Investment Q&A

Q: Hi gang,
What happened to okta?
Thanks. Alnoor

Q: Normally, I would continue to hold these stocks – CLBT, SNOW, CSU, TRI, OKTA, HUBS, ADSK, KRMN - but all are in the red and I could use some capital losses for tax reporting. BUT all are rated as strong buys with good potential upside by TipRanks. I think only KRMN reports within the next thirty days. Would you sell any today? And would you buy them back in thirty days? Would I be better to wait until closer to the end of the year? Thank you.

Q: Between OKTA and S which would you invest in going forward, or is there another that is better. If Crowdstrike and Zscaler are your choices, where else would you deploy money.
Thanks Matthew

Q: Hi gang,
Would like to initiate 2-3%in okta your thought please. Would you be a buyer at this price? Or what price would you buy in. ?
Thanks. Alnoor

Q: I don't know what to think of OKTA ? It jumped up in March to May and has been going down since. Do I keep it or invest the money elsewhere ? Thanks.

Q: What was the cause in the drop in price for OKTA at the end of May.
Big 7% drop in price this A.M. with ISRG. ? ? ? Thanks

Q: No need to post if others have asked already.

Your comments on the Okta quarter? Is it a buy at $107? How did their forecast compare to expectations and do you see this as a company on the right trajectory? Finally, the market didn't like the quarter but was it an overreaction or a justified reaction to a material change in the future value of the company?

Q: What are the prospects for of OKTA.US for along term hold. Is selling a put preferable to purchasing and selling covered calls.

Thanks

Thomas

Q: As one of 5i’s early subscribers, I find it a useful thought experiment to give my answer to a question before clicking on the 5i answer. I have found over the years our answers converge and so I rarely send in questions and comments. However my sense is that DeepSeek is a significant change.

On one level it is a clear lesson in the reality that, as Keynes said many decades ago, it’s real resources that matter, not money.

The American approach to AI development was that if you don’t have a $1billion you're not in the game. The Chinese have shown that if you have the pool of talent, amazing things can be done with relatively little money. The prevailing narrative that the Chinese are just copy cats was also blown out of the water. DeepSeek not only upends every assumption underlying the American approach to AI, it shows that the Chinese can out Silicon Silicon Valley and that means that, unlike in the past, China’s most talented minds will want to work for Chinese companies not American ones.

How will the Americans respond? Having staked political capital on the $500 billion Stargate, Trump and his entourage of billionaires have no choice, they will double down. We are hearing the narrative already, they are now saying that $500 million invested in DeepSeek’s advancements will produce even more amazing advancements in AI.

At a moment in history, as America consumes itself, China has taken a leap forward. Not only have they bloodied Trump, they have shaken the world in ways Napoleon could never have foreseen.

There are actually lessons to be learned in how Canada might deal with Trump but the political bobble heads and corporate Canada have actually come to believe the myths of neo-liberalism they started purveying in the 80’s, and are now incapable of rising above their paralysing fear.

Every investor has to ask, what are the implications of DeepSeek for their investments? Doubling down by the Americans will keep the party going for a while but it seems reasonable to expect a reckoning. Where would 5i look for alternatives to AI investments? Please suggest 5 US and 5 Cdn stocks that have strong balance sheets and reasonable growth prospects (without stretched valuations) that would benefit from using much less expensive AI? Also, please suggest a couple of ETF’s for Europe and China that would benefit should those markets surprise to the upside?
Mike

Q: I own RDFN, PYPL, and OKTA. All are down for me. In what order would you sell to take the capital loss? Do you see much growth potential over the next year in any of them? Thanks.

Q: Hi 5i
How were the latest earnings....and how do you view them going forward,.....Shares price down 5% today...would this present an opportunity to increase a small position ---2 year time frame.

Thx

Q: Why it is failing today?

Thanks,
Milan

Q: Could you please comment on their results and outlook?

Thanks,
Milan

Q: I’ve held VEEV and OKTA for a few years in a registered account but they have become a relatively small holdings. Are either of these worth adding to in order to increase their portfolio weighting, letting them ride for a while longer or perhaps selling one or both and consolidating the proceeds into something else. I’m a buy and hold type so don’t mind holding either of them but wondering about the opportunity cost of doing so.

Q: Good morning

I have small positions in the following technology companies: GIB.A; CRWD; HUBS; NVEI: OKTA;TOI:PANW: INTU: TTD: LMN. I would like to clean up this portion of my portfolio. Which of these would you sell, and which ones would you add to? Thanks for your ongoing great advise.

Peter

Q: I have small positions in the above noted companies held in my TFSA. They are all underwater and so there is no tax advantage to selling these losers. I would like to sell some or all of them and either to one or more of them or move on to some small techs that have more prospects. Can you let me know which of these you would sell hold or add to. Thanks for your ongoing great advise.

Q: I've owned this company for 2+ years in a registered account and I'm significantly underwater.
In your analysis would you sell but stay in the security business with another company?

Thank you

Q: These are my candidates for tax loss selling. As a proxy for OKTA I intend to add to my existing position in CRWD, would you agree with that strategy? As for the other 3, I do not intend to buy proxies however I would consider repurchasing after 30 days. Do you suggest proxies for these 3? Also, would you repurchase. Thank you.

Q: Could you please comment on their balance sheet and outlook?
Would you buy it today?

Thanks,
Milan

Q: Hello 5i!
At this point in the cycle can you please rate the following as buy, sell or hold. I know you sometimes say in a different kind of market high growth can do well. Can you please comment on whether one should decrease technology holdings in general or just wait for tech to shine again one day. Thank you!