Investment Q&A

Q: What do you make of VCX rocket-like rise? Too late to jump in?

I'm down on Broadcom, not by a lot but it has been stuck there for months. I'm thinking of selling and use proceeds for better plays. Your thoughts?

Thanks!

Q: Hello 5i Team,
I'm looking for 2 or 3 US high yield ETF's; which do you recommend?
Thanks,
Brent

Q: Some commentators have said that the recent court decision against Meta is equivalent to the decisions against tobacco companies a few decades ago. Your thoughts on potential ramifications of recent decisions in California and New Mexico, please.

Q: In a recent article that I read, the focus was on filtering “companies with expected ROE expansion driven by improving margins and total asset turnover, not financial engineering.”

Among those at the top of his list, the one that interested me was MDT.

- Do you agree that MDT should see favourable ROE going forward?

- Any concerns about valuation or competition?

- Would you agree that the requirement for MDT's devices would be more resilient during recessionary times compared to other types of surgeries?

Q: Do you have any comments on this AI travel company that recently beat earnings, and was mentioned on BNN today. Also brokerages apparently have buy recommendations.
It is also down from its high.
Thank you

Steve

Q: Greetings 5i, which one you you buy today, Micron or Intuit, and why the one over the other? Thank you.

Q: HEy 5i, I’m tired of looking at Comcast in my portfolio (down 37%) and looking to swap it out with Blackstone which I believe has a better future. I believe this is an upgrade even though it’s in a different sector. What do you folks think.

Q: Is Palantir a good trading proxy for this "Trump Excursion" as it does have a lot of contracts with the US defence dept?

It is trading at the lower end of its range.

Thnx
Dave

Q: I am up over 800% NVDA which is starting to make up a substantial part of my portfolio. I am 5 years from retirement. would you let it ride? How much more is left in the tank here for NVDA?

OR would you sell off a portion of profits here and if so which solid dividend paying US stocks (hold and forget) would you purchase with the proceeds (maybe name 2 or 3).

Thank you !

Q: Please polish the 5i crystal ball and suggest a reasonable entry point for NBIS. Thanks!

Q: I am wondering about your thoughts on AMD. It’s P/E ratio is 83, and there is a big gap on the chart last October in the $160-200 range. I have held it for a long time and I’m happy with the overall gain, but I am surprised at the volatility. I have a half position in it, which was originally a quarter position. So I can’t say as I’m unhappy with it, but I have never had the conviction to go to a full position. Based on a long term objective, can I have your thoughts on whether I should move on, hold, or go to a full position?

Q: Not a question but a comment:

• Jevons Paradox: Historically, making a resource more efficient actually increases total demand. If AI inference becomes 8x cheaper and faster, companies will deploy it in 10x more places, ultimately requiring more total memory. 
• Inference vs. Training: TurboQuant primarily affects the inference phase (running the model). It doesn't reduce the massive amount of memory needed for the training phase, where Micron's HBM3E/HBM4 is most critical.

Most analysts (including those at Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo) view this as a healthy evolution. It solves a bottleneck that was making AI too expensive to scale. By making AI cheaper to run, Google is actually ensuring the "AI Supercycle" lasts longer, even if it removes some of the "scarcity premium" from memory prices

Q: How do you interpret MU's buy back of senior notes. Comparing with shares buy back, is it more like management's confidence in futur earning or boosting value of shareholders. Does the negative market reaction means that traders are looking elsewhere for quick gains in a volatile market?

Q: Hello Team,
Could you give me an analysis of these two stocks. Are either or both buys in your opinion?
Thank You,
Barry

Q: ELF Beauty has continued to drop. Would you average down or simply exit the position?

Q: My first question is just out of curiosity . When I do a question search on MU using the Canadian CDR and the American stock symbol I get two sets of different answers ..... { and the questions have nothing to do with hedged currencies } I found I got more company specific questions using the American symbol . Why is that ?

Up until now I have been uninterested in the MU CDR but my interest is now tweaked . So I have been a throwing a lowball price at it daily . Each day my order goes unfilled and the following day the price is below what I wanted to pay so I do the same thing. { Today's lowball bid is $16.37 } .

Now I would like to get educated on what I am attempting to buy . All I know is it is a memory chip maker .....I'd like to know ..... A current P/E ratio ? A forward P/E ratio ? A comment on future expectations both from you and the company ? Why are investors selling ? What would make it stop falling ? Do you expect it to stop falling ? In other words an overall analysis to help me decide whether to stop lowballing and just make a decision to buy or not to buy ...... Thanks for your terrific service .....

Q: I remain with a small position in OBDC. Even though it is down a fair bit and has been for quite some time, There has been many comments about OWL but not OBDC. I bought it for the dividend and will be happy enough as long as it continues. Do you see the OBDC dividend as secure? Do you see any prospect that the whole enterprise might collapse? Thanks for your excellent service.

Q: Hello team,

Is ARM a buy?

"Arm just announced a new data center CPU chip, the Arm AGI CPU, which can directly compete with its customers. Meta Platforms and OpenAI are initial customers for the Arm AGI CPU, with Meta citing significant improvements in data center performance. The new chips will compete with data center CPUs from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices." Barron's

It is up 8% after hours.

Appreciating your unbiased review and investing insight...Always! :)

Q: Your thoughts on these two. Safe haven or value trap? Thought on the dividends? Technically, they look like they might be approaching some support.

Q: Hello Team 5i & Everyone,

May I have your updated assessment of AAOI please? (Applied Optoelectronics)

It looks like it's been doing well the last 11 months alongside COHR and LITE then it doubled more dramatically in a month on its last earnings. Is this justified in their fundamentals, or is it possibly driven by profits searching for the next opportunity to make quick money?

(It also looks like AAOI's earnings haven't been as consistently good as LITE and COHR over the last while.)

Thank you,

Sandra