Investment Q&A

Q: Please recommend a USA small cap etf

Q: Hello 5i team,
I have held HBND since Feb 24 and it has been on a steady slow decline (along with the payout) ever since. I think you mentioned that lower interest rates are always better for this ETF. In light of the US lowering there rates in the coming year, will this be good for HBND?

Net assets is currently 212 M according to there website. Do you have any knowledge if this is growing? I am asking this because although the payout is decreasing, it is still pretty good and would not want this ETF to close down like what happened to HYI.

Thank You,
Andrew

Q: The withholding tax in my tfsa is 15%

Would this same 15% apply in a non registered account or would it be higher? If so, how much

Thank you

Q: If you could only buy 5 stocks in North America disregarding balance what would they be?

Q: Looking ahead to next year’s CUSMA negotiations, could you provide best- and worst-case scenarios and how each might affect markets?

Q: Ambiq Micro Inc NYSE: AMBQ

Ambiq Micro's stock is projected to experience significant growth in the coming years. Analysts have set a consensus price target of $41.75, with a potential upside of 43.05% from the current price of $29.19.

Who are it's competitors?

Buy or not?

Thank you.

Q: Hello Everyone,

May I have your updated assessment of UiPath please?

Thank you.

Q: A number of anlaysts have this rated as a buy, what is your opinion?
Thanks

Q: Legence LGN US.

Information & opinion on this company. What does it actually do?

Thank you.

Q: Good afternoon!
I have substantial room in our TFSAs this year due to large withdrawals made. I plan on moving some combination of these four equities into it from RIFs and my unregistered acount:

BCE, T, LIF, CHE.UN

Taxation is not a concern, as the only one in an unregistered account is BCE, and it is just slightly down from my purchase price (no doubt due to tax loss selling).
My reasoning on choosing these four is that each of these has some potential growth of a substantial nature, and therefore would be better in a TFSA as opposed to a RIF or unregistered account.
Could you please comment on this logic, and also rank them on the basis of growth from most likely to least likely over the next few years?
Please take as many credits as necessary.
Thanks!
Paul K

Q: Could you comment on CJ going forward on current energy levels and perhaps a trend dowward,especially with the high dividend

Q: We have had two great years of returns and many sectors like Tech, Financials, Materials.. have done really well. I have done some rebalancing heading into year end and am at about 65 % Equity and 35% Fixed Income/Cash. My top 5 holdings are BN, GOOG, MSFT, AMZN, RY.

I am confident (hopeful) that I am well positioned to weather any inevitable drawdown or pullback.

What sectors do you see that could perform well in 2026?

Many Small/Mid Cap stocks have suffered in late 2026 (PRL, GSY, LMN, NBIS, TOI, others) Do you see the Small/Mid cap space as an area to deploy cash in early 2026?

Is there an area of the market that could surprise in 2026?

Please deduct appropriately.

Thank you for your continued support and guidance and have a great Holiday Season!!

Tim

Q: Peter; How does one check out the short position in silver on the CME ? Is it something you watch? Thanks.

Rod

Q: What if anything is to be made of the recent Zug, Switzerland-based Pala Asset Limited investment/collaboration agreement with Sherrit?

Q: There is no urgency to this request. What are my options to purchase Canadian producers of iron ore and steel? I may buy a partial in LIF but I am more interested in growth than income. I have recently taken a small position in RIO.

Thank you,

Mike

Q: Good morning if you had to own one of these in a long term RRSP which would you side with and why?

Thanks

Q: I'm OK waiting for my answer to this question into Jan 2026, I had some time now so wanted to pen my question.

Every year I do a year end review of my portfolio's, one thing I look at is weightings. A couple years ago I asked 5i a weighting related Q wrt Brookfield. I had BN, BAM, BEP and BIP I had roughly 4% weighting in each, 16% total Brookfield exposure. This same question has been asked by other 5i members and you have been pretty consistent with your advice. I wanted to know if it was OK being a splitter vs a lumper, ie, I have 4 stocks at 4% weighting, you were comfortable with that but did caution about much more wrt 16%.

So, here I am, asking myself a similar kind of question with a different twist. Alphabet now makes up +/-16% of my portfolio weighting. 16% weighting in a single stock is likely too much, I get that. The twist I referenced is looking at Alphabet in terms of the various business lines. Search (advertising), You Tube, Chrome, Data Centers, Waymo, various Ai elements - Gemini, TPU's etc, Pixel, Android etc. Yes, I have 16% of my portfolio in Alphabet, but I'm wondering if it's OK to look at it as 6 significant lines of business at 16% weighting. In this scenario, I'd have 2.5% to 3% weighting per business line making it more palatable.

I'm interested in your thoughts

Q: Good evening!
You mentioned this new company as 'small' in a previous comment, but they now appear as part of the TSX 60, notably number 2 on the list in dividend returns (to Telus). How can this be small and make that list?
Also, can you tell me what their payout ratio would be, referencing cash flow of course, not 'official' earnings.
As well, I asked another question about a week ago referencing which stocks to move into a TFSA from RIF. Did you receive that question?
Thanks!
Paul

Q: Can you please rank your top 3 stocks in the US Energy sector? Or should I just buy the XLE?

Q: I am trying to understand the economy, stock market of 2025. Maybe there is no rational explanation, but how does one explain why
A. amongst canadian banks. TD did so much better than other big 5 peers ?
B. amongst the US big 5, google outperformed the others by so much?
did TD and Google do something in particular?