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Investment Q&A

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Q: April 28th you answered Kevin ranking these stocks in this order, there has been news on some, any changes you'd make to your guess?
Read Answer Asked by Charles on June 26, 2025
Q: BN is sitting at 7.5%, AXON - BKNG are 5% and the rest are 3% positions totaling approx. 83% of my stock assets. I have some 1-2% positions in my cash account (GSY, ATZ, PRL, CLBT, HPS.a, BNS,SU, TMDX, TVK and CNQ. I'm heavy tech, financials and industrials going into H2 2025. Would you add to, remove or change anything is this was your account (assuming you're 52 and plan to retire in 8 years). Not looking for a person allocation but rather if it was you, what might you be looking to adjust, if anything. Note I have no utilities currently. Thanks and have a great weekend.
Read Answer Asked by Don on June 24, 2025
Q: Could you please recommend five moderately conservative stocks that you believe will prove to have been a sensible buy 5 to 10 years down the road.
Read Answer Asked by william on June 19, 2025
Q: In a recent question you listed your top 5 North American stocks. What would be your next 5 best picks?
Read Answer Asked by Ian on June 11, 2025
Q: Hello all,

I am helping aid my young adult children in developing a portfolio of strong companies that pay a dividend. They were not comfortable buying during the VIX 30-50 range so they have not benefited from the recent rebound.

They are looking at holding any of these positions for 5 years (when they may need to liquidate a bit for a down payment on a property)

Please note, the American equities would be CDRs and hedged.


Here are my questions:

What entry point/range would you be comfortable buying any of these securities listed?

Do you recommend half positions in any of them at this time? Please list.

Taking into account the time frame, are there any companies you would recommend not buying?

Are there any sectors (with a particular security) which perhaps I should consider that is not on my list?

Please mention if there are other securities that might be better in satisfying the stated objective.

Do you forsee any problems with this approach and do you recommend something else to help offset anything?

I know that you don't have a crystal ball but your opinion is appreciated.

Please take as many credits as required.

Respectfully,
Arturo
Read Answer Asked by Arturo on June 11, 2025
Q: A Market Call guest stated Brookfield's annualized return was 18% over 30 years leading me to wonder if there was a way to calculate such a number by including the number of spinoffs which have been many. Can you confirm or deny the 18% claim?
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on June 04, 2025
Q: Which names in the Growth and Balanced portfolios respectively do feel best about currently for a 3-5 year hold? Any related sector comments?

With thanks.
Read Answer Asked by David C. on June 03, 2025
Q: The impending big ugly Republican bill is supposed to increase the witholding taxes for Canadians, on certain companies.

According to the Globe ("Trump’s new bill threatens major tax increases for Canadian companies", by Clare O’Hara and Rudy Mezzetta, May 22, 2025), this would include, "Canadian corporations that receive dividends from U.S. subsidiaries" and "Canadian individuals who own U.S. securities directly". This tax would rise to 50 percent from 5% and 15% respectively.
Though I do not depend on dividend income, I do own a couple of securities which I am wondering about:

Brookfield Corp: A company based in Canada but which is trying to become based in the US. Though this has a small USD yield, would it be affected?

Purpose US Cash High Interest ETF: This pays interest in USD on USD but is a Canadian company. Would this interest be affected by this bill?

Can you name some companies in particular that would be hit hard by this?

Lastly, I wonder if our pension plans, like CPP, HOOPP, etc would be affected significantly and how would they respond? Any insight on that?

Thanks as always.
Read Answer Asked by Alfred on May 27, 2025
Q: Hello 5i Team, I'm quite overweight CSU and was thinking about trimming some (or lots). I've held CSU since 2014 and think it might be time to reduce my exposure. If you were given a blank sheet and could pick 5 quality US and 5 quality Canadian names; which would they be?
Thank you Brent
Read Answer Asked by Brent on May 26, 2025
Q: Whats your current favorite financial in Canada ? 2nd choice ? How does IFC fit in ? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on May 15, 2025
Q: Hi Team,
Over the past several years, as a general rule, one of the best buying opportunities seems to be buying quality, best in breed companies while they are down. Stocks such as NVDA, META, SHOP, BN, CRWD come to mind here where in the past we have seen significant sell offs but the quality names always seem to recover. My question is, are we witnessing this type of opportunity right now with UNH? In reality the name has been a steady eddy, reliable grower in the sector for years. Now...it loses over half it's market cap in a month? In my un-professional opinion this seems much too extreme to me for a company of this magnitude, with a long track record of success, and seemingly huge moat in the US. Is it time to start picking away at buying this name, collecting the now near 3% dividend, and sitting on it for the longer term? Collecting the div and having the name recover in say 3 years would calculate to a quite lucrative return. Thoughts?

Thanks,
Shane.
Read Answer Asked by Shane on May 15, 2025
Q: I was under impression from your answers on BN and BAM that BN would outperform BAM in share price since BAM pays a dividend. Looking at both stocks the opposite is happening. BAM is outperforming BN and even more so when the div is included. Could you confirm? If my observation is correct could you explain how this is happening? Again, if i am correct and BN was your holding, would you switch to BAM? At this point i am not looking for a div so i would be fine with dripping. Is there a possibility of this trend reversing? I guess i could own both. what would be the split ratio that would reflect the relationship between BN and BAM that you would suggest?
Read Answer Asked by JR on May 07, 2025
Q: The above private equities companies have taken a significant dive over the last few months, disproportionally volatile coamoted to the SP500. Can you please

1. Comment on the reasons for market underperformance in this sector

2. Are any of these must owns ? (I know BN is a favourite of your’s, I own a 3% position)

3. Can you rank them in terms of preference for total return over 5 to 10 years? I am open to you including onex in the list.

4. if I wanted to increase my exposure to financial (I am underweight financials, and moreso on the US side), would you look to topping Brookfield or adding a second name?

5. How much sector exposure to this sub sector would you recommend in terms of Portolio allocation for a growth invester?

Thank you and please deduct credits as you deem necessary.

Best,
Karim.
Read Answer Asked by Karim on May 07, 2025
Q: What are the street estimates for PRL, WSP, IFC and SHOP ? Thank You
Read Answer Asked by rajeev on May 06, 2025
Q: Considering adding to a small position that I'm even on, according to RBC, there are only 4 analysts covering this stock, 1 sell, 1 hold and 2 buys. I know 5i highly regards this company, in my mind for a good reason, I would have thought it would have more than 4 analysts and would have had a better rating. Curious why someone would rate it a sell?
Read Answer Asked by Charles on May 05, 2025