skip to content
  1. Home
  2. >
  3. Investment Q&A
You can view 3 more answers this month. Sign up for a free trial for unlimited access.

Investment Q&A

Not investment advice or solicitation to buy/sell securities. Do your own due diligence and/or consult an advisor.

Q: Would you consider KLA and/or ASML as "core" IT/AI holdings for 3-5 years, apart from current M 7 holdings. Among IT/AI opportunities available, how would you rank one or both, given current valuations, and taking into account vulnerabilities [China]. Or, would you suggest 3 others instead.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by sam on January 14, 2025
Q: Very volatile with a lyrH of $2.37 & lyrL .35 with great leap since mid Dec last.Please comment on company especially as to Dec 31 Corporate update,Jan 9 closing of12,738853 shs @ $1.57 and flagship product,Genius. Buy,Hold or Sell. Txs for u usual great services & views. All the Best for the New Year
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 14, 2025
Q: Hi team, Amazon DSP.. I think people just assume it’s always going to be a two-way race between Google and TTD. Can I get your take
on Amazon’s DSP and if it *could* become the 2nd most dominant player after Google? I have a 3% position and looking to make it 5%. Are you a buyer today? I have a 3.4% position in Apple which I’m considering selling completely to fund this.
Read Answer Asked by Don on January 14, 2025
Q: Names like VRT, NVDA, SHOP have now corrected about 15%. I like to buy in these situations all the while being fully aware that I suck at timing the bottom of a correction, knowing only that I am getting a deal compared to recent highs. My questions are: Any red flags on any of these? Do you see other names with similar or greater pullbacks that are equally or more compelling? A list of those would be appreciated. Thank-you.
Read Answer Asked by Alex on January 13, 2025
Q: As Google spent US$48 Bn a year (2024) it should have very robust search engines. The startup, perplexity.ai, is reportedly valued at US$9 Bn now. Mr Bezos and others back the firm. Personally, I haven't noticed big change for quite a while in Google's searching features. Do you if / know when perplexity might be brought public, and whether is looks at this point to be close to being knock Google's searching feature away? If it could, would you expect this to have much impact on Google's profitability?
Thanks for your valued insights.
Read Answer Asked by TOM on January 13, 2025
Q: In follow-up to the Q&A on Howard Marks' recent memo, out of the current "Mag 7", which one do you think is most likely to be in the S&P500's top 20 companies in 20 years, and which one do you think is least likely to be there? Feel free to make two picks for each or decline to respond. I own 5 of the 7.
Read Answer Asked by Barbara on January 13, 2025
Q: Hello 5i
Since last earnings and most recent Q&A in 5i (Nov 7) this share price has been falling.

Is the price action related to the previous earnings miss or earnings growth expectations changing due to business or Tariff concerns?

With a 5 year view on this name, does one just continue to hold through the downside volatility with anticipation for better future earnings and share price?

Thank
Read Answer Asked by David on January 13, 2025
Q: I have some fund from RRIF that I would like put into a TFSA and was just reading the latest issue of your ETF & Mutual Fund Update report. I am thinking of the above three ETFs and one stock. What are your thoughts. As a perspective, I would include some i2i fund if it was allowed in a TFSA.
Read Answer Asked by Danny-boy on January 10, 2025
Q: TIXT continues to drop (today down around 10%) with no news that I can find. Are you aware of any reason for the significant drop? Also, what is your take on how the senior executive team at Telus could have got this so wrong?
Read Answer Asked by ALAN on January 10, 2025
Q: Hello 5i
I currently own CSU LMN TOI SHOP VHI (which I consider tech'ish).
Do you see a compelling reason to add any of the other tech holding from the 5i balanced or growth portfolios? Would you avoid the concentration of the CSU family in favour of others?
Read Answer Asked by Dave on January 09, 2025