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Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

In our combined portfolio (RRIF, RRSP, TFSAs, and non-registered account), we are underweight in Information Technology. 5i's latest recommendation for this sector's weighting is 15%, but we are at 13.4%.

We hold these stocks/ETF followed by their weighting:
CSU: 5.67%
ENGH: 2.38%
KXS: 1.09%
OTEX: 2.50%
SYZ: 0.92%
XIT: 0.91% (We use it to park cash as it's a commission-free ETF for us)

My wife has a preference for holding dividend payers (even a small dividend) in her RRSP. In her RRSP, she holds a 1.51 % position in CSU, and the full 2.38% of ENGH. In order to increase the IT weighting to 15%, she needs to invest $19,500. There is sufficient cash in her RRSP for this purchase. What course of action would you suggest? Should she top up her position in ENGH? Or should she start a new position in ET or OTEX?

Please deduct sufficient credits for this rather convoluted question. Your guidance is very valuable to us.

Read Answer Asked by Jerry on May 14, 2019
Q: ENB had decent results,but market response was muted.Any reason? & is this a good time to start a position? KXS missed on eps,but beat on many metrics.Initially it jumped to $82.14 then closed much lower @ $74.62. Any reason? Is it ok to start a position here?
Read Answer Asked by Peter on May 13, 2019
Q: Hi Peter
I'v god skier when CITRON published bad news about Shopify on 4th.April and I have sold all my SHOP same day. It was bad decision & I regret it. Now I have 130K to invest and I'm thinking to invest in all above stocks. All of the stocks accept for SIS & KXS are on their top and this skiers mi. Which one would you go as a first to invest and which one would you wait for better opportunity.
Andrew
Read Answer Asked by Andrzej on May 06, 2019
Q: Hi team, I have these companies in my TSFA. Can you rank these stocks based on highest potential gains (catalysts) in the next 12-24 months? They are equal weight and I will need to liquidate 50% of them within the next year or so. I know short term predictions are difficult but best guestimates are appreciated
Read Answer Asked by Don on May 06, 2019
Q: if you wanted to increase the weight in each of three stock SJ,SIS, KXS which would you top first, second and third?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked on April 30, 2019
Q: Hi Peter and 5i team,
We have 11% cash in our grandsons RESP (age 5) and we want to deploy the money. The listed stocks are currently in his account. What would be a good choice for a new holding or top up a current holding. Thank you for your great advice in the past.
Read Answer Asked by john on April 23, 2019
Q: Hi guys, thanks for the excellent service and continued improvements. I find the new Portfolio Analytics section very helpful. Long winded question here so please deduct as many credits as you see fit.

I am overweight in tech, at 40% overall. I have 40% tech in both my RRSP and TFSA.

The biggest names I have are AAPL 9%, TEAM 6%, and NVDA 6%. All of those are held in the US side of my RRSP.

I have a mix of 15 stocks in my TFSA, roughly equal weighting. The tech holdings in there are PHO, KXS, CSU, SYZ, SHOP. Each comprises about 6% of the TFSA but just over 1% of overall holdings.

I am 7-8% underweight in:
consumer defensive,
communication services,
industrials,
utilities.

I feel I should trim back or sell at least one of AAPL, TEAM or NVDA but hard to given they have all been growing and have potential to grow further. Are there any obvious choices to cut or pull back here? Can you please suggest at least one name from each of the following sectors:
consumer defensive,
communication services,
industrials,
utilities.

thanks !
Mark
Read Answer Asked by Mark on April 18, 2019
Q: Hi 5i I was stopped out kxs this morning when it dropped to $76.13 and $.02 below my stop and then recovered to to over $77. My question is should I be selling at some point close to the stop and if so how would you determine when. I know you are all about buy and hold but in a time of uncertainty I would rather limit my losses. That said I do suspect that the market makers are manipulating the price to take the little guys stops out and profit at their expense. To frame this as a clear question can you recommend a strategy to minimize needless losses or suggested reading on the subject.
thanks
Read Answer Asked by Robert on April 18, 2019
Q: Out of the techs mentioned above, which would you sell first to free up some cash in case of a downturn.
Read Answer Asked by Gigi on April 03, 2019
Q: Hello 5i,
I’ve changed my investment goals for my children’s resp. It will be spent within the next 6 years, so after the December correction I plan to liquidate. At this point, I have $5 k more than I promised them. The stocks listed above are those that remain in the account.
Going forward should I:
1) sell all the stocks and buy an etf for 5k?
2) if an etf, which one for max growth?
3) if one were to keep only one or two stocks, which would be kept for most potential for gains? (This would be instead of the etf).

I would not have grown the resp to its current value had it not been for 5i. Thank you for helping me fund my kids education!
Read Answer Asked by Kat on March 28, 2019
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