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Q: Hi !

I refer to your monthly section of "best stocks ideas"

What are we to read in your selections: best value presently, ? best long term value ? best buying opportunity now ? best undervalued stocks ? best growing potential short term ? best long term growth ? best total income ?

It would be most helpful to know exactly what you mean by your best stock ideas.

Gratefully,

Jacques IDS
Read Answer Asked by Jacques on August 29, 2025
Q: Good morning, I am looking for an alternative to big American tech. Hopefully in Europe or perhaps Asia. When large Canadian pension plans are moving away from US investments, I think this is worth exploring. Would appreciate your thoughts.
Read Answer Asked by Joanne on April 17, 2025
Q: hi, what would be your current top ETF for China, and why? also, if you were to buy individual China stocks today, which ones would you be looking at ( I assume on the US exchanges?)?
cheers, Chris
Read Answer Asked by chris on January 29, 2025
Q: Knowing that you do not cover China, would you consider investment in any Chinese securities at this time ? If so, please indicate stocks of interest.
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Catherine on October 07, 2024
Q: Currently the Chinese market is on track for its 4th down year in a row, which is pretty rare for a global market. The contrarian would say that this pendulum has to swing back the other way at some point here. Fundamentals on many large names have detached from expectations, with names like BABA, TCEHY, etc showing FCF near record highs while share prices are at multi year lows. How do you feel about investing in these names, and if you did recommend any which would they be? Thx
Read Answer Asked by Adam on September 18, 2024
Q: Is China investable at this stage or would you wait longer for things to stabilize? I know it will take patience but I'm trying to figure out if it's worth stepping in with a half position.

Thoughts on buying KWEB as an internet ETF or would you prefer a combination of BABA/TCECHY/JD etc.?
Read Answer Asked by David on August 01, 2024
Q: Hello wonderful 5i folks,

This is a follow up to a question asked by Connie on June 14th where your recommendation for an optimal distribution would be: 50% US, 35% Canada, 15% rest of world.

Can you please provide your best recommendations for the 15% rest of world with commentary around the suggestions?

Thank you as always!
Read Answer Asked by Julie on June 25, 2024
Q: Hi 5i Team,

I have a handful of losers that I'm trying to decide what to do with. Using your crystal ball, which of these would you continue to hold and which would you dump?
Read Answer Asked by David on May 03, 2024
Q: Hi 5i Team,

I'm trying to clean up my US Portfolio so that I'm at 20-25 equities total. Please advise which 20-25 companies you would keep for a 5-10+ hold with balance/diversification but also some growth in mind.
Read Answer Asked by David on April 30, 2024
Q: hi,
I own these 5 equities in my USD account, plus a reasonable amount of cash that could be deployed. im fairly comfortable with all of them, are you? if I was to shift to an all growth strategy within this account, what would you suggest selling ( if any ), and what would you suggest buying, either new names or current holdings ( with a reasonable target purchase price, if able )? I would be looking for growth companies with positive earnings/earnings growth ( ie nothing highly speculative right now ). cheers and enjoy the long weekend. chris
Read Answer Asked by chris on September 05, 2023
Q: I understand that you don't follow chinese companies, but I was hoping that you could help me understand the mechanics around the split of BABA into its 6 business units.

If one of the business units has a successful IPO, do BABA shareholders get stock dividends of the new publicly traded company? Or does it remain as a subsidiary with BABA as the majority shareholder?
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on August 28, 2023
Q: Looking to buy Qualcom & BWX Thechnology. For this I need to sell some slight losers. DIS, MP, INFY, IBKR, CVX, SCHW, BABA, KBM . Please place these in order of those you would sell first , and maybe some you would not sell at all. And , also what do you think of my two choices to buy ? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Frank on July 27, 2023
Q: Everyone, as the press release this morning indicates Alibaba will be splitting into six companies. The news will have a short term bounce for the stock but does it have a long term benefit? If it has a long term benefit what is the increase in the returns due to the split. This same strategy could be used for any company so if there is a long term benefit why does all other companies not prefer to split to generate benefits for their shareholders. Clayton
Read Answer Asked by Clayton on March 28, 2023
Q: hi, I think you mis-read my question. I own CRWD already. and also you did not comment on BABA. could you please add a follow up... thx
Read Answer Asked by chris on March 10, 2023
Q: hi, I hold the above in my USD account. I was thinking of trimming NVDA now and see if there is a pullback to repurchase, over the next few weeks/months. MMM not doing much, and you mention not much growth. dividend is nice, but I don't need it. do you think trimming or selling MMM and adding to any of above (?BABA, down again). or do you have any other ideas for the USD account ( growthy, but low-low mid risk). thx, chris
Read Answer Asked by chris on March 09, 2023
Q: I own SHOP, AMZN and BABA and might be a bit overweight in the online shopping space. I am thinking it might be wise to dump one of the three. SHOP is the smallest weighting of the three thanks to it's spectacular decline from where I purchased. All are in regestered accounts so no tax considerations. How would you rank these three against each other today and if you were going to drop one which one would it be?
Read Answer Asked by Steven on March 06, 2023
Q: Hello Peter,
I don’t have any investments in my portfolio in the emerging market, especially in China. Would you please recommend a few stocks and/or ETFs for 5 year or longer holds. If possible, please provide on each of your recommended investments an approximate price-entry point. In general, what percentage of my portfolio should be allocated for this market?

Thank you,
Roger
Read Answer Asked by Roger on February 09, 2023
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