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Q: In a recent article that I read, the focus was on filtering “companies with expected ROE expansion driven by improving margins and total asset turnover, not financial engineering.”

Among those at the top of his list, the one that interested me was MDT.

- Do you agree that MDT should see favourable ROE going forward?

- Any concerns about valuation or competition?

- Would you agree that the requirement for MDT's devices would be more resilient during recessionary times compared to other types of surgeries?
Read Answer Asked by James on March 27, 2026
Q: Hi 5i Wonder team!

How do you feel about this company’s fundamentals as a pick and shovel option for critical mineral sector?
I know it’s just IPO’d so has a lot to prove but do you feel it has some compelling attributes? Such as a strong moat, good positioning, promising future revenue projections etc?

Thank you so incredibly much for your expertise particularly in such volatile times.
Read Answer Asked by Josh on March 27, 2026
Q: Hello Team 5i and Everyone,

Unless Trump pulls a rabbit out of his hat, from what I’ve been reading the closure of the Strait of Hormuz falls into the category of “too big to fail.” And since the price of oil affects nearly everything globally, one would assume that we’re likely to see price increases soon enough in nearly everything as it is passed onto the consumer. (Like food, unfortunately.)

In another service I subscribe to a member there has a background with global oil logistics. In their assessment, if the war ended today it would take 4 months to get the shipping lanes fixed. 6 months to restart the oil fields at 85% original flow. 4-5 years to fix the LNG plants. Meanwhile countries are starting to hoard oil and oil products too, which only adds to the global demand when we really need to be destroying that demand at the moment. They equated that we need to destroy as much oil demand as we reduced during covid, but this time we need to do it with price.

At least with the problem of the tariffs, if the current US administration had snapped their fingers at any point last year and got rid of them, in theory the problem would have been solved “instantly.” But that doesn’t seem to be the case here because of the drones and missiles hitting the oil refineries. And sadly, especially for the people living inside this war, this is turning into a pretty big mess.

So what I’ve been mulling over is:

What effect would prolonged higher energy costs due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have on the data centre & AI buildout, etc and the debt being used to finance these projects? I’m under the impression that the AI buildout is supporting the US’s economic growth at the moment. Also seems like Space X, Anthropic, Open AI are all trying to IPO this year as soon as possible. The KOSPI which is over-concentrated in semiconductors looks like it had a blow off top recently.

What other important potential problems have your attention at the moment that the increase in energy costs could exacerbate?

Any further comments would be appreciated.

Thank you & appreciate the big brains at Team 5i,

Sandra
Read Answer Asked by Sandra on March 26, 2026
Q: I find it a little odd that these shares are down {(some nearly 30%). It is as if they forgot how to make money. Many voices lining up against them. A couple of independent analysts I use have them top picks. Is it time to start building positions?
Read Answer Asked by Greg on March 26, 2026
Q: HEy 5i, I’m tired of looking at Comcast in my portfolio (down 37%) and looking to swap it out with Blackstone which I believe has a better future. I believe this is an upgrade even though it’s in a different sector. What do you folks think.
Read Answer Asked by Mark on March 26, 2026
Q: I am up over 800% NVDA which is starting to make up a substantial part of my portfolio. I am 5 years from retirement. would you let it ride? How much more is left in the tank here for NVDA?

OR would you sell off a portion of profits here and if so which solid dividend paying US stocks (hold and forget) would you purchase with the proceeds (maybe name 2 or 3).

Thank you !
Read Answer Asked by Darrin on March 26, 2026
Q: No one knows how the war will play out and whenever there is a sign it could end the market rallies. Assuming Iran plays tough by economic warfare on US, not giving in, not negotiating, not opening up strait, markets will continue to sell off, oil rise, inflation rise, growth slow. My question is how much pain could the market endure in this scenario and would there eventually be a bottom with a new normal of an ongoing war like Russia/Ukraine? I know it is not a good scenario but want to be prepared for all. Are you staying fully invested or using stop losses?
Read Answer Asked by Neil on March 26, 2026
Q: hi,
I have parked cash in these funds ( money market fund?), which I am told will not suspend redemptions anytime, so one is able to freely withdraw if wanted. do you have a list of others with same properties ( as many as you know )? take as many points as you want. looking for mostly CDN$ but 1-2 USD$ as well.
cheers, Chris
Read Answer Asked by chris on March 26, 2026
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