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Q: I have capital gains from early in 2022 that can be offset by capital losses. I have losses in the following stocks. Of these pairs which would you sell to offset the gains? UCTT or ASML; CRWD or MAGT; SLF or BNS or POW.
Read Answer Asked by Ken on November 14, 2022
Q: UPST has been a disappointing stock. In my TFSA, there is no opportunity for tax loss harvesting here. What US alternates would you suggest, not necessarily in the same category, that may give excellent growth potential in a market turnaround?
Read Answer Asked by Catherine on November 14, 2022
Q: Good morning
I hold the following stocks in a US Riff
crowdstrike
docu sign
veeva systems
Are these now a hold or a sell and why
I can continue to hold but concerned about maybe going to zero in this market
Your comments would be appreciated
Thks
Marse
Read Answer Asked by Marcel on November 10, 2022
Q: I have been doing a deeper dive on the result from CRWD and NVEI, both have increased their share compensation to employees substantially in the last year. As an investor do you have any concerns, I am wondering how much of the future gains will go to shareholders?

Thank you for everything you do. Leo
Read Answer Asked by Leo on November 08, 2022
Q: Above are 4 of my poorest performers. Which ones would you be selling? Also, Nov. 4 there were a lot of stocks that were down big numbers even though some of them had a good quarter recently (i.e SHOP, LNTH, NVEE and a few others). Can you give me some insight into what is happening here. Always appreciated.
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on November 07, 2022
Q: Hello 5i!
At this point in the cycle can you please rate the following as buy, sell or hold. I know you sometimes say in a different kind of market high growth can do well. Can you please comment on whether one should decrease technology holdings in general or just wait for tech to shine again one day. Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Neil on November 03, 2022
Q: Would you have a good proxy for CAE (I own AC), CJT, MX,MPW, CRWD for a tax loss or should I just wait for the stocks to recover?

Thanks for your service!
Read Answer Asked by Ozzie on October 24, 2022
Q: 5i, Not happy with Zip today, would you recommend a replacement for it, I was thinking adding to UPST or CRWD to average down.
thank you
Read Answer Asked by Fernando on October 20, 2022
Q: Hi 5i Team - I hold the above stocks in three small U.S. accounts. I plan to keep NVDA, QCOM, AMZN, GOOG. My holdings in the other six are minimal due to the general sell-off over the past year: CRWD, UCTT, U, APPS, ROKU, UPST. I would like to combine these 6 into two, three at the maximum. Could you suggest which two or three should be kept. Or might it be best to sell all six and start over with a couple of different ones. My investment focus is growth with a three year timeline. Since it's the end of the week the answer can wait until sometime next week.
Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Rob on October 16, 2022
Q: I own these stocks as part of my technology sector. Do you see any overlap in any of these names? Particularly between SHOP, LSPD and NVEI, or are they different enough to own all? Also if you were to choose to high grade 1-2 names, what would you choose if any? Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Keith on October 05, 2022
Q: Hello,

I have roughly $75,000 to invest. I am looking for US base stocks with upside. I have a pretty balanced portfolio so am looking for growth type names or ones with upside. This year i purchased amazon, netflix, disney, and nvidia so please recommend 4-5 of your best ideas other then those ones.

Thanks
Read Answer Asked by sean on October 03, 2022
Q: msft or nvda
panw or crwd
jpm or your best canadian bank?

and your best recommendation for maximum growth no matter the risk!!
thank you = ed in Montreal

Read Answer Asked by ed on September 30, 2022
Q: Morning 5i Team,

Can you please put the following in order of share price appreciation of outperforming in the next 3 years.
Also, would you recommend selling any of the above names and if so what would you replace them with.

Thanks
Joe
Read Answer Asked by Joe on September 20, 2022
Q: With regards to Peter’s article titled Five Ways To Set Up Your Investments For Inevitable Recovery Of Market, he recommends investing now in growth stocks & small & mid-cap stocks. For each of those two categories could you please recommend 5 stocks for each group that meet the parameters Peter mentioned in the article. Thanks … Cal
Read Answer Asked by cal on September 12, 2022
Q: I'm keen to add to the above US stock positions.
With that in mind, what would be a good entry dollar price for each of these stocks? And do you have a preference which to enter first to last?
This list of stocks is numerous. Please deduct the credits as you see fit..........Tom
Read Answer Asked by Tom on September 12, 2022
Q: Hello 5i
Recently you replied to a question regarding covered calls. You said you like high volatility companies for this strategy. In other places you said that you do not tend to write calls on core holdings. Just wondering what stocks you currently prefer for this strategy, that are not, or maybe, your core holdings
thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on August 23, 2022
Q: I got caught in the recent drop with too much US tech. I have positions in these companies, all down more than 50%. I don't need to consolidate, but could if it means a stronger recovery. Looking toward a recovery in the market, do you see any holdings that have a lesser chance of recovery, that should be sold to add to another position that has a better chance of recovery? Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Kim on August 15, 2022