Investment Q&A

Q: Trimble Inc. TRMB
Could you give me an opinion this US company. Things like cash flow, balance sheet, debt, % of insider ownership and whatever else you think might be important.
Thankyou
Bob

Q: Hello, I would like to take a position in the growing field of AI. I was wondering if there is an ETF specializing in AI Companies or if there are any you could suggest? Any US or CDN companies? but I would consider any outside of North America as well.

Q: Please provide the names of a couple quality US big pharma ETF's. Thanks

Q: I am down 73% on CBI after holding it for a number of years now. I read your Sept 11 answer. Would you advise I continue to hang tough or should I sell and move on.

Thanks for all you do

gm

Q: Can you tell me about this company, and would you consider it a momentum stock?

Q: Hi folks:
I am a a long time holder of a block of GM shares and have no idea whether to hold or move on. I also own Boeing, United Technologies, Cummins and Rayethon in this sector.
Thanks for everything
brian

Q: I have some new money to deploy in a non registered account. I am considering a new portfolio of 10 canadian dividend stocks, 5 canadian growth stocks and 4 US stocks.
The goal here is income with some growth. Keeping in mind that I am also concerned about being diversified what would be your top reccomendation here.

Q: I have room for an Industrial holding, and looking at either Boeing or Argan. PE on AGX better than BA, although I have read your recent comments about BA. If you folks wanted to buy only one, which one would it be, and perhaps a little justification?

Q: Thanks to 5i I have a well diversified Canadian portfolio. I have been augmenting it with Large Cap US stocks that expose me to markets that are not available to me through the TSX and most of these US names have done very well for me. I am comfortable with being more concentrated in my US holdings as my Cdn investments make up 75-80% of my total portfolio and are well diversified across sectors. My US holdings are in a non-resgistered account and break down as follows:
AAPL - 35%
AGN/REGN/BIIB - 15%
BAC/MS - 27%
LYB - 3%
PYPL - 8%
SWKS - 7%
WBA - 5%

AAPL has done so well for me over the past few years that it is now a large part of my US exposure. My microchip stock (SWKS) has also done extremely well, but it is closely tied to AAPL. My question is given the current announcement by AAPL and its strong recent performance would you be inclined to take some profits off the table or let the "winners continue to run"? I have a reasonably high risk tolerance but do not want to be unduly foolish/greedy. Would you suggest any other changes to what I am holding? What would be your top 3 or 4 US stocks to augment this portfolio?

I value and appreciate your guidance.

Many Thanks
Scott

Q: Can you tell me anything about the news released recently? It seems good to me but the stock is dropping.

Q: Recently recommended on BNN. What do you think? How high is it's debt, and will servicing it be an issue? I understand it's much cheaper than Cineplex. Nice dividend. Is it sustainable? Any other comments would be appreciated. Thanks for your great service.

Q: A few of your employees own this. It has dropped off a few per cent in the last few days. Any reason? Also, before I logged in I think on Sept. 11 you were talking about two stocks that had a rating change - one up - one down and basically when I logged in I could not find this. Where do I go to find rating changes? Sorry Ryan for asking a lot of questions at the Money Show - but I really appreciated your presentation. Dennis

Q: Good afternoon,
Happy to have met part of the team at the money show. Thinking of buying UPS for exposure to increased online purchasing, nice dividend,large cap. Anything else you can suggest ?
UTX is the Rockwell deal a problem or opportunity ? This would be a nice replacement for GE that I sold .

Q: My previous question asked your advice on an offer received for my NXPI shares. I tendered them shortly afterward.
Since then there have been more extensions and I'm concerned about the lack of closure.Because I am unfamiliar with the process I would appreciate your opinion on the options. A recommendation on the course to follow would be welcome.

Q: I own approx an equal $ amt of the above,both are up considerably NVDA especially but it has a PEG of 3.5 and YY PEG 0.5. Projected earnings are strong.
Should I sell nvda to purchase the cheaper yy or just stay the course. nvda has been extraordinary but is it too expensive now. Thank you.

Q: Hello
Are there any pure auto insurance companies to invest in, my thinking is that with the use of sensors etc accidents will be greatly reduced and insurance companies will not be passing savings on to consumers.

Q: Do you happen to know why Comcast has fallen sharply? Would you recommend it as a long term investment, or do you prefer other names in that space? Thanks.

Q: hello 5i:
I am normally a fairly risk averse investor. Butttttt, knowing that the key person is probably the most important ingredient in a company, and assuming the company has a product that is still relevant (we'll rule out typewriters and horse drawn buggies), I am more than willing to have a small part of our portfolio in a growth company with good earnings potential. ie, we are invested in GUD, primarily because of Jonathan Goodman.
Recently, I've read about a company called Synergy CHC, run by a man called Jack Ross. Mr Ross is a very major shareholder in SNYR. And Knight (GUD) has invested in SNYR, something I see as a vote of confidence from Mr Goodman.
Knowing its not your forte, but trying to do my due diligence, can I ask you to comment on this company? I would try to establish a position at $XXX as it seems to be a thin trader, and fairly volatile. But I can't access this name on Stockcharts, so am a little constrained with TA. And there is not much information, in general, available.
Any advice you can give is beneficial
note that you can publish all of this question, EXCEPT FOR the part about my (hopeful) offer price.
tia
Paul L

Q: What do you think of buying Equifax Inc. (EFX) on the dip. They have lost 15% value due to a hack. It seems like an event the company will rebound from after enough time for people to forget what happened.

Q: Hello team,

Would you buy this company at this time? Is its massive/nonstop share price growth really justified? Isn't there any competition out there for it? What are the pitfalls in your opinion? What do you think about its mid-/long-term prospects?

Thanks for your exemplary insights as always!