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Q: Many of us have stuck with Shopify as it has been descending , only to suffer severe paper losses on the recent price collapse.
I "hung on" because of comments made by 5i about keeping invested . We incurred a similar situation with Lightspeed last year .
Many of us are risk takers, but we put a great deal of trust in your experience. When we are blind-sided like this , comments suggesting that the price will likely recover in 5 or 10 years aren't helpful ...
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on February 18, 2022
Q: It feels like a gut punch. Down 20% today. Down 60% for 90 days ago. Sentiment is negative. It is now rated as Moderate Buy with 7 buy ratings and 5 hold (Tipranks).

A number of analysts have not rerated yet cause the earnings are so fresh.

The Balanced portfolio is now down +25% since inception of the position.

I am afraid (little late I guess) that the stock, not necessarily the company is broken.

I do not see a short to intermediate term catalyst that will turn this freight train around and just thinking, Where Are the Opportunities Now?


Sorry, still in a little daze about the drastic decline of this position. Not sure what to do at this point?


Sheldon
Read Answer Asked by Sheldon on February 17, 2022
Q: Management is considering a spin off. Ranges of values are provided. If they do this what would you expect the spin off to trade at and what would the trading value of BAM be after spin off. What % would the sum of the parts be above the current trading value of BAM pre spin off.
Read Answer Asked by Doug on February 16, 2022
Q: Hi 5i Team. I am just saying thanks for your advice over the years. Diversification in point. I once subscribed to an online investment advice site by G.P. called IWB. It has some very good portfolios, but I think one good lesson on diversification will be in one IWB portfolio i.e., the Growth Portfolio where it often boasts of huge double digit returns since inception but never on an annual basis. Its Growth portfolio has 8 stocks with about 51% Tech and 38% in just two i.e., SHOP (23.5%) and ARKK (14.5%) as of Feb 2021. Yikes. I stopped keeping track about 6-months ago but an update is due this month (maybe in the G&M). It will be interesting to see if diversification is mentioned in the next update. In fairness, the IWB does warn of the risk of investing in the growth portfolio, but it seems your growth portfolio is much more diversified and reporting annual performance is very helpful. Thanks again. Please publish if you think useful.
Read Answer Asked by Danny-boy on February 15, 2022
Q: What are your thoughts on acuity ads at this time. I believe it was set up to do well but didn't live up to expectations?

Through my current business i know understand what they do and it is a very interesting space in which i could see a lot of growth potential.

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Colin on February 15, 2022
Q: I went back to Constellation Software’s old reports to compare results to Topicus’ current results. Constellation had similar revenue ($891m USD) in 2012 to Topicus in 2021 ($846m USD).

Here are the revenue growth rates for those years:
CSU : 15%
TOI: 50%

Here are the acquisition amounts in those years:
CSU: $141m USD
TOI: $385m USD

By the numbers, it would seem that Topicus is significantly more aggressive in terms of growth by acquisition than Constellation was when it was the same size back in 2012.
My question is can Topicus keep this rate of acquisition up over the next five years or so, or are they picking off the low hanging fruit and things will get much more difficult down the road? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Michael on February 14, 2022
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