at the current valuation not worth selling at all but I notice it is inching upwards recently. Has anything changed ? or is this pure speculation that the Donald might interfere if elected.

Q: Hello Team,

Can I get your thoughts on Gold over the next few years. I currently have about 3% of my portfolio in Gold stocks and thinking about increasing to 5-6%.

Where do you think the market in general will price Gold stocks? Do you see an "AI" type frenzy at all coming with gold prices heading towards $3000. I feel most companies are under priced/valued.

Can you give me your top 3-4 high growth gold stocks.

Thanks.

Q: hello
it has dropped to a support level of 9.7
I wonder what is a good entry point to take a half position in this
stock for copper?
thanks
Michael

Q: Good Day,

Edit: I got to the end of this and realize there is a lot to unpack here. My apologies and please forgive the transient nature of my ADD brain. Take however many credits you need.

I really enjoyed Jonathans question and your subsequent answer on Oct 10. Continuing on that thread, I too consider myself primarily a growth investor, and have a fairly high tolerance for risk. However, in contradiction (somewhat) to that, I also Love equities with a DRIP program.

I'm planning on making a significant contribution to my RRSP investment account to hopefully capitalize on some opportunities/ tax loss selling in the end of the year, and enjoying the tax break in April.

1. I think? I have a pretty solid basket of growth names, significantly from 5i recommendations. CALF CLBT CROX MSFT NVDA POWL SMCI TCS TMDX AMZN ASPN HPS LMN TVK VRT. In the growth space, Please provide 6 recommendations (CAD, US) ranked in decreasing order of preference that you would consider beneficial to these. If any of these current positions are in a very attractive place to add, you could suggest that with a why.

2. In the dividend/DRIP space, I have DE CHE.UN ZWT BAM SU PPL. About a month ago, I sold my BEP and BNS and rolled them in to my double up my BAM, which paid off, but am considering a re-buy. Reading the questions lately, you have been big on BNS and TD, but seem to contradict yourselves on it. Often recommending BNS over TD, only to recommend to someone that holds both to cut BNS over TD if only one is to be held. Are they that close in terms of future runway/room to grow/total returns? With my Love of DRIPs, would you give the edge to BNS due to the higher dividend? Could you recommend 3 - 5 options in this space, preferably holdings that would require less than 10K (20K for very high conviction) invested to DRIP a unit. ETFs are OK with low fees and higher Dividend.

3. In Jonathans question you commented on Materials being a great addition to a growth investors portfolio as a semi uncorrelated diversification. I've held LUN and LIF in the past, but with the power demands and resurgence of Nuclear, are there better options out there? Please provide 2-3 dividend paying and up to 5 growth options in this space.

4. Is GOOG a buy here? I fully agree that the impact was way overblown. Is it worth getting into one of the 2x leverage tickers for GOOG if ones conviction is very high? Is there any company you would consider a leveraged holding on? If so, which?

Thanks for everything!!!

James

Q: Do you have any info on todays sudden pull back of 8.50 Are there any fundamental reasons to cause concern?