Investment Q&A

Q: A number of your past favourites are getting crushed in the market. Based on fundamentals do you see red flags with any of these companies or do you feel it’s an overreaction by the market? Do you consider these companies Buy/Hold/Sell?

Thank You
Tim

Q: Of these beaten up software stocks, which 3 or 4 stocks would you choose, keeping in mind greatest return potential and not too much overlap between the picks. Thanks

Q: Hello 5i,
First of all, I wold like to thank you for the "Five from 5i" in general, but specifically the "Is Inflation Higher Than We Think" article - a great read!!
Secondly, pertaining to the article about the fee reductions for some Vanguard ETF's, I notice that VIG is there, but not VGG. Would VGG receive any benefit from the VIG fee reduction, given that it isn't specifically mentioned. (unless it was there, and I missed it - always a very real possibility....)
Thirdly, I am looking for some current recommendations for my grandchildrens' RESP's. Their ages are 5 - 7 yrs. old. One Family RESP holds BN (up 112+ %) and the other holds VGG (+73+ %). I went through the existing RESP questions, but given the current volatility and market uncertainty, I thought I would ask for your current favourites, given the foregoing. I certainly like many of the options given in previous questions, but I feel that the environment is slightly different now than it was several months ago.
As always, thanks so much for the awesome service!!!!
Cheers,
Mike

Q: please rate these companies in order of best buy for 5 year hold.
thanks
don

Q: What to do with $10864 in TFSA? At 74 years I exist on a public sector DB pension.

Transitioning my TFSA to be more growth focused. 14 holdings currently, major ones being BN, TRI, TFII, TVK, KXS, TOI, EQB, LMN, DSG, PNG, DRX, REAL, S, EGLX. Also have 41 equities in much larger balanced dividend growth non-reg account but Brookfield Group is pushing 15% of total portfolio with overall 65% Canada exposure. Overall below sector targets in consumer cycle, health, RE, Industrial, Utilities as well as International exposure.

Realizing you cannot get personal but I am looking for another viewpoint on how to use the funds in TFSA this year besides adding more Brookfield or software or financials. With available funds could only add 4 units of CSU anyway.

Q: Hi, Sorry there are lot of companies listed but in summary this is three part question:

1. I have BAM2%,BN9%,BEP5%. I was thinking of putting new money to KKR or BX or APO. Should i add new money to existing positions or to new positions. Which one and approx. price please.

2. All the listed are in red in various taxable and registered accounts. Which one is good candidate for new money , which one would be sell and hold.

3. ISRG is at 1.5%. Should i go to 5% in one shot or go slowly or just hold on . This is in taxable account.

Thanks

Q: Good day,

Wild few days in the market. As a stroke of luck, I transferred one of my managed accounts over so I could manage it myself, and that sale happened early last week and it is sitting in my account, ready to deploy. As a lucky tailwind, I don't want to squander it. Mostly in RRSP account.

Would you be adding to CLS, BAM, SHOP, TVK, PNG, ZDC right now? In order of priority please with a small 'why'.


I had purchased some AEM 1-2 years ago (great recommendation, thanks), and it has flown. Is it an add now and/or are there other Materials tickers you would suggest? Doesn't have to be precious, as long as they are executing well and have quality assets and a solid runway. maybe 1-2 each for precious, critical, and non-precious?

I sold TOI last summer, and with this crazy "Software off" cycle here, would you start accumulating? like 20 or 25% of a position? Is TOI the most likely candidate to return to its growth trajectory when the world begins to appear normal again?

Thanks for Everything!

James

PS. While looking at all my statements while transferring over to Questrade for their cashback promotion, my statements had my annualized returns calculated over 1 3 5 and inception. Since inception was 21% which I'm staked about, but my 3 year annualized was 43% !!! I just renewed my 4th year with 5i. Thanks Thanks THANKS!

