Investment Q&A

Q: Given the current market, what are some S&P 500 Index Funds you see looking at long term growth and opportunities for 5-10+ years?

Q: Hello

Can you comment on Affirm quarterly earnings when they come out later today I believe?

Also could you tell me if there are any estimates out there regarding Affirms 'cash burn' and them needing to raise capital in the near future?

Thank you very much

Stephane

Q: You recommended this when it was $50+ . . Any updated thoughts?

Q: Hi,

Can you comment on the quarter, would you purchase some here? What is the risk of bankruptcy here?

Thanks

Q: Is ZS a buy at these levels?

Q: Hi! Doing some cleaning up and wondering if these are buy, sell, or hold. In reference to Shane's comments I also agree that it wasn't too long ago that so many advisors were recommending growth stocks at lofty prices. Having always been a more of a value investor I dipped my toes, but am feeling like I'd be too scared to ever enter any kind of a growth stock again. I know if interest rates peak you feel these can do well again but only time will tell and many investors have lost lots of money on the high growth names like in Cathy Wood's funds. Happy to hold any of these names if there could ever be a turn around. Thank you!

Q: It would seem that the future looks bright for the nuclear industry focusing on small modular reactor (SMR) technology. I would appreciate your thoughts on investable (and hopefully potentially highly profitable) companies in this area. Thanks very much for this great service. Dan

Q: I have a few questions on PLTR. What annual revenue growth rate has the company set and what will it achieve if it meets its q4 revenue target? What affect has the employee remuneration in shares having on total shares outstanding? The optics of PLTR missing analysis estimates each quarter is problematic. Do you believe the company will improve it's ability to meet or exceed analysts estimates (and its own) or do they just don't care? Maybe there is a better explanation for these misses. Alex Karp ses to revel in and seek out a guru status, but can he deliver the results he promises. He certainly isn't conservative in setting targets and seems to have new explanations each quarter for missing expectations he has set. That said, the business is growing, I'm just not sure how investable the stock is. I am considering selling at a loss in a registered account, but can hold for a very long time if the value of shares could improve over time.

Q: Would you buy or add to any of these 3 “relatives” / spin offs?

If not is there a competitor you like?

Thanks.

Q: I’m losing patience with Disney after another poor quarter and poor management performance. I don’t want to give up on the franchise, but wondering if holding this stock at a time is costing me staying out of other opportunities at this his time. What are your thoughts on Disney? Hold or sell and move on?

Q: I would appreciate if you could provide me with the following for United Health.

REVENUE {LAST FISCAL YEAR}

NET INCOME {LAST FISCAL YEAR}

EPS {3X TRAILING YEARS}

Q: I have been doing a deeper dive on the result from CRWD and NVEI, both have increased their share compensation to employees substantially in the last year. As an investor do you have any concerns, I am wondering how much of the future gains will go to shareholders?

Thank you for everything you do. Leo

Q: Hello

BYND released outlook that they will be cash flow positive by the2nd half of 2023. Are there data estimates to suggest they have enough cash on hand to survive without any new capital for the next few quarters?

Thank you very much
Stephane

Q: Hell of 5I,
I currently own NVEI and am wondering if PayPal has the same or more upside in your opinion. Also the executive pay is out of whack I read. Is this true or a one off.
Thanks

Q: UNH is my only US healthcare name. Could you please suggest 2 other names to add today with a balance of growth and safety. Thank you.

Q: YTD: CSU -20%, NVDA -52%, MSFT - 33%, AMD -57%, AAPL - 22%.

These five were a big part of my best year in '21 and they're a big part of my worst ever year ion '22. So it goes. Having stubbornly ridden them down, not wanting to have locked in a loss, do I assume correctly that you still like all these names and would advise hanging in for the rebound?

Q: Like to have your thoughts on this stock, outperforming Costco, which i own, is there room for both?
Thanks again

Q: Morning 5i Team,
Given the recent developments initiated by Biden Administration designed to prevent China from accessing US chips and chip manufacturing technologies, how would you assess these development's impact on US chip makers' business going forward.
Cheers,

Q: Hi Team,
For this question I will reference TWLO, and Unity but really this is more of a general question. Unity used to be a past favorite. Now it seems, that 5i and the rest of the investment world is so negative on it. I am an investor in both these names and have been killed on them so far. Both were bought with a long term view in mind and both were considered at one time to be at the "heart" of future tech in their niche. Unity with the 3-D tech in gaming and other applications, twlo with its digital communication of things. Has this story really changed? Is it worth dumping these names now after 80% haircuts? In 10 years will we look back and say, Dam! Why was I selling these names and not buying? (oil stocks 2 years ago) . I note that Cathy Woods continues to buy both Unity and Twlo almost daily. Today she loaded up after Twlos big sell off. Same with Draft Kings. If she's buying them they must be considered on the forefront of future tech according to their firm. Not sure what her credibility is like these days due to the downturn, but at one time I thought her research was pretty good. Shes doing pretty much the opposite of the market right now. Who will be right in the end? It seems she will either be a hero at the end of this, or her funds will be toast one of the two. The market is a brutal place right now in the Tech sector and very frustrating. It's painful to watch the same analysts now dumping names where only a year or 2 ago they were praising the companies as innovators and pumping them for their future prospects in a growing digital world. It's not a wonder why people get to hate the stock market and trust no advisers. Some say big firms on wall street almost orchestrate this kind of thing, flushing out the little guy scooping up their shares so they can buy them on the cheap, knowing down the road they will make a killing when momentum shifts. (Conspiracy maybey, but sure seems to happen this way over time). Your thoughts on things as a whole would be appreciated. Thanks!

Shane.

Q: Can you please rank the above financial holdings by value, safety and growth. What would you recommend as a top US financial stock that has a significant moat?
Thanks!