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Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

James Hodgins commented on Savaria recently: "There is all this growth potential in the stair lifts but a big chunk of their business is car lifts, which are a big luxury and which is in decline. He is slightly short the stock. He doesn't see a huge upside."

This stock is a loser in my wife's RRIF, and would like your opinion regarding his negative opinion of the car lift sector, and if you concur that it's the main reason for recent under performance.

Would you be OK with classifying Savaria in the Healthcare sector instead of Industrial?

Thanks as always for your advice and insight.
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on February 21, 2020
Q: I just received an email from Citron talking about SDGR. They feel it is the second coming of TSLA but of course, in a different industry.
They are a brand new IPO and are up 20% today, but would this be worth purchasing in the event that it pulls back to prior to the letter and held for a period of time.
In a nutshell they recap it thusly:

"Through use of artificial intelligence and a world class scientific team that is unmatched by ANY public company, Schrodinger has created a software platform that integrates predictive physics-based methods with machine learning to become the leader in molecular simulation that 1) reduces the average time and cost required to identify a drug development candidate and 2) increases the probability of drug discovery programs entering clinical development.

With the global pharma industry spending approximately $180 billion on R&D annually, this innovative software platform is completely disrupting the drug development process."

Would you invest in this concept yourselves, once you research more about it.? I know its not a p/e , value play it may or may not be TSLA of 10 years ago.

Thanks

Sheldon
Read Answer Asked by Sheldon on February 21, 2020
Q: Hi, great job my portfolio is up, thanks.
I bought GUD for sector, management, cash position, growth (safety) etc.
They finally made an acquisition which looks ok.(no homerun?) still down ,bought at $8.50
Looks like an important quarter in March,if it is good all should be ok, if not ,it will not have the big cash backstop that it did in the past. Won’t this be a problem?
Getting a little impatient, if it is only a so-so or down quarter, is it not time to seriously consider an alternative? Or would you give it “another”3-5 years?
Thanks,
Read Answer Asked by Brad on February 19, 2020
Q: Contemplating acquiring Pharma ETF with world wide exposure with emphasis on diabetes for long term hold, Obviously management fees & performance, size for liquidity a concern. Currently own 5 -6 % position in "GUD"

Garry
Read Answer Asked by Garry & Marlene on February 13, 2020
Q: I'd appreciate your take on Premier Health which no analyst seems to cover. I discovered it while searching for other publicly-traded companies that use OSCAR as a platform for their electronic medical record (EMR) offerings.

WELL Health has been very clear that they are in the hunt for OSCAR-related assets - it so happens that PHGI has three of them (JunoEMR, KindredEHR and ClinicAid). They also have a couple of other assets that WELL would like to have or planning to develop (e.g. 4 clinics, a patient portal, telemedicine, a medical billing app, 2 pharmacies, interactive kiosks, etc.).
Read Answer Asked by Richard on February 10, 2020
Q: Hi, I've held ISRG for a few years now, am up 25% but was honestly expecting more. It's traded largely sideways since Sept of 2018. 5i and I both seem to have similar (great) expectations for this company, but they just can't break $620 or so.

I'm tempted to dump ISRG and pick up some IHI which includes a number of other seemingly great companies that are on my watch list. However, I keep thinking ISRG is on the brink of its next big leg up. From my research, I have ISRG at the bottom of its long term channel - which if it holds - would have stock price growth at 40% from here...

Help me decide: hold (even add) to ISRG, or dump it and pick up IHI. Perhaps a bit of column A and column B?

Cam
Read Answer Asked by Cameron on February 10, 2020
Q: Hi 5i Team,
I bought Merck a few days ago aiming to balance my portfolio, yesterday the reaction of the market was negative , a 5% drop, after they reported earning combined with announcement of spinning off three divisions,.

Was the spin off is that negative?

What is your outlook of this company.

Thank you for your professional and helpful advice as always.
Read Answer Asked by Pui on February 10, 2020
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