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Q: Good morning. Thank you for your timely advice to trim AGX & CRS, as a result I have $16K U.S to re-invest.
Do I invest in this newer wave of investors in HOOD or do I choose something in line with the Ai theme?
Unregistered US account, current holdings are: AMZN, AGX, CRS, CLBT, FDD, ISRG, EWJ, JPM, MSFT, NBIS, SRAD, SYK.
Thank you. David
Read Answer Asked by David on June 26, 2025
Q: What are your top 3 sectors (ex tech) to invest in the US right now for the next 3 years ? I am looking to hold 3-5 years.

Please name your top 3 ideas (ranked if possible) in each of your preferred sectors for an investor with moderate to high risk appetite, regardless of market cap.

Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Karim on June 23, 2025
Q: What do you believe has the higher probability of greater return- 10 yr Hold. Is there a name that you call out as an alternative to these?

Thx as always for the excellent service.
Read Answer Asked by Chris on June 19, 2025
Q: Genius act being passed in the USA for stablecoins. Will this effect other, Crypto etc
Does 5I have any suggestion for stocks or wait & see. will it also effect payment type stocks. Tks 5i
Read Answer Asked by Guy on June 17, 2025
Q: Can you recommend stocks or ETFs in blockchain technology?
Read Answer Asked by Danielle on June 16, 2025
Q: I invested with Bitf since last two years. very bad performing stock so far, and Institutional investors and RIOT are selling their shares as well. Not sure what going on inside the company? I am worrying for the Total lose, I don’t mind to wait for the next two to three years more. Can you please share your thought on this? normally I invest the three-to-five-year timeframe. Is it worth it to stay with this Bitf next two year more OR take a lose and move it with some other miner stock? Can suggest some CAN or US bitcoin related stock?
Read Answer Asked by Maulik on June 10, 2025
Q: Any thoughts on etoro? I know it is still relatively new and you like for a few quarters before investing in new IPOs. HOOD has done really well, could etoro follow in the same path? Would you be a buyer currently in hood or etoro? Also, do you like NBIS after this recent jump in price? Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Keith on June 09, 2025
Q: seeing that you own some crypto I'm thinking I may get my toes wet, so to speak. At current prices, which one ETF would you favor of the above?
Also, I have more Canadian money available than US, is there disadvantage to IBIT.CA?
Should these be purchased in a Cash account, self directed RSP or TFSA?
Deduct as many questions as you need. I'll never get through these credits!
Read Answer Asked by Brenda on June 06, 2025
Q: I enjoy all the questions that pass through. I’m not into day trading but certainly add a couple swing trades in as a boost as well as selling calls.

With the question you answered about Canadian companies for day trading would you please provide a few US names that would fit your criteria.

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Adam on June 02, 2025
Q: I want to put some money into an RESP for our newborn granddaughter. I will add some more stable growth stocks over time, but I want to start with 1 AI stock or ETF and 1 crypto stock or ETF, as the base.
These will be the buy and forget, holdings in the RESP
Can you recommend a couple US/CDN stocks and etfs in both categories, and your thoughts on whether US or Cdn currency is the better option. For a long-term hold like this, am I better to use stocks or ETFs, as the base?
Read Answer Asked by Grant on May 12, 2025
Q: The rumour today is that Trump's team is about to announce their first trade deal. It sounds to me like England. Assuming that more of these follow and perhaps increase in frequency, sentiment will change and I personally expect a risk-on environment.

Please list the 10 equities from the US and Canada (in any sector) that you project will move most aggressively over a 3 month period in an environment where trade deals are the daily news and not negative bluster. Note, I am not asking you to asses the probability of deals, just the 10 companies that are poised to benefit most in terms of share price. Note that these can be risky companies but if they are, please state that and explain why the upside makes up for the risk.

Please take an extra credit and state whether each suggestion is a short term trade or a long term hold.
Read Answer Asked by Tim on April 30, 2025
Q: In a recent response to another member you mentioned "IBKR is almost twice the size of HOOD ($99B vs. $56B market cap, respectively)".

I ended up looking into IBKR and HOOD a bit more and discovered this about IBKR:

Depending on the data platform, some list the IBKR market cap as ~$25B and others list it as ~$99B. This has to do with whether you consider both public and private shareholders counts when calculating market cap.

I learned that GAAP handles this where the non controlling interests are removed from the income statement ("less net income attributable to non-controlling interests" which was $2.652B for 2024 leaving $765B Net Income) to leave only the net income attributable to IBKR public share holders. The bigger chunk goes to IBG Holdings controlled solely by Thomas Peterffy.

Based on this I believe IBKR is half the size of HOOD, at least the portion that common shareholders attribute earnings too.

How do you think about companies structured like this?
Read Answer Asked by Michael on February 20, 2025
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