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Q: Thanks for your Shopify reply. As a follow-up, no business relationship is secure forever but I was surprised you mentioned the risk with their Amazon relationship/partnership. Would they not have a contract for an extended period to justify Shopify's investment in time and resources at the expense of other opportunities and who else would be a potential partner that would be in a position to replace Shopify?
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Steven on January 20, 2017
Q: Shopify is flying even before your top pick recommendation yesterday as it was $55 a month ago and just hit $68. It's on a trajectory that may imply a financing is coming soon. What do you think and how would you compare it's potential to Kinaxis' at today's prices?
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Steven on January 20, 2017
Q: I have about a 4% position in each of the above. Would it be too much exposure to add a 4% position in Open Text?

Thanks

Dave.
Read Answer Asked by David on January 19, 2017
Q: Based on Trump being confirmed as president in the US:
What top 3 sectors in the US and a stock in each does 5i like and the same for Canada (3 sectors and a stock in each)?
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by George on January 12, 2017
Q: Good morning. As a new member I was wondering if you could comment on the equities I have in my TFSA. It's value id approximately $45 K. I have been retired for 10 years on an educator's defined benefit pension and would consider myself a medium risk investor.
The equities are ZUB, CRH, HXQ,RY, SHOP, ZCL (with values of $4-6K) and CPG and NPC ($2-3K values).
Can I feel confident with the growth opportunities of these? Do you have other suggestions to look into?
Thankyou.
Jim
Read Answer Asked by Jim on January 12, 2017
Q: I have listed the tech stocks I currently own. As much as I like all of them, I am very over-weight in that sector and need to re-balance my portfolio. I think I should sell 3 of them. Which 3 would you suggest?

Thank you, Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 11, 2017
Q: You've referenced the relationship between SHOP and AMZN in recent questions, but haven't said anything specific about the relationship - could you tell me/us what the relationship is? Is there a financial relationship between the two, or does SHOP help AMZN indirectly through better inventory management of sellers?

Also, I used to own Channel Advisor (ECOM) (which I think is in a similar business as SHOP). I sold ECOM at a loss and am wondering how the two differ, and why SHOP is the better preformer, if you are aware?
Read Answer Asked by Cameron on January 06, 2017
Q: Best of the Season to All at 5i
Is 5i planning to do report on Shopify? If so, I was wondering if you could address the following: Shopify now has a market cap in excess of $5B. It has negative earnings, and is not expected to make a profit in 2017. Its estimated revenues in 2017, according to Morningstar are approx $0.55B
To put this in perspective, Linamar has a market cap of $3.8B. It made $350M of free cash flow in 2015 and will increase that in 2016. This is AFTER some $375M of capital investment is subtracted from earnings. I realize they are in entirely different industries, but if I could magically own one company or the other outright today, I would choose LNR in a heartbeat.
The market is always right I suppose, and you have a 100% gain on SHOP in your growth portfolio. But at what point does the reality of fundamentals come into play?
I recall years ago when Ballard Power had a higher market cap than Loblaws. That happened.
P.S. Yes, I do have a case of sour grapes because I did not heed your advice and buy SHOP when you recommended it!
Cheers
John
Read Answer Asked by john on January 03, 2017
Q: Starting a TFSA and have narrowed down a larger list of 10-12 stocks to these four. Still doing research on each of these, but I was wondering if you thought this was a good mix for a TFSA, while adding different sectors as the years progress.

Thanks,
Jason
Read Answer Asked by Jason on December 30, 2016
Q: Thinking of buying 1 or 2 of above 5.Is this a good entry point?Please pick 2 & list your preference.Appreciate u usual great services & opinions.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on December 28, 2016
Q: Hi There,
I am currently considering adding a position in one of the three companies ENGH, OTC, or SHOP to hold within my TSFA. I currently own GUD, KXS and SIS. Please advise which one of these three you would recommend buying next. Thank you for your helpful insight and all the best of the season!
Read Answer Asked by Kevin on December 23, 2016
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