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Q: It seems many analysts feel that Health care is a good place to be going into the next 1 to 2 years, do you agree?
Could you name your top 5 Health Care Names, Canada or US?

Thank You
Read Answer Asked by Timothy on July 12, 2022
Q: Based on your last comments on Pliant therapeutics(PLRX) from May 12, could you please update on those specific comments and on the recent news that made the stock double. Where do you see it going from here? This is what you wrote last time…

Asked by James on May 12, 2021
5I RESEARCH ANSWER:
PLRX has $277M in cash, but only expected revenue of $16M this year. Cash burn was $37M in 2020. 1Q loss of 64 cents per share was 6% worse than estimates; sales of $2.2M were 49% worse than expected. Insiders own 3.5% directly. We do not know management but see no concerns there. There is not much to go on here. As a clinical stage company, performance is going to depend on trial results. It has two main trials (early stage) that will be releasing results later this year. The pipeline is decent but again, early stage. It has been public less than a year, but shares have nearly doubled in that time. There is upside potential for sure, but the future may also be binary based on good/bad trial results.

Read Answer Asked by James on July 12, 2022
Q: CSU and BEP.UN are graded A and are your only A grade companies in Canada. What might be an A grade company from the U.S. if you were to grade?

Thx
Read Answer Asked by blake on July 12, 2022
Q: I have these U.S. stocks in a RIF (ABBV, CSCO, DGRO ) and TFSA (DIS, MA, GOOG, NVDA) .

Please rate these in terms of safety and growth potential.
Read Answer Asked by Valerie on July 10, 2022
Q: I love NVDA but it just won’t love me back. Does it make sense to sell NVDA and buy AMD if it is only to harvest a tax loss that would only be used after 3 or more years? If yes, the idea would be to keep AMD i.e. NVDA would be bought back only if it remains in the doldrums after 30 plus days, failing which keep AMD for long term. (2) Would you in fact buy AMD or do you have another semi you prefer?
Read Answer Asked by Adam on July 08, 2022
Q: Hi there, I'm thinking of adding the following stocks to my portfolio to make up a total of 3% to 5% of my overall holdings - so a relatively small amount overall. Can I please have your thoughts on them and if you'd rate them as buy, sell or holds? And if sell or hold, which names would you replace them with?

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Michael on July 08, 2022
Q: Dear Peter et al,

Your answers seem to indicate that the bottom is near but will take sometime to get up to speed. You seem to suggest that a 3 to 5 year time horizon is a reasonable time frame to expect a recovery. (I am paraphrasing here!)

With this in mind which group of stocks would you choose. ARKK or FAANG group. I see that ARKK doesn't have the big names in FAANG except TSLA which some people don't include in FAANG!

An impressive bounce in ARKK , almost 10% makes me ask this question.
Read Answer Asked by Savalai on July 08, 2022
Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
I have been tracking these 2 companies for months. I had come to the conclusion that ANDE would be a more reliable investment going forward for the long term. To my surprise in the last month FDP went up 25% and ANDE has declined about the same. Please give me your thoughts on which company has a better prognosis. Thank you...your perspectives are always helpful.
Read Answer Asked by Ernest on July 08, 2022
Q: Would appreciate your thoughts on the technology , mgmt. & prospects for of the above Co.

Thanks Richard
Read Answer Asked by Richard on July 07, 2022
Q: I am a retired investor with some room for growth in our portfolio.

I 'like' MKSI, am underwater on my investment, and recognize the challenges the chip sector has been and is facing. I would appreciate 5i's thoughts on this firm's solid long term potential for profitable growth.

What does 5i 'see' in the delay in acquiring Atotech? How important does 5i view the acquisition to MKSI's strategic position?

Given the importance of the China market, does 5i see MKSI proceeding with the acquisition without China's approval?

Would 5i recommend selling the shares for a tax loss now, with a view to buying them back in 30 days?

Thank you for your comments.
Edward
Read Answer Asked by Edward on July 07, 2022
Q: If you go back in time anywhere from today to a few months, a lot of stocks have a previous low whereas with NVDA and AMD it is not the case, they continue to make lower lows for a lot longer than a few months ago. Have you got a reason why? SW has been performing very well for quite some time but I didn't buy it because 5i has not been too fond of it. Is this still the case? Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on July 07, 2022
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