Investment Q&A

Q: Greetings All:
The only tech name I own is MSFT, and I should have added to this sector long ago. Would you please do a comparison between apple and facebook including the following metrics: Expected growth,volatility,fundamentals including strength of the balance sheet, cash on hand. Finally, your recommendation or perhaps other more favourable companies.
Thanks,
Ben.

Q: Hello,
I have been reading about FaaS (function as a service) and from my readings it is predicted this will grow in the next 5-10 years. Which current companies would be ones to invest in now in hopes for growth in the future?

Q: Early in December 2020, you recommended the following stocks as long term keepers: SHOP, CSU, ENGH, BYD, ATD.B, GSY. Could you please recommended 5 or 6 US stocks that are long term keepers?
Thanks!

Q: Please rank them based on their moat, starting with the widest moat. Thanks.

Q: I am thinking of buying Intel for my grandchildren's account. Do you see any potential for growth in the near future? Please provide recommendations that you see have a good entry price at this time. As well would this be a good time to buy US funds? Thank you.
Stella

Q: I have the above U.S. tech companies thanks to your help.
Medtronics hasn't done much in the past year - should I hang on to it?
Am wondering about purchasing VEEV or Unity Software.
If I were to add to the above positions, in what order would you do this?
Thank you so much for all your valuable help!
Margaret

Q: good afternoon 5i,
On December 3 you responded to a question by Curtis by saying, "We also think a low cost index product for the majority of a portfolio overlain with a basket of individual stocks to generate alpha is also a pretty good strategy, for those inclined to hold 6 or 7 individual stocks. "

This is a strategy that I more or less use, at least for my US and International holdings. I haven't done this with my Canadian holdings because of capital gains, which would imply tax, and also because it seems to me that the Canadian etf's are heavily weighted towards the few sectors we have in Canada. Therefore, I think I would be better in individual stocks rather than an etf. I would appreciate your take on that perspective.
Also, I am wondering which four or five stocks you would look at in the US for such a strategy for a retired person. And how would you weight them given that an etf strategy was used. The stocks I have listed are the ones I own. How would they fit in such a portfolio? The only one I might kick out for someone my age is Docusign. Any others that could be suggested?

Thanks for the great service

Q: Please list and rank up to 10 US stocks which you see as having the best potential for capital returns over the next 3-5 years. Also, please provide a risk rating for each, using a scale of 1-10 with 1 being low risk.
Thank you for your highly valued opinion which has proven to be excellent for my investment over the past several years.

Q: I already own shares in all of these companies but I'm thinking of selling my MSFT due to a decent % held in also owned ETFs but also that I don't think it has as much growth in the next 1-2 years relative to the others. Thus I'm thinking of selling my MFST and putting the $ equally into the other three.

Am I correct in thinking there is more potential growth in U, NVDA and GOOG than in MSFT?

Cam

Q: Which companies (CAN/ US) and/or ETFs would you recommend to buy today for the best exposure to AI? This would be for an 80 year old investor who wants to allocate 8% of his portfolio to AI.
Thank you for your guidance.

Q: I hold the above 7 stocks in my RRIF. I have to sell part of one of them soon.
Ignoring sector balance; I am concerned with maximizing long term growth whether it be capital gains, dividends or interest. So I would like to sell the one with the poorest prospects for gains over the next 2-3 years.
I should also note that my largest holding,NVDA, is over 7% of my entire investment holdings. This is a level where I would normally start to trim a bit but it has been on such a tear that I have been reluctant to trim it. And I note that you are still keen on it as a growth stock.
So I am comfortable to leave it alone if you agree.
Which would you suggest be sold?
Thank you

Q: Hello team, Shortly I will have $100K CDN and $100K U,S, to deploy for a long term hold ( 10+ years).
Could you recommend a few high quality, value & growth stocks? And what % would you buy now? I am not trying to time the market, but are you anticipating a correction during tax loss? Also, how many stocks (CDN & U.S) would you suggest?
Thanks
Carlo

Q: GOOG is now about 10% of my holdings excluding the fixed portion of my total portfolio. At what % would you let this one run before scaling back? In previous response to members you indicated an 8% start make you nervous but, this is GOOG a member of the trillion company.
Thanks.

Q: Do any of the mega tech names stand out as good buys ? I’m contemplating buying MSFT.

Q: My parents (late 70's) will be receiving proceeds from the sale of a US asset and are looking to add to their existing investment portfolio (an additional 25%) . They are financially stable with a long term balanced portfolio and are interested in allocating the new cash into quality, long term positions with growth potential. US, Canada and industry non specific. What would you recommend as your top 5 US and Canadian positions and why?

Q: Wanting to get involved in the TaaS movement. Do you think it would be wise to invest in APTV and NVDA as the suppliers of parts for electric vehicles or to stick with investing in the completed car, and if so which one, or some of each.?

Q: I own trade desk, roku, magnite and google (thank you all for great advice) that all popped due to a strong return to advertising. This coincided with the election results and it made me wonder if some of the pop would be a result of massive ad spending from the Republicans and Democrats? If so, would the end of that $ flow affect earnings in following quarters or is it minor or non-existent in the recent advertisement boost to these companies? Thanks as always. Brian

Q: I recall 5i stating in 2020 that DSG, KXS and PHO, all have no debt and significant cash reserves. Can you recommend 3 other good Canadian and 3 American growth stocks in a similar position.
Thanks you.

Q: Hi Peter and the gang,
Please give us your top 10 'keeper' stocks in Canada and US.
Thanks a million

Q: Could you please provide a few growth names on U.S. or CAN market you would buy with new money today?
Thanks