Investment Q&A

Q: Are these the New MEME stocks? Is it worth throwing $3000 into each of them? Tx.
RGTI, QBTS, QUBT

Q: I am trying to decide if I should start a small position in NVDA.NE or top up my GOOG.NE for my 2025 TFSA contribution. I don't have any NVDA other than what is in my HXS ETF. I know you like both companies. GOOG might be best because it is kind of diversified within itself. However, NVDA might offer better growth without the antitrust issues, but it might be overpriced compared to GOOG. I'm leaning slightly toward GOOG, but a smaller position in NVDA would diversify my portfolio a bit more. My hesitation with NVDA is that it seems a bit like a cult stock, not exactly like TESLA but similar. I won't have enough funds to do both, It may ultimately be a coin flip, but which way would you nudge on these two.

Q: Hi Team,
With an approx. 10yr timeframe, I'm looking for the next "NVDA" like returns. I am looking at both CLBT and NBIS. Do these 2 fit the bill as having exceptional potential with reasonable probability of success? Currently after today's 11% drop in NBIS I look at this name and scratch my head as to how a company like this can be valued so cheaply, so it seems. With a cash balance of close to half the market cap an investor here is buying into this high growth business paying what appears to be a cheap valuation for its assets and business. If NBIS delivers as expected is this a name you would consider for multi-bagger returns over time, potentially? Would you recommend trimming long term blue cap winners to buy into this name to boost growth in a portfolio? Also, how would you compare this to CLBT's growth potential? I am interested in both names as they both have a very compelling growth story, both in what I see as to be in areas of the "future" which should show high growth with proven management teams (pending CEO replacement of course with CLBT)

Thanks,
Shane.

Q: When I go to the NBIS profile page on 5i, it says that the market cap is $10.68B. Most of the responses I see in the Q&A indicate that it has a market cap of $7B. Is there a specific reason for the difference?

Q: Which stock would you replace for PLTR which has growth potential, but at a much lower valuation?

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Q: I've done quite well with SHOP, having bought this in mid 2022 in the high $30's. It has grown to over 7% of my account.

1) Do you think it can still reach/exceed its old highs from 2021? Wouldn't that make it one of the largest companies (by market cap) on the TSX?
2) What the maximum weighting you would hold in SHOP?

Q: Good morning, how harmful would 25% tarrifs be to Evertz? I am guessing most of their competitors are US based firms and their US sales are pretty significant.

Q: What would you recommend with PLTR after its rise? At some point it will correct? Time to move on or keep it at a reasonable level in your portfolio for when it does correct? I guess the same answer could be applicable to the entire portfolio?

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Q: Do you have any details on the ENGH acquisition?

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Q: Good morning! What are your thoughts on KSI these days. Buy, hold or sell. What would be a good entry price if you are positive on it? Thanks

Q: In response to why NVDA might be experiencing weakness, CNBC has been talking about:

MON, DEC 16, 2024

The Exchange with Kelly Evans
FROM THE DESK OF KELLY EVANS

 
AS OF MON, DEC 16, 2024 • 11:24 ET

What Just Happened.

 
"The market's most important stock is faltering," the CNBC headline aptly reads this morning. And as our Fred Imbert catalogs, Nvidia shares are down 3% in December while the rest of the market is up nearly 4%, and are down nearly 10% from their November 7th all-time highs.



Now, a tiny correction in a stock that's up 164% this year, and 9x in two years, is hardly reason for concern. But there could be a meaningful reason why the shares are stalling out here--and why shares of another chip company, Broadcom, are suddenly soaring.



It goes back to this fascinating discussion between Chetan Puttagunta, a general partner at venture capital firm Benchmark, and the anonymous fund manager known as "Modest Proposal" on Patrick O'Shaughnessy's podcast a couple of weeks ago. I'm no technical expert in AI, but here's my best effort to summarize their discussion.



