Investment Q&A

Q: Energy is obviously trading at a premium, given the current conflict, and with this in mind I was thinking of taking advantage of the bump and trimming my CNQ and SU positions. While I don't have any concerns about the companies, it would seem to make sense to monetize some of those gains. That being said, the current conflict has obviously impacted other sectors and companies negatively. What are some opportunistic buys (in your opinion) of companies that are currently depressed by the current conflict, but whose balance sheets and business models are sound, and who will probably do fine over the next 5 years.

Q: Four oil companies make up 30 percent of my portfolio. Purchased during covid and have had big gains in all four. The yield on cardinal based on cost base is 22 percent. This is stupid I know but if not for these four my portfolio is a disaster. It’s basically kept me flat while the tech sector has taken a dive. Should I start to exit some of the oil positions and where do you go if the majority of the 5i favourites are all ready owned ?

Q: Hi Peter, can I get your thoughts on Mark Leonard’s announcement not to stay as a board of directors of CSU. He is staying on with their PEMs strategy as an advisor. Does this change your view at all at how you look at the three companies and how do you think the market will react.

Q: Currently I still have have a small profit in Topicus. Considering selling and replacing with Teradyne. Would you make this change?

Q: A number of Small Caps have pulled back significantly. Do you still like these names? Are there any of these names that you feel should be sold?

Thanks
Tim

Q: Would you endorse selling KXS and TOI to start positions in MU and TER in a TFSA? I, like many others, have held KXS for many years and am growing tired of it. I have CSU family represented in other accounts. Thanks, Janet

Q: Would you switch out TOI for MDA? I'm not concerned which sector they are in, only growth.

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Q: Hello,

Does the brief rally followed by a pullback that these four stocks have just experienced carry any meaningful signal, in your view, is it positive or neutral?

Thanks

Q: What are the lessons learned on these to avoid in future on the above stocks. All of these were unfortunately full positions over many years.

Q: How would you rank the listed names today for new TFSA additions?

Q: Would it be possible for this group to be taken private with the low valuation of the stock?

Thx

Q: Dear Awesome team:

A different type of a question on the most frequently mentioned stocks on 5i !

Please "Don" your fancy Technical Analysis "Fedoras" !! Are we seeing clear signals of "Trend reversal" on one year daily charts?

Q: Greetings 5i team,
I see that CSU, SHOP, CLS and GIB.A account for about 83% of XIT but neither TOI nor LMN are held directly in XIT. Bit of a math question: if we were to break LMN and TOI out of CSU, what % break down of XIT would LMN, TOI and CSU (thus reduced) represent?
Thank you
SP

Q: Hi team,
I am curious about TRI, yet a bit critical at the same time as a growth stock. I see it is in the growth portfolio. In the last quarterly release, it just put out I see that overall revenue growth is only 3% or so. This number is not so appealing to me in a growth sense. However, the stock has been more than cut in half, and perhaps has good recovery potential with a decent dividend? I am trying to wrap my head around this name and if there is potential here buying it at these levels. What, if any are the catalysts to get the growth rate more than the current 3%? Do you see much upside for the name over the next few years? Would it be on your list as among one of the better buying opportunities out there in today's market? I already own the CSU family, and NOW but TRI seems to be beaten up even worse than most of those.

As a second question if you would be so kind as to touch base on...LMN is continually mentioned as having the most potential as a buy today in the CSU family. Is there any reason for this other than it is the smallest? LMN seems to consistently have the worst earnings numbers out of the 3, specifically in terms of organic growth. Is there a specific reason for choosing LMN over TOI for example in which TOI has superior organic growth numbers? Just trying to understand.

Thanks
Shane.

Q: Hi Again. Similar to my last question, with consolidation in mind, would you please rank the above holdings in order of "sell" to "keep".

Carl

Q: After recent news/earnings and along the thinking that AI will not completely replace SAAS but work along side it and even provide positive tailwinds, do you think its time to rotate a bit more from hardware to software or proceed with caution still? I hold CLS, NVDA, NBIS, VRT in hardware and CSU,LMN,TOI,SPOT, SHOP,CRWD,BKNG,TRI in software. Also own GOOG. I'm trying to find the right balance. If we look at SOXX/IGV, are we going to see mean reversion back to the mean?

Also what part of the market or credit cycle do you think we are in? Mid to late cycle? Should we be more defensive or still slowly adding to growth names? Thanks!

Q: Can you comment on results from both WSP and TOI after calls (not sure if TOI has a call). Were there any surprises good or bad? Looking forward, where do you see each 6 months out?

Q: These 3 companies: STN; WSP; TOI reported year end and quarterly financials today. I'd be interested on your thoughts regarding the results for each and going forward. Three questions in one. Deduct as many credits/ points as needed. Thanks.
Robert

Q: Please comment on Topicus earnings.

Do you consider these results to help dissipate the AI related fears ?

Thanks

Q: Whatsoever the market expect from Topicus today for earnings?

Thx