Investment Q&A

Q: A couple of things I'm not understanding from the Nasdaq Deepseek sell off ..... I know META, Google, Apple, and others are pouring a lot of money into AI research.... But do any of them actually have a verifiable revenue stream as a result of this research ? .....And as I understand it Deepseek's solution is " open architecture " Doesn't that mean anybody can use it as a base for their own uses ?

Also in an answer this morning to Jim you stated that HBND, FMAX, and HBIL were subject to with holding taxes in non registered accounts. What is their status in a SDRIF ? Thanks for your terrific service ......

Q: What's the rationale for the huge volume and significant drop today?

Q: In one of your answers you state that, "Software may be the 'next' wave of growth, as companies utilizing AI will now see higher margins (lower costs) as well as a possible explosion in useage cases." What would be your top choices, if this was the case. Many thanks.

Q: Hi 5i Team:

Before you reach out to that rotten egg to hurl in my direction for asking yet another question on this stinker of a company (!) let me say a few words in my defense! I spent the last 39 mins or so going through all the recent questions on BCE using your symbol search! I couldn't find the answer to the question that I am going to ask now!

Hypothetically IF BCE were to cut it's dividend by 25% ( currently at 11.58%) then what will be the stock price post cut? It is 34+/-.
However if the stock price drops a lot, wouldn't it make the dividend go up? I thought there's an inverse relationship between the stock price and dividend, no?

In any case, I know you are not too keen in speculating about price targets. Based on your experience with large companies that cut their dividend, what's your price target for BCE assuming it cuts it's dividend?

Many thanks.

Q: Besides IGV (US) and XIT (CA), can you recommend any other software ETFs ? Any that focus on small to mid cap software ? Thank you .

Q: I hold both Xli and Vis in my rrif. Is there a us industrial etf which you favour? I would hope for some stability with growth. I would prefer to have only one ie merge the above , but am open to suggestions. Thanks very much
Tom

Q: Which one do you prefer and why?

Q: I just picked up some AFM.v at a very low (seemingly) $.92. Is there any reason to be concerned over its recent rather precipitous drop from $1.10 or so?

Q: I believe the Canadian is going lower from here . What's the best way to play this theory. I assume you will say simply buy US stocks if so please give me your top 5 taking into account the pierced risk going fwd (tariff's, plus trade war, political unrest Etc. I have room in registered account as well as TSFA

Q: Thank you for the core ideas in aprevious portfolio question.

Would you please provide a buy range on GIB.A. I'd like to average in and obviously it's been climbing thanks to the sector overall.

Should I just initiate my full position at its current valuation?

Thank you.

Q: As a recently returned member I know you do not generally like to time the market. Situation is, my portfolio is in the hands of an advisor. I've simply not spent as much as I withdraw monthly and now have a reasonably significant amount of cash in my chequing account. Thinking of investing through RBC Direct or Wealth Simple but using my decisions based on your site for direction.
Question is...leaving the money in the account I'm not loosing anything except through inflation. I don't mind waiting given all the noise and Headlines from Trump. Am I at undo risk jumping in now? Do I wait to see what happens? Do I start to trickle in?
Thank you, Dave

Q: You guys at 5 i used to be high on a buy for Celsius Holdings. It bounces up and down 2 to 3 per cent almost daily but the overall trend as been lower highs and lower lows. I don't want to liquidate my position because of the international growth opportunities for Celsius and the possible normalization of inventory levels of their "healthy" energy drinks with their distributor who is Pepsi. But the trend is not my friend for celsius. I have traded it a couple of times to bring down my acb but even that is making me nervous. I don't have much exposure to consumer staple nor consumer discretionary (I assume Celsius is considered to be discretionary?) so if I cut losses with celsius, what should I consider as a replacement?

Q: It is rare that I ask this question coming from an 84 year old senior, but all the above equal weighted ETF's are presently in my TFSA and can't decide how to invest for the 2025 contribution. Which ETF I should I be adding to the above list or should I be adding a new one that is not in the portfolio?
Also are any of those listed that do not belong in a TFSA?
Thanks for your usual great service.

Q: Thoughts on today’s announcement?

Q: Seems like the stock dropped due to the earnings but based on what the CEO said some big things will be happening in 2026 and forward, good time to buy the dip?

Q: What are your thoughts on Cloudflare going forward after their recent run up? Have they become profitable? Do they still have room to grow? Would you add new money?
Thank you for your sage advice on investment decisions.
Dan

Q: First, thx for your earlier answer to my questions on Nvidia. I forgot to include a few other questions.

If appears as though DeepSeek might make AI more ubiquitous as the cost of using it would be cheaper. Wouldn't this create more demand for GPUs? I imagine more hardware players will enter thereby creating more competition thus dropping Nvidia's enormous margins. What are the current forward looking numbers? There obviously will be compression, so what do see as potential valuation if this occurs. Lastly, have moved on from the hardware companies to more of the hyperscalers and other downstream companies? Could you list a few safer companies for the last two categories?

Thx

Q: Hello, Bird has seen a lot of volatility in the last few weeks, with daily price ups and downs of 3-6%. Just curious, this is a construction company, why does it fluctuate like a volatile tech stock? Thanks

Q: Hello Peter and Team,

You seem to recommend Nebius on a regular basis, is there a reason why? I haven't seen it in any of your portfolios or research on specific companies.
Thanks as always for your insights.

Q: What would be the iShares equivalent of VGG:CA? Thank you