Investment Q&A

Q: Hi team,

Grateful if you could provide a list of what you see as the best canadian and the best U.S. blue chips at this time for building a solid portfolio with a growing future. It would help to know what guided your choices.

Deduct as many credits as you see fit.

Gratefully,

Jacques IDS

Q: Thank you for answering my earlier question on the screening criteria for Options. Your customary comprehensive and measured answer has an inbuilt framework for an article by itself! Your words of caution is appreciated.

Using the criteria that you have outlined in that answer i.e. Mkt cap 10 B+, Good cash position and sales and earnings growth, positive cash flow and reasonable volatility and momentum, can you give me 5 stocks for writing covered calls?

Where I get stumped is that some good companies give paltry premiums! Hence this question!

Always appreciate your insight.

Q: I have a fairly large position in BCE, about double my usual size. Would you continue to hold? I am considering switching half the position into CGI.

Q: When does Tesla report? And is there a date for Teslas second report this year, thanks, Jean

Q: Are these two in the same space and direct competitors?
Also, I'm trying to understand why VHI stock is performing well, while WELL seems to be flat.
Thanks
John

Q: Hi 5i,
I've owned WELL since the fall of 2020, have bought and sold along the way and I'm now left with a few thousand shares and a net loss of 24% in the name. To some extent due to optimistic forecasts from 5i I've thought that enough of a turnaround might be just around the corner to at least get back to even, and perhaps even make some money - but the longer nothing changes the more my optimism wanes. So, a few questions:
A fella on BNN the other day had VHI as a top pick. Are it and WELL competitors and do their respective addressable markets portend growth?,
If you had to choose one over the other now for a 3 year TFSA hold, which would you go with for some CDN healthcare exposure, and why?
Is there another name that you would choose over both of them?
Thanks 5i, I look forward to your thoughts.
Peter

Q: Hi 5i
Do you know when the deal is expected to close and how long would you expect these guys to wait to see if other offers may be forth coming.

Take over price of $34 US is about $46 canadian... SP currently sitting $43.75 canadian. Would you expect shares to trade up to the deal level.

If one wants to capture the full offer price, would one simply wait till the deal closes......
How would that work.

thx

Q: Happy Easter.
Are HMM & HPS related ? Do you favor 1 over the other or would you put new $ 50/50 ? How (what tickers) would you split your infrastucture allotment overall ?
In addition to base metals etc, we have STN, AOS, PAVE, NUE, BN. Thank you.

Q: Hi, I'm wondering if you could explain why you think CSU would spinoff LMN if it has so much potential? If I understand well, CSU has a very decentralized org structure which would allow for LMN to operate relatively independently if it remained part of the larger organization. Why would CSU management spin it off?

Q: With the interest of Advent in Nuvei , would you sell now a before it all shakes out? What do you think a reasonable buying price per share might be?
Thanks
Katie

Q: Dir.un is one of u favourites in the REIT sector.Mar 28 closed at $13.08,1yr H $15.13,1yr L 11.53.On Mar 27,A Moffs,real estate specialist, on Market Call picked it as a Top Pick,citing 27% discount to NAV,very low 36% debt/asset and strong growth etc.Please comment.Buy,Add or Hold. What is a good entry price?Txs for u usual great services & views.

Q: Am considering taking a position in one of these companies that I believe are in similar type businesses. How would you rank them and why? And would you be a buyer now or prefer to wait based on recent earnings and current stock momentum?

Q: Can you provide a current view on Ameriprise Financial?

Q: Greetings 5i team,
What are your favorite Canadian small cap, growth stocks, in order of preference, right now.
Thank you
SP

Q: Based on my TD Webroker Analyst ratings, ANGIE STOROZYNSKI and Analyst with Seaport Global has a 4.5 star rating as a result of her PERFORMANCE WIN-LOSS RATE
84 Out of 128 Successful Ratings(66%) and an Average Return Per Rating
+12.0%

Now I know generally we're not supposed to take analyst ratings that much into account with maybe the exception of "..are the analysts ratings trending up or down".

Is that the theory I should be be taking with analysts ratings? What's 5i philosopy on analysts ratings and do you take note of any prominent analysts in the investment field?

Those questions aside Neil Kalton from Wells Fargo with a similar rating but an average of half of Angie's came out with a rating for Nextera Energy NEE on the same day as her. His is for a target price of $85 and hers is for $44. It seems mind boggling how two analysts can have both and upside of 30% percent and a downside of 30% on the same stock on the same day being the most recent analyst opinions on the stock??? What is your price point for NEE today, Is it a buy, sell or hold. What price would you get in at because I'd like to average down on the position I have on it now. Thanks for the help to clear things up.

Hope everyone has a good Easter Weekend.

Cheers

Q: Hi Team,

I don't think a question has been asked on this company in the past. What are your opinions, seems relatively small. Do you prefer Sigma to this one?

Thanks!

Q: Hi 5i, the last question on Definity, back in Feb, asked about the possibility of DFY being acquired. Since then Swiss Re has taken an almost 10% position. What are your views on this stock going forward. Thx.

Q: I have been holding this stock for a while, just wont to know your thought on it, great job 5i

Q: In a registered account I would like to do some money recycling and choose 2 to depart from and recycle back into the others. HPS.A with 4% weighting and GSY at 6%. WELL is (well below) purchase price and although I still believe in the company the others might do better with a 5 years horizon but maybe not, your take. Could you identify the 2 you would let go and where would you recycle money into with a 1-5 preference, 1 beeing where you would add the most and 5 you would put the least. Having said all of that the total portfolio is much bigger and the position size of all of the above except for HPS and GSY are in the 1-2% range.

Thank you

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