Investment Q&A

Q: Hello,

Could you recommend 5 of your favourite stocks (US or CDN) that provide a healthy mix of dividend yield and growth outlook?

This would be for a Smith Maneuvre with interest rate at 2.95%. Ideal scenario would be to get yield to be at 3% with some growth outlook on a 5 year time horizon.

Thanks very much.

Q: Can I get your opinion on this ETF as a hedge on inflation. Thanks

Q: Reported today that SHOP's Black Friday sales increased by 21%. Is this good, bad or indifferent? What was expected? As of 9:40am Monday market is up but SHOP is down. Thoughts?

Q: The recent earnings report was very impressive and some analysts have a positive rating and outlook for the stock. I do recognize the trend to digital so would like your opinion as to if there is still some potential and upside for this company. Would you consider it a buy?

Q: Hi 5i.
Looking to boost the dividends in my Canadian equity portfolio by peppering in some preferred shares, Can you recommend 5 companies preferred shares that are buyable with an eye on safety, I currently have CSU.DB
Many thanks!

Q: what is expected from BNS this quarter?

Thx

Q: Can you please explain why LSPD is being hit with all these class actions?

Q: Peter,

I would be quite interested in your very knowledgeable opinion on the Sat article in the Globe re the Bridging Finance Inc fiasco. It smells of Madoff of the North. I find it ironic that they would lend to mid-sized companies that had been ignored { declined } the banks , but the banks were then pushing out the end product as a recommended investment. How with any common sense would the spin sent out by the Sharpes ever pass the sniff test when they claim they were in essence lending to companies that banks would not touch , yet had zero writeoffs. I must be missing something.

How as retail investors are we to protect ourselves when the " experts" look like they were hook line and sinker into a pile of garbage.

Thanks

Paul

Q: I'm wondering what you would recommend as a good Us Bank ETF? I don't have American dollars so need a Canadian fund. Thanks very much

Q: Hi Peter & 5i team,
Many investors consider cryptocurrency highly speculative or even risky. Recently portfolio managers are adding crypto to their holdings. What would be a good way for the retail investor to add a small percentage ( if any) to their portfolio?
Thank you for your opinions.

Q: After a year I’m back where I started. Hold? Seems there’re lots of interesting US growth stories out there, can you suggest alternatives in industrials/tech space. And thanks for teaching me not to panic sell!

Q: With the markets down so much today (TSX 2.3%; DJIA 2.7%; NASDAQ 2%), what Can or US high quality companies look like significant buys to you? Or do you recommend waiting on the buy side until things settle a bit in the next week or so until more is known about the new COVID variant?

Q: Hi 5i Team,

Upstart, Pinterest and Cerence are all beaten down lately. Do you think they still have future growth potential and are buyable during the current tax loss selling period. If so, pls estimate an entry point respectively.

I understand the risk of these stocks and they are in different sectors.
Pls deduct credits at your discretion.

Thank you for your great advice as alwasys

Q: Any thoughts about KOF? I saw some videos about and became a member here today, would like to get a couple opinions before decide anything

Q: My broker bought for me positions in three different versions of Brookfield Infrastructure. Is one better than the other to own in an unregistered account?

Q: does vet own shares in cpg?

Q: Everyone.
My thoughts for investing: only invest in the the best of the best; hold long term and stuff will happen to test you.

As I look back on LSPD:
Should I have sold when the short report happened? No because nothing materially changed. The report was fluff and noise.
Should I have sold after the last quarter report? No because there was only a small misstep. High growth companies do have missteps.
Should I have sold when price dropped below 50 or 200 day moving average? No nothing materially changed. Apple and Amazon have dropped below both of those markers.
The only thing that has changed is the price people are willing to purchase shares.
The company strategies are still intact, but should I have sold earlier and what would be the key signal to sell?
Clayton

Q: Hi folks
Ok...so I woke up this am to world markets down....I decided to buy a bit more BNTX for obvious reasons. It was already up to its highest of the day and I thought it would go up more but that's OK.. my question is...how can a small investor like myself get in before a stock soars? Who are these early, ahead of the game buyers? Seems unfair to me!
Thanks for your steading support and have a warm weekend

Q: What is your current assessment of the Boston Pizza Royalties fund? With a dividend yield just over 6% do you think that this is sustainable?

Q: Hello Peter,

With the uncertainty created by the new variant likely to impact the economy and delay interest rate hikes I am preparing for extreme market reaction in the margin account where I might have to lighten up the portfolio.
I would appreciate if you could grade the sectors and subsectors to reduce first, from the list below.
Industrials, Technology, Digital payments/lending, Faangs, Online Retailers/commerce and in general high growth(&value) companies that have taken a hit over the last week or so.
I apologize if the question has got jumbled up, but would appreciate your rationalized response.
As always, your opinion and suggestions are highly valued.
Regards
Rajiv