Investment Q&A

Q: hello 5i:
comparing these two companies, which do you like better and why?
thanks
Paul L

Q: Considering I want safety, then income, then growth…this looks a time to buy more of ISV. Those quarterly earnings appear to have impressed nobody but me! Am I missing something? Is it just the market has different priorities…ie growth first.

Q: Down big time. What’s happening?

Sheldon

Q: Good morning. I am looking to add a new US dividend growth stock to my RRSP. My top contenders are Costco, Home Depot and McDonald's. What would be your top choice today? Do you have any better suggestions (stocks or REIT's)? Thank you.

Kim

Q: Good Morning. I am selling off some of my more volatile US tech stocks in my RRIF and am looking to redeploy the proceeds into US stable Dividend payors. Can you please suggest 5 or 6 US Dividend stocks ( other than US Tech) to look at? Thanks

Q: I'm a bit confused when I look at your assessment when you refer to ATD being a defensive position whereby it's considered a consumer cyclical in your classification. I understand that it could be an hybrid. How do I deal with my position weighting as my cons staples is underweight VS overweight in my cyclical by the same amount...

Thanks for your welcome enlightenment.
Yves

Q: Upon reading your recent report about its business model I am wondering how closely it competes with NAS nationwide appraisal service a private coy out of Markham Ontario and seemingly larger?

Q: Hi, I have held this stock for a few years. Would you continue to hold it can u suggest an alternative. Thanks Clare

Q: Your insights into NANO .. seem to be progressing with the patented process .. is here potential for a breakthrough technology

Q: I received class action settlement notice on Teva. It has been a few years since I had that stock. Could you let me know what this class action settlement is about? I wonder if it's worth looking into? Thank you. Fooklin

Q: Everyone, a year or so ago I asked about investing a small amount of money ($500) in a long shot. You suggested Martello - well I sold out after a 50% loss. Do you have another idea to invest $500, with the thought that I could lose 100% of my investment. Clayton

Q: What 1 US stock and 1 Canadian stock (both in technology space) would you buy today?

Q: Hi, should have some exposure to R.E. Could you please pick two of these R.E companies you would prefer, with dividend , growth, and management considerations. This is for a unregistered acct. for long term. Or would you stay clear of this sector for now because of higher interest rates that are likely to come?
also if you have a better suggestion please include it .
Thanks

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

We're currently overweight Technology. Given this information from "Simply Wall Street", is this a "red flag" for Enghouse, and might this be the one to let go? We also hold CSU, KXS, and TOI. Our gain in ENGH is 70%, which pales in comparison to CSU's gain of 401% (thank you 5i for continually recommending Constellation!) ENGH and CSU were purchased around the same time, but KXS was purchased later (up 101%) and TOI of course has been held only since the "spin-off" (but still up 39%).

Maybe I'm reading too much into this insider selling, but your opinion is important to me.

"Independent Director recently sold CA$814k worth of stock
On the 16th of March, Reid Drury sold around 20k shares on-market at roughly CA$40.68 per share. This was the largest sale by an insider in the last 3 months. Insiders have been net sellers, collectively disposing of CA$2.4m more than they bought in the last 12 months"

Thanks for your insight and assistance.

Q: Hello. In reviewing my portfolio, I realize that I lack exposure to US markets. I am therefore thinking of purchasing an VFV ETF. I am 66 years old and receive a reasonable pension. While I have an RRSP, I have not contributed to it for many years, choosing instead to build my TFSA. Given that my TFSA is now topped up, would it make sense to add VFV to my RRSP (better tax advantages??) or add it to an open investment account that I currently hold?

Q: If you had to pick four out of the above names to add to today, which would you choose?

Q: Hello Peter et al,

You have mentioned in the past that Amazon needs Shop or it runs into monopoly problems and that Shop has a strong moat.

When I look at the size difference Amazon has 14x the market cap and 1500x the employees.

When I look at stock price Amazon has been a steady climber with a minimal hit over the past 6 months vs Shop being more than halved in mkt cap.

If I were CEO of Amazon reviewing the co. dashboards and heatmaps - I think I would look at the Shopify roadmap and see either noise or an opportunity we could setup for and pre-empt (if that business is on our roadmap).

How scalable is Shop given that Amazon has a long track record, the most money and supply chains to the best strategic minds?
How sustainable is the Shop competitive advantage?

I ask this wondering how likely Shop is to regain the lofty $2000 level.

Thank you for sharing your insight.

Q: xbc appeared to report good earnings. stock went up big one day and then down big the next. webroker reports new analyst ratings of 1 sell, 2 hold and 1 buy. can you make sense of this? why the market hesitation?

Q: I'm thinking of increasing the tech exposure (presently 15%) to the 29 stocks I own in my portfolio. Presently my tech exposure is CSU, DSG and KXS. I find ADBE interesting. Would you invest more in the 3 stocks I already own or initiate a postion in ADBE?

Q: Hi team. If one would want to diversify more into the energy and materials sector what would you suggest would be your top 3 choices for each for a longer term hold (10+yrs). Thanks