Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, holding a few of these losers now in my non registered accounts - they were nice winners just a short time ago. What are the best proxies for these as a tax loss strategy? If my holding is CAD and the proxy is US, should I convert CAD funds to buy US or avoid these situations? Also, at what $ or price % loss would you consider doing these tax loss trades? Thanks!

Q: Which 5 Canadian growth stocks would you start to accumulate today? Cash account.
Which 5 USA growth stocks would you start to accumulate today? Cash account.
Five year hold.
Thanks

Q: Only within the last two months we were at record highs, now we’re in a bear marker for the Nasdaq and S&P nearing one. Futures are selling off again here Sunday night. US administration is digging the heels in on these tariffs.

What are your thoughts on the Trump and Fed put? If they don’t change course soon, the economy is going into a recession and midterms next year will be ugly for the GOP. Looking back at all previous crises, what do you think will happen in the next 6-12 months and what’s the game plan? VIX at these levels and large consecutive down days have resulted in nice future returns 1,3,5 years out. Let’s say you had 100k to invest now, how would you deploy over the upcoming weekly or monthly interval? Which 5 CDN and 5 US stocks would you continue to buy on any weakness, assuming only market related? Thank you!

Q: Are you still long term bullish on either TT or URI? I've been comparing these two companies for an industrial add.

TT is significantly larger, however URI seems to have better historical revenue CAGR, stronger EPS growth, and better margins, with a significantly lower forward earnings multiple and historically significantly more FCF per share.

What's your opinion on URI at these levels? With all the discussion about re-shoring manufacturing and data centre build-outs do you like URI's future prospects?

Or is TT better suited to capitalize on these trends I mentioned above in addition to the increasing need for HVAC in a volatile climate?


Why is the market assigning a significantly higher premium to TT over URI?
Any other industrials I should be considering?

Q: Presuming that the price of steel goes up with tariffs, outside of the steel industry itself, what sectors and specific companies lose out here? Thank-you.

Q: I'm down a bit on HPS.A and would like your opinion on topping it up or selling and buying URI in its place?
Thank you

Q: Good evening 5i Team,

If I were to scale back my positions in chip makers and AI related companies, would you please recommend a sector or sectors and your choice of companies to migrate into.

Thanks,
H

Q: Looking at these long term compounders in various sectors. Based on current valuation and future growth, how would you rank these and which ones would you buy now or DCA into over time?

I'm already holding full positions in BKNG, BN, CSU, LMN, half positions in V,MA,WSP, and smaller position in TRI. I would either add to my smaller positions or add new positions in the others.

Are there any other 2-3 long term compounders that you would consider good buys currently?

Thank you!

Q: United Rentals has had a significant pullback since early December (approximately 25%). What is the reason for this pullback? Would you consider it a buy at this level or would you wait to see if it turns around after earnings on 22-Jan?

Thanks in advance and Happy New Year.

Brendan

Q: hey guys happy new year hope all is well in my rrsp i currently have all Canadian equities. i would like to start adding some US content my 1st question would be is this even viable with the exchange or wait until its better. In current atmosphere i am thinking there would be more upside. My second question would be in what sector. I have been looking at TECH i.e. QTUM UBER NVDA AND SNOW.i would appreciate your thoughts and any equities you would suggest other than ones listed above.Thanks as always

Q: Good morning everyone,

Has your thesis remained intact on URI? It appears to be making the turn. At a reasonable attractive entry point along with some potential catalysts in 2025.

Would this be your buy in this sector? AXON is already owned in a full position. Along with TFII on the CAN side.

Is their an industrial or similar name you'd rank above for the coming year?

Thank you.

Q: Would you be comfortable selling ATD for a small profit and buying a full position in URI now, URI is down 14 % percent over the past month. I would then buy back ATD over time.

Or would you average into URI over time? I think the bottom may be in, as the stock has started going up again.

Q: Thoughts on why the drop in URI the last couple of weeks? Is it a good entry point now?

Q: WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP 3 STOCKS CANADA AND TOP 3 IN THE US....THAT HAVE GOOD GROWTH POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS....BUT ARE NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING WITH HIGH P/E RATIOS....MAYBE OVERLOOKED OR UNDERVALUED.
I AM LOOKING AT A JAN-MARCH 2025 TIMEFRAME FOR BUYING.
THANK YOU FOR YOU VALUED INFORMATION.

Q: In what order would you buy these stocks today, for capital appreciation?

Q: Good Morning
I’m planning on lightening up my technology weighting, specifically AI related stocks. Can you suggest a couple of US companies that are showing good momentum?
Thank you

Q: We’re retired with comfortable pensions and a 10 year+ investing horizon. To date we’ve invested in Canadian growth companies inside our TFSAs (we’ve tried to access the US market through companies such as WSP and PRL). We’ve recently opened a $USD trading account and want to start investing in relatively stable US companies with some growth potential. ISRG is one we’re considering. Could you please provide a list of 6-8 companies you’d be looking into if it was your money. Thanks so much for all you do.

Q: “Joe” is getting overwhelmed with maintaining his portfolio and is starting to fall behind on autumn yardwork and home maintenance. His spouse and teenaged kids also find his contributions to family conversations rather repetitive and boring (in their words, he’s all “year-to-date” this, and “multi-bagger” that…).

In an effort to free up some bandwidth and reconnect to his people, Joe has decided to reduce the number of securities he owns to about 20 stocks and a handful of broad market ETFs.

Joe is hoping 5i can help him identify:
~10 favourite stocks drawn from its 3 model portfolios
~6 highest conviction US picks.

Joe wants to maximise returns over the next 7-10 years.

Thank you.

Q: Please provide me with 3 each US Industrials and Materials.

Also would appreciated 3 more us stocks you would recommend that are not expensive. So many have gone up and are now near the top. Please provide me with best of breed US companies that still have room to run.

Q: I am overweight in Costco and will sell some shares. I would like to reinvest the funds in one of the 3 Co listed. I have well balanced portfolios, although somewhat overweighted in Tech. Which of the 3 would you consider the best option? Thanks for your great service.