Investment Q&A

Q: I bought TTD @ $200 (pre-10:1 split) and rode it upward to a peak of $970 during the pandemic. Since December 2020 it has settled back and been as low as $48 in 2021. My question is whether the good times are over and it's time to take my profit from this stock and move on. Thanks.

Q: Hi Team,
Three part question. Firstly, I know as professionals you do not recommend “winners” climbing to over a certain % of ones Portfolio. However, if early investors in Apple or shopify for example would of bailed ; some would not be millionaires now. Or in some cases , billionaires where the CEO’s are holding most their wealth in their company stock. How can one hope to land that “life changing trade”(1000% or more) if one keeps trimming eternal winners ? Does it not make sense if a person finds that “winning company” to keep holding of goals are set high?

Secondly..is GSY one of those stocks, if you were to choose the likelihood of a solid company with good prospects, to choose to be overweight in and aim for that life changing 1000% move over a 10 yr or so period? I ask this company specifically because I am overweight this company and this is my goal. (Up over 200% so far and metrics still make this stock look cheap to me)

Thirdly… if you were to speculate a few different companies, either US or Cnd as your “best guess’s” so to speak of having the likelihood of producing 1000% gains over the next 10yrs or so; what would they be? Thanks for your input and deduct credits as you see fit. Thanks
Shane

Q: 1)Please rank these companies in terms of long term growth.
2)Would you have any concerns buying at current prices?

Q: What would the main Pros and Cons of buying AT.TO over TTD today, thinking about a long term hold where growth is the main objective? Also, there were a lot of AT.TO insider sales at the end of last year...is that a concern or have reasons for that been addressed?
Thanks for the great service
Marc

Q: Hi Team,

I didn't see any news to account for these moves today? Is there anything you know of?


Thanks

Q: Could you please rank in order for long term growth potential? I already hold positions in MGNI & TTD and wondering if it’s worth dropping one in favour of AT.
Thanks

Q: Hello 5i,
I don't want to put you on the spot but after reading your reply to RAK re: Top 5 Cdn & US picks I have a question.
In my cash account (high growth/high risk) I own SHOP SQ KXS GSY PENN WELL & TTD. I have done very well over the last 5 years. I'm wondering how you would rank these against your current top picks, perhaps I have become complacent.
Thank you so much
Dave

Q: Hi.

I'm looking to buy between TTD or KXS which do you recommend and why?

Thanks,

Sunday

Q: I go to 5i questions every day except for yesterday the 16th due to the recommendation not to go on the site as it was being updated. Thursday, the 17th I noticed that Trade Desk in my online account was out 90%. I searched all over my online account short of making a phone call and waiting 2 hours on hold. I then search all over my online account and there was nothing pertaining to the problem. I then went to Bloomberg Markets and there was nothing there about it. About 7:00 p.m. tonight - I checked my online account and I am out 89.9% and searched back to the last purchase on October, 2020 of 6 shares purchased at $612.50 for a total of $3,684.99. I just contacted 5i at 8:00 p.m. which I am writing now and I noticed that recently someone had asked a question about Trade Desk. It would have been helpful to find information out sooner but it seemed none of my research provided it. I guess I will phone my online account tomorrow and see what they haven't picked up on this.

Q: I somehow missed the memo for The Trade Desk stock split. Is this generally a positive? I know it doesn't actually change the value, but I'm wondering how investors look upon it. I am up over 100% and would like to think it's got further room to grow. Thoughts? Thanks!

Q: I know you typically don't like averaging down. I'm underwater on the following names. Would you be comfortable adding to them and if so which order would you prioritize new money be allocated. 10+ year timeframe.

BEP.UN (down 22%)
KXS (down 21%)
TTD (down 36%)
U (down 41%)
XBC (down 54)

I assume you would advise a few more quarters with XBC before adding?

Thank you,

Stefan

Q: I have more tech equities than I want going forward. Please help me strike one or two off my list by ranking these in order of potential growth over the long term /min 5 years. For fun (since it probably won't affect my decision), please also rank from least volatility to most volatility. Thank you very much!

Q: Hi !

I am looking to invest in perhaps just one of the above companies.
I learned the hard way about prioritizing the preservation of capital.
Would you tell me which of the above companies is best in terms of highest chance of capital being preserved?

While I am here, would be able to suggest three other companies that are both poised for greatness and offer an excellent capital preservation profile?

Thank you!

Q: My portfolio is currently down between 30% to 50% on the above stocks in a cash account. Which stocks would you recommend selling to harvest tax losses today and what quality names would you replace them with that have been similarly beaten down you believe will more likely recover losses because of valuation or other reasons.

Q: I'm looking for tax-loss proxy ideas for GH and TTD.
Thank you!

Q: Given Apple is restricting personal information flow used by advertizers, hence the Facebook, Google wars, are these companies detrimentally affected? If so, which company would suffer most and which least?

Q: With the recent sector rotation from growth/tech and rising interest rate concerns, are there a few Canadian and US companies you feel have been seriously oversold? Please indicate basement level pricing we should keep an eye out for.

Q: One of the largest tech crashes .com bubble in the Nortel days took years for these companies that survived to get back to where they were. The same thing is happening today probably on a smaller scale. Would it not be better to get out of these and into something else or into cash as they just fall day in and day out? Or, do you think by the end of the summer will they have bottomed out and have some encouraging results? Waiting for your guidance. Thank you.

Q: Just wanted to confirm your earlier answer on TTD . With those numbers I find it hard to believe there isn't some other reason for the stampede for the door . An 18% drop on good numbers and outlook makes me think there has to be some negative news out there somewhere that a whole bunch of investors can see .... It makes no sense to me, and if there is no news it sure looks like an opportunity to step into a stock I have been following for a while ......Your thoughts ?

Q: Hi team,

Can you comment on the quarter?

Thanks