Investment Q&A

Q: As a 5 year investment, how would you assess its strengths and weaknesses as a business, recognizing it is early days. Where does it sit from a competitive standpoint? Are its financials sound? What indicators to look for to assess if it is on track?

Q: Squarespace seems to come across my radar if a few areas .
Thoughts?

Many Thanks
Greg

Q: a recent response to a dnd question mentioned things have changed since announcement about link. can you expand on what has changed and what your outlook is for dnd. it was one of your fairly strong recommendations not too long ago. how do you rate it now.

Q: Is this a buy, hold, or sell? It has rallied back just below its 52 week high. Also, what has been the catalyst for its strength? I assume much can be attributed to its Advanced Technologies segment which includes defense and nuclear. Can you tell me what % of revenues comes from this segment? Do you think the momentum in the stock has some legs?

Q: Any reason for the recent abnormal wide swings in SYZ? Hold or add to my 1% position? AT appears to be basing last few days .Down 77% hold or add to my 0.5% position? Txs for u usual great services & views

Q: Thoughts on earnings

Q: Hello, just wondering why GOOG seems to be the most loved of the fangs. I don't expect you to compare all of them, but can you cite a couple particulars in terms of metrics or whatever it is in a quantifiable stand point that's making GOOG so much more "attractive"

Q: Gentlemen; Is it your expectation that the Company will need to issue equity to pay for their recent acquisitions.

The stock has not really participated in the recent technology recovery.

Q: For the last two sessions ABST had huge price swings.What is the reason behind this?
I am trying to decide between ABST and SYZ for some growth potential and income.
Are the dividends safe here?as SYZ becomes a "growth"stock ,they might cut the dividend?
Which of the two stocks would you buy or any other potential stock here?
As a site note,you mentioned NNX in a post with Martello,was this a typo?

Q: So , Quarterhill and Apple finally settle their patent infringement dispute -no more litigation , but no details of the financial agreement . Your comments please on how this might affect Quarterhill shares - a double over the next year perhaps , so that my patience is finally rewarded .

Q: Hi team. I was fortunate to add to my Nvdia position at $219 a couple of weeks ago. Nvdia has now grown to 7% of my investment portfolio (stocks) and 6% of my total portfolio. I know you can’t get specific with weightings. I do see you typically trim your balance model portfolio around 8% when a winner runs.

Thoughts on how you decide to trim a winner and when?

Q: Your insights into NANO .. seem to be progressing with the patented process .. is here potential for a breakthrough technology

Q: What 1 US stock and 1 Canadian stock (both in technology space) would you buy today?

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

We're currently overweight Technology. Given this information from "Simply Wall Street", is this a "red flag" for Enghouse, and might this be the one to let go? We also hold CSU, KXS, and TOI. Our gain in ENGH is 70%, which pales in comparison to CSU's gain of 401% (thank you 5i for continually recommending Constellation!) ENGH and CSU were purchased around the same time, but KXS was purchased later (up 101%) and TOI of course has been held only since the "spin-off" (but still up 39%).

Maybe I'm reading too much into this insider selling, but your opinion is important to me.

"Independent Director recently sold CA$814k worth of stock
On the 16th of March, Reid Drury sold around 20k shares on-market at roughly CA$40.68 per share. This was the largest sale by an insider in the last 3 months. Insiders have been net sellers, collectively disposing of CA$2.4m more than they bought in the last 12 months"

Thanks for your insight and assistance.

Q: Hello Peter et al,

You have mentioned in the past that Amazon needs Shop or it runs into monopoly problems and that Shop has a strong moat.

When I look at the size difference Amazon has 14x the market cap and 1500x the employees.

When I look at stock price Amazon has been a steady climber with a minimal hit over the past 6 months vs Shop being more than halved in mkt cap.

If I were CEO of Amazon reviewing the co. dashboards and heatmaps - I think I would look at the Shopify roadmap and see either noise or an opportunity we could setup for and pre-empt (if that business is on our roadmap).

How scalable is Shop given that Amazon has a long track record, the most money and supply chains to the best strategic minds?
How sustainable is the Shop competitive advantage?

I ask this wondering how likely Shop is to regain the lofty $2000 level.

Thank you for sharing your insight.

Q: I'm thinking of increasing the tech exposure (presently 15%) to the 29 stocks I own in my portfolio. Presently my tech exposure is CSU, DSG and KXS. I find ADBE interesting. Would you invest more in the 3 stocks I already own or initiate a postion in ADBE?

Q: Hello 5i
A few months ago months in a reply to a member's question you suggested $200 would be a good price to purchase SNOW. I realize a lot has changed since then but the stock has dropped into the $200 range. Do you still feel it is a good entry price?
Or are there others you like more?
Thanks
Dave

Q: What is your view on Aspen (AZPN)

Q: I own all of these high multiple tech stocks in low quantities in tfsas. No particular concern about timelines. Would you continue to advise holding all of them or would you suggest eliminating one or more for the other? Is there a simple way to compare?

Q: Hi 5i: I am considering getting back into some Canadian tech stocks. I would be pleased if you would provide me with your three best picks. A combination of cash on the balance sheet and moderate growth would be the criteria. I am a long term investor. Thank you always for providing great insights on investment decisions.

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