Investment Q&A

Q: One of your readers noticed that you made a great call on this one! Now that it's more in the public eye, would it still be worth jumping in after it's sudden and rapid price increase? If not, what are two or three other US stocks that you see as high growth over the relatively short-term to midterm?

Q: Hi. I totally missed the boat on Palantir. When the stock was in the high 20s, my beliefs and lots of what I read was confirming that the stock was over priced (at least that is what I thought), and I felt same as the stock rose to the 30s, 40s, .... and now over a hundred. And I still feel that the stock will need to correct at some time, as it has a trailing P/E in excess of 500 and possibly a P/E of at least 300+ looking forward. I made exactly the same mistake with many other companies such as Netflix, Facebook, .... I know that small, newer companies can exponentially increase their profits as they grow up but there is no guarantee that they will be successful (let alone be excessively successful).
So my question is three fold (please deduct necessary credits).
1. What did I do wrong here? I watched the stock go up and up and never pulled the trigger, thinking it was always too expensive. I sometimes feel it is more of a meme stock.
2. Would you buy Palantir at these prices / why?
3. Do you feel that there may be some other companies out there that may be in their early days (or well established) with lots of room to grow. If yes, your listing a few of your top convictions, along with a sentence (or two) explaining your rationale and intuition would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.

Q: I just wanted to say well done to 5i Research. Today I was watching CNBC and someone from Alger Funds was on talking about AI investing. Her name was Ankur Crawford. At the end of the piece, she was asked to give an AI investment. She named Nebius, and said it was completely under the radar, undiscovered, had great potential and "some of the greatest AI engineers in the world." You guys seemed to have beaten the crowd to this one. Now I have to try to buy it as it goes up tomorrow!

Q: Hi Peter and team,
Can you recommend five U.S. and five Canadian diversified stocks with medium to high risk, strong growth potential, and at least positive earnings?

Q: What would be your pick right now for a tech stock for the long-term in a RRSP (3+ years)? Can you provide a few names in order of preference?

Q: Hi Folks,

Can you suggest 3 conservative growth stocks and 3 aggressive growth stocks for each the U.S. side and the Canadian side that you would be buyers of today for a 5 year hold?
Many thanks for your sage advice through the ups and downs of this turbulent market!

Q: Dear 5i
Could you please rank the above listed stocks from best ie most likely to be worth a lot more after 3-4 years to the least best ie more likely to not do as well over the same 3-4 year time period . I'm also assuming that when i say best i mean companys that not only have great growth profiles but also have descent management and solid products and /or services that will likely remain in high demand for years to come .
Thanks once again
Bill C

Q: Could you recommend five companies that could benefit from the advancement of robotics?

Q: Hello Team, Seams like every couple weeks something in the world changes the script (Trump, Tariffs, Deepseek, etc). Can you please rank the above 12 stocks from best too worst for the next 2-3 years. No worries about size of company or industry. Thanks so much!

Q: DELL How will they benefit from AI and Data Build Up ? Is it a buy or do you recommend something else in this space Thank You RAK

Q: There's lots of questions about the future of Nebius and it's datacentres but I couldn't find any that touched on their ownership of their robotaxi and deliverybot division, Avride. Given the valuations of PONY, AUR, MBLY etc, what percent of NBIS's market cap would you guesstimate is attributed to their self driving division?

Despite recent Deepseek developments, I feel like NBIS is undervalued relative to its' peers given their robotaxi launch later this year in Dallas and their existing deliverybot program. Am I being too opptimistic here?

Q: Apparently the price for computation by DeepSeek R1 is $0.55 per million tokens compared to $15 per million tokens for OpenAI o1, which it is comparable to in terms of performance. This is about 97% cheaper.
I’ve been reading about Jevon’s paradox ie. as something gets cheaper, usage explodes.
But to my math usage will have to go up 33x to cover the difference in revenue to Nebius.
This will eventually happen, but short-term, aren’t we looking at revenues falling off a cliff for Nebius?

Q: Good Morning 5i Team,

IESC went to the moon last week with the Stargate announcement, then got torpedoed by Deepseek on Monday. Still worth holding for the new data centres electrical build-out theme, or swap for NBIS or FRSH?

Thank you.

Brad

Q: Hello Peter and Team,

You seem to recommend Nebius on a regular basis, is there a reason why? I haven't seen it in any of your portfolios or research on specific companies.
Thanks as always for your insights.

Q: What would you do with the above 3 stocks if think less AI infrastructure will be needed? Take the money and run? Or did they fall enough that they will be ok even if some orders are lowered or cancelled?

Q: On Monday, Nbis dropped by as much as 40% in a single day following the announcement of DeepSeek. Should Nbis be considered a buy, sell, or hold at this point? What are the risks associated with holding Nbis in both the short term and long term? Please share your insights. Thank you!

Q: What are the implications of DeepSeek - if proven, aside from loss of prestige? Loss of business/ product, fewer facilities, support capacity reduction, and so on? You likely already have questions on this topic. Appreciate your view.

Q: When the dust settles in this downturn, what would be your top 5 stocks to invest in for long term hold?
USA preferred.

Q: Here's a rewritten version: "Considering investing in NBIS, a Russian stock, for the long term. What are the key risks I should be aware of?",NBIS:US

Q: Hello 5i,
Can you believe it I just bought up to 1/2 positions in NBIS, CLS, and VRT on Friday and now there all down 20 -35%. Where do we go from here? Have they suddenly lost their relevance? What would 5i do?
Thank you