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Q: Please recommend several Canadian stocks for an elderly investor with a focus on preservation of capital and a return of 5%+. Thank you in advance.
Read Answer Asked by Helen on August 20, 2024
Q: Dear 5i team.

I tried going through recent Q+A to make sense of these two ETFs.

Can you simplify for me?

1) What are the key differences of these two? The yappear to have similar holdings, just diff %.

2) Closing in on one year since inception, any more visibility to performance/cost etc?

3) Can both be held, or do you prefer one over the other?

Many thanks for your help.
Read Answer Asked by Arthur on August 20, 2024
Q: I keep hearing the word longevity these days. Seems people are living longer so I think there must be some investments I can make to take advantage of this trend. Please give me the names of some companies that are involved in helping people live longer lives and at the same time provide drugs or technologies or therapies that help them enjoy longer lives characterized by a higher quality of life. I'm interested in both American/global companies and Canadian.
Read Answer Asked by Les on August 20, 2024
Q: Please provide you input on the pros and cons on the difference between ETF bonds, such as RQQ, with maturity dates, vs ETF bonds, such as VAB and/or XLB, with no maturity dates. Instead of investing in GICs, which you are locked in for a period, RQQ can be bought and sold when the market opens, making it seems to be almost as good as GIC.
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Roger on August 20, 2024
Q: The operating cash flow for FSZ for 2023 was 137.97 million and for 2022 the operating cash flow was 113.31million. This info comes from Yahoo Finance and from Microsoft Finance. The divvy payment is 92.1 million. Are these numbers the same as yours from Bloomberg?

Thx Blake
Read Answer Asked by blake on August 20, 2024
Q: I am overweight in oil and I am looking to trim. What is your assessment of the companies above? Which of the companies would you least favor for long term potential and therefore trim from the most? As always, thank you for your excellent service.
Read Answer Asked by Calvin on August 20, 2024
Q: Hi,
Both gsy and PRL seem to be similar businesses to me, although gsy is a lot bigger and more established. Which one would you figure is going to show more overall growth in the next 2-3 years? Thank you for your excellent service!
Read Answer Asked by Jess on August 20, 2024
Q: What are your best ideas 5 in Canada and 5 in USA over next 2 to 3 years for capital appreciation ? Thank you RAK
Read Answer Asked by bob on August 20, 2024
Q: Would like your thoughts on sell discipline- specifically when do you cut bait on chronic under performers? Thinking BNS, PBH, NTR, OTEX.
Read Answer Asked by Scott on August 20, 2024
Q: I’ve heard that data centre spending between now and 2030 will fall into three buckets: CPUs, Ai accelerators, and infrastructure, where CPUs are the slowest growing segment. Do you agree with that framework, and if so, could you briefly explain the difference between these three areas and recommend the best companies in each? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Brian on August 20, 2024
Q: Even with the recent drop, Lumine still seems to be more expensive than Topicus based on EV/EBITDA. At the current price, would you prefer Topicus or Lumine? What metric would you recommend using to evaluate growth tech stocks?
Read Answer Asked by Angeal on August 20, 2024
Q: Hello,

Which stocks would benefit the most from a strike/lockout at CP and CNR?
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Marie-Noelle on August 20, 2024
Q: Like my dividend from White cap at just over 7%, but with the drop in BEP.Would you consider a swap to give me more growth a prudent move.I am up moderately on white cap or would you see more growth ahead for white cap? Tks.Larry
Read Answer Asked by Larry on August 20, 2024
Q: I was wondering if there were any good AI, like ChatGPT, that we can use to analyze official financial statement releases from companies. I tried on ChatGPT, and it seems to use some kind of “tools”. I wonder if the results I would get come directly from the financial statements themselves, or from commentary on them.

Any guidance on this would be great!
Read Answer Asked by Federico on August 20, 2024
Q: What is your take on holding GOOG going forward, in light of a number of big name fund managers (Ackman,Klarman,Dorsey etc) exiting or largely decreasing their positions in the company? We know its related to the talks of breaking up GOOG. But what do you feel is the likelihood and outcome of that for shareholders? Clearly these managers feel its going to be a negative outcome since they are exiting. Wondering what your outlook is, and if its worth holding throughout the pain. Thx
Read Answer Asked by Adam on August 20, 2024
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