Investment Q&A

Q: I am interested in picking a US materials Co as a play on infrastructure spending and to balance my portfolio. I am considering Martin Marietta, US Lime & Minerals, Eagle materials and Quanta services. My only materials holding at present is Agnico Eagle mines (1.6%). I am a moderate risk investor. Of these 4, which you would comfortably buy today with greatest growth potential. Secondly which two seem to you to be least risky. Finally is there another company you would prefer to any of these and if so what would be your reasoning for that pick. Thanks as always.

Q: With the recent drop in price would you view it as a buying opportunity and if so can you see it going back to the $600 mark?

Q: Hi 5i team.

I'm currently overweight Suncor, have a full position in Whitecap and less roughly 2/3 position in Freehold Royalties. I'm thinking of lightening up on Suncor and putting the dollars into a USA producers. Would you please list your top three USA domiciled oil and/or gas producers, why you prefer them, whether you would trade Suncor for any of them?

Thanks
Peter

Q: Greetings 5i, could you please provide an analysis of Q1 2025 results? The market seems to like it. Thanks.

Q: On December 10 5i recommended UBER to a member seeking a few US industrial. names. First off I thought UBER was in the tech sector but more importantly, it's stock in the past year has risen a paltry 5.5% and has fallen over 10% in the past month. Hardly a robust record during a pretty good year for these sectors. Why the recommendation?

Q: Dear 5-i:

In answer to a question on Dec 6 concerning Waymo, your reply was that it was a buying opportunity. I bought!! How material is the news today concerning GM. Should I sell and forget the loss.

Thanks, BEN.

Q: I own shares in above company ...2x AAPL shares...stck closed yesterday around $42 opened today at $37...AAPL stock same price as yesterday close...why is the stock down $5 today

Q: Judging by the price slide in Uber's stock investor sentiment seems to suggest that earnings will be significantly impacted by the Waymo move. Have analysts adjusted their earnings estimates for next year?
Would you consider the current price a good entry point?
Mike

Q: Your system did not recognize the ticker for Rigetti Computing (RGTI-Q).

This company operates in the Quantum Computing space. It has minimal revenue, big losses, the owner has (I understand) left the company, yet it is getting print and yesterday, after a joint announcement with Quantum Machines, has jumped to >$6.00 - still trading today at huge volumes. all this and a large market cap without support in the numbers? Stock price has risen dramatically in the past month.

Can you provide some insight into the business space this company operates in. Is this company one to watch? Is this space one to watch, and if so which companies should be on the radar (in order of preference please)?

As always, thanks for your advice.

Dave

Q: At current valuations, does Meta have more upside potential than Microsoft?

Q: Palantir stock price is growing by leaps and bounds, do you believe it's overpriced now?

Q: May I have your thoughts on RGTI (NASDAQ)? No income and losses I would expect. It charts volatility for sure. Is there anything positive about the company?
Thanks,
Jim

Q: good morning:
if you were going to start buying a etf today that had low costs [mer] in canadian dollars and invested outside of canada and paid a decent dividend which 5 would you look at? can be small cap, european, etc

Q: What etf (s) do you like US small cap for a USD account

Q: Thoughts on the results?

Q: What do you think of Brown Forman? I am thinking of it as a tax loss selling candidate.

Q: LYB is in a downtrend can you shed any light on why? I like the div. and do need companies in the materials sector and consider. his a long term hold for me am I looking at this wrong?

Q: Could you please provide an assessment of this company. Also risk rating and potential growth rating, Worth adding to a portfolio ? If so, what % of portfolio would you go to.

Q: Thanks for your response to my previous question. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, CVS is down 4% this morning on this news:

A Senate bill, sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R., Mo.), would force the companies that own health insurers or pharmacy-benefit managers to divest their pharmacy businesses within three years.

But surely, if CVS divested their pharmacy business then the proceeds could be used to reduce their debt? So why has the market reaction been so harsh?

Q: Most of my TFSA is in Canadian stocks (plus some US CDRs GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN). Now I'm thinking of adding 2 ETFs to my unregistered account. So far, my first choice is VFV, because I know you like it. But you mentioned another one that broadens out from the S&P 500. Not sure about that one: thoughts? But I want one more, particularly with dividend and some growth. If there is a USA one that, like VFV, trades in Canada TSX but pays dividends in US dollars, that might work nicely. Alternatively, maybe a Canadian one that is not too focused on Financials and Energy, one with which I could get dividend tax credit, may work. Between dividend and growth, I would lean toward growth and sacrifice some dividend. Between Canada and USA, I'd like USA, but only if I can buy on TSX. I'd like to stick to just two, but maybe three would work best? What say you? Thank you, yet again, for such a fabulous service.