Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, TSGI has been very frustrating within a relatively short period. My TSGI position (down from 3% to 1.7% ,due to price decline) is sitting at a loss of about 40%. Over the past few weeks, nothing seems to have helped to stabilize the stock price. From $45 price level to present $30, what held us from liquidating our position was your supporting comments for this company in response to members' questions. As year end is slowly approaching, would it make sense to switch half the position to CSU ( I know, completely unrelated sector, simply from $$$ perspective), which is also down almost 30% from its high. This will help book some loss ( to offset year's capital gains) and reduce risk of more downside with TSGI in the near term, relative to the risk with CSU. Also, over 12/24 months time from, where do you see better prospects of a reasonable 30-40% bounce back ? Do you see TSGI price to recover a bit over next 2 months, before booking the loss for the year ? Or, this whole excercise is meaningless, in your view ? Thanks

Q: GUD -CSU

Q: Hello Peter and team,
I look after a TFSA for a 25 year old, which currently has about $12,000, divided evenly among 4 stocks: PHO, GOOG, COV, and KWH-UN.
It also has ~$3000 cash to deploy. I am planning to buy CSU on the recent dip, but before I do, I wanted to check whether you would support this move, or perhaps have another suggestion, since the account is already quite tech-heavy. I don't mind being overweight in tech, esp. given the long investment time horizon. Any suggestion either for or against, and any other stocks you would suggest instead of CSU?
Thanks again for your excellent service!

Q: I have been buying
CSU Constellation Software since the recent pullback
Now, it has a smart uptick
Thoughts? and Thanks
JURI

Q: Hey guys,
I am a big believer in a healthy corporate culture being one of the keys to running a successful business long term. Having strong leadership, as well as a desire by employees to come to work and be proud of being part of the company, and a management team that is focused on the long term and not quarterly results or analyst expectations.
Do you know any canadian companies that meet or exceed this criteria?
Thank you

Q: Dear 5i Research,
I enjoy reading your watchlist questions. I am 67 years old, semi retired and enjoy doing my own investing through a discount brokerage over many years. I do have a high risk tolerance. My retirement income is CPP, OAS and my stock portfolio in 7 figures divided amongst 6 stocks. I am a very “concentrated” investor having gone from 30 plus stocks and ETF’s to only 6 stocks – Constellation Software (CSU), Alphabet (GOOG), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), Amazon (AMZN), Alibaba (BABA), and Tencent (TCEHY). I follow them all closely. Should I be concerned about my high tech component and rather concentrated portfolio? What type of diversification if any would you recommend?

Q: Yesterday one of your answers to a question was "We would suggest KXS, TOY and PBH for growth".

Eleven days ago my 29 year old son transferred his tfsa from all cash to 85% etfs (VGG, VEE, ZWB at your suggestion) and to 15% equities (csu, sis, pbh per my suggestion and I was looking for growth with his long term horizon).

Given your growth picks of yesterday, do you think it's worth swapping his csu and sis for kxs and toy?

Q: Hi team,
I know this is a difficult, and perhaps speculative question; but what would be your top couple picks today for a growth stock that is capable and in your view, likely, to replicate the long term stellar performance of a stock such as CSU? I am looking for a long term, steady eddy growth that is capable of over years, producing that (000's of % return that CSU for example has done. Would you consider KXS a junior CSU? Or perhaps something such as pho? Give me your best, educated couple picks. Thanks,
Shane

Q: I have Richard's packaging in my portfolio the past 3 yrs.....Its a Very reliable stock, pays a good dividend. Great for my portfolio. I can put this stock in a drawer and not worry about the day to day price fluctuations.....

Can you provide at least one or two sleep at night stocks like RPI.UN I can stash away in my portfolio.......Can be either U.S or Canadian.

Thanks

Q: Hi 5I team, of the above mentioned companies, which one would you add today to bring into full position ? thanks.

Q: I want to invest in the Cdn and US Tech sector, however I don't want to purchase stocks using US currency. I would like to have exposure to both US and Cdn Tech companies via the TSX. What do you suggest?

Thanks

Q: Good Morning!! I know that 5i really likes CSU; so with the recent pull back is now a good time to start a position. 3-5% position now or average in?

Thanks

Dave.

Q: Hello, I am a young retiree in my sixties I have a portfolio focused on growth while promoting dividends. I would like to add to the titles mentioned so that they reach 5% of the portfolio. Could you place them in order of preference according to these criteria with a horizon of 3 to 5 years. Feel free to suggest reducing or eliminate any of them to free some cash to add to others. Thank you

Q: Good Morning;
Both companies appear to have been caught in recent Tech sector selloff. Both also continue to struggle to recover. Has anything changed in underlying fundamentals of either company that would cause concern or limit growth prospects going forward? In addition, was the market reaction extreme and would you expect a (partial) bounce back up or will both companies require some catalyst to maintain/gain growth and regain lost share value?
Thank you
Ian

Q: Hi,i have these 10 stocks as my TFSA holdings.Down around 7% in last couple weeks.I have long term view of 8-10 years to retirement and would like your opinion on the group as a whole and if i should stay the coarse or would you suggest any changes?
thanks,
brad.

Q: Hi 5i Team,
I had to dump TCEHY for a 15% loss today after riding it down from the highs based on continued negative volatility with the stock. I am thinking of buying some of your favorites to replace it, with stable growth in mind. I am looking for companies that have also pulled back recently, and that you consider a good buying opp today. I am looking at initiating a position in CSU, COV, PBH, and possible ADDING to TSGI as I am now down 20% on that one and am thinking that averaging down may be the thing to do here soon. Do you have any other better suggestions or top picks you can suggest? ( I already own TOY, PHO, GSY, FB, BABA, ENB, RHT, HD) Thanks for you input.
Shane.

Q: I have just raised my position in csu from a 4% to a 6.4% weighting in my portfolio which consists of most of the balanced and an equal portion of the income portfolio...the only growth stocks are cov, pho and peo...does increasing this weighting so I have a 19% total tech weighting in the portfolio make sense to you...I appreciate your help...gene

Q: From Yahoo, they show the following:
KXS, 2018 EPS/.98 = PE 97.6 & 2019 EPS/1.33 = PE 71.9
Growth next 5 years est. of 19%

CSU, 2018 EPS/26.88 = PE 35.1 & 2019 EPS/31.94 = PE 29.5
Growth next 5 years est. of 16.6%
They say figures are CDN not US.

My question, what is the reason I should not sell all my KXS & buy CSU
based on above numbers?
Thank You

Q: Prices are down quite a bit from their highs.
Do you think one of the reasons for the decline is a switch by some investors from growth to value?
If so and faced with higher interest rates in the future it might time for you to consider starting a value equity model portfolio
Please comment

Q: Good morning 5i,

Can you please provide me with your top 10 Canadian growth companies regardless of sector or market cap?