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Q: I’m certainly not complaining but Shopify has be so strong this year, can you provide any insight? Do you see this momentum continuing? Amazon seems now to be limiting the number of smaller sized vendors, is this a big plus for Shop?
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Marty on May 28, 2019
Q: Hi the great 5i team, it seems that meeting estimates move stock prices up or down after quarterly report. Are there stocks in your portfolios that beat estimates 3 or more out of 4 times ?
Read Answer Asked by victor on May 21, 2019
Q: Please comment on the impact of recent US China tariff & Huawei development on these stocks. Which will suffer long term adverse effect ? Most come down a lot on May 20. Thanks a lot.
Read Answer Asked by Lai Kuen on May 21, 2019
Q: I hold 5 Growth Portfolio 5iR position as noted above.....that I've held for some time.
I've decided to fold them into my Income and Balance Portfolios rather than track the group separately. The reason is to better manage the position weightings. Although these 5 are more growth-er positions, I'm really more a 70/30 balance/income investor...and closely follow the 5iR positions and weightings.
Now for my question - what weightings would you give each of ECN and GSY in an income portfolio, and also for each of DOL, OTEX, PEO and SHOP in a balanced portfolio?
.......again, thanks for your guidance......Tom
Read Answer Asked by Tom on May 15, 2019
Q: I have decided to only keep a few stocks and follow the Growth ETF Portfolio. Of the 10 stocks I have mentioned above 9 are listed in your BE Portfolio with the exception SHOP. All have done very well for me SHOP up 568%, CCL,B up 180% ,SIS up 159%,MG up 112% and the rest all up between 11 and 42%.So my question is do I keep them all? Sell some ? Any suggestions appreciated.Paul
Read Answer Asked by Paul on May 13, 2019
Q: Could I please get your top 3 picks in the growth and income portfolios at the current moment. Thanks, Don
Read Answer Asked by Donald on May 08, 2019
Q: Your PA has recommended reducing my Tech holdings and increasing my US and International allocation. I would like to reduce Tech by about 1/3 and use those proceeds for purchasing VUN and XEF. VUN appears to have about a 20% tech component, so I would need to reduce more than the 1/3 of my current holdings to offset that VUN tech portion. Your recommendations on which equities I should trim/eliminate would be very helpful in trying to sort this out !! Many thanks, as always.

Current Tech % holdings in RSP/TFSA/ UnReg accounts are approx:
ENGH 2.5%
KXS 3.5 %
OTEX 3..5 %
SHOP 3.5%
SYZ 3.8%
PHO 1.3%
and in RIFs - for yield:
AB 3%
ET 1.8%
Read Answer Asked by Alexandra on May 07, 2019
Q: Peter and Team:
I have done very well on SHOP (500%) and it now consists of almost 10% of my portfolio. I do not want to sell a winner, but was wondering if I should trim bit, put a stop loss order on it or ride the wave?
What are your concerns with "stops" in general.

Thanks
Phil
Read Answer Asked by Phil on May 07, 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: What makes Shopify , 3 yr. gain 800%, 1 yr gain 75%, Amazon 3 yr. gain 180%, 1 yr gain 20%. Is the market telling us that Shop is a more valuable co. than Amazon? I just don't see how you can you can compare the two, at this growth Shop will be larger than Amazon in 3 yrs.
Read Answer Asked by eugene on May 02, 2019
Q: I need to reduce my tech holdings, especially over the top with SHOP, but not complaining. Would you please give me your best momentum stocks, Canadian or US in any sector other than tech? I can tolerate some risk. Many thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Elaine or Gerry on May 01, 2019
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