Investment Q&A

Q: Hi,
Thanks for your "Don't Panic" message. I think it calmed myself and many other members down.

With the USD dropping, do you see a benefit to sell my USD holdings and buy the CDR equivalent ? Does it look like the USD will keep dropping or is it too hard to predict?
Thanks

Q: One would think that CLS, HPS.A and VRT would be screaming buys if Trump said "just kidding" and ended his tariff war tomorrow. But I wonder if this is true. What are the chances that AI/data centre stocks were in a bubble and all it needed to burst was a new low energy search engine like DeepSeek? Is it possible that the wider market chaos is just masking an inevitable re-pricing of AI and data centre stocks? If so, the current lower price for these stocks may not be the screaming buy they might appear to be.

Q: If I invest in an index ETF at this time or soon, would I buy a growth oriented or a value ETF? For example, VOT or VOE ?

Q: Maybe not probable but possible, here is an hypothetical scenario not unlike the one unfolding south of the border right now:

In the event that the financial world turns away from the US dollar to the euro as the main currency how would it affect canadian retail investors?

For example, if "nobody" buys american cars and turn to european manufacturors, investors will want to buy those overseas companies stocks.

Will banks and trade plateforms adapt and make it easier and cheaper to trade stocks on the european stock markets?

At some point in a distant futur, could you see a single european stock market emerging?

Q: I check stockcalc to find if a stock is fair value. On March 28, BRK-A-N was shown as 19.2% overvalued. BRK-T was 51.4% overvalued. Why is there such a difference if the holdings are the same?

Q: Cardinal is down today on big volume so i assume someone is thinking the dividend is at risk with oil in the fifties. Can cardinal keep paying the yield and for how long ?

Q: Hoping you might be able to provide some insight as to why 'many' of my preferred share holdings are loosing value even when interest rates appear to be falling with expectations of a recession? Reviewing your earlier posts my understanding was Fortis is a solid company and valuations could be adversely affected with interest rates.
Truly appreciate all your great support. Ted.

Q: I've done quite nicely on NVO over the last while and have sold off about a third of my original position at prices close to double the current level. With a few US dollars in my account I am wondering if I should buy back some NVO or look at a part position in ISRG (or another healthcare suggestion from 5i) for diversification.

Thanks for all your advice! Though I ask few questions, I learn "bigly" from those of other subscribers.

Q: Regardless of sector or size, what would be your top one or two American and Canadian stocks to put in a TFSA For a long-term position.

Q: With the steep sell-off recently and stock markets coming to terms with a global trade war, which five Canadian and/or US small to mid-cap growth stocks across any sector look most interesting at this point? Looking at starting partial positions as I do not think the bottom is here yet. Thank you

Q: I am, as you put it, sharpening my pencil. Can you comment a bit on the above three companies. How much overlap is there? Which is the one you would rank the lowest of the three? Leaving aside stable mega caps, for the agressive side of my tech holding, are there any others that you would rank in the top 5 to start looking at that are better or roughly in the same class as these? Thank-you.

Q: Hi,
I've been very careful in the last year with stock market at all time high and I've been building a relatively high position in utilities in my portfolio and I am clearly overweight in utilities. I know that timing the market perfectly is impossible but at what point in time would you suggest to start unloading utilities? Do you think that there is still some upside in these names due the Tariffs and the associated panic in the market? If you had 3 companies to sell now in my list which companies would you unload first. Thank you!

Q: With the April 8th deadline for China, will that be damaging for the market?

Q: After the recent drop what do you think of Dupont for the next five years? Are there other stocks in this category you like more?

Q: What would you do with DuPont right now after it was announced today it is being investigated in China. Can a person hold through this turmoil or time to sell before it gets worse?

Q: I think it would be a very smart gesture by 5i to hold a brief webinar hosted by Peter or Ryan and Chris to talk about these insane markets and tell us what they are doing to navigate them.

If this has already been done please provide me with a link.

Thanks


Sheldon

Q: During his appearance on BBN in November Peter's top picks were CLBT, ROAD, and FOUR.

These are all down substantially since the show.

Did Peter hold those 3 in his actively managed fund when appearing on BNN? Does he still have any or some of them in his fund today?

Thanks


Sheldon

Q: I just noticed (better late than never) that you sold your full position in Stantec in your model GROWTH portfolio in February. How come? Any concerns with the company?

Q: Only within the last two months we were at record highs, now we’re in a bear marker for the Nasdaq and S&P nearing one. Futures are selling off again here Sunday night. US administration is digging the heels in on these tariffs.

What are your thoughts on the Trump and Fed put? If they don’t change course soon, the economy is going into a recession and midterms next year will be ugly for the GOP. Looking back at all previous crises, what do you think will happen in the next 6-12 months and what’s the game plan? VIX at these levels and large consecutive down days have resulted in nice future returns 1,3,5 years out. Let’s say you had 100k to invest now, how would you deploy over the upcoming weekly or monthly interval? Which 5 CDN and 5 US stocks would you continue to buy on any weakness, assuming only market related? Thank you!

Q: Is this a good time to buy XQQ? I only have a 2.5% current holding at this time?

Thanks