Investment Q&A

Q: Hi 5i,

Would appreciate your thoughts on DND fourth quarter results? Specifically, their progress towards debt reduction and the upside vs downside risk from the current valuation.

Thank you,

Greg C.

Q: Looks like the earnings report was not liked. Your analysis please

Sheldon

Q: Just renewed earlier this year and realized it's been 10 years. Thanks for all your sage advice over the years and the many multibaggers (I was hooked after Amaya) that came with it.

What initially drew me to 5i was Peter's enthusiasm for small caps. Using his methods can you recommend your current favourite US small caps at the moment (I have lots of Canadian ones thanks to the growth & balanced portfolios).

Thanks, see you in 2034!

Q: what are the metrics you use for CELH?. please compare the current metrics to the last 3 years. what is a good entry point. price? how much does Pepsi own out of the 39 percent insidership.? how much does management own? what is the forecast EPS for 2024/25. thanks Richard

Q: Please coment on latest results guidance & going forward. Txs for u usual great services & views

Q: Thanks for your answer of September 5th to my question on SCMI. You did not give me a guideline as to what you thought a good acceptable size would be. Currently it is 3%of my entire portfolio. Do you feel that is too large?

Also, to clarify, would you or would you not at this point sell OOM Covered calls on this positon, say 450 ,470 etc.

You felt due to the higher upside vs downside at this point you would hold the position.

Thanks in advance for your clarification



Sheldon

Q: Hi again! Just following up on the TFSA portion of my last question, where you suggested starting with an ETF like XCS and gradually adding individual securities from your portfolio as funds increase. I’ve found a firm (WealthSimple) that offers zero-fee fractional trading, so I’m considering the possibility of investing fractionally in one of your portfolios. While it seems like the return rate would be proportional, I wanted to get your insights on any negative implications that could be associated with fractional investing in one of your offered portfolios - if there are any.

My Plan A is to fractionally invest in one of your portfolios, but I’m open to considering a high-growth ETF if you think that would be a better strategy. I’m also comfortable investing in an American ETF if it could potentially offer a higher yield. However, with WealthSimple, there’s a $10 monthly fee to invest in American shares, which totals $120 a year. Given that my TFSA currently holds about $5,000, I would need a return of roughly 2.5% just to break even if I opt for the growth portfolio, which includes American companies. While this fee should ideally become negligible as I continue to average into the TFSA over time, it’s still a notable-ish consideration at the moment.

Additionally, do you believe the growth portfolio will outperform the balanced portfolio in the long term, and if so, why, considering its underperformance compared to the balanced portfolio over the last 10 years? Is the current outperformance of the balanced portfolio something you anticipated in this shorter timeframe? Given my long-term investment strategy, which portfolio would you recommend, and why? While the growth portfolio's strategy aligns more closely with my investment goals, I want to ensure it’s the right choice, especially considering the balanced portfolio's stronger performance over a similar time frame.

Thanks again for your guidance!

Q: Which Canadian bank would you buy today? I already own RY.

Q: Royal seems to continuously march forward. Does the valuation seem a little stretched at this point? I'm seeing a P/E of 14.55. I think I have read that the banks typically trade at a 8.5 to 12 PE.

If the Canadian consumer is likely to to be challenged over the next 24 months and US banks (like JP Morgan) trade at 12.2 PE there seems to be a disconnect. I'm not sure what their revenue is in Canada Vs US.

Thoughts?

Q: Greetings 5i Tm,
I came across recent question (10 July 24) concerning Telcos and found your answer to be very helpful. It was specific to BCE, T and RCI.B but how you structured your answer was of the most interest to me:
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'Telcos have been a tough industry to be in in the last few years due to the intense competitive landscape, capital intensity and limited pricing power. That being said, for investors that seek exposure to the telcos industry, we think the metrics to evaluate should be dividend growth, balance sheet strength, and track record of
operational efficiency (organic growth, margin, etc.).........'
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Here you identified the general environment faced by Telcos and how best to assess this particular industry as well.
It strikes me that this high level view could be helpful for all industries (TSX) and that it might form the basis for one of your periodic articles.
For consideration.
Steve P

Q: Through the Spring and early summer, there appeared to be a lot of positive views about small caps. IJR is one of many ETFs mentioned during this period. With all the volatility and turmoil in the last few weeks, at his juncture and in the midst of the "broadening out" of the market, what is your view of small caps? Is it a sector you still see as prospectively positive? Are there other areas that you see as having more potential? Many thanks for your excellent service.

Q: Thank you for your service. With your September 5th reply to Rob about cls, if somebody was sitting on some cash right now, would you recommend they go for cls, or into the other areas you suggested in Rob's reply?

Q: This stock has traded in the 30 plus dollar range this year until recently where it has taken a huge drop to19-20. Im not even sure if it may continue to slide. What's confusing is that it was undervalued in the thirties and now a big drop after a solid q2. Also the short position has recently increased to 29 percent. The shorts got what they wanted. Shouldn't they be covering. I want to buy but feel they might know something with such a huge number. Lastly they just came out with a release saying the price isn't reflected in the value and they will start buying back 43 million dollars worth of shares. Is this a great buying opportunity.

Q: what is the difference between these companies

Q: Hi 5i!
Thanks for all your great work, I appreciate it very much,
What are your top Dividend growing growth stocks? 5 US and 5 Canadian?
Thanks,
Murray

Q: Good Morning. I need to trim my holdings portfolio down to a more manageable number. My portfolio is pretty well balanced. From the list of NTR,PBH, DIS,RCI.B, ADN,GE, FCX,WMB,GS,CVX, CAT,LYB and APO how would you rank them with 1 being the best and 5 the least favoured. Please take as many credits as you need. Thanks Peter

Q: why is L'Oreal (LRLCY) share price not hit as hard as Estee Lauder (EL) these days. what is your outlook for the cosmetics leader and 235B dollar company L'oreal over near term 2024/2025

Q: CVX has been dropping since 2022. Is there a problem here? XOM and SU (I hold all three) have been increasing. Should I drop CVX? I have at least a five year window, 78 year value investor who can wait for a turn around.

Q: Hi! Could you explain the sharp dip in price for TMDX recently?

Also, I am down almost 20% HPS.A and keep waiting for it to get better. It tries, then falls, rinse and repeat. What's going on here? Is there good reason to be patient?

Thanks so much.

Q: Hi, Can you let me know what High interest ETF (highest yield?) you recommend - in US and CDN $.
I also believe there is one High interest ETF, that does not pay interest, but accumulates capital gains, what is it's name and what do you think of it.
Thanks.