Investment Q&A

Q: Can you please comment what's the reason for sale off today?

Xebec just signed another hydrogen contract with Flat Steel Manufacturer, isn't this a positive news?

Q: Please analyze these two companies, compare them on profit, growth and volatility. Which would be the best long term buy.

Thanks for the usual good advice

Q: Is your opinion on VET improving? Seems like they might be at the "right place, right time" since a fair chuck of their cash flow is associated with European natural gas. The supply there is being pinched by Russia and spot prices are rising rapidly. Haven't looked in detail but it seems that VET's cash flow should be very high going forward, especially if they can hedge at high prices. Would guess they can reinstate some dividend. Thoughts?

Q: Eric Nuttall has an interesting column in the Financial Post today saying investing in oil and gas right now is a 'generational opportunity', that Canadian oil and as are hugely undervalued and could double in a year. What do you think of increasing oil and gas holdings? How much do you think would be appropriate right now and do you still think Suncor is the way to go? I notice you have only a very small 1% holding in the balanced portfolio.

Q: Micron's report of lower sales of chips is obviously affecting the semiconductor
etfs. Do you think that many of the chip makers held by SOXQ; SOXX and SMH will also be affected? Would you be adding any of these etfs to your portfolio at this time??

Q: What was your opinion on the quarter for STC.
Thanks

Q: Please give me your opinion and analysis of DNA . Would you recommend this stock for a 2 to 3 year purchase. Cathy Wood has been an early investor and continues to buy stock now. Thanks

Q: What are your thoughts about this company and D2L which is supposed to be coming out with an ipo? Thanks. Shyam

Q: Hello 5i
Could I have your current assessment of Boot Barn please? Also any company’s you like better in this space?
Thanks
Dave

Q: Hello 5i Team

I am trying to understand which exchange where the shares of NNRG trade.
According to TMX.com, NNRG trades on two exchanges with volume on September 28 as follows:

NNRG:TCM – 1200 shares
NNRG:OMG – 2800 shares

According to NEO.INC, (Neo Exchange) NNRG traded 147,507 shares on September 28.

Questions are:

1 – What are the TCM, OMG (Omega) and NEO markets?

2 – Why would NNRG trade on these alternate markets instead of listing on the TSX or TSXV?

3 – Which exchange should I be looking at when setting a limit order for NNRG?

4 – Should I be concerned about liquidity in NNRG compared to the underlying securities in the ETF?

5 – Whys does the 5i web page show invalid symbol for NNRG?

Thank you for helping me understand the trading of NNRG.

Q: Do you have any recommendations for a market neutral fund. I have come in to a large percentage of portfolio of cash. I’d like to slowly deploy over the next 12 months. I generally agree with your thoughts on market timing and I don’t want to get too cute, but I’d like to be able to pick my spots while earning a small return.

Q: Hi to all at 5i

Not sure if this question is within the scope of what is asked but, as you well know, the price of natural gas has been soaring lately. That said, natural gas pricing is somewhat confusing as the quoted price in the media appears to be based on the Henry Hub spot price. However, Canadian pricing appears to be based on AECO. The confusing piece is why is AECO pricing so low; in particular, the AECO price decreased by more than 50% to $2.00 on September 20 when the HH price increased to approximately $5.25. If AECO is reported in C$, then the difference would be even more significant.

Thank you very much

Q: What's your current view on Prudential given the potential for raising rates? Do you have a preferred US financial institution in a rising interest rate environment?

Q: I have held these three funds since early 2016 for the stability component (maintain capital and some income) in my portfolio. The annual MER's are .44, .86 and .84. respectively, I have series F in the PMO funds. Extra year end distributions for the PMO funds were nice but they stopped after 2018 year end.

Their total capital growth has been very modest, about 2-4% total over several years.

I am not too comfortable with the higher annual MER's.

Could you comment if I might see significant capital drop if interest rates go up? Also, could you recommend any different holding or stock that I may consider instead of these funds for stability and income?

Thank You.

Q: Hi 5i, I like to know what 5i thinks of the huge US & CAD government debt, this could be a very interesting topic for a column. What is the US credit rating today? When will the various credit rating agencies chime in with their view on US T-Bills. Do you think that it is very likely that the ratings will be down graded (rated)?

Q: First time poster here.
With the slight decline recently, which of these following companies do you guys like the most for a growth portfolio for the next 5-10 years? I have 150K to invest (consider this fun spending money and money to play with), and I want to know how much of the 150K would you guys invest in each of these companies separately? ie. 35k in CSU etc
(side note), the report card for TOI said it was valued at 10 billion when it was $60/share. But now it's $131/share and everywhere I read it says 5 billion market cap. Was this a typ-o?). Thanks!

Q: Could you comment on HEO's earnings today, and how your opinion of the company as a long-term hold (within a small-cap portfolio)?

Q: Now that their mine has re-started, does USA have enough money to continue being viable without another financing at the current low price? The market is suggesting otherwise. Thanks

Q: I'm in this one for the nat. gas mkt. Are the financial metrics & expected earnings OK for a longer term hold?
Thanks

Q: With the Europe energy crisis (and possibly North America), do you think it would be a good time to buy some Canadian energy companies and if so, which would you recommend?