Investment Q&A

Q: I received a voting notice today from NVIDIA.One of the proposals is to approve an amendment to increase the number of authorized shares from two billion to four billion.Is this a 2 for 1 stock split?

Q: Currently I own all of these semi conductor related companies in my taxable account. QCOM, AMD and MRVL are still at a loss since the March downturn. All others are in positive territory, especially SMH. Should I continue to hold them all as core holdings for the long term or would you trim or delete any? Is it still a good idea to hold SMH because the ETF owns a number of companies like ASML, AMAT, an MU that I do not hold?

Q: Hi team,
I'm looking to reduce my number of positions and also add weighting to existing positions. Based on a review of my holdings below, which positions would you eliminate/ consolidate, and why, and which ones would you add to (based on strongest conviction) and why. Time horizon is +10 years.

Basic Materials
Communications AT GOOG FB PINS VZ
Consumer Cyclical BYD DOO GOOS MG SBUX
Consumer Defensive ATD ATZ COST
Energy ENB PXT
Financial Services BMO ZEB GSY SLF
Healthcare ILMN IHI TDOC WELL
Industrials AC ATA RTX TT XBC
Real Estate ZRE
Technology AYX AAPL CSU FSLY CQQQ KXS LSPD NVDA PLTR REAL SHOP UBER WDAY
Utilities AQN FTS
ETFS XEF XEC MCHI EWU VEE VIU

Q: How seriously do you take the possibility of a significant near term market downturn in your current market buying / selling decisions?

Q: We keep hearing chip shortages lately, and will imagine that "AMD', TSM', NVDA'....chip names will do well as a result of strong demand and price power etc. But most of these chip names are all well below their February highs. Could you help us understanding the share price and demand divergence observed? If we buy any of these names, will we be rewarded? If yes, which one or ones you like? Thanks

Q: What would be your top 2 picks to buy now and hold for ever in both the US and CAN portfolio thinking about management, disruptors, growth, etc with.
Andrew.

Q: What would be your top 5 picks to buy now and hold for 5-10+ years in both the US and CAN thinking about management, disruptors, growth, etc with.

Q: I was wondering what will be your recommendation for 5 growth companies in Canada and US after the pandemic.

Q: I'm looking to reduce the overall amount of positions. Of my tech names which would you suggest selling?

From what I can gather you prefer NVDA to AMD and would suggest one of either SHOP or LSPD. Is this accurate? Other suggestions or ideas to pair down?

Thank you very much

Q: What would be your top 5 recommendations right now, in Canada and the US, for an investor with a 5-year time horizon? Thank you! Aaron

Q: Hello 5i
With an eye to high grading my portfolio I'd like to sell smaller riskier holdings to add to NVDA ROKU and PINS.
In what order would you sell the following in order to accomplish this goal: FSLY PLTR AYX CRNC AVLR
Thank you so much for your guidance!!
Dave

Q: Hi! I am using the Balanced Equity portfolio however as a complete portfolio it falls short in that there are no Us/Global stocks. There are area s the Canadian market doesn’t represent well. If you were to complement the Balanced Equity portfolio with 6-8 US/Global names, what stocks would complete the portfolio?

Q: Am I missing any major sectors with these stock investments?
Where should I focus if I would like to ensure a diverse portfolio?
Are there any stocks that I should dump?

Q: I am either going to buy into NVDA or TSM. Which might be the better option for two year growth. Or might it be prudent to buy both in equal measure. It appears the chip manufacturing will heat up with global shortages. Thnks

Q: Hi 5i Team,

What would be your top 5 U.S. growth pics to buy today? Irrespective of sector, risk or size.

So many thanks for such a great service.

Q: This is my margin portfolio, all position weightings are between 3%-5%.

The projected yield is 3.31% with a 3-5 year hold.

I realize 24 positions is a bit overkill but I can't seem to choose which to remove, which would you recommend?

What positions would you add to the portfolio?

Take as many credits as needed.

Thanks for the great service

Q: My question is regarding Shopify being down today almost 5% with 6 days to earnings call. The following stocks are in my TFSA, and wondering if you’d consider trimming parts of this portfolio to add to SHOP in a potential great buying opportunity if it keeps dropping post earnings call?

Would you add to another “power house” like NVDA instead ?

Thanks for your insight!

Nick

Q: The use of block chain technology looked to me like a valid technique but its successes appear to have been limited. What is your opinion of the technology/technique, do you consider it has a future, have there been outstanding successes, and are there attractive investments in this space? Thank you.

Q: Thanks for great service 5i research provides. Please give me names of some US and Canadian companies which are good buy at this time to hold for next 5 years in non registered Investment account, which is about 40% my total portfolio. Thanks again.

Q: I currently have a 4% (total portfolio) position in ARKK in my TFSA. Down some 4.5%. Considering replacing it with equal positions in two other US techs, possibly PINS and NVDA. I already hold GOOG, CROWD, ADOBE, MSFT and AMZN.
1) Would you hold the course with ARKK?
2) If not, which two US techs would you replace it with today?

And on an unrelated topic, I own (and am exceedingly happy with) EGLX. Like GOOG, it is considered to be in the Communications sector. For my portfolio purposes, I would like to assign all or part of EGLX to consumer cyclical. Does this make sense?
Thanks.
Maureen