Investment Q&A

Q: In answer to Dan's question about "light" reading on the topic of Investment psychology, might I also suggest David Dreman's "Psychology and the Stock Market: Investment Strategy Beyond Random Walk." For the subject, I found it fairly accessible.

Q: Is there any light reading you can suggest on the topic of Investment psychology? Thanks.

Q: Morning 5i,

Some time ago you recommended a podcast called Invest 'Like the Best', which has been great, thanks for that. One of Patrick's recent guests is Jeremy Grantham who outlines a case for the current market being in late stage bubble territory. Do you have the same feeling? Any advice as to some defensive plays prudent investors should take other than taking some profit off the table or going to a slightly higher percentage cash to be prepared to take advantage of a downturn? Are you recommending any examples of securities which have done well in such situations?

Thanks,

Dan

Q: Hi Peter/Ryan, do you have some book recommendations for Growth/GARP investing? Thanks in advance.

Q: Your thoughts on the pro's and con's between individual stocks and etf's

Q: Is the US dollar still considered as strong a safe-haven currency as in previous years? If yes, is there typically a correlation between it rising along with the VIX? I have been surprised at the level the US dollar has dropped over the past year.
Thanks, Cathy

Q: Hi 5i,
I know you guys are long term investors and don’t like trading around earnings, but it seems to me that most tech stocks are priced to perfection these days and they can have great earnings calls and yet the stock sells off. Recent examples are NVDA, ROKU, TTD, SQ and SHOP (although SHOP announced a financing as well). For new positions, aren’t the odds in your favour to wait until after earnings to buy? Similarly, if one is overweight on a position, again it seems to me that the odds are in your favour to trim back prior to earnings. What are your thoughts on this approach?
Thanks again.
Dave

Q: Why would DND currently trading at such a low price below its bought deal price of $50.50 (say around $43 at this moment, or a 15% discount)? What would the underwriters do to "salvage" this deal?

Thanks

Q: It appears that the sale of People to Goldman Sachs was approved and finalized as of Feb 18, 2021. The shares have disappeared from my account now but no money has been put in. When should we expect to get the money?

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.

Q: Hello

Our US holdings are up 36.25%, where as our Canadian holdings are only up 17.22%.
The five mentioned above are our only real shining stars at this point.
Is one better to have all US holdings and forget Canada?
Thank you
Mike

Q: Hi Peter,
from your article in the Financial Post, could you elaborate on the effects of inflation or deflation on a portfolio?
Thank you.

Q: What is your preferred strategy, if you believe there will be a 20% + correction in the next 3 months?
1. just ride it out, knowing it will come back over time
2. sell 30 - 50% of the portfolio (riskiest stocks) and raise cash to re-deploy when prices are lower
3. sell 30 - 50% and replace with less market correlated assets
4. sell 20 - 30% and hedge with puts or inverse ETF's.

Q: Dear 5i,

I don't have any margin accounts and definitely do not plan on getting any but, I do have many questions regarding them.
1. what accounts can use margin?
2. how does one generally qualify for margin?
3. can the broker essentially make a margin call at any time?

thanks

Q: Hi 5I,

I see that Wishpond recently announced that they have entered into a market maker contract with PI Financial. Is this typical? Would this been done to ensure to that the exchange's listing requirements are met in regards to volume or transactions?

Thanks

Q: I accidentally bought additional shares of CRWD in my unregistered CDN account instead of the U$ unregistered account. Note C$ is stronger vs U$ than when I bought it. Which would be my best option, leave as is or journal to U$ account.
Trying as much as possible to limit capital gains in 2021.

Q: whats behind the demand for the CAD, causing its constant rise. Is the reason the lack of demand for the USD? but why,can you explain a bit more.
Art

Q: We know of dividend increases when a company reports earning but is there a site that shows recent dividend increases buy all companies? Not sure if anyone / site tracks that.
Please advise.

Q: Hello 5i,

The reality today is that the little guy was ripped off for years with MERS and fees. Now that this correction is unfolding with personal management of investments the next area of concern is Hedge Fund and Large Corporate consortium manipulation of the market in a "war" or to collaborate on stock pricing. It was fun to watch the little guy get some revenge but there seems to be an underlying criminal element to the "establishment" or "old boys" club when it comes to investing in the stock market.

What "IF" any investor (personal, hedge fund, or other large organizations) could "ONLY" buy and and sell a stock. . no shorts, calls, puts, etc. What would happen to the stock market?

Thank you again for helping the little guy navigate the stock market. 5i is the best value of any service out there.

Cheers,
Debbie and Jerry

Q: How do you determine / select which company to write a report on? Currently you have reports on a range of companies from little known micro/small caps to large cap blue chips, with large gaps in between. Some of these small caps may be interesting investments by why exclude the many other companies that re commonly invested in?
I believe it would be valuable to at least have reports on the TSX60 constituents or the top 100 by mkt cap. Better yet, why not report on all the companies listed on the TSX? It would make your service more valuable.

Related to the above, why would you select NR companies for your model portfolios? What's the reasoning for including NR companies in portfolios?

Q: What cycle in the economy are we in?