Investment Q&A

Q: I have been watching UNH since the Bush years when it was going through rapid mergers and Buffett was buying it up. It wasn’t going up during the Obama presidency at least early on as investors were looking at the impact of public insurance.
Could you please comment on its significant success since and the business model of American health insurers now and in the future?

Q: Could you please rank the above in terms of 1. Upside potential, next 2 years, assuming a significant recovery. 2, Risk

Q: Hi group i own both ENB and FTS - over the last 3 yrs FTS has outperformed ENG by a large margin do i need to own both / which one would you keep and add to present position

Also i am waiting to add to APPL MSFT GOOG AMZN...would you wait or buy now? Thanks

Q: Good Morning
Artificial intellegence now seems to be next at the top of the agenda so for investment purposes are you able to make a 3 suggestions for investing?
What are your thoughts on AI is this the next big thing or is their already to much HYPE?
Thks
Marse

Q: Hi 5I Team,
RRIF, own GOOG (78%), TCEHY (12%) AMZN (7%).
Which one will You add 3% today ?
Thanks
Best Regards

Q: I own SHOP, AMZN and BABA and might be a bit overweight in the online shopping space. I am thinking it might be wise to dump one of the three. SHOP is the smallest weighting of the three thanks to it's spectacular decline from where I purchased. All are in regestered accounts so no tax considerations. How would you rank these three against each other today and if you were going to drop one which one would it be?

Q: please provide the forward P/E for MSFT AMZN INTU and MCO and also provide the respective PEG ratios for these companies and rank from best to last for capital appreciation over the next 3 years thanks Richard

Q: I have asked questions about core portfolio and compounders. I would like to refine my query to building a concentrated core portfolio [say, 20 CAD-USD total]. I start with the allocations greater than 5% in the 3 portfolios. BN is less than 5% on its own, yet, I wonder whether it would not be the core Canadian financial stock. As for US, there are many Fav lists, but could you boil it down to 10. For each stock, please provide key rationale for choosing it and a target buy price.
Much appreciated,

Q: Hi Peter,

You had this qn on Jan. 23, 2023:

My sister wants to invest in 10 Canadian stocks that are relatively safe in terms of capital preservation but which offer possible dividend and growth . Hopefully the stocks would be in different sectors that you would recommend.

Now, for a 5 yr + time period, what 11 US quality stock from each sector would you recommend ?

Please deduct as many credits as necessary.

Thanks a million.

Q: Hello Peter & Team:

I would like to added some growth stocks into my current defensive ones. Which of the above stocks represents a good growth prospect within the next 3-5 years, from most prefer, to least prefer.
Secondly, From an AI perspective, are there additional names which is also a good candidate in addition to the above mentioned?
Thank you as always

Q: What are your thoughts on comments around SHOP never becoming profitable enough to justify its crazy valuation. They added 1B in opex while only adding 270M in gross profit. They keep spending more and more money on R&D, new comp plans, to compete with Amazon. But mgmt has never given shareholders a plan on when and how they are going to reap the rewards of this hyper growth mode. Like many of these big tech stocks they are following the model of growth at all costs, then eventually we are so big and have so many customers that we increase prices, and cutdown on our costs, then the profits flow in. SHOP has never mentioned a plan for this and Toby isn't exactly the guy thats going to cut pay and let people go for the sake of profits. Starting to wonder if SHOP will ever be a massively profitable company like it was meant to?

Q: If nuclear fusion became a reality, what companies/suppliers would benefit? Based on the research activity, I assume this innovation would come out of the U.S.

Q: What would be your top 5 Consumer Discretionary names in Canada and the US?

Thanks

Q: shop web call was a good primer for understanding its business and pointed to setting things up for growth but market and analysts are skeptical.
shop gave back a good chunk of its recent positive movement today. most analysts now have it as a hold which is as close to reduce as you can get without saying sell, with target prices close to what it is now. what does 5i say? where do you see things going short, medium and longer term. can you provide some price ranges. Thinking about topping up position but trying to decide when.

Q: In my TFSA, these are the stocks I would "like" to buy (CDR, NEO), probably in the order I have listed them, unless you have a suggestion: GOOG, NVDA, MSFT, AMZN, AAPL. But I will need to sell some positions to raise the cash to do so. These are my options to sell, probably in the order I have listed them, unless you have suggestions: EGLX, LSPD, TOI, NVEI, ATS. The goal is growth over a very long period (TFSA will go to my children). I am open to eliminating any from the buy list in order to keep any from the sell list. I just don't know how to compare the American names to the Canadian names. Thank you: I realize this may not be an easy question to answer, but it will help me a great deal.

Q: There is mention of a partnership with Amazon. Is this a good or bad thing? Please explain

Q: I am considering buying some shop in tfsa please advise your reading on the company going forward after the company report today. Would you wait or is it time to buy now?
Cheers Doug

Q: For 3 years horizon, considering stability, valuation and growth potential, in which order will you rank them. In which order will you purchase them and why? Thanks
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Q: If one wishes to invest in the Artificial Intelligence sector, what are the best stocks (growth) to consider w/ 3-5yr horizon?

Q: AMZN is down in pre market. What are your take on recent earnings?