Investment Q&A

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: I have just started an RESP for my grandson and will be contributing the max $2500 per year. What would you recommend as my first stock purchases.
Thank you

Q: Hello Team 5i & Everyone,

With regard to the A.I. theme: If you had to pick 9 American stocks to watch that have been already running since 2023 because of A.I., which stocks would they be?

Nividia & Microsoft seem obvious. Maybe VST, AVGO… Gemini provided a list, but I’d like to know what you think please.

I find that the MAGS etf is a simple way to track the big tech stocks, but I’m not sure if the SMH etf would be too specific to track the A.I. stocks/theme?

Thank you for your help!

Sandra

Q: Any reason for the drop in MSFT?? Thanks Jim

Q: With regards to 5i AI special report is there any advice for members as to where to start. There are a lot of companies in your report. Maybe if you could narrow things down to 5 or 6 companies from different areas of AI that could be a core holding.Thank-you for the report and helping me to understand theAI process.
THX

Q: For a portfolio overweight in Tech, which would you suggest trimming? The highest weights are VGT and NVDA, with less in GOOGL and MSFT, and a small portion in each of CSU and SHOP. Thanks for all you do!

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 currently own CLS, GOOG, NBIS, CSU, APP, NVDA, SHOP, AVGO, UBER, JBL, MSFT, QBTS, and IONQ in my portfolio. I would like to reduce the number of tech stocks. Can you please rank them in terms of growth potential over the next 12 months.

Q: Hi Folks,
I am looking at adding to either CSU, MSFT or AMZN in my RRSP. May I have your opinion as too which one you would recommend today, all things being equal.
Thanks,

Q: Could you please rank the following stocks from most to least desirable for a new position:

NBIS, NVDA, LMN, META, CSU, MSFT, APP, TOI, ASML, NOW, OUST, ORCL

Q: We have had two great years of returns and many sectors like Tech, Financials, Materials.. have done really well. I have done some rebalancing heading into year end and am at about 65 % Equity and 35% Fixed Income/Cash. My top 5 holdings are BN, GOOG, MSFT, AMZN, RY.

I am confident (hopeful) that I am well positioned to weather any inevitable drawdown or pullback.

What sectors do you see that could perform well in 2026?

Many Small/Mid Cap stocks have suffered in late 2026 (PRL, GSY, LMN, NBIS, TOI, others) Do you see the Small/Mid cap space as an area to deploy cash in early 2026?

Is there an area of the market that could surprise in 2026?

Please deduct appropriately.

Thank you for your continued support and guidance and have a great Holiday Season!!

Tim

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: Iam going to move some of our cash acct. Securities to tfsa . Specifically msft , amzn, google would you please give me your opinion of which of these you see as having best return over nex t year. Please rate as 1,2,3.
Cheers, Doug

Q: Jim Chanos has expressed the opinion that NBIS and CRWV are capital intensive, low margin, and high risk investments. Your comments much appreciated. Thanks.

Q: I currently own MSFT and GOOG . MSFT is at a loss((down 20%) in a Registered Acct and I am reviewing switching to GOOG or AMZN for better returns. I am currently 10% of portfolio in on GOOG so am pondering the switch to GOOG. Do you think a bounce is expected with share price of MSFT in the next 6-12 months is possible?

Q: goog msft, and amzn together constitute 39% of my portfolio. Is this too much? Would you reduce some or all? Are gsy and png still among your top picks? Thanks Jim

Q: want to raise some cash(tech breaking down technically) in what order would you sell the above listed stocks bearing some are winners and some are losers so what your recommendation sell winners or losers first without getting in to too much specifics. CSU as an example sell now to claim loss or then buy back after 30 days FFH on the other hand is up 60% so sell now and hope to buy back later at lower price. what would you do? Remember i want to raise cash so how would you approach this rebalancing ...thanks for your help

Q: Would you recommend taking a small position in AI at this point, and if so what would be your first choice in a stock and/or ETF?

Q: For single stock etf's like this (and nvidia, Microsoft, etc), why not just trade around the ex dividend dates to lower risks and take advantage of the juicy (25% for plte!!) distribution? What am I missing with this approach