Investment Q&A

Q: Hi team,
I'm looking to reduce my number of positions and also add weighting to existing positions. Based on a review of my holdings below, which positions would you eliminate/ consolidate, and why, and which ones would you add to (based on strongest conviction) and why. Time horizon is +10 years.

Basic Materials
Communications AT GOOG FB PINS VZ
Consumer Cyclical BYD DOO GOOS MG SBUX
Consumer Defensive ATD ATZ COST
Energy ENB PXT
Financial Services BMO ZEB GSY SLF
Healthcare ILMN IHI TDOC WELL
Industrials AC ATA RTX TT XBC
Real Estate ZRE
Technology AYX AAPL CSU FSLY CQQQ KXS LSPD NVDA PLTR REAL SHOP UBER WDAY
Utilities AQN FTS
ETFS XEF XEC MCHI EWU VEE VIU

Q: Hello 5i
With an eye to high grading my portfolio I'd like to sell smaller riskier holdings to add to NVDA ROKU and PINS.
In what order would you sell the following in order to accomplish this goal: FSLY PLTR AYX CRNC AVLR
Thank you so much for your guidance!!
Dave

Q: I hold below 13 technology stocks - it is about 30% of my portfolio. My target is to reduce it to 20% If I need to sell or reduce which one would you recommend to sell and in what order. Are all 13 stocks consider as technology.

Currently - MiTK, CRM & PLTR in a loss. Rest everyone is in profit. No concern about capital gain or loss.

Nuvei Corporation Subordinate Voting Shares NVEI (1.31%)
CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE INC CSU (2.64%)
Topicus.Com Inc TOI (0.55%)
Fastly Inc. Class A FSLY (1.42%)
BlackLine Inc BL (3.49%)
Lightspeed POS Inc. Subordinate Voting Shares LSPD (5%)
Mitek Systems Inc MITK (1.52%)
Square SQ (2.42%)
Dye & Durham Limited DND (3.32%)
Salesforce CRM (2.22%)
Telos Corp TLS (1.72%)
PALANTIR TECHS INC CL-A PLTR (2.73%)
DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP DSG (3.57%)

ProShares Online Retail Index ETF - ONLN (3.89%) - Is this consider as technology or Consumer Cyclical.

Thanks for the great service.

Q: What do you think of these stocks long term 3 yrs. Buy , Sell or Hold ?

Q: I own the above US stocks, am up a little and down a little on them. I am wanting to cut back on these stocks, in order to raise some US$. Would you rank them, best first. I will only be cutting 2 at this time. Please comment on their growth prospects.
Thanks John

Q: Hi 5i
Now that Fastly has had earnings annoucement stock is down -12%. In your opinion does it still have more to move down or would you be OK with initiating a small position 2 for 1-2 year hold at current price.
How do you view current earning?
Thx
Jim

Q: Hi 5i
In my tfsa I have the following by percentage
Fsly.us 1.76 %
Fts 1.44 %
Nwh.un 1.82 %
Rnw 1.5 %
Well 1.23 %
I'm in the green with all of them, but i have available cash and don't want to add more stocks to my portfolio ( 26 right now ) So my question if I add to these stocks what would be your thoughts?
Thx
Gerry

Q: Wondering your current thoughts about Fastly . I thought it was a good theme last March when you recommended it. Then it got caught up in the market hype ...... Seems a bit less in focus now .
Many Thanks for what you do !

Greg

Q: Hi - I recently subscribed to Portfolio Analytics and I was looking at the suggested sector allocations of which I am out of whack. So I need to scale back in Technology - out of the above holdings, could you pls let me know which you would considering selling first? Or if they are all good for the long term (I have 10+ years), I could look at reducing position sizes.

Q: Happy New Year 5i,
A question was asked on Jan 04 which I will expand on. Can you rank the following in order to purchase for a 1-3 year hold at a minimum.
AT, XBC, U, FSLY, TTD, PINS, ABNB, CRWD, CRM, WDAY, SNOW, ZM, DOCU
Many of the stocks are in a consolidation period after a sharp rise this year. Of the list, which 5 stocks would be considered a higher risk that they have not bottomed out or a correction may yet be due?

Thank you for your great service.
Cheers,
Debbie and Jerry

Q: for 2021 and beyond who are your 2 favourite hardware companies and your 2 favourite software companies to take advantage of the growth of the cloud thanks Richard

Q: The average P/E of my stock and ETF portfolio (63) reflects the tech/momentum binge I've been on since Spring 2020. I'm considerably overweight in tech yet I'm finding it difficult to jettison or trim any of my names in that sector. Can you please help by identifying 5 of these that you're less bullish on compared to the others? I have a reasonably long investment horizon and good risk tolerance (5 yrs until my children's post-secondary education and ~20 until retirement). Thanks again.

Q: Would FSLY and NET benefit from the present and future growth in IOT or is there little connection between them?
Thanks

Q: Hi 5i,

Would you recommend any of the 5 stocks listed? If so, what order would you recommend?

Thanks,
Jon

Q: There is a rumor that CISCO might buy FSLY. If they do what price range will it go for. How much Debt or CASH does FSLY hold. News is only on some site. Is there anything on Bloomberg?
Do you think CISCO is a good fit or any other company that might be interested to buy?

Thanks for the great service
Hector

Q: Good morning 5i,
I am wondering if you think it is still reasonable to be selling covered calls and puts on tech stocks? Are the work from home stocks going to be declining because of the announcement of vacine? If you thing that is still a profitable avenue what stocks might you suggest these days for this strategy. Thanks for your help and all the best on your new venture.

Q: In your reply to Dan regarding Amazon and high valuations you mentioned being cautious on companies with “commodity like” businesses receiving high valuations.
Could you give a couple of examples with a couple of explanatory comments so members will have a guideline on these things and know what to watch for.
Thank You for your great service
Clarence

Q: Hello 5i,
I've ridden the Tech wave all year to an overweight position in my portfolio.
The above mentioned companies are partial positions that I'm looking eliminate some of.
I have an above average risk tolerance.
Could you please rank these for growth prospects over the next year or two?
Thank you
Dave

Q: Hello Peter,
Even though both provide security solutions, they cater to different type of clients? Which of these two you think has a better chance of price appreciation from today's price?
Regards
Rajiv

Q: Can you please provide an updated view on FSLY? I have ridden the rollercoaster back to where I started and would like some insight from you in order to help me make a decision to hold or sell. I am growth-focused and therefore not overly concerned with risk, but I don't want to continue holding it without a reasonable shot at recovering the growth it has shown earlier this year. I believe that my portfolio is well diversified, including exposure to other stocks in FLSY's segment. Thanks.