Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, Could you please comment on AFRM results and forward guidance ? Thank you

Q: Why did QCOM dropped more than 4%, whereas NASDAQ dropped only 1.66% on Wednesday? The stock has been upgraded on Tuesday. Is it because of profit taking or investors don't believe its performance? I thought that it was less risky than AMZN, GOOG, etc. Is it still a buy?

Q: Your opinion on IPO RIVN. Thank you

Q: Hi,
Can you please rate these separately for highest growth and lowest risk. 5-10 year hold.
Thanks

Q: Hello
Could you please rank your top 10 companies from the list above. Ones that you would be happy to own at a full position. Thank you!

Q: In 5i's opinion, if you had to choose, which would you see as being your top 5 most promising AI companies?

Q: Rivian, which doesn't have any vehicles on the road yet, is seen as a potential competitor to Tesla. Can you provide an opinion on the Amazon backed EV company Rivian Automotive given their IPO next week and target of $60B valuation? Do you suggest that one take position in this company given they are an alternative to other EV companies?

Q: Please rank the following companies based on future growth in 5-10 years and overall confidence.
Also which companies have the widest moats or even monopolies?
Thanks

Q: Group looking more and more that supply issues along with inflation are going to effect the market sooner rather than later. Results from AAPL and AMZN were dismal i own all the major fang stocks is it time to take profits before a correction (at least in this sector) please give me your specific thoughts on the fangs Also your top 3 Cad and top 3 US stocks with moderate risk going fwd...thanks for your guidance

Q: Please comment on the earning.

Q: Good morning again, I just sent the beginning of a question and inadvertently sent it before I finished!
Here it is , hopefully in its entirety,
I am building a long term portfolio, 10 plus years, and would like to add 2 or 3 Large US Technology stocks. I am looking at AAPL , GOOG AMZN and MSFT , I already have NVDA and are not interested in FB. Any thoughts on the above, which order would you suggest buying them in, and are there any others I should consider? Also can you explain the difference between GOOG and GOOGL Thank you

Q: Can you rank these US technology stocks? Perhaps based on risk, and another ranking based on growth.

Q: My 28yr old son is looking to build a diversified ETF portfolio with 100% equity exposure with a bent towards growth given his long investment horizon.  These will be spread across his TFSA, RRSP and Non-Registered accounts.  Since he will be contributing smaller amounts on a regular basis a zero commission platform such as Wealthsimple is appealing.  However, they charge 1.5% fee for all currency conversions making it only practical to hold Canadian traded ETF's.  As a result he is considering the following:

ZSP 40%
XIC 25%
TEC 20%
VIU 10%
VEE 5%

ZSP + XIC + VIU + VEE together create a mix of ETFs that are globally diversified and very similar to the structure of XEQT/VEQT.  Versus XEQT/VEQT This portfolio has a slightly lower weighted-average MER at 0.16% and also has 20% in TEC (in place of something like QQQ) which is more growth oriented. Here are how the sectors would be weighted with this portfolio:

Info 31%
Financial 15%
Cons Disc 11%
Industrial 9%
Healthcare 8%
Communica 7%
Cons Staples 5%
Energy 5%
Materials 4%
Utilities 2%
Real Estate 2%

These would be the top 10 holdings with this portfolio and these top 10 would account for 24% of holdings in this portfolio:

AAPL5.1% MSFT4.9% AMZN3.2% GOOGL1.8% FB1.7% GOOG1.7% TSLA1.5% SHOP1.4% RY1.2% NVDA1.2%

If this was you at 28, can you please comment on
- are the 5 ETFs he has chosen ones you would go with given his objectives, if not, what changes/substitutes would you make along with recommended % allocations?
- is his % allocation across the 5 appropriate or would you make changes? For example I thought there might be too much overlap between ZSP and TEC as they are both highly invested in AAPL, MSFT, AMZ and FB and he is looking at 60% going into these 2 ETF's. That may well be what you want at his age but  I wonder if he is better served by reducing ZSP to 25% -30% and TEC to 15% and add  the remaining 15-20% to CDZ or VGG (or something else?)
- given he will be making contributions to his TFSA, RRSP and Non-registered, which ETF would be best in which account and why? 

Thanks for all your help, 
Scott

Q: Which do you believe will show greater growth next year: LULU or AMZN? Thank you.

Q: How much will Amazon go up on the Rivian IPO? Amazon owning around 10% of Rivian and if the IPO goes as planned than we will get an actual valuation of Amazon's ownership of these shares. My play was Amazon - not Rivian. Or is the Rivian valuation too small to move AMZN stock?

Q: I bought AMZN around the time that the pandemic hit in March 2020 at $2000/share and then rode it up to an all time high of $3770 in the summer of 2021. Since then the stock is down $500-$600 -- which is basically the level its been at throughout most of 2021 -- except for that "blip" in July 2021. The reason for my message is a request to convince me why I should hang on to AMZN -- when what I really want to do is sell. Thanks!

Q: PTON Given the fact that life looks like we will be returning to a pre-covid world hopefully not too far, what are your thoughts on this company for a long-term hold? Do you think it will become something like Lululemon? Is it a good time to initiate a position now?

Q: A general question about shipping/transport that may affect the consumer stocks. I'm increasingly hearing about shortages of truckers and back ups of containers in many major ports around the world. Fuel shortages in England (due to too few transport drivers), weeks of back logs at ports in NY and CA. Costco's recent comments on this topic...

All this has me wondering if there will even be enough goods to sell to meet expectations - and what will happen to high flyers (SHOP, AMZN), when sellers/merchcants simply can get stuff to sell.

Simply put, how significant is the driver/transport shortage and should we expect worse?

C

Q: Which of these two stocks is preferable to buy?
Thanks, Rose

Q: Requesting your thoughts on the company since I didn't find any recent answers on it. Can you please provide your thoughts on recent financials, amazon (or other contract awards) and finally, would you buy it as 1% of the portfolio as a growth stock ?