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Q: Looking to invest new funds in SMID CAD. Do not need income - lean to Growth. On a risk/reward ranking, from this list or any others you prefer, please advise where you would focus investments for 3-5 years hold.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by sam on January 20, 2025
Q: Some of your favorite stocks are down over the past month. In what order would you DCA?

HPS.A -11.15%
PRL - 7.14%
COST -7.36%
CSU. -4.78%
LMN -9.28%
DOL -6.51%
ROAD -4.13%
Read Answer Asked by V on January 17, 2025
Q: I notice recently that Dollarama is often near the bottom of your "recommendation" list. I know its currently overvalued but its price has dropped significanly lately. Is there a reason why its near the bottom of your list, why its price is dropping, and at what price it would be a good "buy"?
Read Answer Asked by Rob on January 17, 2025
Q: Jan 3, DOL was one of your top picks for Canadian stocks in 2025. Since that date all questions asking you to rate buys, DOL was always rated last. Please explain what you would do if had intended to hold the stock for another 3 years with a good embedded capital gain. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Richard on January 17, 2025
Q: Please rank the following from best to worst for a long term hold. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Ben on January 13, 2025
Q: Happy New Year! I bought TFII in June and it's now at the same level. I was thinking of selling a chunk to reinvest in LMN, DSG, DOL and BN. What would your opinion on a hypothetical sell/buy be? How would you rank the purchase stocks? Happy 2025!
Read Answer Asked by Lada on January 07, 2025
Q: Happy New Year. As you have mentioned, Trisura is a frustrating stock, although it shows potential. What would your views be on selling some of it and reinvesting in the other three stocks mentioned? Which order would you recommend buying those three stocks in for maximum long term gains? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Lada on January 07, 2025
Q: Hi there
Could you please rank the noted stocks in order of "buy now" preference? (CN, AVGO, CRM, KSI, APP, BEP.UN, DOL, TTD).
Thanks so much! Appreciated.
Read Answer Asked by Judith on January 06, 2025
Q: Happy New Year to all 5i staff.

What are your top 3 picks in Canada and the US for 2025?

Thank you for all you do!
Read Answer Asked by Marty on January 03, 2025
Q: Can you recommend 5 new growth stocks for a TFSA. I have DOL, TVE, VHI and WELL. Would you keep these, given the high valuations of some of them.
Read Answer Asked by Merrilyn on December 11, 2024
Q: Please rank the following companies on growth for the following 1 year and 3 to 5 years span. I own all of them in taxable account some of them for 5 years+ and plan to start moving some into my TFSA. As you can notice I like your recommandations.

Thank you,

Yves
Read Answer Asked by Yves on December 11, 2024
Q: I feel I have too many small positions (2% or less) in a diversified RRIF. All are above water except for DOL which is the most recent buy. Could I have your input re eliminating 2 (or 3) of the holdings and applying the funds to the other 3 (or 2)? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Harvey on December 10, 2024
Q: Please rank the following for purchasing (10years +)
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Ben on December 10, 2024
Q: Three to five year time frame
Stocks to sell and name to replace with growth stock

BCE, NPI, AW.UN BEPC
Read Answer Asked by Harold on December 04, 2024
Q: Hello 5i staff
I have a portfolio consisting in a few etf’s and a few stocks for the American side. One of these is a small cap etf. On the Canadian side it have mostly large blue chip stocks. CSU, BNT, etc. These are mostly at the full 5% quota. I keep some of these smaller stocks, I suppose because I enjoy winning. The problem, though, is that I hate losing. I keep the amount of these smaller stocks small because of that fear of losing, I suppose. They are often between one and two per cent of a fairly large portfolio, which is low percentage wise, but still quite high dollar wise. I am an advancing senior with moderate risk profile. Have a modest pension, which allows us mostly to live without touching investments. I have been wondering lately whether I should just bite the bullet, take the risk and add more to these fast growers ( and from time to time, fast losers) or whether I should just sell them all and consolidate in the larger stocks and etf’s. especially since I can say that I have won the game? Perhaps I could keep a few for fun. But, I guess that is what I am doing now. I know that you cannot give personal advice. But, I find that you usually have interesting things to say about these kinds of situations. As well, it has been cathartic and possibly helpful for me just to frame the question.
Thanks for all the help you offer us
Read Answer Asked by joseph on December 02, 2024