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Q: Which do you currently like better for growth. I must admit hearing that SHOP has started down the POS road makes me slightly nervous about LSPD. On the other hand LSPD has a lot of cash DSG a little debt. We also own SHOP, KXS,TEAM,NVDA,CSU,AYX in the tech space. Would be selling LSPD for a tax loss if you think DSG is better.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on May 13, 2020
Q: AX.UN,BEI.UN ,CUF.UN ,EXE, ,IIP.UN, PLC, This are my big looser,What is your opinion
and if sell which one or all?
Read Answer Asked by Nizar on May 13, 2020
Q: Good Morning Peter & team,

Once only thought of as a European/Asia market phenomenon, There is talk we could see negative interest rates in Canada in the next year. Technicals for the big banks are all similar - the beginning of a recovery last week in March as things started turning around then, plateau. Still higher highs and higher lows but not the same recovery as the Markets in general.

I own TD & BNS. I have read your comments on both. Do you feel these are worth holding? Do you think Negative rates could happen? And if so what effect could we expect on the big banks?

Thanks for all you do.

gm
Read Answer Asked by Gord on May 13, 2020
Q: Hi Peter...I am trying to make a case to myself for buying either KL or AEM. I have no "Material" stocks. I have been reading the questions and responses on AEM and KL. If I understand you correctly you like both companies almost equally. Both have solid financials and excellent management. Both operate mines in what are considered safe jurisdictions. KL I think operates a mine in Argentina so there is a slight risk increase due to that mine's location. KL has another risk due to the acquisition of Detour, a low grade, high volume open pit mine. KL will somehow need to make Detour more profitable and there are doubts KL will have success.
AEM is charting better than KL currently. Morningstar shows KL as being slightly undervalued. If Detour can be made more profitable then KL's stock should be able to better match AEM's performance.
If you can be said to favour one company over another I think you would side with KL because of its potential to make Detour more profitable.
On a macro level with low inflation we will have low interest rates and an increase in the money supply which should be good for gold as a commodity. Our Covid-19 fears I think play well into the emotional need to own gold.
Please correct me if I have misunderstood you.
Thank you,
Jim
Read Answer Asked by James on May 13, 2020
Q: Hi 5I team,
As a retail investor, how many stocks would you recommended to hold? I am currently hold 30 stocks in different sector(listed below) which sector would you recommended to add/trim?
Cannabis 4.96%
Cash 37.85%
Consumer discretionary 1.65%
Financials 12.31%
Industrials 8.24%
Materials 2.84%
Materials&Mining 17.43%
Oil&Gas 3.08%
RealEstate 0.61%
Tech 5.44%
Telecom 3.13%
Utility 2.46%

Cheers,
Read Answer Asked by Kate on May 13, 2020
Q: Hello,with all the recent debt taken on by governments all over the world,this has kind of brought gold into the spotlight as a possible “safe haven” do you think Paul Tudor Jones strong endorsement of bitcoin would be a competitor for investment dollars in that space or am just misreading this
Also do you think with this tremendous amount of government and consumer debt load,do you think gold could be a good investment going forward for at least a possible 1-3 years and maybe even much longer depending on when balance sheets of governments start to look better thanks
Read Answer Asked by Greg on May 13, 2020
Q: I OWN BEP.UN AND IT IS NOW 14% OF MY POTFOILIO when it was 10% i was going to sell but let it run. I know its not like csu but it has had a good run if people had sold csu when it reached 10% of there portfolio they would not have had the gains they did. So the question is when to sell. so is it time to sell and rebalance portfolio or let it ride. If i sell then what to replace it with still pays a decent dividend. I am a dividend investor.
Read Answer Asked by Ross on May 13, 2020
Q: Is it better to own QQQ and pay the extra fees for converting Can to US dollars through my broker ( TD ) or buy hxq, znq even though they have small market caps and have low trading volumes? Both seem to have better performance over the last year than QQQ.
Thanks, Michael
Read Answer Asked by Michael on May 13, 2020
Q: XYL had pulled back almost 30% since its highs in February. I understand its one of your favorite industrial (water theme) stocks. Would you please shed some lights on why it didn't bounce back like most stocks did since March 8. Also is it a good time to add to a half position?
Cheers,
Read Answer Asked by Harry on May 13, 2020
Q: I am wondering how you would categorize these companies (V, SQ,PYPL) in relation to one another and if you had to pick 2 to invest in for growth over 10 plus years which ones would you pick? I liked the digital payments theme prior to COVID-19 and think it will clearly accelerate the move to less cash and more digital payments (in-store or online) more e-commerce.
VISA is the largest payment processor in the world (according to your information under stocks profile page) so they process the most payments right now online and in-store.
SQUARE is obviously not as big as Visa but they would be similar in being in both markets (online and in-store payments processing), but Square would be more of an all in one solution for e-commerce, payment processing for Small and Medium sized busineses plus CASH APP and investing etc.
PAYPAL would seem to be similar to Visa in that it is mainly a payment processor (with Honey acquisition maybe adjusting this course somewhat?) but would be essentially be ONLINE payment processing only, so maybe more of a pure play online payment stock? and any main reason why Visa has such great margins compared to Paypal? on its earning call Paypal said "On May 1st, we had our largest single day of transactions in our history, larger than last year's transactions on Black Friday or Cyber Monday." which was extremely bullish to me...
Read Answer Asked by Michael on May 13, 2020
Q: EZPW will announce second quarter fiscal 2020 results after market close today. I not expecting much. However, EZPW is covering a market segment that has significant potential with employment rates being decimated. Are you aware of other, higher quality alternatives in the Pawn Loan space? Thanks for your insight.
Read Answer Asked by David on May 13, 2020
Q: I am a "buy and hold" long term investor. I have held these stocks for over five years on the assumption that at least one of the pipelines would be built and the stocks would regain at least some of their losses. Of course that hasn't happened. With the Covid-19 situation I am concerned about a serious downturn in the economy during the next 18 months. As these stocks are already extrememly low, I am wondering if they will survive, let alone improve, during the next year or so. Based on income, debt levels, and future prospects, please rank each company according the possibility of failure.
Read Answer Asked by Joyce on May 13, 2020
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