Investment Q&A

Q: A tale of 2 companies. CSU is acquiring companies at a record pace and ENGH says everything is too expensive. Thoughts please?

Thx

Q: Good morning
I have some cash in my TFSA that i would like to put to work before the end of the year and then in early January to complete the position with my contribution for 2022.
What are your 3 favorite picks for a TFSA in 2022 in Canada and 2 picks in the US?
Thks 5i for all your help over the years and a MERRY CHRISTMAS to all at 5i
Thks
Marcel

Q: Are you aware of any companies like CSU that have a tight float and respect of shareholders and dont get killed in a market correction like some other public tech companies?

Thx

Q: Hello 5i,
My investments have grown nicely in 2021: thank you!
I’ve categorized the above assets into three buckets:
Technology: nvda,kxs,toi,csu =12.8%

Communication: goog,apps,kind =6.5% (goog is 5%)
Consumer discretionary: appl,shop,lspd =8% (lspd=<1)
Total= 27%
Please comment on outlay and provide ideas for improvement. Am I being too cute with my categorization buckets?
Many thanks for your opinion.

Q: Any reason why CSU has held up so well as compared to other Canadian tech companies?

Q: Hi,
Currently holding around 25% tech exposure, long term growth investor. If I wanted to de-leverage my portfolio and rebalance to some other sectors, how would you rank these tech stocks?

Do you have any fundamental concerns about any of the names held or is this a good list? NVDA is on my list of names to own as well. Thank you!

Q: My virtual 'conservative growth' portfolio has the above 10 stocks in equal wights. What two stocks would you add to round it out please? Please assume that I have 45% outside of this portfolio in fixed income. Are 12 stocks enough in your view? I know there are many factors but please answer the best that you can ... maybe assume it is you.

Q: Of these 2 stocks, which would you recommend for a 3-5 year hold. Also, feel free to suggest a more preferred pick if you have one. Thanks

Q: Hi 5i team,

I recently opened an RESP DI account with Questrade for my 1 year old son. Could you please give me couple suggestion to invest on at current level? I am okay with either EFT or single stock and I have long term time horizon 10+ years.

Thanks,
Irene

Q: Can Constellation Software be considered the "Microsoft of Canada"?

Like MSFT, can CSU still reach new highs by acquiring better software companies to it constellation?

Q: Do you consider Constellation Software to act like a “tech stock” if interest rates rise, ie. would it have much of a valuation contraction compared to other tech? It seems to have a different business model than most tech companies, and I am wondering if it is safer in a sense.

Q: Hello -

I understand the attractiveness of TOI stock - the management, the CSU model, growth projections, etc. However, I can't understand the current valuation. Even after the recent pullback to $108 (at time of writing), has the company's fortunes really increased by 72% within the last 10 months to reflect the increase to today's price compared to the beginning of Feb. last year? I realize stock price / fundamentals don't follow exactly in parallel, but that is quite an increase.

My other related question is on the sector itself. There just seems to be so many software companies out there. Is there an ever increasing need for software in the world to today that matches the increasing number of companies that offer it? In the U.S. there is a history of 3000 automobile companies at one time or the another. Only a tiny fraction exist today. I know this is an apples / oranges comparison industry-wise, but hopefully you understand my concern.

Thanks for your comments.

Q: Hello 5i,

Could you please list your top 10 stocks (rank in order 1st to 10th) in Canada and the US to purchase now for a 3-5 year hold when considering current and future values?

Thank you
Cheers,

Q: Hi, My respected 5i team
Could you please recommend 5 solid names to buy in Canadian and US markets respectively when there is a market correction? Do you think it is a good time to buy them now during the current market drawdown?
Pls list the names in the order from your most favorite to the least. Thanks in advance!

Q: Can you suggest companies right now to pick away at ,or would you wait a bit longer till tax loss season is over.
please 5 in the US and 5 in Canada.
If dividend is important which 3 stocks would you pick away at right now?

Q: Toi closed the end of oct at $138. To day it was as low as $98 before recovering slightly.
Do you think Csu and Toi insiders are selling Toi shares to provide funds to the new venture capital fund?
Does Toi have their own acquisition team or do they rely on Csu?
Is Toi restricted to only Europe ?
Would they have enough cash flow to finance an acquisition or will they have to borrow or issue shares?
Finally if one planned to invest $30,000. today in Csu and Toi for at least a a 5 year hold,how should one proportion it?

Q: Hi, I was wondering what you would suggest for additions to an RESP which currently holds VGG
and GSY. Long term hold, moderate risk ok.
Two or three top recommendations please, and Thanks for your excellent service! Thanks, Lavern

Q: I find TOI’s slide puzzling. With no news from TOI can we assume that a portion of the selling is profit taking and some is the downward momentum spurred by such selling? Perhaps there’s no way to know.

I have been considering selling some or all of my CSU position to participate in a TOI upswing, though I hate to part with it, but the gain has been large. TFSA, so no tax implications.

Am I being too greedy, or is this an opportunity?

Q: Does it make sense if Enghouse is to be bought by CSU? I've always thought that the Enghouse was kind of a mini-constellation.

Q: What is your favourite Canadian growth stocks? Thank you!