Investment Q&A

Q: Please comment on the impact of recent US China tariff & Huawei development on these stocks. Which will suffer long term adverse effect ? Most come down a lot on May 20. Thanks a lot.

Q: I'm a little late to the party on SHOP as it has already had quite the run-up. On a go forward basis would you still recommend initiating a position at these levels? I can buy US or CAD is there a difference which to buy?

Q: I hold 5 Growth Portfolio 5iR position as noted above.....that I've held for some time.
I've decided to fold them into my Income and Balance Portfolios rather than track the group separately. The reason is to better manage the position weightings. Although these 5 are more growth-er positions, I'm really more a 70/30 balance/income investor...and closely follow the 5iR positions and weightings.
Now for my question - what weightings would you give each of ECN and GSY in an income portfolio, and also for each of DOL, OTEX, PEO and SHOP in a balanced portfolio?
.......again, thanks for your guidance......Tom

Q: I have decided to only keep a few stocks and follow the Growth ETF Portfolio. Of the 10 stocks I have mentioned above 9 are listed in your BE Portfolio with the exception SHOP. All have done very well for me SHOP up 568%, CCL,B up 180% ,SIS up 159%,MG up 112% and the rest all up between 11 and 42%.So my question is do I keep them all? Sell some ? Any suggestions appreciated.Paul

Q: Could I please get your top 3 picks in the growth and income portfolios at the current moment. Thanks, Don

Q: Your PA has recommended reducing my Tech holdings and increasing my US and International allocation. I would like to reduce Tech by about 1/3 and use those proceeds for purchasing VUN and XEF. VUN appears to have about a 20% tech component, so I would need to reduce more than the 1/3 of my current holdings to offset that VUN tech portion. Your recommendations on which equities I should trim/eliminate would be very helpful in trying to sort this out !! Many thanks, as always.

Current Tech % holdings in RSP/TFSA/ UnReg accounts are approx:
ENGH 2.5%
KXS 3.5 %
OTEX 3..5 %
SHOP 3.5%
SYZ 3.8%
PHO 1.3%
and in RIFs - for yield:
AB 3%
ET 1.8%

Q: Peter and Team:
I have done very well on SHOP (500%) and it now consists of almost 10% of my portfolio. I do not want to sell a winner, but was wondering if I should trim bit, put a stop loss order on it or ride the wave?
What are your concerns with "stops" in general.

Thanks
Phil

Q: Hi Peter
I'v god skier when CITRON published bad news about Shopify on 4th.April and I have sold all my SHOP same day. It was bad decision & I regret it. Now I have 130K to invest and I'm thinking to invest in all above stocks. All of the stocks accept for SIS & KXS are on their top and this skiers mi. Which one would you go as a first to invest and which one would you wait for better opportunity.
Andrew

Q: Would you buy SHOP today for a few year hold, or wait for a pull-back? It seems to be going up in leaps, and considering its volatility in the past, I'm wondering if a market pull-back might take it back 10-20% for a better entry point.

Q: At the current rising cost, is Shopify still a good buy?

Q: What makes Shopify , 3 yr. gain 800%, 1 yr gain 75%, Amazon 3 yr. gain 180%, 1 yr gain 20%. Is the market telling us that Shop is a more valuable co. than Amazon? I just don't see how you can you can compare the two, at this growth Shop will be larger than Amazon in 3 yrs.

Q: I need to reduce my tech holdings, especially over the top with SHOP, but not complaining. Would you please give me your best momentum stocks, Canadian or US in any sector other than tech? I can tolerate some risk. Many thanks.

Q: I wonder how Citron and the other shorts are feeling?

Q: now that it is over 11% of growt port when do you reduce

Q: Please comment on SHOP's earnings release issued this morning.

Thank you, Peter

Q: Could I have your top 3 growth names(US and CA) please.
thanks!

Q: When does Shop report and what are the estimated????
Thx

Q: What are your best Canadian listed growth stocks regardless of sector?

Q: Hi guys, thanks for the excellent service and continued improvements. I find the new Portfolio Analytics section very helpful. Long winded question here so please deduct as many credits as you see fit.

I am overweight in tech, at 40% overall. I have 40% tech in both my RRSP and TFSA.

The biggest names I have are AAPL 9%, TEAM 6%, and NVDA 6%. All of those are held in the US side of my RRSP.

I have a mix of 15 stocks in my TFSA, roughly equal weighting. The tech holdings in there are PHO, KXS, CSU, SYZ, SHOP. Each comprises about 6% of the TFSA but just over 1% of overall holdings.

I am 7-8% underweight in:
consumer defensive,
communication services,
industrials,
utilities.

I feel I should trim back or sell at least one of AAPL, TEAM or NVDA but hard to given they have all been growing and have potential to grow further. Are there any obvious choices to cut or pull back here? Can you please suggest at least one name from each of the following sectors:
consumer defensive,
communication services,
industrials,
utilities.

thanks !
Mark

Q: Regarding the technology sector in Canada, how many stocks would you suggest and in what percentage of each for a 10 - 15% allocation for growth with no or low dividend? Which stocks would you recommend?
Thanks for your service