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Q: I hold CSU,DSG,ENGH is a non registered account and have done well. OTEX and KXS in a TFSA. In total all of the above are about 6.47% of my holdings. Should I consider reducing to 2 or 3 holdings or hold all five. Comments, thanks
Read Answer Asked by David on January 31, 2019
Q: MoneySense magazine just published this article listing 50 stocks. What is your opinion about these? Which would be your highest conviction recommendations, perhaps in different categories, such as income, growth, balanced? https://www.moneysense.ca/save/investing/stocks/50-top-canadian-stock-picks-for-2019-as-chosen-by-the-pros/
Read Answer Asked by Helen on January 23, 2019
Q: Hello 5I
Which one would you like best going forward as I’m looking to reduce my Tech holding to approximately 10%?
Thanks

Sylvain
Read Answer Asked by Sylvain on January 23, 2019
Q: I’m looking to add a 3 positions to this list. I was thinking about bns or slf. Can you give me some other suggestions from the balanced portfolio? This account is 20% of my total investments, and is for medium to long term savings. The rest is in well diversified funds. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Matthew on January 23, 2019
Q: Hello there ,
Do you think Mark Leonard of CSU has ever thought of selling CSU and starting again? As Constellation gets larger and larger one would think their growth rate will slow. It might be a challenge to have the same success in the next 10 years as he has had in the last 10 years. I know he has identified tens of thousands of potential takeover targets, do you think it makes sense to sell CSU and start CSU part 2? A new company could be valued back at $25/share and one would think he could double to $50 quickly and again to $100 starting from scratch quicker than $1000 to $2000? So many more deals need to be made now and much larger deals potentially to move the needle. Thoughts?
Thank-you
Read Answer Asked by Chris on January 21, 2019
Q: My daughter TFSA contains the above stocks. She can add 1 (full position) or 2 (half position) this year. What would be a good fit for her present holdings? Would you suggest selling Stella Jones &/or Telus and replacing it with something else? She has a long time frame as she will not need the money in the foreseeable future.
Read Answer Asked by jacques on January 14, 2019
Q: I would like to add another tech stock or ETF to my portfolio.I have 10% total in KXS,MSFT, & AAPL. I have been looking at SYZ,ENGH, CSU and Intel.I would like to know which of these stocks held up well during the recent correction.
Thank you for your invaluable service.
Read Answer Asked by Allen on January 14, 2019
Q: Hi Gang,
Have some cash available and would like to know your thoughts on the above, looking buy 3 or 4 of the above.

Thanks
Anthony
Read Answer Asked by Anthony on January 14, 2019
Q: In order to re-balance my portfolio, I need to sell one or more of the following companies:
BEP.un (full position)
CSH.un (full position)
SLF (full position)
NWH.un (full position)
SIS (half position)
CWW (half position)
CSU (half position)
KXS (half position)
Which one(s) would you suggest I sell?
Read Answer Asked by Jonathan on January 08, 2019
Q: Happy NEW YEAR Peter &RYAN
Hypotheticaly would CSU make a take over bid for SHOP and if so; would the bid have to be in excess of 30% of SHOP'S last price for SHOP to accept .
Thanks Gary
Read Answer Asked by gary on January 07, 2019
Q: To date, I have not moved out of RHT yet. It only makes up 1.09% of my overall portfolio. Do you see any sense in holding it?
If not, what are your replacement recommendations for the technology sector? Do you still see CSU as an option?

Many thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Dominik on January 03, 2019
Q: Would you buy constellation or kinaxis ? Or share the allocation 50 / 50 between the 2 ? Buy and hold for 10 yrs. Can you please also explain why ?

I have owned Descartes for a few years and did well.... tks to you ! Is it a good time to add ? Or should i just buy more of constellation or kinaxis ? Thank you for your comments and happy holidays to the team !
Read Answer Asked by Pierre on December 27, 2018
Q: Hello, 5i
Sometimes entry price counts....
I have followed CSU over a few months now.
I know that you are very reluctant talking prices makes this question probably frustrating
So this is my question:
/Which of csu or engh do you prefer?
If you prefer csu,
1/ do you think it is over/under or properly valued at $886
2/ in case of a economy/ markets breakdown, from your experience, can it drop another 20%
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by claude on December 20, 2018
Q: in your opinion not knowing what I own what would u say is your number one stock in the USA and what is your number one stock in Canada. I understand lots of factors but just your opinion?
thanks for all your help merry xmas
Read Answer Asked by brian on December 14, 2018
Q: Hi, I currently own Et ,Otex ,Pho, Shop, SYZ, and i’am thinking of selling two or three and buying Csu.
I will be doing this for a more stable and overall better portfolio if or when we get a further market downturn.
Is my strategy sound? And which two or three would you sell? I would also be open to sell four and keep two of the best if this works.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Brad on December 13, 2018
Q: Hi
What would the BE portfolio performance be without CSU Constellation Software be as holding over time? What if it was a company listed outside of Canada. With this thought, are there any companies outside of Canada that you would consider the same caliber as CSU (same sector is not important to me)? Sorry for the outside of Canada question but I am hoping to add some diversification over the next few years.
Thank you
J
Read Answer Asked by Jeremy on December 13, 2018
Q: I would like to buy NFI, but have to sell something else to do it. After looking at all of my holdings, I think it should be CSU, or OTEX. I have other tech holdings, but want to hold on to those. I am about about even with the two tech stocks so there is no tax gain/loss. I realize it is changing sectors, but I like the dividend. Do you think there would be more growth in the future by replacing one of the above tech stocks with NFI? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Kim on December 12, 2018
Q: Hi Peter and Team,

The Info Tech component of equities in all our accounts is 16.2%. The following stocks and ETFs are held, followed by their weightings:

CSU 7.1%
ENGH 1.4%
KXS 2.2%
OTEX 2.3%
SYZ 1.0 %
TXF 1.9%
XIT 0.3% (used to put small amounts of cash since there's no commission with iTrade)

Would it be prudent to trim CSU, and if so, to what level?
What is your opinion of the other holdings, and are their weightings appropriate?
Are the Info Tech holdings too high a percentage of the overall portfolio?

Thanks in advance for your valuable guidance. Please deduct as many credits as you deem necessary.
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on December 12, 2018
Q: Thinking of selling a portion of holdings the above to buy XQQ.
Some are in my cash accounts and the in my RRSP.
The tax loss and gain is zero in my cash accounts.
Gain a bit of D/E and get US exposure.
Thoughts

Thank you

Mike

Read Answer Asked by Mike on December 11, 2018
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