Investment Q&A

Q: What do you think of the new depositary receipts CIBC is offering? Is there any real difference owning the actual shares in US dollars?

Q: Hi,
Now that OpenText and Alphabet have a strategic partnership, where Google Cloud’s preferred Information Management partner is now OpenText, do you think there is any chance Alphabet will buy OpenText? If that were to happen, what kind of premium might OpenText attract compared to current share price? Thank you.
Michael

Q: Could you explain the canadian alphabet at around 25 dollars. On td waterhouse you bring the stock up and its 25 dollar canadian and it says view on nasdaq and it tacks you to the american price two thousand and something.

Q: What are the top Artificial Intelligence companies to invest in at this stage, if one is looking for a ten year time horizon and multi-bagger potential with a very high risk tolerance.

Q: What is your take on AI ?would you be a buyer right now?
You see a very bright future for this company?
If you want to buy a stock in a US company what would be your top 3 be,regardless of sector?

Q: I own the following in my US-denominated TFSA:

ADBE, DAL, FIVE, PYPL, PAYC, TOL, SLQT, GOOG, AL

The goal of this account is high-conviction, long-term growth strategy, focused on eight US equities, with a risk profile somewhere in between that of your Balanced and Growth portfolios.

A) If I had to sell one of the 9 holdings listed, which should it be?

B) Are there any others that should be sold in light of the investment goal stated?

C) Which of these should I add to, if any, or, which new postition should I consider (US market only) that would complement the existing positions well? Please note that I am already fully-weighted/over-weighted in FIVE, GOOG, PYPL, and PAYC.

Thank you. Please deduct the appropriate number of credits as needed.

Q: Can you please provide a list of your top 5 growth US stocks that are must have if we were to purchase today?
Thank you

Q: Someone has forced you to decide, and says you can only buy MED or GOOG, what do you choose and why?

Thanks for all you do.

Q: What are your thoughts on MSFT, specifically their cloud computing sector of their business? I would assume that in the long run, eventually every company will be operating on the cloud. Seems like it's AMZN, MSFT and GOOG as the big 3. Does anything have a competitive advantage in this space at this time?
Thanks for all your great insights.
Marc

Q: Would you be able to provide a grading for the following stocks as you currently have for CND companies in the Report section? Would appreciate your thoughts, +A through E for the selected companies.

Any chance you’ll be adding US companies to the Reports one day?

Thanks

Nick

Q: A little fun. If you had to select a maximum of 10 stocks to purchase and hold for 20 years, which ones would you choose? In this scenario, 100% of all available funds today and in the future would continue to go into these same positions (assuming they continue to exist). There are no parameters on geography, sector or size. The objective is pure growth.

Q: We have done very well with Apple in an RRSP account. So much so that it has grown to represent 15% of the portfolio. While I do believe Appl can still grow in value I think it would be prudent to sell some for diversification purposes. Can you suggest a good US company to buy? We also hold Disney in this account.

Q: Yesterday you said that you would pick (TOI, LSPD, BAMA, CUS, GSY, WELL, WSP) as your 7 Cdn stocks to hold for 5-10 years without selling. What would you choose as your 7 U.S. stocks? Thank you.

Q: I'm looking to start/add to two positions in a well diversified taxable account. The above list of stocks, from a review of the questions, are some of your current favourites. Would you please add two additional names to the above list that I have not listed and then provide me with your current ranking of the stocks for investment purposes in the next week or two.

Thanks,

Terry

Q: I have 1.4% of my total portfolio in AMZN in a TFSA. I realize this isn't much of a commitment and am tempted to sell and invest the money instead in one of my other TFSA holdings (all of which are around 3%): LSPD, NVDA, APPS, ADBE or GOOG. Your advice, please.

Q: Hi Peter ,

Your thoughts on buying GOOG at the present valuation.

Q: Hello, a great service and learning lots from the Q&A. I have a small Canadian portfolio with MG, OTEX, CNQ, BIP.UN and MFC. And also DIS from US side. I am looking to charge it up with some growth performers over the next 5 years. How do these holdings rate and any suggestions on additions? Would you replace any of these?

Thanks for the feedback. Have a great day.

Q: All the four companies have ad revenue and three of them showed slowdown from ad and have provided weak guidance. What differentiates Alphabet from the three?

Thanks.

Q: For the above stocks you tend to be positive on, over the next 3 years please rank them in order with the main goal being capital appreciation (regardless of risk, sector or diversification)

Would your ranking change at all if:

1. Covid is still affecting the world as it is today with international travel somewhat restricted and variants posing a potential problem.

2. Covid becomes more and more contained and the world is as “open for business” as it was pre covid.

Q: I have some cash to invest in RESP that still has 4 yrs to go. Could you recommend some stocks to initiate positions now? Stocks can be growth or value and from the US or Canada. Thank you!