Investment Q&A

Q: Can you please explain why or why not it is important to have bond funds in one's portfolio. I have been reluctant to buy as during COVID market crash my bond funds, did very poorly at a time when I thought they would provide stability. Since my fixed income was supposed to be the worry-free part of my portfolio I have not reentered bond funds and choose GICs for fixed portion. The same happened with preferred shares years ago. Why would one not just buy a bond where your principle is guaranteed if you hold until maturity? Are these bond funds doing what they are supposed to do and what are the benefits of a bond fund as opposed to just buying the bonds outright? Is money earned still taxed as interest in a a bond fund? For someone with no bond fund exposure what would you suggest?

Q: Olympia is currently on a run (no complaints); any idea why ? Do you think its justified ? Thank you.

Q: Could you please give your view of RUP.TO both current and long term.
Thanks

Q: Everyone, if you could suggest a book(s) or magazine or blog to a 20’s person about investing what would it be? Clayton

Q: Genius act being passed in the USA for stablecoins. Will this effect other, Crypto etc
Does 5I have any suggestion for stocks or wait & see. will it also effect payment type stocks. Tks 5i

Q: Ross Healy, who typically does not make sensational statements lightly, spooked me yesterday during a podcast interview with Amber Kanwar. He sees tech stocks dropping 60% which will invariably pull other types of stocks down for the ride. He suggests moving to gold... could you suggest a couple gold stocks with strong balance sheets? A mix of large, mid and small caps would be great. Thanks!

Q: Please differenciate the tickers for DeFi Technologies and maybe add DEFT.Q inthe data base.

Please explain any discrepancies in prices, if any.

Thank you very much

Q: I hold positions in all of these companies and I have some money to put into the market. Could you rate these in terms of which positions you would add to given the potential for total rate of returns given their current stock price, business model tailwinds, risk vs reward etc.

Conversely, if you would rate these as a hold then feel free to mention that as well. Thx.

Q: Hi 5i Team - I have small positions in the following three gaming sector companies: Genius Sports, Sportradar, Flutter Entertainment. Am wondering if I need to have all three of these companies and if I should consolidate into two of them. If so, which two of the three would you keep. Is there a significant difference between the three - maybe consolidation is not necessary.
As an afterthought, is Fan Duel likely to become publicly traded.
Thanks.

Q: Did you ever discuss the accounting errors (ref June 10 response) that WELL incurred? It has been a fav for many years - and still is - but I cannot find an definitive reference to their reported difficulties. Thanks

Q: If you want to hold one, which would you advise to hold in this market?

Q: Which consumer stock would you prefer?

Q: Do you have any information on this Dog I’ve held for too long,it looks like a reverse split but I can’t find any info on it
Also would you get rid of this ASAP or wait for a miracle…Thanks

Q: Do you think Su could take out Cve in this market?

Q: Can you recommend stocks or ETFs in Multiomic sequencing

Q: Hi,

Your views on Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (MLPX-N), please ?

It has a good dividend but would you consider it strong growth for 5 years ?

Would you buy it now ? Which would better growth picks in the ETFs for the energy sector for 5 years ?

Gratefully,

Jacques IDS

Q: Is this a value trap now? Should one sell and move on,
thinking maybe KSI or LMN for tech exposure…..
Thank you

Q: Could you please provide any relevant news on it since the last mention of this company ? Is everything on track?

Q: Senior, in 80's, have full positions in these 5 dividend paying stocks already, and have cash to invest in another 5. Suggestions please for safety first. Don't need the income; reinvesting all dividends. thanks for your help.

Q: Which stock would you prefer?