skip to content
  1. Home
  2. >
  3. Investment Q&A
You can view 3 more answers this month. Sign up for a free trial for unlimited access.

Investment Q&A

Not investment advice or solicitation to buy/sell securities. Do your own due diligence and/or consult an advisor.

Q: From what i see in the comments of the last months, these 8 companies seems to be among your US favorite stocks.
1- am I right about those 8?
2- would you like to add a few US names, could be in any sectors
3- I buy companies with a 10 year + timeline. A lot of companies i'm interest in are in the technology sector and I tend to be overweighted in that sector. Its hard for me to imagine technology not directly corrolated to industrial or consumer staples growth for exemple. Does it make senses to you to balance a technology overweight (30-40%) portfolio by diversifying among the technology sub-sectors?
4- I understand that you focus on Canadian companies. I also understand that your are conflicting free and that you mostly invest in US stocks. However, I'm pretty sure that a significant proportions of 5i members would be willing to pay for some form of US stocks advices. Maybe a US portfolio or a US favorise stock list. (maybe with a minimum market cap limit so your decisions would still be conflict free) Your services are unique and are a benediction for small investors. It would be a great opportunity for us to have them for the US market too. I'm sure a survey among members would prove me right.

thanks again for your amazing services
Read Answer Asked by Olivier on October 30, 2017
Q: Good morning,
Been looking at a weekly report at RBC on this industry and read this morning that payments world wide where 85% cash and cheque 10 years ago. Today 83% cash and cheque they estimate 7T$ opportunity for growth!?
There is a long list of players sharing the business.
What is your take on it and could you provide 2 of your favorites (each)in the US and Canada.
Thanks again for making your special skills available thru this channel.
Read Answer Asked by Denis on October 25, 2017
Q: Dear 5i
I1m considering investing in the named companies primarily as my US stock allocation. I currently own appl , fb , and nvda along with the etc`s vfv , vgg , and zwh.
Do these stocks seem like a good addition at this time
Thanks
Bill C
Read Answer Asked by Bill on October 16, 2017
Q: Thanks to 5i I have a well diversified Canadian portfolio. I have been augmenting it with Large Cap US stocks that expose me to markets that are not available to me through the TSX and most of these US names have done very well for me. I am comfortable with being more concentrated in my US holdings as my Cdn investments make up 75-80% of my total portfolio and are well diversified across sectors. My US holdings are in a non-resgistered account and break down as follows:
AAPL - 35%
AGN/REGN/BIIB - 15%
BAC/MS - 27%
LYB - 3%
PYPL - 8%
SWKS - 7%
WBA - 5%

AAPL has done so well for me over the past few years that it is now a large part of my US exposure. My microchip stock (SWKS) has also done extremely well, but it is closely tied to AAPL. My question is given the current announcement by AAPL and its strong recent performance would you be inclined to take some profits off the table or let the "winners continue to run"? I have a reasonably high risk tolerance but do not want to be unduly foolish/greedy. Would you suggest any other changes to what I am holding? What would be your top 3 or 4 US stocks to augment this portfolio?

I value and appreciate your guidance.

Many Thanks
Scott
Read Answer Asked by Scott on September 13, 2017
Q: Relating to internet of things, SQ, PYPL, GPN and TTWO are doing quit well, while SQ, PYPL and GPN are in the fintech payment space, TTWO is a on line video game company. I am thinking of swapping my AAPL holding to one of them for more growth. Which one will you pick amount them?

Thanks,

Lin
Read Answer Asked by Lin on June 02, 2017
Q: Good morning,

Global payments was highlighted as a promising fintech stock by Citigroup. What do you think of this company? Would you be a buyer? Or would you have an alternative suggestion in the space (mastercard and visa already owned)

Thank you

Karim
Read Answer Asked by Karim on May 26, 2017
Looking for more? Sign up for a FREE 14 day trial! No credit card required

We invite you to sign up for a 14 day free trial of 5i Research!
Experience all the benefits and tools we have to offer; stock research, model portfolios, Q&A with our experts, and so much more. Join a community of like-minded investors today!