Investment Q&A

Q: Micron's report of lower sales of chips is obviously affecting the semiconductor
etfs. Do you think that many of the chip makers held by SOXQ; SOXX and SMH will also be affected? Would you be adding any of these etfs to your portfolio at this time??

Q: What are your thoughts about this company and D2L which is supposed to be coming out with an ipo? Thanks. Shyam

Q: There are 101 experts out there from the U.S. giving advice wanting you to subscribe to their products so you can make millions - but the only one I take time to read is Seeking Alpha. A commentator Paulo Santos from Seeking Alpha is very bearish on NVDA. The Ethereum 2.0 Merge, set for early 2022, will create a sudden destruction of demand for GPUs which will likely be felt by Nvidia. I spend a lot of time trying to unsubscribe to many of these unsolicited emails about these financial products but have been unsuccessful with respect to many.

Q: what price point looks really good to you if LSPD keeps dropping??

Q: Markets are going through a correction the past couple of weeks, particularly today (Tuesday). Tech is being hit hard. Can we have your assessment of the situation and what you see unfolding in the next few months? Do you view this as a buying opportunity or is it too early for this? Can you provide some names that have sold off too much in your opinion and might lead the rebound, when it happens.

Q: What is your take on the acquisition of the $50M in physical gold bars by PLTR? Does this make any sense by the company? Or do you believe they have some access to some privileged information from their service (ie. a Black Swan event)?

Q: I have had Shopify for 5 + years. What I was thinking to do is to reduce my holding somewhat and start a half position with Affirm. Your thoughts.
Thanks.

Q: I'm thinking that there's probably not a better time to enter some stocks I don't hold but want to own, than during the turbulent September / October timeframe.

Are there any of the above you would stay away from at current prices due to (over)valuation, downside risk, potential implosion.

Unfortunately, I have previously owned stocks that have left a huge scar (Nortel, NIKO Resources, Poseidon Concepts, Concordia), and want to avoid a similar fate with current high flying stocks.

Thanks for your input

Q: Hi Guys
What do you think of this company, I don't really understand their technology, but the way I read it, it has been "derisked", because they are going into human trails, is this a case of it been binary, if it works it will have good upside, if it fails, its goodbye Charlie

Thanks

Q: Is there an ETF you would suggest to hold for exposure to the top 10 US Tech stocks?

Q: Did some research on AT through Morning Star and Thompson Reuters, both say this stock is considerable undervalued. Do you agree? If so are there any business that might consider this a takeover target ?

Q: A recent article described Absolute Software and Sylogist as tech companies with great growth potential. Would you agree with this assessment. Thanks.

Q: I heard an interview where Jack Mallers indicated twitter through an app called strike, was providing free money transfers to and from any country in the world and this would be very advantageous for Twitter going forward and very disruptive to banks. Would facebook and other companies also be able to provide this service? Is money made when currencies are exchanged to bitcoin and back again. Please provide any information and opinions you may have on this subject. Feel free to use 5 credits. Thanks for your insights.

Q: For a high risk, ten year hold would you side with Unity Software or Docusign? Thanks.

Q: Hello Peter,

In your opinion, between the two which one has more upside over the next year or two?
Regards
Rajiv

Q: Streaming services ETFs. Cannot find any questions on this ETF or any other similar ETF in the 5i database (if there are any others). Other than its small size and relative "newishness" any other views \ concerns on SUBZ?

Q: The markets pre-COVID were rising at a reasonable rate year to year, with the odd market downturn. Since March/April 2020 the markets have shot up and stocks are trading at much higher multiples than pre-COVID. Eventually, reality may kick-in. There are many companies trading at very high evaluations. If you look at the overall market (i.e. Nasdaq) you see an exponential growth curve for the past 18 months, definitely not sustainable and possibly overpriced.? I still buy stocks but sometimes feel that if the market turns around, it could be years for it to come back. (I am more concerned about companies such as SHOP, NVEI, TTD, LSPD, NVDA, TOI, UPST, ... all of which are great companies but if we overpay, payback could be much more than 5 years.) I thought same about Netflix, I was totally wrong and missed out on one of the biggest lifetime opportunities BUT there must be a point where the price is definitely too high. Are we overpaying? Will we regret this at some point? Your thoughts? Thanks.

Q: Peter and team,

I use the US side of my portfolio mainly for growth opposed to CDN for income and some growth. Thinking of a switch from docu to affirm looks like good money to be made in this one. Can you give a comparison between the 2 and do you think affirm is a better investment now?

I've hit the highest ever by far in my portfolio this year akin to your father in law thanks in very large part to your recommendations.

From a very grateful many years standing customer!

Q: I would appreciate your opinion and outlook on (AOSL:US). Would you consider this a buy at this time? Thank you

Q: I remember years ago, 5i/Peter had mentioned to watch out for companies that initiate dividends and might support a buy thesis.

The reason (if I remember correctly) is that

1) this likely signals that the board thinks that the company has now reached some level of stability that they can afford to pay out a regular dividend instead of plowing it back to other ways to allocate capital

2) likely means that the board is shareholder friendly to some degree or thinking on behalf of shareholder by returning some cash flow to them.

With that said, is Micron Tech (which initiated their first dividend this past quarter) a company to look out for?