Investment Q&A

Q: Your thoughts on cogeco

Q: I’ve been watching Zoetis for a while now, but have not bought yet. It seems to me like it’s in a good business…people seem to spend plenty on their pets. It keeps going down though. Can you give me your opinion and would you buy it here?

Q: If you were setting up a diversified unregistered account for yourself from scratch using US ETFs today, for a long-term hold:

How would you approach this?
What would ETFs would you pick?
What percentage would you put in each?

Please charge multiple questions as needed. Thanks very much.

Q: Recently signed up for portfolio analysis. Trying to sort it out. Confused by the Gain $ and % columns in the portfolio details. Is this overall gain of company since inception? Numbers don't match my inputs. What are these numbers related to. Intraday numbers I understand. any option to have purchase date of stock inputed to give P&L of investment. Maybe I am missing something. thanks

Q: Joby and Ramaco are each enjoying extreme price movements but for different reasons. Joby is partly owned by Baillie Gifford and Toyota; however, Ramaco has a fundamental history of success from its metallurgical coal operation. Which would be your choice for a speculative 5% purchase in an otherwise diversified portfolio?

Q: Hi 5i
From what I understand google has changed its AI driven search algorithm which will impact reddits traffic and revenues.
How would you evaluate the risk to RDDTs business and what action has reddit taken to fight this.
Where do you see reddit and SP going from here and would 5i start a new position at this time?
How comfortable, (1-10 rating with 1 being highest) would 5i be holding this one heading into earnings?
thx

Q: Looking for best in breed in the energy midstream and distribution space, US geographically. For dividend stability and growth, which is a better long term play in a diversified US Rif. Duk is termed a utility and my take is that this may affect growth vs Williams. Your take?

Q: Any thought on the negative momentum of Late? Any concerns? Thanks Larry

Q: COST has fallen about 10% in the last 6 weeks or so. This seems to be more than what I would expect from volatility in the course of things. Has there been any news to lead to this? Do you think it is a tariff story? In questions over time, even recently, you have given it a favourable endorsement; do you still have that view, and if so, why? Thanks for your excellent service.

Q: Good morning,

May I have your favourite ETFs (Canadian or American) for:

- Iron ore
- Aluminum
- Platinum
- Palladium
- Rare earth

Thank you very much.

Q: Wondering what you think of this fund. Read this manager was particularly good in materials. Would it be better to just buy AEM and Capstone for gold and copper, -I only own PAAS and PSLV for silver and have no other materials at the moment. You usually recommend AEM for gold exposure; what is a good entry point? Do you think there is room to grow from here? - it seems to be consolidating. Thanks.

Q: Each of Joby, Rklb, and Metc have done well recently for various reasons. Does Metc's metallurgical coal business make it the more financially solid hence most conservative of the three? Which is best from your perspective?
Thanks!
David

Q: This is a small cap company in Canada. I have been a bag holder since $0.27. What is your view on this stock?

Q: Hello,
Any idea why Lumine Group and Topicus are surging? Lately Arc resources has been going down and is it simply due to the price of natural gas? Also, i was thinking i am down alot on brookfield energy partners from the time i bought it, should i stick to it for long term or take a loss and move the monies into the parent company? Thanks very much

Q: AI is routinely reported as a massive resource drain both for electricity, space and other resources. Who is paying for this in the end and where has it proven to be profitable?

Q: block has risen since the last question asked what do you think currently? thanks very much

Q: Good afternoon,

I’d like to commend 5i on the well thought out updates!

Looking to form a healthcare position. 3-5 positions. Long term growth in a TFSA.
These could be pharmaceutical, equipment etc etc.


Thank you very much.

Q: Is there any recent news on this company? I'm thinking of moving on from my investment.

Q: ISRG has been limping along for the past several months. I am now down 2%. I also note this stock is not owned by any 5i staff. And yet 5i consistently recommends it as one of the solid high growth stocks to invest in for the next 3-5 years. What is it going to take to get the stock moving again...and (gazing into that crystal ball on your desk) how long before momentum shifts and it starts behaving better? Running out of patience here, especially when there are so many stocks out there that are performing better. Thank you.

Q: Dear 5i team.
The following was your response to a bond question I asked in '24.

"Nothing is guaranteed, but bonds' leverage is highly correlated to their maturity. CLF has a relatively low duration of 2.8 years, whereas XLB is 15 years. As a general rule, for every 1% increase or decrease in interest rates, a bond's price will change approximately 1% in the opposite direction for every year of duration. With a bond ETF in theory the move should be similar, and thus XLB in theory should see a much larger move than CLF when rates move (either way). In reality it is not so concrete, and depends on variables in the yield curve and other factors (supply/demand). But we would be very confident in saying that if rates move lower XLB's bond portfolio should do significantly better than CLF. Owning XLB is essentially a 'bet' that rates will drop. As such, we would be fine owning both XBB and XLB for a bit more diversification of bonds. XBB's duration is 7.5 years so a good middle ground between CLF and XLB."

Been watching XLB/XBB for some time now, and both appear to be in downward trends in terms of share price, and close on yields. Rates have been steady, or in decline, so I'm completely confused.
Please take a look and try to make sense of this for me?

Many thanks for your help.