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Q: Hi Peter,
What’s your view of VST and HUBB for a 2-3 years hold? Do these two companies have strong fundamentals, underlying health of their operations, their long-term growth prospects, and ability to generate profit regardless of the economy and inflation? Would you consider them over valuated at this point? What is a good entry price for these two stocks? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Willie on September 25, 2023
Q: There have been a number of questions recently asking how to construct the best etf portfolio. I thought you did an amazing job in answering these. I had a couple of questions, though, to which I like your response.

You recommend SPY. I believe you also answered QQQ in some place. Would one need QQQ if one already owned SPY? I am speaking here as an average retired investor willing to take a little risk. The concern is that the top ten holdings of the two funds is quite similar. The other concern relates to thèse top ten holdings. A lot of both funds is invested in high flying technology stocks. You often mention that the danger in investing in a Canadian index fund is that they are heavily weighted to three industry sectors. Wouldn’t the same fear hold true for SPY? And if so, would a good work around be a combination of a market weighted fund, such as RSP and an appropriate balance of SPY and QQQ?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by joseph on September 25, 2023
Q: Hi 5i, an article in Globe today screening for Companies outperforming S&P500,
as well as financial strength in regard to profitability, robustness of balance sheet,
and earnings quality, identified Southern Copper Corp (SCCO-N) as their #1 rank.

Could you please give me your opinion of SCCO, and whether you agree with the
opinions of the screeners.

Thanks for your support.
Terence
Read Answer Asked by Terrance on September 25, 2023
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

Read Answer Asked by John on September 22, 2023
Q: Hi,
Looking to start a position in this group. All of these businesses seem very solid and their performance shows over time. How would you rank these based on future revenue and earnings growth, current valuations, high ROIC, largest moat, etc... Looking for a long term hold and best compounder 10+ yrs. Looking to buy the best one or two names. Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Keith on September 22, 2023
Q: It has been over a year since you were asked for an opinion on Vail Resorts, please provide us an update on its future prospects and whether you view it as a buy, hold or sell. Am thinking of swapping this for something in US consumer defensive or healthcare, such as Walmart, Costco or Pfizer, a RRIF portfolio so income and stability with steady growth are important. What do you think of this change? Which would be your first choice of the listed options? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Barbara on September 22, 2023
Q: Wondering what you guys think of Instacart, they have been in business for a number of years, and offer a service that could become quite popular.
Read Answer Asked by Dorthy on September 22, 2023
Q: From this list what would be your top 3 picks for buys right now with consideration of long term growth in TFSA? If you feel any other picks would make it in to top 3 (besides NVDA/GOOG) please include those as well.
Read Answer Asked by Marco on September 22, 2023
Q: If you were to build a portfolio of just ETFs, what 6-8 would you select? Maybe ignore Canada for this scenario as I have plenty of individual positions I'm quite happy with.

Read Answer Asked by Robert on September 21, 2023
Q: Hi team,

I currently have IWO as a core holding. I would like to change to a more concentrated ETF holding either in small or mid cap US. With so many different factors to choose from such as large/medium/small cap, dividend/value/growth/blend, current valuations, etc... and looking at past returns over various time periods, how does one choose the best ETF to invest in going forward now? I would consider all these ETF's to be high quality and obviously no one knows what the range of future returns will be. With small/mid cap underperforming lately vs large cap, would you place your bets on that spread closing over time? I'm comfortable with volatility and have a long term time horizon (+15yrs). How would you rank these going forward for best risk adjusted returns?

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Keith on September 21, 2023
Q: Hello, what are the reasons that constellation made 2 spinoff (topicus and lumine) in the past years ? Why did they not keep everything under one roof and continue to grow constellation instead and follow the same path like Berkshire Hathaway that never did a spinoff.
Read Answer Asked by jean on September 21, 2023