Investment Q&A

Q: Jim Chanos has expressed the opinion that NBIS and CRWV are capital intensive, low margin, and high risk investments. Your comments much appreciated. Thanks.

Q: I currently own MSFT and GOOG . MSFT is at a loss((down 20%) in a Registered Acct and I am reviewing switching to GOOG or AMZN for better returns. I am currently 10% of portfolio in on GOOG so am pondering the switch to GOOG. Do you think a bounce is expected with share price of MSFT in the next 6-12 months is possible?

Q: goog msft, and amzn together constitute 39% of my portfolio. Is this too much? Would you reduce some or all? Are gsy and png still among your top picks? Thanks Jim

Q: want to raise some cash(tech breaking down technically) in what order would you sell the above listed stocks bearing some are winners and some are losers so what your recommendation sell winners or losers first without getting in to too much specifics. CSU as an example sell now to claim loss or then buy back after 30 days FFH on the other hand is up 60% so sell now and hope to buy back later at lower price. what would you do? Remember i want to raise cash so how would you approach this rebalancing ...thanks for your help

Q: Would you recommend taking a small position in AI at this point, and if so what would be your first choice in a stock and/or ETF?

Q: For single stock etf's like this (and nvidia, Microsoft, etc), why not just trade around the ex dividend dates to lower risks and take advantage of the juicy (25% for plte!!) distribution? What am I missing with this approach

Q: The only tech stock I own is MSFT. Can you tell me which 2 tech stocks you like from Canada and 1 from the US. This will be for a TSFA account

Thanks

Q: What might be 10 stocks (trading on a usa exchange but not necessarily a US company) that you would suggest holding for all of 2026 as a portfolio. Thank you.

Jason

Q: Hello folks,
I am interested in knowing your 1 year price target for GOOG, MSFT, AMZN and META.
I currently own all 4 stocks, and looking to add.
In your opinion which two would have have the higer probabilities of better returns over a 3-5 year time frame?
Secondly, is there any difference stock price appreciation buying them on the US market vs NEO? Any tax difference on what exchange you buy these stocks.
I understand I will be be using up more credits as there is more than one question asked here.
Thank you

Q: Hi 5i, please provide thoughts on this new deal between Amazon and OpenAI. Is there a downside to Microsoft? Thx

Q: What would be a good way to invest in AI? Reasonable risk level with 5 yr hold.

Q: Good Morning

With the forecasted and continued large Capex expenditures of Meta, Google and Microsoft what companies do you see as benefitting the most? I am a bit surprised at the premarket direction of some of the obvious choices.
Thank you

Q: Hello Everyone,

May I have your assessment of Microsoft and Google's earnings please?

Thank you.

Q: Hi 5i, What technology companies are likely to be in business in 20 years from today.
Of the above ?
Thanks

Q: We hold most of the 5i Balanced and some of the income portfolio stocks plus the fallowing us stocks. amzn, brk.b, cost, goog, isrg, lly, msft, nvda, smci, vrt, v. Berkshire is over 8% and the others are 5% please suggest a couple of us names to add to this portfolio. or any to trim. ( US is a growth portfolio ).
Thank you for your superb service over more than 10 years. Ian

Q: Hi Folks,
I sold some CSU recently. I now have MSFT, NVDA, AAPLE and some CSU as holdings in the Tech Sector( GOOG and AMZN as well). Can you suggest a couple of Tech stocks that I could add to my holdings in the Tech Sector. This would be in my TFSA.
Thanks

Q: Hi Peter,

Thank you for your answer. I would appreciate it if you could answer the second part of my question as well.

"Q: Hi Peter,

I have a question about Nvidia’s proposed $100 billion investment in OpenAI. From my understanding, the funds will be used to purchase Nvidia’s own GPUs. How should investors interpret this circular funding in terms of valuation integrity and long-term sustainability? Does it raise red flags about inflated revenue or distorted market signals? Considering the deep entanglement between Nvidia, OpenAI, and Microsoft, at what point does this trio resemble a functional monopoly in the AI ecosystem? If it walks and quacks like a duck, it is a duck! Is it time for regulators or competitors like Google and AMD to step in and balance the power? I doubt the government knows or will to do anything. I would love to hear your perspective.

Best,
Matt


5i Research Answer:
Certainly NVDA is trying to tie up the ecosystem, that we are fairly sure of. It wants to control the datacentre market, which of course means a captured market for its GPUs. It is a virtous cycle (invest in a company, it buys chips, sells out space in its datacentre, and gets cash flow to buy more space). However it does rely on incremental demand, and this could be a problem. CRWV, for example, is using debt for much of its funding, and this could certainly backfire when demand slows. For now, it is an arms race, though, with insatiable demand requiring massive funding. NVDA has the ability to fund these companies. However, it does not have $100B sitting around. It will come over time (the deal right now is just a letter of intent). NVDA has said that, in a $10B data centre, as an example, it would sell about $3B of GPUs to it. It is not quite a 100% 'selling to itself' as some believe. But it is a circular event, and some accuse NVDA of essentially funding sales to itself. It is more than this, but does carry risks. "

Best,
Matt

Q: Hi Peter,

I have a question about Nvidia’s proposed $100 billion investment in OpenAI. From my understanding, the funds will be used to purchase Nvidia’s own GPUs. How should investors interpret this circular funding in terms of valuation integrity and long-term sustainability? Does it raise red flags about inflated revenue or distorted market signals? Considering the deep entanglement between Nvidia, OpenAI, and Microsoft, at what point does this trio resemble a functional monopoly in the AI ecosystem? If it walks and quacks like a duck, it is a duck! Is it time for regulators or competitors like Google and AMD to step in and balance the power? I doubt the government knows or will to do anything. I would love to hear your perspective.

Best,
Matt

Q: These stocks are all losing ground lately in my portfolio. Please reply in what order and at what price you would add to them I want to ensure I add valve at this point;

Also should i add to my holding in GDXJ? or start a position a silver stock (please recommend several in order of preference ) same recommendation for US bank ETF....Thanks

Q: Do any of the utilities held in these ETF’s offer the same kind of energy power support for the mega computers running AI applications as something like VRT in the US?

If not are there any Canadian companies that do so and would be an attractive investment in this area?