Investment Q&A

Q: Please deduct number of credits that you deem appropriate. I essentially follow and hold your balanced equity portfolio. It is supplemented with the following US stocks. JPM, STZ, SPOT, NVDA, GOOG, TEAM, UTX, HXL, BIIB and WYNN.

I originally bought WYNN for a trade on the recent dip caused by the Steve Wynn situation. Should I keep it as a long term position or take my profits and look elsewhere.

I have funds for one more position. Do you have any suggestions or should I add to some of the stocks I have.

Are there any of these stocks that you would sell and if so what would you suggest for a replacement.

Thank you for your service! I am sure someone else will ask but please let us know about your thoughts on SIS earnings release. It looked like a miss.

Q: Could you please rank these USA healthcare stocks in terms of long term capital appreciation. No immediate need for income, looking more for growth. Besides these names, do you see any other interesting healthcare names in the USA with good long term growth prospects? Thanks as always

Q: Hi 5i,

Are both still regarded well by your team? What would you consider good entry points?

TIA

Q: Suppose the 5i US growth portfolio launches on Valentine's Day. What are the top 5 holdings please?

Q: What would be your favourite healthcare stocks in Canada and Us?
Thank you

Q: I have a well diversified portfolio, 2/3 Cnd and 1/3 US. In the US I have full positions in BAC, GOOG, DWDP, AAPL and 3/4 positions in MS, PYPL and half positions in FLIR, SWKS and LYB. I am happy with all these and think you have endorsed all of these recently.
I have also held a full position in US biotechs (spread evenly 1/3 each across BIIB, AGN and REGN) for 2 years and they have done nothing. My question is, would you continue to hold these biotechs in the hope/belief that their turn will come and they too will participate in the remarkable US growth, or are there simply better sectors and stocks I should be looking at? I don't want to be stubborn and recklessly hang on. If moving on is the wiser bet, what one or 2 alternate names would you suggest given my current US holdings (or perhaps add to one of the existing positions?)
You have not steered me wrong yet and I welcome your comments,

Many Thanks

Scott

Q: I own the above noted stocks relating to healthcare at roughly 1% weighting each. I am fine with hanging onto GUD and waiting but I was wondering if the other two are worth hanging onto or if I should move onto something else in the sector.
When adding more (approximately 5 to 10% of overall portfolio) to this sector would you recommend an etf or specific stocks?
Any recommendations (Canada, US or Int'l) would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Brian

Q: looking to buy some pharmaceutical stocks....can you please provide your 4 or 5 favs? or is there an ETF you would look at ? thank you...

Q: I have small position in CELG (about 2%). With the recent weakness in the last week, would you suggest holding onto it, or even buying more? If I were to sell is there another healthcare stock you would suggest?

Q: My biotech holdings include Celegene at 3% and alexion at 1.5%. I am looking to obtain a basket of these stocks, the best in your opinion, as opposed to getting the sector etf.
My question are as follows:
1. Do you feel now is an opportune time to be adding to biotech, or has the sector run up too far?
2. If the time is right, what would be your top complementary picks to my current positions ( mid cap to large cap) and how many should I hold? Please advise what an adequate overall portfolio position would be for the sector, for an investor with a palate for moderate risk and a long way term view.

Thank you for your counsel,
Karim .

Q: Thanks to 5i I have a well diversified Canadian portfolio. I have been augmenting it with Large Cap US stocks that expose me to markets that are not available to me through the TSX and most of these US names have done very well for me. I am comfortable with being more concentrated in my US holdings as my Cdn investments make up 75-80% of my total portfolio and are well diversified across sectors. My US holdings are in a non-resgistered account and break down as follows:
AAPL - 35%
AGN/REGN/BIIB - 15%
BAC/MS - 27%
LYB - 3%
PYPL - 8%
SWKS - 7%
WBA - 5%

AAPL has done so well for me over the past few years that it is now a large part of my US exposure. My microchip stock (SWKS) has also done extremely well, but it is closely tied to AAPL. My question is given the current announcement by AAPL and its strong recent performance would you be inclined to take some profits off the table or let the "winners continue to run"? I have a reasonably high risk tolerance but do not want to be unduly foolish/greedy. Would you suggest any other changes to what I am holding? What would be your top 3 or 4 US stocks to augment this portfolio?

I value and appreciate your guidance.

Many Thanks
Scott

Q: I have room in my TFSA to add one or 2 growth stock in U.S healthcare sector. Are there any names that stand out to you?

Q: Would you put money into biotech seasonally ? In the past I have done well on Celgene ... However , I have taken quite a hit on Gillead, so I am cautious.
Or should I look at the ETFs for a broader/safer play ?

Q: Hi, I have the above stock in non registered account. As of today I lost $4000 US , bought it at 102 and now $67 $ US. What do you recommend? Sell it and claim loss or wait till it recover or add more to it. I added to it when it became $70 US. But it seems it is not doing well. I appreciate your ultimate decision on it or if there is any US solid stocks that you recommend. Thanks

Q: Hi 5I team
My question is on a US stock. I've been holding Biogen BIIB for nearly two years and I'm down 32%. It does not look very promising under trump. I'm thinking of selling and moving the rest of the money in finacials like JPM or Bank of America. Could I get your insite. Thanks Maurice

Q: Biogen has had a significant drop in share price over the last year. With another 12% dip on Tuesday do you think this would be a good time to start a position on this company?