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Q: I have money ($30K) to reinvest in my TFSA. I am heavily overweight in technology (28.5%) and overweight in consumer cyclicals (13%) in my overall portfolio. My wife and I own the above stocks in our TFSA. Could you give me your best 3-5 suggestions for addition(s), avoiding high risk companies? Thanks for the great service.
Read Answer Asked by jacques on March 12, 2021
Q: One of the "highlights" from Kinaxis' recent quarter was the decline in gross profit. From what I can tell, it seems that R&D spending was significantly higher, in part to augment AI capabilities. Can you shed any light on this decrease in profit and if it was from higher R&D is that not a good use of capital and does that not bode well for the company going forward?

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on March 12, 2021
Q: I am thinking of selling my long term holding in KXS (held in RRSP) in favour of NOW. I acknowledge the obvious difference in size and risk. I would like to continue to position in a consistent performer with visible earnings growth in the cloud-based enterprise SAAS space. The recent poor subscription guidance, significantly lower margin expectations and the “cockroach theory” has made me contemplate the change out of KXS. NOW would appear to be an emerging platform company with a much larger TAM than KXS. Would you be ok with this considering my objective of consistency or would this be an over-reaction on my part as KXS has been good to me (thanks to 5i)?
Read Answer Asked by Stefan on March 10, 2021
Q: I am looking to put 5 stocks into a tfsa and put them in a growth portfolio. Which would be your top 5 for growth
Read Answer Asked by Mike on March 09, 2021
Q: Hi 5i team
I would like to thank you for all your sound advice since inception. I would need to trim up to 5 stocks from this portfolio. If you were in that position, which ones would you cut starting with first to cut up to fifth. These stocks are in a rrsp with equal percentages. Thanks. Gilles
Read Answer Asked by Gilles on March 08, 2021
Q: I currently have full positions in BAM.A, GSY, WMT, VEEV with half positions in CRWD, KXS, TTD, U, and VZ. Are you comfortable with this portfolio? I am contemplating reducing KXS or removing U with ATZ, LMT, AC or MG. I'd appreciate your thoughts on any necessary adjustments to make at this time.
Read Answer Asked by Matthew on March 08, 2021
Q: My stocks and losses are below. You indicated that the rise in rates was causing the selloff. If rates just keep rising, do you think these stocks will keep dropping?
Are these stocks healthy enough to rebound? Your views much appreciated.

US:NIO -48.31%
US:U -41.66%
KXS -21.42%
US:RDFN -21.04%
US:CRWD -19.50%
US:CELH -12.98%
Read Answer Asked by TOM on March 08, 2021
Q: Hello,
2 part question regarding the above companies for a 30 year old investor with a 10+ year hold horizon:

1. In a TFSA account I currently own BNS and BUS. Would you swap these 2 out for LSPD, KXS and DND today? If so, would you please rank the 5 companies in order of preference in a TFSA account?

2. I have some cash to deploy in my RRSP account. I was wondering if you could also rank the following companies to buy today once again for a 30 year old with a minimum holding period of 10 years: BAM, BIP.UN, BIPC (in case you think that one is better than the other in an RRSP), BNS, XIU and VEQT. I would be able to purchase 3 of the 6 mentioned so what would be your preferred mix in this case?

Thanks for your help!
Read Answer Asked by Antonio on March 08, 2021
Q: Hi 5i team,

Any thoughts on how far this trend of selling tech or renewables will continue? Looks like NASDAQ is now negative ytd with many of your Canadian techs down 20+ percent ytd.

When would you seriously start putting floor bids on the favs like CSU, KXS, LSPD, WELL, REAL, SCR, and XBC? If you could put in dollar amts for each it would also be great.

Thx
Read Answer Asked by Christopher on March 05, 2021
Q: The markets have been very nasty to some favorites in the past week or so. Can you recommend one or two companies or funds that you think have really been hit unrealistically hard? Your opinion would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Danny-boy on March 05, 2021
Q: Hi 5i,

I’m a conservative investor who doesn’t like a lot of volatility. I want to diversify a little more from my banks, utilities, and Reits to get a little more growth. I like KXS but can’t handle that amount of volatility. Do you think TIXT would be more appropriate? Is it a good time to purchase at $36? I own OTEX and have no problem with its volatility.

Thanks
John
Read Answer Asked by John on March 04, 2021
Q: I have 2.5% position in KXS which I’ve had since March 2020 in my RRSP - thank you for the suggestion.

I have a new 1.4% position in XBC in my TSFA which is under water by 25% as of today.

If you had 3% in cash to deploy would you increase on or both of these or find something else?

Forgetting diversification- long term holding so a min 5 year investment horizon.
Read Answer Asked by Don on March 04, 2021
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