Investment Q&A

Q: I am looking to add to my Tech Sector - I currently have AAPL, MSFT, CSCO ( in RRSP ) and OTEX - I am thinking about buying some GOOG ( in our TFSA accounts ) to complement the above - would that be something you would do OR would you add to the existing positions. Appreciate you comment.
Thanks

Q: I would appreciate your overview of the acquisition by Cloud MD of iMD Health Global Corp announced this morning. Is there a chance that CloudMD and Well might merge at some point in the future?
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Q: I am negative on subject three U.S. companies (FSLY, TWLO, ISRG) While these companies may be good growth companies if held long enough, I would appreciate your suggestions of several U.S. and Canadian companies that are likely to have more near term growth, any market segment and I have much risk tolerance. Thanks.
Klaus

Q: Hello,

Do you plan to cover WELL eventually? I am thinking of starting a position in this stock could you please provide some information on this company or point me to some sources? What are your thoughts on this Company? Thank you.

Regards,

Shyam

Q: Hi team,
I currently have holdings in the above companies and ETFs, and with the exception of MAG I am up between 12-90% on all of these. I am thinking that I should take some profits to reduce my exposure in the gold and silver sector.
Are there any of these that you would recommend getting out of, or would I be better to pare down my holding in each to get back to an acceptable percentage of my portfolio?
Also, if I was to hold some of these longer term, say 1-3years, can you please rank them in order of which you would recommend holding for that length of time.
thanks as always,
Paula

Q: Hi 5i
I encountered a "no info available at this time" on GLEN in your companies search.
Knowing it is outside the scope of 5i, could you provide a brief opinion for diversified exposure to resources.
Thanks
Mike

Q: Hi 5i
In order to adjust utilities weighting up in my portfolio could you suggest a couple of each of Canadian and US please?
Thanks
Mike

Q: Hi 5i
Wondering whether the recent downturn in AYX can be attributed to general sector selloff and nothing company specific. Would you consider this a buy at this time?
Thanks
Mike

Q: Hi 5i,
I'd like to ask another one of my "what are you thinking these days" questions.
Obviously predictive and won't hold you to it but what's the mood on the street and what would expect short to medium term?
Just curious
Thanks
Mike

Q: Hi 5i
Do you think the pharma/biotechs sector has risen on (assuming) hopes of vaccine success only for most within the sectors to deflate again when a decisive outcome has played out (does this seem a simplistic view)?
I guess I'm trying to gauge risk factors within these sectors at this time.
Thanks
Mike

Q: Kinaxis on 9/14 it was $181.1 - 13 days ago it was $215, would this arrangement with L3Harris decision-making have anything to do with the sell-off? Real 9/14 it was $23.4 - 38 days ago (08/06) it was $33.00. Could you do a flash report about stocks performing as such. Relying on your great advice, Dennis

Q: When their numbers came out for the quarter last week they seemed very good,but stock has been going down ever since the conference call!!Any reason??

Q: Very interesting your list of "Buy and forget" growth stocks in response to a question today. At some point you also had a list of "Hold forever stocks".

Which ETFs could be used to cover these lists, at least in good part ?

Gratefully yours,

Jacques IDS

Q: There is no doubt carbon energy stocks are out of favour for many reasons, not least of which is the green movement. The future is all leaning toward electric vehicles (which I agree with), but I also realize electricity isn't going to appear out of nowhere. I could be completely wrong, but I don't believe wind and solar will be able to replace fossil fuels anytime soon. It's "very" possible more sustainable energy will appear down the road to replace fossil fuels, but so far I haven't seen a golden goose. I also think the Big Tech Companies are getting away easy when it comes to climate change. They are using a lot of electricity (and producing Co2) to run the steadily growing Data Centers (the Cloud). They claim they are using mostly sustainable energy, but I don't buy it. At work, even small communication rooms need a fair amount of cooling. Also most computer components, phones, etc. are throw away items filling landfills. So this is just an opinion I have today which could change, but wondering what your thoughts are on this?

Q: I am looking at putting some of my unused secured line of credit to work and invest in some dividend paying stocks. For context only, not much leverage about equal to 20% of my current portfolio, over 10 year time horizon and comfortable with the risks.

I am looking to see what companies you would suggest looking at. I keep circling back to companies like car.un or RBC. thank you

Q: Good morning, could you update your thoughts on Spotify. Is it a strong buy right now? I heard someone recently make the case for Netflix tie up again. What do you think of the Joe Rogan deal and the podcast push?

thanks, Mark

Q: I currently have a 2% weight in TCL.A and down 44%. Would it be ok to increase to a 3% weight or wait for another quarter to see how their numbers are?

Thanks

Q: Docebo To Power AWS Training And Certification Offerings... sounds like a great customer win. No financials disclosed but could be material and attract other companies. Do you have an updated view on the company and their outlook? They seem to be doing a lot of things right.

Q: I own both SHOP and LSPD. As LSPD moves beyond services to restaurants into services for other merchants, I am wondering how much overlap there is between there two businesses. Is it advantageous to own both?

Thanks as always.

Q: hi. clearly, the stock markets are highly manipulated now with direct government purchases of stock and bonds, and with central banks manipulating rates to the extreme lower side to force investors into stocks. the markets clearly are out of step with reality on Main Street. do you think this matters anymore, or is the stock market and it's players also post truth now?