Investment Q&A

Q: I read the article by Larry Swedroe of Morningstar about Warren Buffets investing methods from this weekend's 5i suggested reading and was intrigued by the strong intangible moat that is used to describe some of the companies he invested in, can you suggest a couple of companies you feel reflect this currently. Keith

Q: Could I please have you rank the above stocks in terms of must have in a portfolio constructed today for the long term.

Q: Is AAPL a buy right now? Why is it down so much?

Q: with the intention of buying on a pullback or dip of the market 10 % or more, I am unsure has to how to gage the price / earnings ratio of the following: apple, amazon, microsoft. What would be the 3 key metrics to look at and how do they compare to historical values for each one?

Q: I own these 3 low dividend paying stocks on the USD side of my RRIF. All of them have done well. For my mandatory 2026 withdrawal, I plan to do a transfer in kind to my TFSA of whichever one you believe has the best growth going forward. All three will continue to be long-term holds either way.
Thank you for your wonderful service! I seldom ask questions but I benefit from reading the question section daily.
JaneN

Q: I understand COHR is preparing the paperwork to sell more shares. If I understand correctly they want to raise 1.7 billion. Their current capitalization is just shy of 28 billion so I would characterize them as still a small cap. Any concerns about dilution? Would you mind explaining COHR’s relationship with Apple? I assume COHR is a supplier but of what? Any excessive dependency on a single client? Any thoughts you have would be appreciated. I’m up 280% on COHR so your help is much appreciated!
Jim

Q: Happy New Year to the entire 5i community.

It is time to make my 2026 TFSA contribution. My TFSA is a high conviction portfolio focused on a few US securities with a risk profile somewhere in between that of the 5i Growth and Balanced portfolios. Currently, I hold AAPL, ADBE, CRM, GOOG, NVDA, QCOM, and TOL in this account. Which should I add to? I am very overweight NVDA and slightly overweight in GOOG.

If you think initiating a new position would be preferable (US securities only, and not MSFT, LLY, IBM, or MDT since I own these in another account), please let me know. No consideration to sector or market cap necessary as I am diversified in my other accounts.

If you believe any of my current holdings 'do not need to be owned', please let me know as well.

There are several questions here, please deduct as many credits as deemed appropriate for a complete response to each one.

Thank you as always.

Q: Amongst the big 5. Kindly provide an opinion about which are most overpriced (corollary which is best priced for a buy) and based on what metrics or historical measure.

thank you

Q: I am seeing sell recommendations for ARM from other analysts. ARM designs the CPUs used in almost all cellphones, the current Apple computers and a growing share of data centres. How could this stock be overvalued? What is your projection for the medium to long term?

Q: Hi everyone at 5i thank you all for the great information love this service. So from an analytics point of view I am overweight tech and under weight industrials. Given the recent pull back is this a “good“ switch? This is in a registered account so no tax implications. I’m not that good at charts but it looks like there is some support at $500 for AXON? The other tech stocks I have are NVDA, SHOP, AAPL, CSU, LMN, TOI, of these CRWD is the worst performer only because of the date of acquiring it. I would love to hear your opinion. Thanks again for all your help.

Q: I must shortly divest part of my RRIF to meet legal requirements.
I would like to retain those stocks with the best longer term appreciation expectations.
My candidates for sale are:
AAPL currently overweighted
CNQ
SU
Visa currently underweighted
What would be your suggestion(s)?

Many thanks for your ongoing great work!

Q: The above stocks make up 80.4% of my holdings. Goog and BN @7% each. The next 5 @ 4% each and the rest at or close to 3% each. For a 10 year horizon, with risk/reward in mind, where would you invest if you had 10% of the portfolio in dry powder- new cash. Any you would sell? Note, I have been trimming CLS, VRT and NBIS to control AI exposure.

Thanks again for all the insights - love the service you provide.

Q: It appears Globalstar has not denied the rumours about selling itself to Starlink. So there must be some truth to the rumours. Presumably once Musk controls Globalstar he would cancel or buyout Globalstar’s contract with MDA leaving MDA with no business? I understand Apple owns 20% of Globalstar so they would have to agree to the Musk buyout. I can see Apple not wanting to be at Musk’s mercy but also not wanting to operate Globalstar’s business. Any idea what the future holds for MDA. I’m a shareholder.
Jim

Q: Hi 5i, rumor has it Apple is going to sign a deal with one of the best chatbots out there, and this could add more revenue than Google provides. Please opine on this and Apple's AI strategy. Thx.

Q: Hello Everyone,

May I have your take on Apple and Amazon earnings please. Market seems to like them.

Also was the Microsoft sell off after earnings yesterday to some degree because the stock was priced to perfection?

Thank you.

Q: Greetings 5i, a combination of these 2 companies was announced along with release of preliminary results (Q4 & FY 2025 for Skyworks; Q2 2026 for Qorvo). Referencing your response to my last question on Skyworks Oct 20th, please update your analysis of future growth prospects for the combined entity. Would you add, hold or sell Skyworks (I had not yet gotten around to exiting my position)? The last question on Qorvo was in 2022. Thank you.

Q: Hi 5i, What technology companies are likely to be in business in 20 years from today.
Of the above ?
Thanks

Q: I notice that my APPLE (CDR) shares are down about 3.5% today and the US listed APPLE shares are up about 1.6%.

What accounts for this disparity and does this get corrected in some way so that my APPLE shares trade and therefor the overall valuation is consistent on both sides of the border?

Q: Regarding AAPL, what position size would you be comfortable with for a long-term hold in a moderate-risk portfolio?
Thanks as always.

Q: Hi Folks,
I sold some CSU recently. I now have MSFT, NVDA, AAPLE and some CSU as holdings in the Tech Sector( GOOG and AMZN as well). Can you suggest a couple of Tech stocks that I could add to my holdings in the Tech Sector. This would be in my TFSA.
Thanks