Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, Can you please comment on Shopify results. Thanks

Q: Have we missed the boat here? Up over 50% in the last 2 weeks. How would you approach a purchase in this situation?
Thanks Peter.

Q: Has Shopify changed its symbol? I can find SHOP on the U.S. exchange but not SH on the TMX?
Is this just a glitch?

Q: Hi Peter and Staff
Your email this morning contemplates that EFN/ECN split is reflected in the portfolio.As the portfolio is not yet posted(I am sure it will be soon), my question I have been wondering is that for those of us who got equal number of shares in both ECN and EFN on split,we now have a lot less $ tied up in ECN than EFN. Should we continue that ratio or if we are going to continue to support both companies,should we been evening up our $ invested in each?
Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: I think the quarterly results for DRT are released in a week. Is your timing on taking this out of the portfolio because you are expecting bad news for the quarter ?

Q: In your Portfolio Update this morning you said "Rationale - With a US rate increase looking likely in December and a nice run in the US dollar thus far, we think it is time to repatriate the cash and and hold a bit of extra cash to allow us to take advantage of any new opportunities that may occur with a rate increase. Now that the rate of future rate increases has slowed, we think we can move funds into an area that may pay a bit better yield while continuing to provide stability."

Does that mean bring US cash back to Canada or send CDN $ to US?

Thank You
Craig

Q: How would you compare SPB and AQN for growth and dividend sustainable going foward ?

Q: Peter and team:

I am down 20 to 45 % in these four names and am thinking of consolidating my portfolio and realising some capital losses. Of the four at his time, which would you hold, sell for capital loss and potential buy back, or ditch altogether.

In particular I was wondering about DRT and if I should sell now or wait until after the quarterly report which I believe is Nov. 04th.

Thank you as always for an excellent service!

Phil

Q: I'm an income investor who purchased 5000 shares of ECI at $16.57. As I am holding about 7% of my portfolio in ECI, I am wondering if now is the time to sell half of these shares and invest in some real estate as this is an sector I don't have any holding in.

Q: Would appreciate your analysis of Superior's third quarter financials.
Thank you.
G

Q: Hello 5i Team,
Could suggest an ETF for each Canada, USA and international that would as closely as possble mirror the methodology used to contruct the balanced equity portfolio?
Thanks
Dave

Q: I'm currently 50% in cash (although understandably I shouldn't be). I am contemplating allocating 70% of my entire portfolio to the Balanced equity model to represent Canada and the remainder (30%) to Vanguard's total market US market ETF - VUN.TO. In the past I have tried to stock pick myself using some suggestions from this site and have not come anywhere close to the performance you have achieved with the Balanced Equity model. What is your opinion on the 70% CAD market and 30% US market allocation? Thanks!

Q: Hi 5i team, I would like to know more about your investment thesis on Dbox Technologies, one of your growth portfolio stock. It seems like there's growth ahead for them, so I am looking to buy half a position for now, and wait to see if it pulls back even further. Also, do you plan on publishing a report on it in the future? Much thanks.

Q: Hello,

Do you have any comments or feedback on AEM's third quarter numbers released after the market close last night?

I hold a 5% weighting in my portfolio and wonder if its a hold, or to look at other names in the gold sector.

Thanks

Q: Many analysts are now advising building up positions in the lifecos in anticipation of a Dec fed raise. Obviously, these names have performed well over the last month and this is somewhat built into the valuations. Fortunately, I had sizeable positions in PWF and MFC before the run. Trying to buy more of any on a pullback but this may not be possible. Would you advise adding to any of these three names at these levels?

Q: Just curious if you had any idea why the share price is so low and if now would be a good time to get in??

Q: Q: I plan to have a portfolio which is good for one year, five year and ten or more years. My objective is to have good growth, capital appreciation with moderate risk. Capital preservation over three years in spite of high short-term volatility will be fine. Please tell me what you think of a portfolio I am considering putting together consisting of V-N, UNH-N, WFC-N, NFI-T, FB-O, AMZN-O, GOOGL-O, KXS-T, ENB-T, CN-T, CJT-T, BYD.UN-T. Your thoughts on how this may compare to the BE portfolio performance, volatility, Saftey. Equal weights would be purchased. I invite you to make any changes, additions, deletions? I will appreciate if you place these stocks from high to low priority.
I apologize if I am asking too much. Thank you.

Q: Regarding the question about selecting half of your balanced equity portfolio, you mention ‘confidence ‘ ‘over the long term’ for stock like TOY and CXI over much bigger BNS and T ..
I’m not certain to understand ..do you mean confidence in over-performance over a longer period..at the risk of higher volatilty/risk ? Is it much better to buy the complete portfolio ?
thanks for the good work !

Q: I own a little more than half the stocks in your balanced portfolio. Would it be possible to list which of these twenty names you consider better than the others? For example, if you were forced to cut half the names, what would be left based solely on the merits of each individual stock?

Q: Hi 5i: I recently bought som33 PUR, only to see it drop nearly 20%. Has the story changed at all recently, or should I just hang on?