Investment Q&A

Q: I have some money sitting on the sidelines. What would be your top 5 stocks to buy this year? Looking for modest growth and not high risk.

Thanks

Q: For various geopolitical and economical reason's, I am now looking for a fully integrated US energy Cie,including a significant % of natural gaz and transportation , located in "safer places "..I like CVX , but I will appreciate your ranking in this perspective,even if these 2 Cies are not included!

Q: Is this ETF good?

Q: Good afternoon,

Given setback in CCO production, how do you assess the stock their ability to replace should this be for an extended period?

Thank you.

Q: What are your current top 5 Canadian dividend growth stocks?

Q: What do you think of these two for a small position- too small and volatile or worth taking the risk?

Q: I have made some updates to my portfolio before heading into the new year and am looking for your thoughts on total portfolio. I have it all in TFSA and am 28 years old with a long time horizon. Could you give me your opinion over next 1, 3, 5 years of portfolio.

What changes might you make to this portfolio to stengthen it?

Portfolio Breakdown:
Stock Amount Invested (USD) % of Portfolio
NVDA $6,500 12.04%
SHOP $2,840 (converted from CAD) 5.26%
AMZN $2,650 4.91%
MSFT $2,520 4.67%
MELI $2,483 4.60%
PLTR $2,250 4.17%
TSM $2,000 3.70%
CRWD $1,830 3.39%
GOOGL $1,780 3.30%
TTD $1,767 3.28%
ISRG $2,180 (converted from CAD) 4.04%
META $2,150 (converted from CAD) 3.98%
BRK.B $1,470 2.72%
AXP $1,560 2.89%
LLY $1,500 2.78%
DIS $1,280 (converted from CAD) 2.37%
NBIS $840 1.56%
CELH $700 1.30%
SMCI $392 0.73%
SPCE $188 0.35%
XRP $120 (converted from CAD) 0.22%

Thanks,
Dan

Q: For and RRSP long term hold with drip on, what would be your choice in the oil/pipeline industry? With the new admin coming in on Jan20th south of us and hopefully an election here how could that affect this industry. FTS is already owned in the account. Thank you

Q: Happy New Year! WIll you be producing a list of companies that may have been sold off at year end (possibly due to tax loss selling or other) that may provide some good entry points. Thanks and the best to you and your team for 2025.

Q: Your last comment on IMAX was Sept 2023. Wondering how you feel about it today moving forward.

Q: What do you think about these two stocks. TSSI has been on a tear lately. BMR on the other hand is struggling but has some nice contracts with Nvidia and others.

Q: Happy new year! I read the news that vital hub has issued a short form prospectus, but I don't understand what this means. Does this mean dilution, or is it more positive for the stock? Would it be worth taking a nibble at this point?

Q: Hello Peter and all at 5i: I am reading about "Power Corp unit backs CSU copycat Valsoft " and I believe there are more who would like to copy CSU. Do you feel CSU is so far ahead one shouldn't worry too much? Having 5i to hold our hand is very important to this investor. Thank you Barb

Q: Good morning everyone,

Has your thesis remained intact on URI? It appears to be making the turn. At a reasonable attractive entry point along with some potential catalysts in 2025.

Would this be your buy in this sector? AXON is already owned in a full position. Along with TFII on the CAN side.

Is their an industrial or similar name you'd rank above for the coming year?

Thank you.

Q: This stock was up big on earnings last week. Is it a buy, or is the rally simply short-covering?

Q: Hello and Happy New Year 5i
I learned about SMCI from 5i and had great luck with it last year! Thanks! I stuck to my goals and sold all of my original investment to remain in the stock with "house money". I don't have any intentions of being a day trader but the timing of my purchase allowed me to double my money in about 4 weeks and that was my goal over a period of a year or two.
To my question
Smci appeared to be a profitable company supplying a huge company in a growth industry. I don't think that has changed? I heard in an interview late last year that the numbers of sales (provided by SMCI) to Nvidia were backed up by information released by Nvidia themselves.
#1 Is there anyway to find that information in disclosure documents from Nvidia?
#2 Wouldn't that information clear up many of the worries regarding the factuality of information coming from SMCI?
I'm not too concerned about the timing of the release of information if SMCI is really selling as much as it seems to the biggest player in the market.
Thanks as always for your terrific insight!

Q: Hello 5i Research
Is there a etf that I purchase in Canadian dollars the replicates the VGT in the USA.
Thank you

Q: CRNC is up big again today. Thoughts on this company?

Q: Can you recommend a proxy for zfl for tax loss selling?
Thank you

Q: Last year, about this time you listed a number of stocks you thought could do well in the year ahead. The only one of these that I picked up was Savaria, and I’m up about 30%.

I’m now curious about your thoughts on the current valuation, and specifically on the percentage of revenue from US /international and how the cheap CDN dollar will affect SIS revenue.

Thx.