Investment Q&A

Q: Your opinion on the cruise industry for the next few years and is a RCL a buy today?
Thanks Again

Q: While picking up the pieces from the Deep Think carnage on my tech stocks, it occurs to ask which stocks will benefit from the possible reduction in the cost of AI......can you provide a short list 5 - 10 of potential beneficiaries of that? Many thanks for your excellent service.

Q: Good morning 5i,

VRT obviously the onslaught has continued. I'm viewing this as a potential add. Looking over their revenue, profitability etc.

Despite deepseek and all other noise. Would you wait to see a potential turn or be comfortable adding in this range?

Or do you see a more inherent risk than I?

Looking forward to your thoughts. Thank you.

Q: Is PLTR a beneficiary of the recent shakeup caused by the sudden emergence of DeepSeek? More importantly would PLTR continue to succeed without the cost savings DeepSeek appears to offer? If you assigned a confidence level to buy PLTR today, what would that be, or would you wait for the dust to settle?

Q: On Monday, Nbis dropped by as much as 40% in a single day following the announcement of DeepSeek. Should Nbis be considered a buy, sell, or hold at this point? What are the risks associated with holding Nbis in both the short term and long term? Please share your insights. Thank you!

Q: Hi 5i, here goes another question on Nvidia. Did you glean anything out of their comments on DeepSeek's innovation? Many of the mag 7 are reporting in the next 8 business days, which would be the most important regarding the data centre craze? Lastly, your favorite predictive question - buy, hold or reduce?

Thx again for your service.

Q: I have the above tech stocks sitting at just over 30% weighting in portfolio. Could you please rank them as to which you might sell first. I sadly sold Crowdstrike last summer when they had their issues and I am thinking I need a cybersecurity stock. Would you buy Crowdstrike or Palo Alto or half of both. Also, What do you think about Saleforce? With the thought of cheaper AI, is that one that would possibly benefit and how where would it rank within my aboce tech stocks? Thanks for all your help. With all your advice, last year was awesome and still up this year following yesterday’s falloff.

Q: What are the implications of DeepSeek - if proven, aside from loss of prestige? Loss of business/ product, fewer facilities, support capacity reduction, and so on? You likely already have questions on this topic. Appreciate your view.

Q: Please comment on the merits of buying DAKT now, and provide an alternative you believe might be a better choice for growth if you have one.
Thanks

Q: ARES vs. APO:

APO's P/E ratio (18.6) is significantly lower than ARES's (90). Is there a reason for this discrepancy? Which one is a better buy?

In the past three years, both stocks have surged nearly 300%, marking a substantial increase. Any comments or insights on this?

Thanks.

Q: Amazon's decision to close operations in Quebec and lay off workers disappoints me. I wish to sell it and find some alternatives. I already own Costco. Coincidentally Astrazeneca announced Canadian expansion plans. What do you think of their stock?

Q: Hi !

Graceful if you would provide your views on IBKR now.

Its price has now doubled in less than a year and it seems to have positive momentum.

Would you let that particular winner run or add to it or reduce ?

Which are, in order, your favorites for growth in that sector ? And, what about an etf ?

Gratefully,

Jacques IDS

Q: Hello 5i,

Your thoughts please on KEI.CA, CRNT, and Idaho Strategic Resource. All three show growth in 2025.

Is the risk/reward too high? Please rank best to worst for a high-flyer in 2025 and beyond. .

Thank you
D&J

Q: How would you rate this company? Looking to diversify some holding out of the tech. Would you consider this a save bet?

Q: Last October, WULF and BTBT were two of your recommendations in the crypto space. What are your thoughts on them today, in light of the broad selloff? For WULF in particular, does this seem like an overreaction and an opportunity to buy? Thanks.

Q: When the dust settles in this downturn, what would be your top 5 stocks to invest in for long term hold?
USA preferred.

Q: Hello team 5i:

It seems that for better or for worse utilities seem to have entred into a "union" with Technolgy sector, thanks to the perceived putative need for high energy demands !

Therefore utilites espcially in the US no longer have an inverse relationship with growth stocks. So it seems to me. I thought they will play the role of a "stabilizers" for my portfolio. That has not been the case.

Any thoughts? Should I consider something else (sector or stocks) to lower the volatility? Can you give me some names, say 3 to 5 stocks in the US utility sector that are NOT involved with AI energy demand craze?

My Canadian utilites fortunatlely remain "boring" and chugging along nicely :) Of course I can collect some nice dividends plus in my non-regd account, dividen tax credit helps!

Thanks for your help as always.

Q: On January 21st you replied to a question by Graeme "electrification" plays and one of companies in his list was GEV which had split from GE in April of last year. At that time I was looking at it and the stock was priced at about $137/share and today (early Friday), it sits at $437 and unfortunately I never pulled the trigger.

In your reply to Graeme, you noted that GEV had the highest valuation currently.

I am asking if that valuation is justified considering they are part of a team that is actually building SMRs. One (or more) for OPG in Ontario and just announced recently one for Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in TN. Of course that build other generating equipment as well.

Other SMR- associated stocks have recently jumped (SMR, NEE, OKLO) but none of these are actually building SMRs.

I would very much appreciate your thoughts.

BTW, I love your site interface because so much information is at hand. Thanks for all that the Team does for us little guys and gals.

Q: Rigetti is clearly a very volatile company with lots of possibility for growth given the nature of its business, and it's current stage in its lifecycle. In your opinion, what differentiates Rigetti from other quantum computing businesses; and if you were to invest in this space is Rigetti your top option or are there other possibly more mature firms that should be considered.

Q: Here's a rewritten version: "Considering investing in NBIS, a Russian stock, for the long term. What are the key risks I should be aware of?",NBIS:US