Namely, has the arms race to develop the biggest, best, and fastest large language model--the kinds of model that uses hundreds of thousands of Nvidia chips in massive data centers--begun to stall out? A few marquee players, like Meta's "Llama" and Musk/X's "Grok," are still plowing ahead, but the broader market may be starting to shift.



The shift is happening because (1), Meta's Llama model is open-source, and therefore start-up teams are now able to use it to produce smaller, more targeted AI models for specific use cases, and (2), the "training" of large language models using both real and synthetic data has stalled out, giving way to a new era of grading them based on their inferencing ability, also known as "test-time compute."



And if this shift is happening--and the podcast only barely got into the chip implications of this--then it would make sense if demand were also starting to shift from a land grab of Nvidia's workhorse chips, to a market where Broadcom's "custom" chips could suddenly become a very important player. Indeed, Stifel CEO Ron Kruszewski told us that's exactly where his firm is looking as they begin to deploy AI.



And boom--Broadcom's earnings last week confirmed its sudden rise as one of the foremost players in AI. Its overall revenues soared 50% from the year earlier, and its AI revenues were up a whopping 220%. The shares surged more than 20% the next day, putting it above the trillion-dollar market-cap mark for the first time. And they've kept rising, adding another 6% today.



Now, if this shift is real, there could be further implications, ranging from expected data center power usage to perhaps reigniting a start-up boom in AI that many beleaguered Silicon Valley investors thought might never come. And Nvidia could still come out just fine, as top analyst Vivek Arya told us last week, even as he raised his Broadcom price target.



But the shift would certainly explain why Nvidia's performance has been more muted lately.



A final player to watch, by the way, is Marvell, another custom chipmaker. Its stock also surged 20% earlier this month--and is now up 102% this year--after stronger-than-expected earnings. For now, though, it's still a much smaller $106 billion market cap.



So perhaps what we're learning this month, in other words, is that Nvidia may be ceding its crown (to whom exactly, we don't know yet) as the most important stock in the market.



See you at 1 p.m!



Kelly

Q: AGVO seems to be leaving NVDA in the dust good you give us a your thoughts and would you consider selling some NVDA and buying agvo

Q: What are your thoughts on VEEV recent earning? I have less than 1% in VEEV and have become frustrated with it after 3 years. Who is the leader in this sector? Who do they compete with? What kind of prospect do they have? Add, hold or sell?

Thanks

Q: What is your opinion of QTRH? Is it a buy?

Q: For a three year or longer time frame I intend to buy two of these stocks: SYK, ISRG, UBER or AMZN. Which two would you pick and please give your reasons.

Merry Christmas to all your staff
Elliott

Q: I am holding a half position in AMD- registered account. what would you suggest - average down, hold or sell?? Since I am over 90, a really long hold may not be of much interest. thanks Jim

Q: NVDA
looks like it is slowly loosing ground what do you think?
Thank You for a good service.
Peter

Q: Hi,

I have speculative positions in SOUN and SMCI. Both of them are raising capital and SMCI has been dropped from Nasdaq100 as well. I would like your opinion on this capital raise and the companies in general; independent of my view.

I think SOUN stock price is being pumped and it would be prudent to exit the position and wait for share dilution to happen before entering again.

As far as SMCI is concerned, I think that the company is trying to come clean and start afresh. Even then I am a little suspicious. I also think that the exit from Nasdaq100 had been priced in and should not contribute further to the slide. And that they are raising capital is indicative of a strong order book. It is a matter of establishing credibility and feel it would be rewarding to give them a chance..

How would you deal with these two? Buy or Sell? Since these are speculative positions it is not just a Hold into the year end rally (hopeful).

Regards

Rajiv

Q: Would you please give your updated thoughts on DraftKings?Thanks.

Q: Hello 5i
I remember you offering articles on understanding bitcoin. At the time I wasn't interested but am now. But, although I have searched, I cannot find them on the site. I wonder if you could re direct me on that. I think you have also mentionned Biance. Are there some articles on that, as well?
thanks for your help and have a good holiday