Investment Q&A

Q: Hi. I currently own ABBV, AMZN, AXON, COST, GOOG, LLY, MSFT, NVDA, VRT in a cash account and have money for one more new stock with medium risk tolerance focused on growth. Your top 5 suggestions, regardless of sector would be appreciated.

Q: Please comment on the recent big price swing in SHOP , HPS . I want to add either LMN or TOI , which one offer better return ? Thanks for your excellent service.

Q: For someone with no current cybersecurity holdings would you buy either crowd or Palo Alto at current prices or hold off? If you had to pick one which one would you select and why? Thank you,

Thank you.

Jason

Q: Hi there, I recently asked “ Can you suggest any principal-protected US ETFs? For parking USD cash to earn a yield in a securities account. (The only product I can think of that has this profile is a HISA ETF.)”

Seems like there is no HISA equivalent in the US from your response. What is the next best thing that is US listed? A money market fund? If so which would you suggest?

Thanks!

Q: Dear 5i, can you please provide some Canadian and US listed stocks that you consider best of breed related to the Cyber Security theme. Many thanks!

Q: Morning 5i Team,

I currently own both LLY (representing 4% of portfolio) and ABBV (2.5% of portfolio) and I am thinking of selling ABBV and use the proceeds to buy more LLY. May I please have your thoughts on this and is this an advisable move?

Cheers,
H

Q: Hello
I'm looking to include this company in my rrsp account. I would like to hear your analytical opinion on holding this long term. I am however curious to know how can they pay such a juicy dividend when most of their holdings pay less in distribution and has been lagging in the markets lately. Finaly, is this something you could see yourself including in an income portfolio.

Q: Hi Peter and Staff

I currently have 9% of my portfolio in O&G (excluding pipelines) and only 1% in materials (NTR)

-would you suggest I drop my O&G a bit to add a miner ?

-if so would you suggest FCX , TECK.B for a long term hold or another name?

Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Is there a comparable CHAT ETF that trades on the CDN market.

Thanks for the great service.

Q: Hi 5i Team - In your answer to a previous question you mentioned First Solar and Next Tracker as two of your preferred companies in the solar energy field. Are there any others in Canada or the U.S. including small and mid-caps that you think have potential. They don't have to be profitable at this point but should have decent fundamentals. Thanks.

Q: PRL or TSU, which stock had the most growth going forward?

Thanks for your service!

Q: There is a $460 all cash offer in play for ATRI. However there are a number of money managers who feel this offer is low. Is this a done deal or is a competing offer likely/possible. Wondering wether to sell now or wait a while.

Thanks for your advice,

Mike

Q: I have a stock that's gone to zero in my TFSA; I assume this is the one my brokerage is referring to when they say "You hold some securities that may be subject to CTO...etc etc.. you may apply to gift each security to TD Direct Investing".
The stock's already been delisted. What do they want with it and how does it help the account holder? In this case, it doesn't help me at all, does it?

Q: Hi Peter, I have 3 shares of CSU and wish I had more, my average cost is about $1100.00. With some of the valuations of these high flyers MSFT, NVDA etc. being so high could this bubble burst at some point and I was thinking of selling some shares in companies I own to get enough cash to add to my CSU position. Is that still wise even if it is at 4000.00 dollars. Thanks

Q: I have a large (15-20%) holding in CSU, as it has grown really well. They say to keep running with your winners; as I continue investing, would it be better to continue slowly adding to my CSU position, or to work on diversifying my portfolio? If diversify, I am obviously looking for other stocks that will compound at a high level over the long term. At today's valuations, in which order would 5i recommend buying these other stocks? Similarly, to diversify, does it make sense to sell some CSU to reinvest in any of these other stocks? Thank you so much!

Q: What is the problem with DRX?.This is now down 25% plus from earnings?

Q: I never sold my position of Questor Technology (I guess I have a problem parting with my losers!!) It had a 20 percent bump in one day last month. There is chatter on stockhouse about maybe someone is accumulating to take this 'dog of a stock" private. Can you confirm how much cash is still on Questors balance sheet? My understanding is that the cash almost covers the current market cap. If so then a take private with a premium would still be cheap for the acquirer. How much per quarter would it cost questor to be listed on the venture exchange? Could taking this 'dog of a stock" private be viable if they could clean up a lot of S & G costs? Also if QST was taken private they could take the axe to upper management and also save some expenses. Right? So it could be a viable enterprise to a larger acquirer, right? I just can't see why this company can't get any traction in sales of equipment or contracts for rentals of their equipment. Apparently there is huge concern for the gases that are released with flaring of excess natural gas and, if you believe QST, they have a good solution to this problem. So why can't they get any sustainable contracts/sales? Is the concern over flaring gases just a lot of "hot air" talk and the truth is no one is going to do much to lower it? Or is Questor's solution really not that great or competitors have better options to solve this problem?Perhaps someone in the oil and gas industry who reads this question can comment since I don't really expect 5i research to have any intel on this problem.

Q: Hi,

I've gone through the questions/answers but I don't see this precise question before.

What would you recommend holding between VFV and VUN?

Thanks,
Robert

Q: Hi Peter and Staff

I sold PBH in favour of PRMW based on your recommendation a couple of months ago -thank you

PRMW had checked back from its high after its merger announcement.

a) what is your case for holding through the merger if there is one

b) are there other consumer staples stocks you prefer over PRMW for a long term hold ar the current time in Canada or the US - I already own ATD and DOL

Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: An analyst quoted in Bloomberg said "Ferragu downgraded the AI-focused chipmaker to neutral from buy, writing that the stock is “getting fully valued” after soaring 154% this year, on top of a gain of almost 240% in 2023. Shares fell 1.9% on Friday, compared with a gain of 1% for the Nasdaq 100 Index.

Additional upside “will only materialize in a bull case, in which the outlook beyond 2025 increases materially, and we do not have the conviction on this scenario playing out yet,” Ferragu wrote.

It seems he's alone in his downgrade to 'hold'. Do you share his view? Should we bail out of the stock now, or take some profits at least?