Investment Q&A

Q: Hello, can you please provide your opinion of IXJ and whether you think it is a buy at its current price.

Also, if there is a different US healthcare ETF that you think is better please provide advise why and what you think a good entry price is.

Thanks as always for the advice.
Paula

Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
I have never owned an auto stock. I realize competition is fierce and Telsa has an edge. However Ford is a survivor and is an American icon and so cheap...Please give the pros and cons of owning Ford. Or is the auto industry just too unpredictable to take a risk? Thanks for your assistance which is always valuable.

Q: Is BCE borrowing to pay the dividend?

Q: Hello
I am looking for an entry price for a partial position
the amzn.to (CD Canadian) could do too,
thanks
Michael

Q: Hi 5i,

Would you please provide your opinion on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) as a 3-5 year investment.

Does their recent announcement related to an FDA approved non-addictive, non-opioid painkiller have promise?

If so, what would be the longer term implications for the company?

Thanks.

Q: Hi 5i
Another question on shopify... Earnings next week....What is expected and do you expect they will meet these earnings expectation?
Are you comfortable holding into earnings.... and would you expect any influence from Afrms positive results today Friday Feb 07

thx

Q: What do you expect from Brookfield on Feb 11?

Q: Any news or reason that this has jumped so much recently? I can't seem to find anything...
Thanks!

Q: Ignoring any crypto implications (I am decently invested in that area), do you think liberalizing the financial regulations in the US is likely to produce outsized short to medium term gains in that sector? If so, can you recommend a couple of solid names, a couple of speculative names and a couple of ETFs. Thanks again for the great service.

Q: Everyone, if you had a small amount of money, less than $50,000 how many ETF’s (no individual stocks only ETFs) would you have in your portfolio? Some question for amount of money above $100,000. And what sectors would they be in? Clayton

Q: Hi Peter & Team:
I found this Reuters article yesterday:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/drugs-fentanyl-shipping/
Long article. It basically states that a very popular method for Fentanyl precursor chemicals to get stateside is via small value packages from China that are classed as “de minimus” and sail through US Customs at LAX airport with little documentation and hardly any inspection. (1 Billion small value boxes every year, think via ebay, etsy, etc most from China, many labeled as “gifts” or “stuff”.

Until a few days ago the de minimus limit for goods entering USA was 800$- it is now ZERO.
This I believe forces better documentation and allows for better inspection options. In Canada our de minimus limit remains at 20$ (at least as I write this note).

Question:
Assuming the de minimus limit for both USA and Canada are both set at ZERO, how will this e-commerce drag affect Shopify or e- commerce in general ?

Thanks for all you do !

Q: Please comment on the 3rd q and outlook. I listened to their conference call and it sounds like this is a growing business and they are leaders in their space.

Q: Hi, looking for some dividend growth. Can you provide some names you like that are forecasting ~5% dividend growth for the next 3-5 years? Thanks!

Q: Own GIS and after many year's I'm up 1% not including dividends ugh. How would you rate these in the sector?
Many thanks.

Q: Would welcome your analysis on this small cap- it has recently received some positive reports. It appears to be cash flow positive and has a new drug approval.

Q: I just wanted to say well done to 5i Research. Today I was watching CNBC and someone from Alger Funds was on talking about AI investing. Her name was Ankur Crawford. At the end of the piece, she was asked to give an AI investment. She named Nebius, and said it was completely under the radar, undiscovered, had great potential and "some of the greatest AI engineers in the world." You guys seemed to have beaten the crowd to this one. Now I have to try to buy it as it goes up tomorrow!

Q: Your assessment on their 4th. quarter. Cheers

Q: ELF got smoked yesterday after what seems like a decent earnings report (missed earnings slightly and beat on revenue). Is this overdone in your view? Does the valuation now look like a good entry given the future growth potential of this stock or is there too much risk still?

Q: Please comment on earnings. Looked fine to me but alas the stock is down after hours. Thanks.

Q: Hi, I have a small position in LUN with 28% loss. Should I hold it or sell it to invest the money in a better company and take advantage of the tax loss as well? Your thoughts?
Thank you