Investment Q&A

Q: What is your current view on this small company? I realize its small size and the current market conditions will limit investor interest but wonder if some of the recent news and fundamentals provides any encouragement for a better future (3+ years) stock appreciation? Also given its volatility could you comment on if this is better held in a TFSA or regular account where losses, if any could be utilized?

Q: I have done very well with AVGO as a long-term hold in my RRIF but the recent speculation about GOOGL's intention to phase out AVGO chips and replace them with its own design has made me nervous. AAPL has been doing this too, so it makes me wonder if it is time to sell at least a part of my holding. What other semiconductor maker would be less prone to "taking in-house" risks? CSCO maybe? It is clear that both AVGO and CSCO have been and are making big acquisitions in the software space to diversify away from semiconductor risk: this makes me wonder if I should just stay the course and trust AVGO management? As always, I value your opinion.

Q: What are some stocks that could do really well with AI becoming more and more available ?

Q: On BNN Kim Bolton chose it as a top pick saying it is coming out with chips which will compete with NVDA, and will use less power. Do you have any information regarding this? What do you think of INTC

Q: Hi Peter,

What is your current outlook for ZBRA? It has been drifting lower since the last earnings report. Their announcement yesterday of mobile pay system has not generated any enthusiasm.
Regards
Rajiv

Q: Hello, I have NVEI in my TFSA with a loss of over 50% so far. I have cash available to average down. I have no incentive to sell at this point, the shares being in a TFSA. Should I double down on the stock at this point or wait at year-end after the tax loss season is over? I could also see what happens with the Q3 results in November. Thanks

Q: Hi team, RBOT

I have been holding this robotics and AI etf for several years and noted that it somehow managed to completely bypass the rallies in both. Any comments here and guidance of future steps?
Thanks.

Q: what are 3 key metrics used by 5i to value FTNT and how do these latest 3 key metrics compare to FTNTs 5 year averages? what would be a good entry point for FTNT thanks Richard

Q: What are your thoughts on Uber shares and the prospects for the stock price over the next year? It looks to be a strong candidate for inclusion in the index, but aside from that are you fans of their fundamentals?
Thanks as always!

Q: How does the stock look today for a long term investment? Any comments on their Dojo supercomputer and implications in the AI space.

Q: I received a copy of the debenture prospectus in the mail today and have been reading it with some interest. I think they are going to need an army of accountants to figure out how they should account for it. Although it would make an excellent CPA or CFA exam question, the arrangement seems unnecessarily (ridiculously?) complicated.

The nominal interest rate of CPI plus 6.8% until 2040 looked very interesting at first. However, the amortization of the $33 premium to the year 5 company par value redemption option would appear to almost fully negate the 6.8% (unless a warrant is held and exercised). If the warrant is exercised, effectively allowing the debenture plus its replacement debenture to go to term, the initial $33 premium amortized over 17 years still knocks off 2 to 3% per year. Nonetheless, unless I am missing something, CPI plus (say) 4% until 2040 still looks pretty good.

Having come to the CSU party late I only own 16 shares. That means I can buy $500 of debentures and so exercising or even disposing the rights seems hardly worth the effort. However, I was thinking that as the debentures will trade on the TSX, I could buy more rights or debentures but the amount I would be willing to pay would depend whether I could also acquire more warrants and at what price. It appears that the warrants will not trade on the TSX except when the company issues a redemption notice. That makes buying the debentures look more than a bit risky.

Does my analysis look right to you?

Does the 3.03 ratio of rights to $100 principal value of the debentures also apply to the warrants or is it 1 warrant for each $100 debenture? The prospectus says that CSU will try to ensure that warrants are available to all debenture holders. Do you have any idea how they will do that and will it that mean the warrants value will be suppressed somehow?

Finally, is it likely that the trading price of the debentures will assume the company will never redeem the debentures given the warrants effectively eliminate any incentive it may have to redeem the series 1 debentures early?

Thanks as always

Q: Hi
What is your view of DDOG, the TAM of this sub-sector and its growth potential within versus others. ,Why choose one over another [please rank] and at what price would you advise taking an initial position.

Q: Hi
I would appreciate your assessment of MNDY and the sub-sector it is in. As a growth stock, wha is the potential total addressable market for its services, what percentage is it targeting, how is it positioned for growth vis-a-vis its competitors. In a nutshell, if you wanted to have a position in this area, would you buy and at what entry price. Or, do you prefer another and if so, why.

Q: Any reason to explain the continued weakness in SHOP Monday morning? I see no news. Are you still recommending it as a top growth pick?

Q: What’s your latest take on Nano?

Cheers

Q: Hi, between these 2 stocks who have recently reported not so enviable quarters (and knowing they could go even go lower from here before they settle a bit)....are they both a show me story now? Is there more conviction in one or the other ...or would you put new money elsewhere? I currently own about 2% of each.
It seems both of their recent 1/4 releases were surprises to most of us. Not very credible management to not have seen this coming, IMHO.

Cheers,
Steve

Q: Looking to add each in equal weights. What % combined of total portfolio would you be comfortable with these names?

Q: Help me understand something about DND.

As per your write up in the Q&A's you were not impressed with DND's latest report.

The market was not impressed with DND's latest report (down appr. 30%)

Why ten would a 5 star analyst with CIBC, Sephanie Price with a 59% success rate ever rank DND a strong buy over the next year with her raising the target from $25 to $28?

You may not/ probably not know her but what do you think she knows that the rest of us don't? Just asking as she is such a well reputed analyst.

Thanks


Sheldon

Q: Hi
I am sorry to have to ask another question about the recent WTS issue of CSU.
I currently own 7 * $100 Unsecured SUB FLTG RT SI with a date of Mar 31 2040 and with a cost of $765 and a MV $955. I also CSU.RT of 40 with MV @ .75 and recently received notification of WTS of 40 at no value. My question is what must I do by Sept 29 if hang onto my current debentures will they lose value ? do I have to do something with the 40 CSU.RT that I have or the 40 WTS just issued. Should I just sell the current debentures on the open market. Totally confused by this despite reading all the recent questions and answers on your website.
Thanks
Kathy

Q: I am looking for growth stocks in the cpu/GPU/AI realm.

Is it too late to get into SMCI at $250?

In what order would you buy NVDA, SMCI, AMD and ASML? Please include other names which you think are worth considering in this space.

Thanks