Investment Q&A

Q: Given the current volatility in the markets could you provide your top 5 Canadian and US stocks based on earnings, with some growth upside?

Q: Hi, I would like your thoughts on selling half of my full position in Descartes, at a profit, and buying a 1/2 position in Shopify, for a 3-5 year hold, all else considered equal.

Q: Hello

I have about $25K in cash to invest with a 15 year time horizon. I own many of your balanced and income portfolio CO’s already, I probably own too many with 25-30 in my portfolio that’s high 6 figures. I don’t own these 2 - GSY or SHOP.

Would you recommended added these two new positions to my portfolio, or just increase positions with my current names - WSP, TFII, BAM.a, the banks, etc.


Thanks,

Q: Hi,

With stock prices much depressed I have concerns that some unprofitable growth companies will have a hard time raising sufficient cash to fund operations; at least without massive dilution.

My question is two part:
1. What is (are?) the best metrics to assess profitability of a company (net margins, cash flow, etc)?
2. From your Canadian list of companies which do you see as the most needy to raise cash within the next 6-12 months in order to continue to fund operations.

Thanks,

Cam

Q: What order would you add these stocks to the tech part of a portfolio at the current time?

Q: I have 20K in my TFSA that needs to be invested. Looking for growth stocks which should be at a bargain these days. Which would be your 5 top Canadian stocks at the moment. I do realize that this is a repetitive question so one more time for old times sake.
Many thanks for your guidance over the years.
Regards

Q: Hello Peter,
What do you think of Gladstone Land? Shopify and Nuvei are both experiencing downwards momentum. What upward signals would you use to add to these two stocks? Would it be 50 day moving averages or is there a price that would make sense showing upward movement? Thanks very much

Q: Good day. A little over 1 year ago I allocated about 5% of my portfolio to the high growth/risk stocks. Needles to stay it hasn't worked out as expected. At this stage I am hoping that you can give me insight what the future holds for these companies as an investment. Which should be sold and subsequently move the funds moved into the keepers.
Deduct as many credits as you feel appropriate.
Much appreciated

Q: Would you prefer buying GSY or Shopify at current levels and please give some reasons why.

Q: XIT is a capped technology ETF. How often is the ETF holdings rebalanced ? With the recent downfall of SHOP, Yahoo Finance still shows SHOP at 27.7% of XIT but Morningstar at 14.1%. Who is right ? Good day.

Q: Like many people. I'm currently down quite a bit on a lot of growth stocks even though I bought them well below their all-time highs. For example, I'm down 50% on PYPL, 45% on Roku, 35% on Shop.

I have decades before retirement (and I do have a pretty balanced portfolio) so I'm not worried about my investments over the long-term, but it still hurts to see quite a bit of my positions so deep in the red.

I know it's impossible to predict (and it's always possible that some of these growth stocks will never recover), but in your experience how long do you think we could reasonably expect it to take before some of these growth stocks recover?

For example do you think it's reasonable for us to expect it to take 3 years, 5 years, 10 years for the above mentioned stocks (like PYPL, ROKU, SHOP) to recover?

Q: I'd like to start picking up some tech stocks and am looking for recommendations in Canada and the US. Currently thinking of the following:

US: EPAM, ADBE, MSFT, FB
CA: TOI, TIXT, SHOP and NUVEI

Do you like this list or are there changes you would make to my list?

Q: What is your opinion of Tobi Lutke posting on twitter Friday afternoon: hell of a deal ? Shopify at 666$ US

Q: Hi 5i Team - My question is both general and specific. When putting a value on a company the term multiple is often used. When talking about multiples could you explain what kinds of metrics this may involve, such as Price per Earnings, Price per Sales, Price per Cash Flow, etc. What multiples do you feel are the most useful in assessing the value of a company. Also what is the difference between cash flow and free cash flow.

The specific part of this question applies to SHOP. What are the most useful multiples to evaluate SHOP at today's price. Is it possible that it is now reasonably priced without the added bonus of expected growth (albeit slowing growth) Thank you.

Q: I hold the se three in my TFSA and each has a profit, though a lot less than it was.
Taking into consideration I am creeping up on 73 years old would it be wise to take my profits now or wait for them to rebound some.

Q: Looking at the recent weakness in the growth stocks above, my first question is whether you'd begin considering initiating positions in them, my second is how would you rank them and my last is why you would choose that order. Thanks in advance!

Q: We know uncertainty helps the markets drop. With Russia saying they are drawing back troops and NATO and USA say they are building up, one could anticipate uncertainty ahead. With this in mind, is there any advice for which type of stock might be the best to buy on a future dip?

Q: Hello,
My question is regarding tax loss harvesting. I believe that there is plenty (or at least enough) time to sell then repurchase Shopify within the 30 day period required to harvest a significant loss for tax purposes and not loose out on much increase in price.
Would you agree and any comments?
Thank you,
Brian

Q: Many of us have stuck with Shopify as it has been descending , only to suffer severe paper losses on the recent price collapse.
I "hung on" because of comments made by 5i about keeping invested . We incurred a similar situation with Lightspeed last year .
Many of us are risk takers, but we put a great deal of trust in your experience. When we are blind-sided like this , comments suggesting that the price will likely recover in 5 or 10 years aren't helpful ...

Q: would you buy shopify at these prices what is your outlook