Q: Hi 5i Team - With the continued downward trend of these three companies, do you think it is still now all AI fear related, and if so is there a chance some of these fears are legitimate. I think you have stated that fundamentals remain the same. Have there been any announcements from CSU, TOI, and LMN supporting their businesses and attempting to reassure investors over the past several months.
Has there been any insider buying or selling over the past half year.
It seems that Lumine may be getting hit the hardest of the three. Would that be your opinion as well.
If trimming positions in these three stocks, in what order would you do it and would the reverse hold true if adding.
Thanks.

Q: I currently have HIVE,ZOMD,SHOP,GFL,CLBT and TOI. All are less than 2% weight. Would you be buying any of these stocks today? I am a long term holder and money not needed for 15 years.

Thanks

Q: These stocks are all down today. Does this have anything to do with Anthropic?

thanks

Q: Another question about TOI...I've owned for a few years now, entry was at $120, so no under water by a decent amount. I have read your other recent answers on TOI describing that fundamentals have not changed. What would trigger you to give advice to sell with this stock? Thanks much

Q: Hi Team,
Can I have your take on NOW earnings? Beat on all metrics it seems like, yet the stock nose dives. CNBC has a headline saying "bear market is in for software stocks". What is a person to do now when I am stuck with NOW, and all the CSU family? Can I expect CSU, LMN, TOI to sell off a bunch more on earnings when they report like NOW is doing today even though they beat? I am finding it hard to decide whether to just Hold, buy more, or Sell? Usually selling is not a good long term idea in a proven quality name, but maybe this is different this time? However selling a sector that is being oversold might be a bad idea if I am expecting to invest it in momentum names at their "highs" (such as MU) that might roll over at any time...that would be a bad scenerio. Today is an awful day. My portfolio has peaked last October and still has not came back since and continues to fall. Losing confidence in holdings I thought were all quality names..

Thanks for any input you may have,

Shane.

Q: I currently don't hold any companies in the software space and I am looking to add some of these to my current portfolio. How would you rank them in order of purchase for a long term hold?

Q: Patience is wearing thin on some of these names, they just continue to have negative momentum and I don't want to sell into the negativity and sell just because others are selling. What are your thoughts? Are fundamentals still strong in these quality companies? Is your updated view still a hold on these? Thanks!

Q: Hold a position in TOI that is currently up 49% in my TFSA. Would you switch out to BN based on a long term outlook? Thanks Ron

Q: I don't think I've ever started a question with an apology, but sorry I'm bringing up these companies again.

I've read your Q & A's BUT I feel with the constant and dramatic fall of all 3 of these companies during a tech boom for tech stocks something else is amiss.


CSY -21% YTD (back to 2023 levels)
LMN -18% YTD (back to 2023 levels)
TOI -17% YTD (back to 2024 levels)

I could go on with

DSG-10% YTD
KXS-16% YTD

What is this telling you?

Should we not be buying CDN tech stocks. When looking for tech and healthcare just buy US?

If we hold these and are still positive should we just sell to prevent a loss?

Not sure what to do here. Waiting is soooo painful.

Thanks


Sheldon

Q: Very good article about how topicus approach AI in their day to day projects … data and customers is the key :
https://topicus.nl/en/news-and-knowledge/from-systems-of-record-to-systems-of-action-the-new-reality-of-ai?sector=education

Q: Please forgive another question about this suffering stock price. I just came across an old note that said CSU has 8 billion ownership of LMN and 8 billion ownership of TOI.
If those two stocks are also suffering, does that create a drag on CSU stock irrespective of its own earnings? Thanks for trying to reassure us all who are down so much on this one!

Q: Hi 5i Team - At today's prices what are some key metrics and ratios for each of these three companies starting with P/E and free cash flow. Also how do they compare with the same metrics and ratios a year ago or whenever the AI theme started to become a concern. Are all three companies profitable.
Thanks.

Q: Do you not find it odd/disappointing that we have yet to see any meaningful insider buying in these names?