Investment Q&A

Q: I understand that the prairie farmers are having a good year with above average crop yields. This should be positive for the railways if they have sufficient capacity; particularly CP. On the other hand, if we are heading into a recession, they could suffer. Given the recent pullback what is your outlook for the railways for the short to medium term.
Thanks for your insight.
Ian

Q: Would you endorse a switch from saputo to converge tech for future growth?

Appreciate your insight.

Q: follow-up comment to my question of this mornings :
Just calculated that;
S&P 500 dropped 15% over preceding 12 month
TSX Comp dropped 23% over preceding 12 month
Arthur

Q: Hello!

Which ETF should one purchase for capital appreciation, HCAL or HFIN.

Thanks a lot!

Q: Fastly has a 1 year high of $58 but has been in the $110-120 range prior to then. On its way up, services like Motley Fool's "10X" suggested it could be a stock to go up in multiples (from $50+ where it was at the time) with seemingly strong conviction based on their positioning in content delivery and a belief that they would be more in demand as people consume more and more online. It has fallen off a cliff and I am wondering if their analysis was just dead wrong or if it was too early? Is Fastly's offering something we can expect to see capture more market share and create revenue growth or was it all hype? Please analyze.

Q: Hi, what to you think of Volkswagen here? If I understand they used the recent Porsche IPO to raise funds to invest in the EV space - they are gunning to be the lead EV provider in Europe and compete with Tesla. But with recession looming near future looks bleak for expensive cars. Do you like VW for a focus on EV longer term over others? If so, would you hold off for awhile or is there a lot of negative baked in the current price?

Q: submitted a question last week but received no response
provide your top 5 growth picks. place them in ranked order from excellent to good. also provide why each one is on the list. what makes each one worthy.what is catalyst for a big move apart from general market sentiment. what makes each one standout.

Q: Thank you to David for thinking he was correcting the USA-Canadian split in my NRGI question.

However, he was quoting the NNRG ETF, not the NRGI ETF.

Just so nobody else makes the same, easy-to-do mistake, here are the splits (effective Aug 31/22) for both ETFs, taken directly from the Ninepoint website:

NNRG = 83% Cdn and 9% USA

NRGI = 17% Cdn and 82% USA

Thanks for posting this...Steve

Q: Hi Peter and 5i team,
Can you please explain what happened to Abbvie on Friday? It seemed like an Analyst/Investment Company came out with a statement and then retracted it later on it the day. Thank you for the explanation.
Do you still think ABBV is positive going forward?
Thank you.

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

In Saturday's Globe and Mail, David Berman wrote an article called "BCE’s dividend yield is back above 6 per cent. Here’s why that’s a buy signal" Portfolio Analytics indicates that we're low in the Communications Services sector, and given that Berman's back-dated numbers are compelling, we're wondering if now would be a good time to buy some more BCE. Your thoughts? Thanks in advance for your insight.

Q: Please advise of 10 companies (Canadian) I can buy in my new TFSA and add to and DIP for next 30 years , This will be my retirement.
Thank you
Cec

Q: Please would you comment on the continuous downtrend of AQN stock ,(worse than other cdn utilities like FTS),and on the risk involved if I keep this stock long term for revenue ,regards JY

Q: With eglx's recent moves to shore up the balance sheet would you consider it a buy at it's current price?

Q: Hello,

I have roughly $75,000 to invest. I am looking for US base stocks with upside. I have a pretty balanced portfolio so am looking for growth type names or ones with upside. This year i purchased amazon, netflix, disney, and nvidia so please recommend 4-5 of your best ideas other then those ones.

Thanks

Q: Hi team,

Looking for stocks likely to be best performing on short term with reasonable risks in any sector. In this regard, what is your evaluation of Siga Technologies (siga-q), Target Hospitality (th-q), Pagaya Technologies (pgy-q), Nextier Oilfield Solutions (nex-n) or any other on your radar ? Which ones would you buy now ?

Gratefully,

Jacques IDS

Q: Hello
I thought it would be good to diversify and collect some extra income from European High Yield companies. Turns out a war in Europe is not good for stocks or currencies.

I hold both hedged and unhedged in equal amounts and see the 7% performance delta due to currency. By the Math (currency move) it is clear a trade out of currency hedged and into currency exposed would be favorable in advance of any recovery of Euro and Stirling.

I don't make Bets. The switch is a bet on Euro and Stirling recovering former glory.

Would you sit on current holdings with both exposures? Move to currency exposure? Or just get out of European companies.

Thanks

YTD August

ZWP..... - 14.99 % (currency exposed)
ZWE..... - 7.56 %

Q: Of the holdings in the Income Portfolio, can you suggest a few names that have the best prospects for growing their dividend over the next decade, through all market conditions?

Thanks.

Q: I'm a bit underweight in the consumer cyclical sector and a bit underweight in my international allocation (the latter being somewhat of a chronic condition). I'm trying to make a buy decision between MG, ZDI and XEF. I already own the two ETFs and MG would be a new position. I understand that a direct comparison of a single company with an ETF is not possible and that you can't personalize sector weightings, but all else being equal, which one of these would you be most interested in today? Many thanks!

Q: Hello,

With the articles in the press now revealing the lack of leadership, poor succession planning, disgruntled employees, spotty review of the new CEO, why are you sticking with BNS when there are other banks that IMHO offer far better potential for the reasons I mentioned above.

I was under the impression that these factors play a major role in selecting companies that appear in 5i portfolios.

For full disclosure, I do not own BNS

Sheldon

Q: Comments on fundamentals and outlook of IVX:CA? Granted small cap, higher risk.
Thanks.