Investment Q&A

Q: The above stocks make up 80.4% of my holdings. Goog and BN @7% each. The next 5 @ 4% each and the rest at or close to 3% each. For a 10 year horizon, with risk/reward in mind, where would you invest if you had 10% of the portfolio in dry powder- new cash. Any you would sell? Note, I have been trimming CLS, VRT and NBIS to control AI exposure.

Thanks again for all the insights - love the service you provide.

Q: NBIS, VRT, MDA, CLS, GLXY, HPS.A, VNP, PNG. There are so many promising small & mid-cap companies involved in AI, defense, infrastructure. From this group of 8 can you tell me if there is over-lap that I should consider reducing? Thank you. Take as many credits as you need.

Mike

Q: Hello,
I currently hold VRT and no CLS. Are they different enough to hold both or is one OK? Thanks for your great service!

Q: What would be a good way to invest in AI? Reasonable risk level with 5 yr hold.

Q: If HPS.A is already owned at a 3.5% weight, would you consider NVT as well? I heard they do somewhat different things but also overlap in certain areas. Both have a global presence and serve various industries. Would you consider these two great choices for continued electrification and data center growth? If you had to consider 1-2 more names, what would they be? Thanks!

Q: I am curious as to how best invest in the power demand for AI datacentres? Would you have suggestions for certain equities/ETF’s that you feel are well positioned this impending demand?

Thanks

Q: Huge thank you for directing me to NBIS, VRT, CLS, and NVDA. With all of their success, I find that I have been slowly trimming these companies quite regularly. Currently I want to let them run for a bit longer than I normally would. So with that said, what is the maximum percentage of your portfolio you would feel comfortable holding the above companies before trimming?

Much appreciated!

Stefan

Q: Can you please comment on the recent earnings?

Q: Two questions. You mentioned earlier today selling VRT and adding to NBIS to consolidate positions. Do you feel the growth is better in NBIS and outweighs the benefit of diversification? Overall direct AI exposure. I have VRT (3%) NBiS (2%) CLS (2.5%) NVDA (4%). Would you personally feel ok with this much direct exposure for the next 12-16 months? Increase or decrease? I didn’t included my 6% position in Google but maybe should have?

Q: I have a partial position in both VRT and NBIS. I am wondering which I should add to first for long term capital gains? Or should I just own one? I feel I have too much diversification with over 35 positions and would be happy with just one of these.
Thanks

Q: Good morning 5i,

I hold the following industrial/material stocks in my RRSP: GEV (2%), FIX (2%) ETN (1.5%), HEI (1.5%), RTX (1.3%), GE (1.2%), LIN(1.2%), EME (1%), VRT (.5%). I also own AXON (3%).

I would like to increase the weight of some of these positions - ideally through consolidation. Could you please put these in order of conviction (growth) for a 5 - 10+ year hold. Are there any that you would sell outright? Would you recommend any other industrials?

Many thanks!

Q: We hold most of the 5i Balanced and some of the income portfolio stocks plus the fallowing us stocks. amzn, brk.b, cost, goog, isrg, lly, msft, nvda, smci, vrt, v. Berkshire is over 8% and the others are 5% please suggest a couple of us names to add to this portfolio. or any to trim. ( US is a growth portfolio ).
Thank you for your superb service over more than 10 years. Ian

Q: Do any of the utilities held in these ETF’s offer the same kind of energy power support for the mega computers running AI applications as something like VRT in the US?

If not are there any Canadian companies that do so and would be an attractive investment in this area?

Q: Oracle's outlook seems to have reverberated through adjacent companies with VRT, MOD, etc., etc., all popping. Ellison has made some pretty remarkable statements about expected growth over the next 4 years, and he does not appear, to me anyway, to be overselling.

My question is about three areas to look at:
1) Other cloud service providers.
2) The nuts and bolts builders of the data centers.
3) Companies in the electrical storage areas that might service the above.

However I have one main caveat, I am only interested in companies that have not had a 1,000% gain in the last 5 years. I know that might seem like a ridiculous criterion, but I keep imagining MOD or STRL investors running for the hills on a serious market pullback.

Thank-you again.

Q: Between ALAB and VRT which do you think will perform better for the next year?
Do you see either declining for the year?
Thank You
Peter

Q: If I hold NBIS and NVDA am I concentrating the same sector? My understanding is that NBIS owns hardware and "rents" or sells the use of that hardware. Who completes with NBIS? Is it Amazon and Google?

These seem, individually, as great companies but if AI sentiment shifts or another game-changing breakthrough happens it could be painful. Thoughts?

Q: Any reason for the 10% increase in its price today?

Q: Hi I currently hold these US companies. Can you please suggest your top 10 US companies that would compliment these the best for a long term hold? In order ideally. A growth rating 1-10 (10 being the best) and a risk rating 1-10(10 being the riskiest)

Thanks so much

Q: If I am not wrong, you used in the past to tell good things about this company but since months it has completely disappeared from your considerations, mentions or recommendations. Have you changed your mind about this enterprise.? May I know your updated opinion and appreciation? Is it yet a good stock to keep in a range of 3 to 5 years?

Q: Good Afternoon
I am attempting to diversify away from NVDA due to its large percentage of my holdings. I also have good gains in both NBIS and VRT although I am comfortable with their current weighting and both have room to grow. Assuming all 3 will somewhat move in unison does it make more sense to pick a non AI related stock rather than add to NBIS and VRT? If that is the case can you give me suggestions on what to add?
Thank you