Investment Q&A

Q: Hello 5i,
I would like to "ease in" your Balanced Portfolio over the next year. Could you suggest me 5 names to start with? Are any of the holdings considered core holdings? Thanks!

Q: Is Kinaxis or Shopify more like the company Amazon? It seems to me that Shopify does the same thing as Amazon? If so,would Amazon just not swallow Shopify? Thanks.

Q: Is there any HARD evidence regarding the actual sale & installation of any DBO systems in China? If so, where & in what cities? My contact in China couldn't verify anything. Thank you.

Q: hi 5i

Patience has been rewarded and I now am up 25% on Trevali ($1.35). I see a few price targets at the current price. Do you think there is further gains to come?

Also could you list a few potential tax loss buys from each portfolio?

Q: Hi,

Do you believe there is more upside in SIS or TOY

Thank you

Q: Could you please comment on VNR's results. Thanks.

Q: Hello 5i team,
I own all the holdings in the balanced portfolio except AEM and SYZ and own BCE instead of T
Of the growth portfolio, I own DHX, ECN, EFN, GUD, OTC and PLI; do you prefer others
Of the income portfolio, I only own BEP; which other 4 would you consider?
Thanks,
Antoine

Q: Your thoughts on recent Investor Day conference with PLI that they have 12 mos of cash and do you think this selling off of the stock is not just a retracement but due to shareholder dilution that a stock offering by PLI is probable. Is this correction and over reaction. I am I missing something such as the market expected more out of the company in this conference and not getting it, caused the sell off. Thank you

Q: Good Morning Peter, Ryan, and Team,
I hold DH Corp in an income oriented account which closely tracks the 5i Income Portfolio. Now that the dust is just starting to settle on this name, after the dividend cut, would you recommend buying more, holding what I have, or selling it ??? Thank you for your sage advise. DL

Q: Good Morning Peter, Ryan, and Team,
Do you still recommend ABT for income oriented accounts and, if so, is the recent price of near $6.00 a good entry point ??? Thank you, DL

Q: When does PUR report Q4 earnings?

TIA

Q: I would like to add a growth stock to my TFSA. Looking at your growth portfolio I narrowed it down to one of SHOP, KXS, DBO, PLI, TNC or ZCL. In today's environment which one of these six stocks would you add? I am relatively diversified across all sectors, so sector is not an issue at this time.

I was originally leaning towards either SHOP or KXS. If you didn't select one of these from the six stocks listed above, which one out of these two would you pick?

The funds to purchase the growth stock will come from the sale of IPL or WCP in my TFSA. Of these two which would you sell to get the funds for the growth stock? p.s. I also own IPL and WCP in a non-registered account and plan to keep those.

Paul

Q: Any comment on the ECN preferred shares announced today? Will they be rated by the rating agencies?

Q: I own ZRE for my real estate exposure, and I note that you hold ZRE in your income portfolio. Would it not be preferable to hold 2-3 actual REITS and skip the MER of 0.61? Do you think this is significantly riskier than just holding ZRE? If I were to switch from ZRE to individual REITs, how many should I switch into, and which ones would you recommend? I am looking to hold longterm. Thank you.

Q: Could you please comment on PLI's 'analyst day' news on Monday and why the substantial drop in the share price since.
Thank you for your excellent service.
Henry

Q: Any comments on today's results? Pre-market bid/ask is ~0.5% above last night's closing, so I would take that to mean they beat. Since this was never a 'bond proxy,' do you think it recovers some of its lost ground, or has money simply rotated out of this, and its momentum is therefore done?
Thanks for all your insights.

Q: Hi guys,

Please provide your thoughts on ATD.B latest results.

Thanks,

Jim

Q: I'm trying to figure out the long term rationale for hanging on to DBO. From what I can gather, they've been a public company since mid-2006 and their highest stock price occurred somewhere in spring of 2007 at 84 cents. In 10 years, they don't seem to have built a lot ... either in terms of moving forward with their plans, or building stock holders value.

One question I have: Is it because it's a slow industry to break into, and it takes time to get such technology established ... or have they (perhaps) not been using their time and money wisely? In other words, how is the management in all of this?

Your comment to another member states: "The company has essentially developed a product that can drive higher margins for their customers (theatres that charge more for motion seats), has proven the business case and has relationships with some of the larger theatre chains."

What is their competitive edge, then? Are they assailed by lots of competition, or are they just not moving forward because nobody is quite sure they want this technology -- other than China -- which in itself might be years in the making.

I'm trying to figure out whether I should hang on for the long term (you quote a 5 year window) at these rates, and add when I see dips in their stock, or if I should just bail out now.

If there's lots of competition in the space, with better management, perhaps the answer is obvious.

Since you don't have a report on the company yet, I was curious as to the "backroom workings" of this company's management, and its moat.

Thanks for your expert advice!

Q: Hi, I am modeling 5i's Income Portfolio and I was wondering which stocks in the portfolio fall under the Health Care and Materials sector? If these sectors are not included what stocks would you recommend in an Income Portfolio that you would recommend.

Q: Peter and team:
I hold all equities in your balanced portfolio and a couple from your growth in a portfolio worth about 450K (Thank you). I currently have about 35K to invest and would like to choose one stock from your growth and two from your income to "round things out".
At current valuations and looking at a 10 year plus time frame could you please rank each of the four equities per group. Sector allocation is not a consideration.
Please deduct 2 credits and Thank you as always for a fantastic service.

Phil