Investment Q&A

Q: Can you comment on this new Van Eck fabless semiconductor ETF…apparently trying to avoid the heavy capex and cyclicality costs of manufacturing

Q: In a portfolio with banks at 42% (TD, and National), energy at 35% (TC, Sobo, and Tourmaline) and consumer discretionary 16% (ATD), what companies would you suggest diversifying into? This is my husband's account and he buys and holds. He will be selling Telus and needs some options for telecommunications and more. Could he be more diversified? He is asking my advice but I appreciate hearing from you.

Many thanks.
V.

Q: A couple years back there was some type of change in US tax law that made many LPs subject to IRS withholding of 15% of sale proceeds (non-recoverable), regardless of where the owner lived in the world. The various Brookfield entities said they were not affected, but it has always made me a little cautious. Now BAM is looking at relocating to NY. I realize they are a corp, not an LP, but is there any potential they could get caught up in the withholding issue? I hold BIPC and BN. Any reason for concern here?
Thank-you

Q: If u were to buy only one all in one etf what would you suggest - for longer term 3-5 years growth

Q: May I have your thoughts on QS’s latest quarter? The stock is up on high volume and I expect it will quickly settle back down. Any red flags? I know it is a high risk stock and will remain so until Volkswagen at least makes a royalty payment. Probably still high risk even after a royalty payment!
Jim

Q: My daughter recently inherited a substantial sum of money and would like me to invest such in a mix of companies, both in the US and Canada, with a modicum of international companies. She lives in Europe.
Could I respectfully ask if you could offer your chosen six equities in each of the US, Canada and worldwide (in order of preference), including one or two ETF’s, with a mid term (5 - 8 years hold) term. Could you also provide an entry point for each stock?

I do appreciate your guidance…

cj

Q: Hi,

Did the market over reacted to the lower forecast? What would be an alternatives to this company on the market now?

Thank you

Q: please comment the current share price weakness o9f ASPN and the public offering of ASPN common shares totalling 4,250,000 plus an additional 637,500 if over scribed any guess as to offering price and issue date thanks Richard

Q: Which stock has more growth VHI or DRX? Would you recommend one over the other or both?

Thanks for your service

Q: Current and future outlook for this company.

Q: An update on Garmin please. It was regularly recommend by your service up until 6 months ago.

Where does it rank amongst your favourite ideas? How compelling of a buy is it ?

Also, do you view it as consumer discretionary or technology?

Thank you.

Q: “Joe” is getting overwhelmed with maintaining his portfolio and is starting to fall behind on autumn yardwork and home maintenance. His spouse and teenaged kids also find his contributions to family conversations rather repetitive and boring (in their words, he’s all “year-to-date” this, and “multi-bagger” that…).

In an effort to free up some bandwidth and reconnect to his people, Joe has decided to reduce the number of securities he owns to about 20 stocks and a handful of broad market ETFs.

Joe is hoping 5i can help him identify:
~10 favourite stocks drawn from its 3 model portfolios
~6 highest conviction US picks.

Joe wants to maximise returns over the next 7-10 years.

Thank you.

Q: I have to sell some NVDA for balance (thanks for creating this problem in my portfolio!). Can you recomment 5 US stocks regardless of sector that might have comparable growth over 3-5 years? Thanks.

Q: Good Morning Peter, Ryan, and Team,
This is a general question regarding Canadian Depository Receipts (CDRs).
I have read the brochure from CIBC World Markets and I think I understand what they are about and they look to be a decent way to own high quality US stocks within a $CAD RRSP,RESP, or TFSA.
I was hoping to get your expert opinion of these securities and the currency hedging component ?
Thank you so much. DL

Q: Do you think this is a good entry point - price and timing for LMN Thansks

Q: VALUE OF THE STOCK HAS A DOWNWARD MOMENTUM, LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER. YOUR OPINION PLEASE?

Q: hello
it has dropped to a support level of 9.7
I wonder what is a good entry point to take a half position in this
stock for copper?
thanks
Michael

Q: What is it mean by Evolve Leverage Dummy in its portfolio ?

Q: Good Day,

Edit: I got to the end of this and realize there is a lot to unpack here. My apologies and please forgive the transient nature of my ADD brain. Take however many credits you need.

I really enjoyed Jonathans question and your subsequent answer on Oct 10. Continuing on that thread, I too consider myself primarily a growth investor, and have a fairly high tolerance for risk. However, in contradiction (somewhat) to that, I also Love equities with a DRIP program.

I'm planning on making a significant contribution to my RRSP investment account to hopefully capitalize on some opportunities/ tax loss selling in the end of the year, and enjoying the tax break in April.

1. I think? I have a pretty solid basket of growth names, significantly from 5i recommendations. CALF CLBT CROX MSFT NVDA POWL SMCI TCS TMDX AMZN ASPN HPS LMN TVK VRT. In the growth space, Please provide 6 recommendations (CAD, US) ranked in decreasing order of preference that you would consider beneficial to these. If any of these current positions are in a very attractive place to add, you could suggest that with a why.

2. In the dividend/DRIP space, I have DE CHE.UN ZWT BAM SU PPL. About a month ago, I sold my BEP and BNS and rolled them in to my double up my BAM, which paid off, but am considering a re-buy. Reading the questions lately, you have been big on BNS and TD, but seem to contradict yourselves on it. Often recommending BNS over TD, only to recommend to someone that holds both to cut BNS over TD if only one is to be held. Are they that close in terms of future runway/room to grow/total returns? With my Love of DRIPs, would you give the edge to BNS due to the higher dividend? Could you recommend 3 - 5 options in this space, preferably holdings that would require less than 10K (20K for very high conviction) invested to DRIP a unit. ETFs are OK with low fees and higher Dividend.

3. In Jonathans question you commented on Materials being a great addition to a growth investors portfolio as a semi uncorrelated diversification. I've held LUN and LIF in the past, but with the power demands and resurgence of Nuclear, are there better options out there? Please provide 2-3 dividend paying and up to 5 growth options in this space.

4. Is GOOG a buy here? I fully agree that the impact was way overblown. Is it worth getting into one of the 2x leverage tickers for GOOG if ones conviction is very high? Is there any company you would consider a leveraged holding on? If so, which?

Thanks for everything!!!

James

Q: Hi,

What entry point would you be comfortable with as it relates to the new A&W food services company. And would you expect pressure on the SP once the hold period on insiders expires?