Investment Q&A

Q: Dear 5i, What is your opinion n selling STIP to raise money for XLU? As per Portfolio Analytics, my TFSA needs more Utilities, and more exposure in the USA. Thank you

Q: Is there too much overlap in owning both Nutrien and Mosaic? Does either standout as having a brighter future going forward you think? Thank you

Q: Hi guys. What are your thoughts on Absolute Software recent results, outlook, and dividend sustainability. Would you buy it today looking out a few years?

Much thanks
Stuart

Q: Please provide your comments and analysis of today's earnings. Buy, hold, sell?

Thanks

Q: Interested in your thoughts on HUTS. Could you please compare it to ZWU. Which of the two would you prefer, and why?

Thanks,
Chuck

Q: Looking for two or three of your favourite industrial companies as I’m low in this sector.
Looking for good management, good valuation compared to peers, a dividend, and hopefully some growth. Please rank best 1st. For 5+ year hold. Thanks

Q: Telus International Cda Inc was participating in the tech rally earlier this month but seams to have lost the correlation it had with the tech sector over the last 2 weeks. Is there an explanation for the stock's performance and behavior?

Q: Based on my 2 cents I feel like WCN is expensive between the 2. Can you provide your thoughts on valuation, debt and cash flow or any other more relevant metrics to compare these 2 ?
Pick one or suggest something similar in garbage space ?
Thank you for your service.

Q: I’m struggling a bit with the balance of income (dividends) and growth in a portfolio. I just looked up the 5 and 10 year CAGR for my core, large cap dividend paying holdings and discovered almost all were less than 10% (and many much lower, BNS, NTR?). I know it all comes down goals/objectives, but trying to assess the risk of mid cap growthier stocks and then attempting to factor in the tax implications of capital gains versus dividends is making my head hurt. It looks to me that as a financial holding TMX (X-T) would have been a better investment than, say, Scotiabank (BNS-T) over the last 10 years, at what would seem not much added risk. If you could put on a income investor hat, is there some level of longer term CAGR that you would balk at, and say “there has to be an acceptable risk equity out there with a better return”?.

Q: Hi 5i,
A question born out of wanting to save both time and paper (or perhaps just out of laziness...):
Do you know of any site where the relevant metrics of companies can be displayed side by side, for convenient comparison purposes. For example, right now I'm interested in comparing ENB and TRP to decide whether to offload some or all of the former in favour of the latter. I can look up each on 5i and print the page(s) for each containing the metrics, but I'd much prefer to bring them - and maybe one or two others like KEY and PPL for example - up all together and review on screen all at once in vertical side by side displays, but I don't know of any site that will let me do that. I wonder if you, or any members who read this, might?
Thanks!
Peter

Q: What would you consider to be a minimum net profit margin I should be targeting for companies? I was interested in Magna on this pullback but noticed their NPM is in the mid/low single digits which seems skinny for a manufacturer. Thanks

Q: Hi,
I did not need the capital loss in 2022, so I kept the shares. Is there a way to know what is the status of the bankruptcy? Would that be from the site of Deloitte https://www.insolvencies.deloitte.ca/en-ca/pages/Xebec.aspx ?
Can we expect any formal news for the investors in 2023 ? Do XBC patents have any value ? Thanks as usual.

Q: Comments on Roku earnings? Up 12% before earnings today and then another 10% post-earnings after hours. Does that not look like there was a leak before the announcement? Thanks.

Q: Good afternoon,

Follow up question, should FM shut down operations in Panama, what remedy(s) does FNV have should they not receive their contracted ore ? Is this a serious long term issue or viewed more as part of the negotiation between the two sides?

Thank you

Q: Hi, What is your view of Linamar? You seem to prefer Magna, can you compare them?

Q: Please comment on their earning report . Thanks

Q: Is this company a slow burn of cash. I don’t see the potential. They have news releases that add no confidence. Is there potential here? Or would u put your bet on KRR?

Q: Hi 5i team i hear sometime on tv channels you can buy six month T-bills and earn over 5% fix income without any risk how can you buy those products in Canada what is symbol for something like that
thanks

Q: I just read your recent answer about NXF.B and would like clarification about:
"There is withholding taxes on the direct US investments held in the fund"

i thought in RRSP there would not be withholding tax, is that just on dividends and the income generated on covered calls is treated differently?

Q: so you have quite a few questions on converge,so my question without any takeover , i repeat without any takeover what do you think the stock is worth.
and my 2nd question, is 4.75 a good entry point, or possibly 4.25, what do you think.
its obvious from the sell off retail investors are exiting, but someones buying bigtime at 4.75.
dave