Investment Q&A

Q: Please provide an update on Booking. It has languished this past year and now seems to be falling off a cliff like SaaS stocks.

I have make a very good return on it, still, thanks to your recommendation from years back.

Is it still worth keeping in this current environment? What is something I can swap into in the same space that would be less vulnerable to the markets idiosyncraties?

Thank you
Karim.

Q: I have owned this for a few years now. I had to be patient but you seemed to hold it in favour throughout.

I thought my patience was rewarded with good growth in 2025, but over the past few months, it has lost all that growth.

Can you explain what has been going on?

I'm also low in healthcare in my portfolio. This seems like a good time to redress that. What would be your top three buys for a long term holding? Do you generally prefer companies or ETFs for this sector?

Thanks for all the great work you provide. I was happy to renew recently.

Q: "Trade Rationale - We continue to like KXS over a long-term holding, but amid the sell-off in software names, KXS has been hit, and while we think it can eventually recover, it may take some time. At this time, we are looking to reduce the size of the position in favour of adding to other names which we think have better secular tailwinds. "

is what 5i said in your recent market rundown piece. Just wondering what stocks or sectors you would be thinking of in particular, US and Canadian?

thanks as always

Q: I have a LIRA account and don’t plan to make any withdrawals for the next 15 years. I’m looking for “buy-and-hold” stock and/or ETF investment ideas that would suit this long-term timeframe.

I’m open to a mix of individual stocks and ETFs, across both Canadian and U.S. markets. Given the long horizon, I’m comfortable with experiencing periods of market volatility.

Any additional suggestions on how you would approach this situation if it were your own account would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Q: Good Afternoon
Looking at the offerings for ISRG and GRID, Do they offer products unique to their markets and have developed a loyal and growing customer base? For pure growth going forward which company would you endorse? I have become impatient with ISRG and the lack of SP appreciation
Thank you

Q: Which company ISRG, GOOG or GRID has the most growth going forward? Sector/risk is not an issue.

Thank you for your service!

Q: Can you please give me your thoughts on ISRG, for a continued hold. I am a longer term hold investor but do wonder if this position wouldn't be best elsewhere in the health care sector. I have ABBV already, thanks to a 5i suggestion a couple of years back. Many thanks

Q: Elon has made some strange comments lately:
1. Nobody needs to save money anymore because somehow robots will benefit everyone and we don’t need it?
2. Apparently tsla is getting into the robotic surgery business. Is this a concern for isrg? Are they likely to put isrg on the innovation scrap heap and how can we know?

Q: We have accumulated 11 healthcare stocks and 1 ETF, While LLY and ISRG are at half positions the rest are at initial 25% positions. Please advise [help!] us get to a more concentrated portfolio with a 3+ year horizon for reasonable opportunities in healthcare

Q: A question for Peter. NVDA, AXON and ISRG are examples of great companies, that you have followed and recommended for years. Which 2 or 3 companies do you have your eyes on, that may become the next group of great companies in the next 10-15 years. A brief explanation of why each of these companies may become great, would be appreciated. Thanks for this excellent service!

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: I'm looking to clean up some of my TFSA and would like to get your thoughts on the following to either buy more, sell, hold: ABNB, TTD, PRL, LULU, CLBT, RS, PNG, JPM, LMN, AEM, BKNG, ATZ, AMZN, INTU, AXON, WSP, GOOGL, NVDA?


What are a few other CAD/USD growth stocks you would recommend that are not listed for a long term hold? Thanks.

Q: Which stock will have more growth going forward: GOOG or ISRG. I understand they are in different sectors and I am not concerned about volatility?

Thank you for your service!

Q: I would be interested to know what your suggestions are on US growth stocks for long term hold in a RRSP account (sectors not important).

Thank you.

Q: I’m doing a fairly major portfolio clean-up and account optimization exercise.
Specifically, I’m removing dividend-oriented and income-generating stocks from my TFSA and RRSP that are better suited to a non-registered account, and reallocating TFSA/RRSP capital to assets that benefit most from tax sheltering.

At a broad level, I’d appreciate your perspective on:

• Which CAD and USD names are best suited to an RRSP (e.g., U.S. dividend payers, global compounders, cyclicals, etc.)
• Which CAD and USD names are best suited to a TFSA (long-term growth, compounding, low income leakage)

I’m less interested in yield optimization and more focused on long-term after-tax efficiency and proper account placement.

If helpful, feel free to answer at a category level (e.g., “U.S. dividend aristocrats,” “Canadian compounders,” etc.) or with specific examples you think are particularly well-suited.

Thanks — looking forward to your thoughts.

Q: Hi I hold the following positions
CSU overweight
CLS overweight
GOOG overweight
BN overweight
GLXY
NBIS
NVDA
ISRG
AXON
SHOP
AMAZON
HOOD
VOO
URI
PNG

Would you add to existing positions or choose to buy others?

Please list your top 5 other stocks, and a brief reason for each ? Cnd or US

Thank you

Q: I am looking to consolidate my growth portfolio. What are your suggestions on replacing these stocks

CHKP,KO, MCD, MDT,HSIC,UPS,NFLX
with
CRWD/PANW,TSM,ISRG,NVDA,LLY,UNH,COST

Q: Greetings 5i, I would like to revisit the investment thesis for Ilumina, sold it for a tax loss but the stock spiked up on earnings and has continued to rise. Please provide an analysis of its future prospects and your opinion as to whether or not this is a buy now. Or, is there a better option in this field? I already have a good sized position in Intuitive Surgical. Thank you.

Q: Hi Peter and team,

Our Healthcare sector is under-represented according to Portfolio Analytics. We do own VHI and are down, but most of what I read indicates a compelling case for VHI. As an example, National Bank Direct Brokerage rates it as outperform. Its current position is 0.76% of our Total Portfolio Equity Weight, and our only other sector holding (other than some diversified ETFs) is SIA with a Total Portfolio Equity Weight of 3.34%.

Would you be a buyer at current levels?

As always, thanks for your insight.

Q: Hello 5i

For a 1 year to 2 year hold what would be your top 5 growth choices that are TSX listed, can include CDR stocks, and a share price of no more than $55.

Thanks as always.