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Q: Good day guys :
Which five Canadian growth stocks would be names to just put away and forget for the next decade .
Thank u
Mark
Read Answer Asked by Mark on October 04, 2024
Q: Follow up question

Please advise if one has over $1M including Registered and CASH account at one brokerage. Do you suggest to move some to another brokerage or will that will be cover by CIPF.

Q: I think I understand how CIPF insurance works. But wanted to clarify… if one has over a million dollars in stocks, bonds, ETF’s, mutuals, and cash in a non-registered account at a brokerage, is it best to move some to another brokerage? As CIPF covers only one million per non-registered account per brokerage?

Asked by Kim on October 03, 2024
5I RESEARCH ANSWER:
If an investor has more than $1M in assets and wants to maximize possible protection, then yes.
Read Answer Asked by Hector on October 04, 2024
Q: So it looks like these data centres for AI are going to use more electric energy than the US has in the near future, the facts are in. So for $50,000 what 5 companies do you invest in for the next 10 years?
Thanks Again
Read Answer Asked by eugene on August 29, 2024
Q: Regarding Savalai's question on August 22, 2024 about insurance for grandkids.

Many years ago (25-30) my parents purchased permanent life insurance for all their grandkids and after that time the cash value, unfortunately, was negligible in comparison to what an index ETF tracking the general market would have been.

Of course there are many variables to consider and perhaps the insurance purchased by my parents was an inferior product, but they often wished they had purchased blue-chip stocks (ETFs were not widely available then) instead.

Just letting you know my experience.
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Harvey on August 23, 2024
Q: Dear Peter et al:

This is a general and "conceptual" question and I believe this may apply to many of the "grandparents" who are subscribers of 5i.

We would like to give some money to help our grand kids. We contribute for RESPs.

Reading the literature, it seems one can set up an "in kind Trust" that can grow seamlessly till they reach 18 years old and it can be rolled over to them and as their income is still low, the taxes are low.
(I am paraphrasing the articles here.)

However, recently I was told that taking a Permanent Insurance for kids (Universal or Participating Whole Life?) is another option one may want to consider. As the grandchildren are still young , the premiums are low ..and it gives them not only life insurance(a dreadful thought) but gives them the ability to cash in their policy for an attractive lump sum amount that can be used for their education (post secondary) or whatever they wish to do. I have never heard or read about this option before and wonder if you have any opinions. If you can forward some articles comparing these two strategies, In trust account VS Permanent Life policy, I would appreciate it.

BTW, I have reviewed the articles by Colin Ritchie in Canadian Money Saver. But this specific comparison isn't there. Colin's articles are more for adults who may be interested in Estate planning or augmenting retirement income etc.,

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Savalai on August 22, 2024
Q: Hi 5i Team - I can't remember the source but have heard a comment stating that Web 3 and AI will bolster each other. First of all, do you know what this might mean and also are there any companies that could benefit from it.
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on August 21, 2024
Q: Do you have any recommendations for companies, U.S. or Canadian, that demonstrate good technologies involved in energy storage and smarter distribution systems. Any market cap is fine but fundamentals should be decent. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on August 21, 2024
Q: Hi 5i Team - In your opinion what might be the possibility of a Canadian bank or several of them failing, at least temporarily, because of a cyber attack, with the consequence of account holders not being able to withdraw cash.

As a corollary to this question what would be your recommendations of safe options for people wanting to store a portion of their cash in case of the above event.
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on August 20, 2024