Investment Q&A

Q: Hi 5iReserch,

Would you please comment on why Alphabet's shares are pulling back so much this morning in spite of the strong earnings beat.
Cheers

Q: Hi Peter and Ryen,

Can not find any reason why Lumentum Holding stock price reversed to drop more than 7% (at the time of writing this). I own this stock.

Do you know why?

Thank you for your help.

Q: Hello! I'm a recent subscriber to 5i and liking what I see so far! I have a favorable view on the tech sector and own CQQQ and BABA. Any thoughts on these names or sector in general? Any other names that might be a good fit (besides Amazon)? I was also thinking VB would be a good way to play the tech and financial sector at the same time. How long has it being in the growth portfolio? Any other suggestions regarding niche banks?

Q: What is your view on Quarterhill? Does it show any potential for future improvement in price?

Q: It keeps going down. It is 2% of my portfolio. Would you add more at this level.

Thanks,
Milan

Q: Is this still a buy? please coment on debt, roe, p/e, any headwinds

Q: An American stock, but if you have views, may we hear them?

Thank you!

Q: I currently have a weighting of 8 % Canadian tech companies. For diversification I hold CSU, OTEX, SYZ, ENGH and KXS. My largest holdings are in the larger companies, specifically CSU at 5% and OTEX at 3%. I would like to diversify my portfolio into international stocks. To this end, in the high tech sphere I have started to buy XQQ. Since XQQ is an ETF, and so is diversified, I plan to bring XQQ up to 10%. Note that I currently have 20% in VFV. So my US exposure would be 20% VFV and 10% XQQ. Do you see any downside to this plan? Note that XQQ is hedged, are you aware of a US tech ETF that is not hedged?

Q: Hi Peter and Ryan,
Pls give your thought and update assessment on
Lumentum Holdings after Department of Commerce in US banned some of the communications equipment company from dealing with Chinese company ZTE.
What degree of business would affect LITE?

Thanks for your help.

Q: Could you give an updated assessment of this company please? Thank you.

Q: I have done very well over the years with csu ( thanks to you) and still have about 8% in portfolio. thinking about selling half and buying csco
My thinking is csco is ready to move. good idea?

Q: ANET getting killed this morning down over 10 percent. probably in part due to the downgrade. Is growth story still intact or is competition killing it? still a buy/hold or is it time to sell?

TIA!

Q: A recent article in the Globe was citing an RBC analyst as saying it was time to go underweight on tech stocks.
I have the following weightings in my portfolio -
ENGH - 6% ; SYZ, KXS and DSG 4% each.
Do you see any of these as being seriously overvalued? I have very good gains on all and have taken profits on all except KXS as they have moved up.
Any comments are appreciated.

Q: Hi team,
It looks like questions are slowing down these days with the volatile markets so I think it is time for me to use another credit. I am a tech guy and read your answers on SPOT with interest. I am tempted to pull the trigger but have been holding back. Years ago, I held Netflix but sold out way too early as the earnings and subscriber metrics were all over the map (look where it is today). The main problem I had with Netflix was that it was paying all these movie/TV companies for access to content. These days it is creating its own movies and TV series and now has some control over it, despite the billions it is spending on it each year.

I have the same issue with SPOT but more so. SPOT has to pay all the musical artists in order to broadcast their songs. How can SPOT overcome the content hurdle like Netflix is doing? I can not see it hiring bands to compose songs and hope the songs become popular.

In your SPOT answers you say it is a sitting duck for NFLX and maybe DIS, AMZN, GOOG, AAPL and others. I was really surprised by the takeover spin as you have never in the past offered that up as a reason for purchase a stock.

I am confused on your buy thesis for SPOT.

Thanks again,
dave

Q: Good morning5i team,
I am thinking about buying Amazon, especially following the positive way in which you view it. I am wondering about the timing, though. I noticed on a number of questions recently asking about the best US stocks to buy at the moment, that Amazon is not on that list. With it's recent fall I am a bit surprised by that. Is there something in particular about Amazon at the moment that would prevent you from adding it to such a list?
thanks

Q: Keysight was a top pick on BNN yesterday. It looks like a good company with good fundamentals. Do you have any more information on this company? I'm looking for a tech company (not software) for at least a medium term hold.

Q: I have US $ Portfolio: FB,SHOP,CGNX,AMZN,NVDA,SQ,NFLX,MA.
Yesterday I sold all of CCGNX because of down trend and Dead cross on
EMA50 & EMA200. I have around 20 K US$ from the sell.
Please suggest some some US stocks to replace CGNX that you would buy
right now or should I wait for change of trend to up to repurchase CGNX.
Andrew

Q: Your thoughts on swapping goog out for msft OR 1/2 a position of goog to msft.

Thanks

Q: Which do you think are the best companies in both Canada and the US to invest in for artificial intelligence and robotics.

Q: Is this a good time to add tech? If so, do you see one or two stocks that you would recommend now? I was thinking of a mix of CSU, OTEX, and KXS.