Investment Q&A

Q: Hello 5I, I am in my late 30s and have been a contractor my entire working life. Seeing as I have no pension, my business account is essentially my retirement fund. If you could pick 10 stocks (doesn’t matter if they are Canadian, American, or international), as potential retirement stocks (some combination of capital appreciation and yield), to potentially live off of 15 years down the road, what would they be? I do have a TFSA and RRSPs invested more aggressively.

Thanks

Q: Hi 5I Team,

What are your thoughts at this time on International Petroleum? With its sustained share buyback program the outstanding float is being constantly reduced. Would this factor make it a compelling investment?

Thanks

Q: Your thoughts on GDI please. Continue to hold?

Q: Hello,

Is there a material total returns benefit over one year of switching from Sunlife to Intact Financial, if there are no tax considerations?
Regards
Rajiv

Q: Hi Guys

Wondering what your thoughts were on Russel Metals recent earning report. Also for a long term hold would you prefer Richelieu Hardware or Russel Metals?

Much thanks

Stuart

Q: Hi 5i Team - When searching the symbol DEFI I get two results for Defi Technologies, one in Canada and one in the U.S. Does the one in Canada trade on the OTC and therefore would it be preferable to buy it on the U.S. exchange. There seems to be very little info on this company. Could you provide a summary of its operations and fundamentals including your opinion of its potential.

Q: Can you explain your reasons for keeping BCE in the income portfolio?

Thanks

Q: I'm looking to add a dividend growth stock to my portfolio and considering DOL, TRI, STN, GSY, WCN. What are your views on these stocks and please rank given current market conditions and price. I hold others such as BN, TFII, CSU, and ATD. Others to consider?

Q: What CAD oil companies produce mostly light vs heavy oil.

Q: Could you please comment on Intact Financial earnings ? Were there any details about their liability estimates for L.A. wildfires ?

How is the current valuation and would you be comfortable to add some shares at current levels, for 3-5 years hold ?

Thank You

Q: Hello

Beside s Grayscales Solana Trust "GSOL "
is 5i aware of other options to gain solana exposure via public equites ?

Q: Is now a good time to get into CDN REIT's. If so can you please select your top 3.
Thanks in advance.

Q: Hi 5i
Can you please elaborate on this company.
It sounds quite interesting as a financial technology company.
I'm unsure how relative this space will be going forward.
Please enlighten.

Thanks
Cal

Q: Hello
DEFI was recently added to 1 of your "Model Portfolios" and recommended for your members to purchase YET there is ZERO data on your platform... why ?

"There is no Share Information currently available for DEFI:CA"

Just curious how these alike small cap recommendations are initially sourced .. Heat Map Pop up on Bloomberg terminal or does 5i research analyst infact USE the Defi platform ? Pls advise

* not OWN as per 5is conflict of % policy

Q: Hi Team,
With HPS.A struggling to catch a bid lately, would you think selling the stock to buy CLS is a good move long term? Is the movement in CLS share price sustainable? Or should more patience be applied here to HPS.A?

Thanks,
Shane.

Q: Hi, what are your most recent thoughts on DTOL in general? Thank you.

Q: A question this morning mentioned a report on updating your income portfolio. Do you do this every time you update a portfolio? If so, where do I find the report in a timely manner?

Q: Hello Team, Seams like every couple weeks something in the world changes the script (Trump, Tariffs, Deepseek, etc). Can you please rank the above 12 stocks from best too worst for the next 2-3 years. No worries about size of company or industry. Thanks so much!

Q: Hi 5i, thanks for your update, really enjoyed it.

How would you compare DEFI vs GLXY, valuation basis and future growth. Which one would you choose?

Thx

Q: Hello 5i,

Your reply to Mike’s question on affects of DeepSeek was bang on. There is a lot of missing information on GPU’s, heat reduction, capability during high volume, etc, though to their credit the programmers may have found a new way to look at data which may be all that general users require.

BUT, let’s be clear, they could not have progressed without Western ingenuity and the Chinese government encouragement to steal western code and technology over and over again.

Our thoughts: Data centres are coming with the evolution of hardware. The Blackwell GPU may be ahead of its time and that is a risk for NVDA and to some degree VRT. We think NVDA missed an opportunity for extended longevity by announcing Blackwell too early.

Electrical grids require updating to be efficient with changing climate activities and technology regardless of data centres so we will chip away at a few stocks. If you assess the need for electricity from data centres at 50% of what it was projected and infrastructure improvements, what would be your top 5 stocks to purchase today?

Thank you for your advice over all these years

D&J