Investment Q&A

Q: Your preference please between RS and NUE and why ? Also, any entry point thoughts. Preferred alternatives - Canadian or US ?
Many thanks, as always.

Q: Upstart has been extremely hot lately. Its up about 45% in a week; and up 11% today alone. all on pretty good volume. Do you have any idea what could be causing this sudden surge in the share price? No complaints, mind you, just trying to understand what is going on....

Q: Hi 5i,

I know you like TEAM and have been holding for a while (Thanks!). However, I'm beginning to worry that with CRM bulking up and trying to compete with MSFT in the enterprise collaboration space, that TEAM will start falling behind. Especially, as the other two do more and more acquisitions and bundling. Do you think that will be the case or do you think TEAM has still got good growth? I currently hold TEAM and MSFT. Should I continue to hold TEAM or maybe swap it out for CRM? (I also have ADBE and VEEV if that make any difference).

TIA!
Wayne

Q: I'm curious about BRK. Is Berkshire kind of like an etf? Is the value of its stock the equal to its underlying investments minus a management fee? Or does the market arrive at its stock value based on some kind of discounted cash flow analysis. Are all its investments publicly disclosed?

Q: What do you think of this holding company and portfolio of investments? Comments on recent earnings? I see some metrics that catch my eye, low p/e, trading below book, some insider buying, increasing revenue.....could you please comment on these and any others you might think would be important. I have a small position and it's down slightly and I'm thinking of averaging down, would you consider it a buy, hold or sell at this point?

Q: Is it a good time to buy any of these growth e commerce companies as prices have come off and may have high growth rates in the future. If so which would be the best one to buy from a risk reward perspective.

Thank you.

Q: I am looking to add 1 new position to my US TFSA, long term hold. How would you rank the above 3 from best to worst in terms of future growth potential and current valuation. Thanks!

Q: Hello again your thoughts please on Unum Group please.
Thanks

Q: lots of copper being used currently, any info on the companies that turn the copper into wiring for vehicles , industrial and residential ? thanks. Alot of copper will be required unless it can be replaced by a substitute material. Any ideas for substitutes?

Q: Would you consider ADM a buy at current prices? It has had a strong run lately.

Q: Looking to add two US stocks with new RRSP money. What would be your picks assuming the overall portfolio is already properly diversified, has a 20+ year time horizon and currently contains the following US companies: ABBV, COST, CRWD, LMT, NEM, NVDA, PINS, QCOM, SBUX, TT

Q: Can you please comment on Keysight's recently announces earnings and your overall view on this company. The earnings looked good to me but I am an amateur. Thank You.

Q: What are your thoughts on Hydrofarm? Looks like it supplies equipment mainly for companies growing cannabis. “Industrial” or “Consumer” sector?

Q: Would you consider CNC a good investment given their involvement in senior care and the aging demographics in the US? They also recently acquired Magellan Health which gives them exposure to one of the US biggest behavioural health platforms and are also starting to focus on a pharmacy segment and look to be developing into a fairly diversified company. However they do have significant exposure to Medicaid programs and linkages to the Affordable Care Act but not sure how big a risk to consider that might be? I currently hold CVS which is not perhaps direct competition but appears to be closer to fair value while CNC is still projected to have anywhere from a 16 to 23% discount. Wells Fargo has them overweight with a target of $87. Would you hold CVS, and take a position with CNC as well, or sell CVS and move it to CNC for it's potential upside? Thanks!
Kevin

Q: Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (HOFV)
How do you feel about this company? It just reported its earnings. I have a long-term outlook and high-risk tolerance. Thank you for your service!

Q: Hello 5i,

Can you recommend an ETF with GOOG and AMZN as the main stocks (minimum 12%-15% of each) and lower amounts of other FAANG stocks (no more than 5%) as we have VGT.

Thank you.

Cheers,

Debbie and Jerry

Q: Can you please comment on their earnings, management, insider holding and future growth. Is it buyable?

Thanks for the great service

Q: Peter,

What companies would you look at in the animal health care sector? Would Zoetis be one of them? What is your opinion of the sector?

Thank you

Paul

Q: Hi, I'm wondering if you might be able to offer me any insight into Goldman Sachs Business Development Corp Inc (GSBD:US)? When I look it up on TMX.COM there is an indication that it is trading at a price earnings multiple of only 3.6, that it has earnings of $5.43 per share (which I assume is for the past year), it pays a quarterly dividend of $0.45 and is currently in the midst of paying several additional special dividends of $0.05 per share and that its current yield is over 9%. With those earnings per share the dividend looks to me to be highly sustainable. I'm wondering why it might be trading at such a low P/E multiple? Is there something highly risky about the source of the firm's earnings or some other aspect of its business? Thank you!

Q: Your thoughts on initiating a small position at this time? Any future activity would follow a wait and see approach. Thank you.