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Q: Please help me out. One of the metrics I find very important is ROE or return on equity. When I look this up look this up on 5i’s site under profile I get an ROE of 128% however when I look at the April 25/24 report it shows 2%? The current Morningstar Quant Report shows 3.99%. So 1st. question is does 5i consider ROE to be an important metric?
Secondly how can I get an accurate measurement?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Les on April 23, 2025
Q: According to Yahoo Finance average vulume for Canada is 1.2 million shares and for the US IT IS 5.5 million shares per day. Where did 5i get your numbers from?

Thx
Read Answer Asked by blake on April 21, 2025
Q: What would be your best three stocks for a long term hold that have a good combination of dividend yield and modest growth on both the US and Canadian side of the border ?
Read Answer Asked by Robbie on April 21, 2025
Q: Good Evening

1. In buying and selling stocks how much weight one should place on technical analysis ?
With respect to BAM, a broker's technical analysis section indicated, on March 7/2025, that this security could drop to a range of 50-54. The event on March 7/2025 was described as "Megaphone Top".

2. Is there any explanation as to why BAM dropped 23% from its peak while the TSX dropped only 7% as of today ? Do you recommend adding at this level or holding ?
I will appreciate as always your insight.
Read Answer Asked by Terry on April 17, 2025
Q: What are your top 15 (US or CAN value/growth) stocks with the best current valuations to purchase for long term. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Ben on April 17, 2025
Q: SHOP has received some so-so analyst ratings recently. Some are buys and some are hold and sell. I know 5i likes SHOP. But if you had to put a bad report together on SHOP, what would be the negatives that would result in a poor rating. I guess I'm asking what does one have to worry about specifically with SHOP?
Read Answer Asked on April 16, 2025
Q: Retired investor with RIF and pension income looking to deploy capital to generate growth (moderate risk) and income. Please provide 5 companies each in the US and Canada to investigate further for investment soon. Canadian banks and utilities owned, so please exclude those.
Read Answer Asked by Joel on April 16, 2025
Q: HI Peter,
Would you continue to dollar cost average into Dollarama at $164+? Or do you think it's fully valued? The investing site I use for company historical data shows the current PE as 38.3 (high) and in between the 38.3 and 20.9 for the last 10 years. The forward PE for the next 2 years as 36.3 and 32.5. We've been slowly DCAing and it's worked out OK thus far. Thanks for stellar advice during these tumultuous times.
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on April 15, 2025
Q: This company seems exempt from much tariff impact according to their recent press release and since they're continuing to expand their manufacturing capabilities and growing into new US markets - how do you view this company going forward?

It seems expensive on a PE basis but wondering your thoughts.

Also - do you know when this company reports and the outlook for earnings?
Read Answer Asked by Cathy on April 10, 2025
Q: Which 5 Canadian growth stocks would you start to accumulate today? Cash account.
Which 5 USA growth stocks would you start to accumulate today? Cash account.
Five year hold.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Lawrence on April 09, 2025
Q: With the steep sell-off recently and stock markets coming to terms with a global trade war, which five Canadian and/or US small to mid-cap growth stocks across any sector look most interesting at this point? Looking at starting partial positions as I do not think the bottom is here yet. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Terry on April 07, 2025
Q: Greetings 5i team,
I hold the securities listed above, as well as a couple of more stable ETFs and some cash in my TFSA. I am aware that things are going to be volatile at least for the near future but am wondering in what order an investor might deploy cash to any of these securities given the correction we are experiencing.
Thank you
Steve P
Read Answer Asked by Steve on April 07, 2025
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