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Q: I would like your impressions on PUBM. Its valuation is quite reasonable compared to others in this space such as MGNI and TTD. It seems to me that their success depends on the being able to attract more publishers to their platform, not sure if you have any insights into their potential.

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Read Answer Asked by Leo on January 25, 2022
Q: Good Morning,
Apologizes as I know you've been asked this question or various of a million times but here it goes. At this point in time please list your 5 favorite stocks for a 10 year hold in each of your RRSP account and your TFSA account.
Read Answer Asked by Darrin on January 25, 2022
Q: Can I please have your top 5 US and Cdn consumer non cyclical stock choices ?
Read Answer Asked by adam on January 25, 2022
Q: What is your impression of the analyst estimates for EPS and revenues in reports such as Refinitiv? Is there any other source that you find better?
Read Answer Asked by Leo on January 25, 2022
Q: Hi 5iresearch team
At finance.yahoo.com website, I was able to download the historical data of indexes (S&P500, Dow, and Nasdaq as well as the Candian TSX or any other ticker) in an excel file format (CSV). Now, it seems I can do that with Canadian tickers only. Is there a way to download the American companies historical data from the Yahoo site? If not is there another source that provides similar format data?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Ahmed on January 25, 2022
Q: Good morning Peter, Ryan, and Team,

With interest rates set to climb, do you believe that “residential” REITs/Real Estate stocks like CAR.UN, IIP.UN and TCN should be over-weighted in one’s portfolio? My thesis is that less people will be able to buy a house in an already overheated real estate market, forcing them to consider renting an apartment or home. (I assume that real estate is also overheated in the US when including TCN) Do you concur, and if so, can you suggest any additional names? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on January 25, 2022
Q: Hi 5i - a two parter:
Firstly, are you aware of any website or other resource out there that offers easily accessible side by each display of the common evaluation metrics of companies in the same sector, subsector or industry?
(I ask because most sectors differ from other sectors in terms of what is a desirable P/E or P/CF or ROE or ROA etc. etc. so when I see what I might think are either healthy or unhealthy metrics for a particular company I don't have a readily available way to compare those metrics to companies operating in the same sphere to allow me to quickly determine if they truly are unhealthy or unhealthy, comparatively speaking.)
And secondly, is there any resource you are aware of that sets out what the average various evaluation metrics are for the different sectors / subsectors / industries or, alternatively, what could reliably be considered healthy metrics for each.
I'm not adverse to doing the work to come up with this information myself (although I expect I would have difficulty arriving at reliable information to fulfill part two of the above) but it would save me a lot of time and paper if that information had already been gathered. I suspect others might find the sort of sector specific database I'm looking for helpful too.
Thanks!
Peter
Read Answer Asked by Peter on January 25, 2022
Q: Hi there,

I am seeing an increasing number of questions from people looking to exit their technology holdings and wonder (as I read your banner at the top of the page about doing nothing) if now is perhaps too late to be exiting. I understand that people may look for safer havens but I would like your opinion on whether or not people with a 5-10 year horizon and an appetite for risk should be scaling into many of the higher quality names rather than selling at what appears to be nearing a bottom. I can't help but think of so many who bailed out of oil stocks when things appeared dire and then didn't get back in for the massive rise.
Read Answer Asked by Tim on January 25, 2022
Q: On 5 Jan you responded to James that you had the view that AFRM was still fundamentally strong and was setting up for a potential rebound. Do you still feel this way? I see there are some legal issues surrounding this company now as well. I have a half position in this company, am normally a long term investor, but is it time to sell this and put that money into another company which has better bounce potential? Thanks again, Dan
Read Answer Asked by Dan on January 25, 2022
Q: Hi, Interested in your take on why BRP Inc trades at such a low valuation. They have great brands, seem to have the ability to innovate, and it looks like they can continue to grow (10% for the next several years seems reasonable). What am I missing? I am a long term investor (investing for 10+ years out) and I don't mind volatility so would you recommend I look for more aggressive growth?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Alex on January 25, 2022
Q: What do you think will happen to the Canadian dollar vs the US dollar when the Bank of Canada eventually raises interest rates?

Do you think there are any other short-term factors that might significantly affect the Canadian dollar vs the US dollar?
Read Answer Asked by Doug on January 25, 2022