Investment Q&A

Q: I understand there has been some type of study which shows people who have taken the Shingles vaccine are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s like diseases. The scientific community seems not to know why this is so. There are a lot of unknowns on this study to say the least. Do you know any first rate Pharma companies that are leaders in the development and manufacturing the Shingles vaccines? I know there are a number of Shingles vaccines out in the marketplace, probably made by different companies. Does Bloomberg have anything to say on the subject? Any thoughts you have would be appreciated.
Jim

Q: Hello 5i,

We have listed a few Ugly Ducklings of the year below. Please rank the following stocks for purchase today with a longer-term view on growth.

CRM, MRVL, TRI, CSU, LMN, CROX, UNH, HD, GSY, FOUR, AVAV

Thank you for your sage advice.

D&J

Q: I'm looking for a metals company (either US or CD) that has exposure to several presently desirable metals for a long term hold. Which of these three would you prefer and if you have a better choice, please list it?

Q: MCK has had significant declines in the last several days. Fortunately , I got out before there was too much damage and I am wondering at what price I should get back in? What is the reason for the drop?
Many thanks for your thoughts.
Ian

Q: I am a conservative dividend investor. However I have about 3% of my investments in high risk high reward stocks all in a TFSA account. I have made adjustments to this account and am thinking of adding one or all of the listed stocks. Propel, Kneat, Lumine and 5N Plus. In what order would you purchase the 4 listed stocks and do you have any recommendations that you would purchase before these 4 for a high risk reward account.

Wayne

Q: I thought I would ask for your thoughts. TD Webroker today just introduced stock lending to Taxable accounts. Customers who opt-in earn taxable interest income for lending any stock of their choosing. The lending interest is split 50/50 with TD. If you lend a dividend paying stock you get the dividend but it is paid as taxable interest. Can I get your pros and cons for enrolling in this program. Thanks

Q: I’m a62 year old retired investor with an excellent DB Pension and I’m working on a supplemental cash flow with my TFSAs,I have held the above stocks for about 4 years all roughly 10-12K in value and have been set up as DRIPs
My question is could you recommend another 8-10 Cdn dividend stocks($ 100K of room) I would add to this account coming from another TFSA,these could possibly have 4-6 % capitol growth and 4-6% dividend yield and in 3 years I would go from a DRIP to monthly or quarterly cash payments,I am medium risk and the sectors would not matter ….Thanks Greg

Q: US listed, decent dividend, what's your opinion?

Q: What order would you buy today based on current prices?

Q: I am done 15 % on EQB ,with the purchase of PC is EQB a sell or hold ?

Q: Similarly to the question asked by David regarding your Income portfolio, for B-E portfolio, what would be your top 10 stocks in the order you would buy. Based on anticipated total return (dividends + stock price increase) for the next five years expectations. I would also appreciate if you could add to these stocks your return expectations and risk ratios on the scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being highest. Thanks.

Q: Greetings 5i,

We are possibly entering a period of change in the direction of interest rates. Canada and the US could be heading in different interest rate directions. Up for debate I suppose.

Could 5i provide a quick refresher on sectors and possibly companies that do well with rising interest rates and those that do poorly. A broad explanation would be appreciated as well as your thoughts on the direction of rates today.

Cheers!

Q: Tell me why WMT is doing so well compared to COST?
Thanks Again

Q: I recently asked a question stating that i need to increase my holdings in basic materials and the utilities sectors. You were kind enough to offer some choices. I did mention there that I wanted to avoid dividends. But that is difficult for these sectors. I didn’t mention, however, that as well as sectors I need to also bring up my U.S. and outside North America holdings a bit. And I thought this might be a good way to accomplish that. So, May I add to the question by asking for possibilities in these regions?
Thanks for this great service

Q: I was wondering why you keep those 2 companies in your equity model portfolio. They have been at approximately the same value for the last few years.

Q: Can I get your thoughts on earnings today. Also would you buy after todays results and where would you rate the bank in the big six

Q: Follow-up comment re: usefulness of customer data in training AI agents, you say.... "The key of course is adapting quickly before customers even start to consider their own solutions." I do not share this view that customers with time can complete with LMN.

My point is the detailed data on vast numbers of customers within a vertical can not be replicated, and is the CSU/LMN/TOI superpower...to train AI agents specific to their customers needs. Customers could have all the human intelligence and time, but without the vast data to train the AI agent the result will be inferior.

Your reply implies a customer and LMN have equal capabilities to develop AI agents, my thesis is they are not.

All of this to ask 5i confirmation that your view is existing CSU data sets to train AI agents is not an 'essential' ingredient....and customers can 'equally' develop effective AI solutions for their business.

Q: Not a question but an observation. Interesting times with the smaller Canadian banks and other financial firms. Stephen Smith selling First National and then his Fairstone buying LB. Then EQB ( which he has a position in ) getting involved with the Weston’s PC Financial. Then there is the Desmarais family and Wealthsimple.

Q: TD Webbroker is now offering stock lending from self directed investing accounts. They say the value of the loaned stocks are protected with funds equal to market value.

Any other risks or considerations?

Q: Good morning

What are your thoughts on DSG 3rd quarter earning looks looks like decent results?
Thks
Marcel