Investment Q&A

Q: Why did QCOM dropped more than 4%, whereas NASDAQ dropped only 1.66% on Wednesday? The stock has been upgraded on Tuesday. Is it because of profit taking or investors don't believe its performance? I thought that it was less risky than AMZN, GOOG, etc. Is it still a buy?

Q: Which google shares do people usually purchase, and what is the symbol. What is the difference between the two that are listed in the US.
Matthew

Q: Hi,
Can you please rate these separately for highest growth and lowest risk. 5-10 year hold.
Thanks

Q: I already own GOOG and FB.

I wanted to add one more stock among AAPL MSFT CSU NVDA

If I had to choose one, which one would you choose among these ?

Q: In 5i's opinion, if you had to choose, which would you see as being your top 5 most promising AI companies?

Q: I’m getting a bit Descartes valuation. P/E of around 80 for 20-25% earnings growth going forward. Am I better to switch to Google for a five year hold, just in terms of share price gain potential? Thx.

Q: Hello, I just realized that the sector classification for Google is now "Communication Services". Do you agree with this classification? I thought it was classified under "Technology". I currently hold Bell and Telus in the Communication Services sector, would you advise that I put Google in the same sector as them? Thank you

Q: Good Morning

Could you please provide your top 6 US picks regardless of sector.

Thank you

Q: Recommendations for USD growth stocks with a 10 year investment horizon please. Thanks

Q: Please rank the following companies based on future growth in 5-10 years and overall confidence.
Also which companies have the widest moats or even monopolies?
Thanks

Q: Please list your top 5 absolutely MUST-have stocks, regardless of sector or industry. (feel free to adjust the number of stocks, to more or less than 5 if you want)

Q: I have share of SU, I plan to sell then now and move the money to GOOG.

Your views on this

Q: Goog reports tomorrow after close.What are the estimates for Rev.& Eps? Are there any recent upgrades or downgrades ? U rated a A+ and suggested entry price of $2700( closed today at $2775.46). I want to buy on Neo for long term. Should I buy tomorrow or post Q results Txs for u usual great services & views

Q: This a follow-up to our TFSA question dated August 24, 2021, and specifically relates to the 5i suggested list of 10 US stocks.

Of the 10, we have so far initiated positions in GRMN, LULU and REGN.

As we already have a substantial position in V (and MA), please suggest an alternative, perhaps in payment services, such SQ, AFRM or PYPL. Also, please suggest an entry point.

For the remainder, NVDA, DG, GOOG, JPM, CRWD and APPS, please rank them in terms of conviction and for each, suggest an entry point.

As always, thanks for the great advice!

Q: Good morning again, I just sent the beginning of a question and inadvertently sent it before I finished!
Here it is , hopefully in its entirety,
I am building a long term portfolio, 10 plus years, and would like to add 2 or 3 Large US Technology stocks. I am looking at AAPL , GOOG AMZN and MSFT , I already have NVDA and are not interested in FB. Any thoughts on the above, which order would you suggest buying them in, and are there any others I should consider? Also can you explain the difference between GOOG and GOOGL Thank you

Q: Can you rank these US technology stocks? Perhaps based on risk, and another ranking based on growth.

Q: Whats going on with goog, down big today.

Q: My 28yr old son is looking to build a diversified ETF portfolio with 100% equity exposure with a bent towards growth given his long investment horizon.  These will be spread across his TFSA, RRSP and Non-Registered accounts.  Since he will be contributing smaller amounts on a regular basis a zero commission platform such as Wealthsimple is appealing.  However, they charge 1.5% fee for all currency conversions making it only practical to hold Canadian traded ETF's.  As a result he is considering the following:

ZSP 40%
XIC 25%
TEC 20%
VIU 10%
VEE 5%

ZSP + XIC + VIU + VEE together create a mix of ETFs that are globally diversified and very similar to the structure of XEQT/VEQT.  Versus XEQT/VEQT This portfolio has a slightly lower weighted-average MER at 0.16% and also has 20% in TEC (in place of something like QQQ) which is more growth oriented. Here are how the sectors would be weighted with this portfolio:

Info 31%
Financial 15%
Cons Disc 11%
Industrial 9%
Healthcare 8%
Communica 7%
Cons Staples 5%
Energy 5%
Materials 4%
Utilities 2%
Real Estate 2%

These would be the top 10 holdings with this portfolio and these top 10 would account for 24% of holdings in this portfolio:

AAPL5.1% MSFT4.9% AMZN3.2% GOOGL1.8% FB1.7% GOOG1.7% TSLA1.5% SHOP1.4% RY1.2% NVDA1.2%

If this was you at 28, can you please comment on
- are the 5 ETFs he has chosen ones you would go with given his objectives, if not, what changes/substitutes would you make along with recommended % allocations?
- is his % allocation across the 5 appropriate or would you make changes? For example I thought there might be too much overlap between ZSP and TEC as they are both highly invested in AAPL, MSFT, AMZ and FB and he is looking at 60% going into these 2 ETF's. That may well be what you want at his age but  I wonder if he is better served by reducing ZSP to 25% -30% and TEC to 15% and add  the remaining 15-20% to CDZ or VGG (or something else?)
- given he will be making contributions to his TFSA, RRSP and Non-registered, which ETF would be best in which account and why? 

Thanks for all your help, 
Scott

Q: Good morning team!

Would AAPL's new privacy policy affect ROKU as it has with SNAP? If so, how exactly would it be affected? If not, do you think this is an opportunity to buy/add?

Thank you!

Q: When I try to buy Google, it gives me a option to either buy GGOG.C
or GOOG in canadian as ALPHABET INC.CDR hedged.

Which is better for a cash account.

Also, whenever I buy any US stock, as soon as it shows up in my TD Waterhouse account, it is a couple of hundred down ( even if the stock price is the same ), why is that so.