Investment Q&A

Q: I noticed AQB as a recent top % gainer. Are there superior aquaculture firms (especially fish farming firms) you are aware of?

Q: Could I please have your view on ET. (US) Is this good for a long term hold? Will it ever get back in favor? Is there better places to be? Thanks in advance. Appreciate your inpu.t.

Q: Hi, any news causing the drop of MGNI today? Are there any reasons for long term concerns?
Thank-you.

Q: The cash position in the Growth Portfolio is just over 10%. This seems unusually high: please explain your rationale. Thx

Q: Hi Peter
My wife and I are fully invested in TFSA and RSP accounts. I have about $150,000 to invest. I guess I need to use taxable accounts, which I have no knowledge about.
Can you point me some good resources on taxable accounts and how to get started.
If I am already at the top of the tax bracket, is it worth consulting with a tax consultant before I go down this path?
Any guidance on approach and methodology will be very helpful.
Appreciate your great work!
Thanks

Q: Just wondering what your thoughts are on Alaris.

Would you be buying at these levels?

Q: Why has CGY dropped in price recently and what is your opinion of the company in general?

Q: this company has had a great run perhaps being in the right industry at the right time?
could u kindly comment on the company? thanks

Q: What are your top five Canadian and top five US small cap growth companies in terms of reward to risk, for a 5 year timeframe?

Q: Good morning 5i
thanks for the prompt answer to my question yesterday. I need just a bit of clarification on the answer, though. I was keeping companies like Alphabet and Microsoft along with etf"s because I thought they might have an outsized upside in the future. You say, thought, that all these stocks can be found in a typical etf and then go on to suggest another handful of stocks. I am not sure if you mean that because Alphabet, Microsoft etc, are so well represented in the etf's that I don't need to hold them separately and focus instead on stocks similar to the ones mentionned?
thanks

Q: As always, thank you for your great service. Would you be a buyer at these levels or would you wait for a pullback. Looking at 5 year hold on this company.
Thanks

Q: enbridge came out with annual investors day presentation today and just wondering if you guys listened to it. they increased the dividend by only 3% but to me that was being cautious for outlook next year cause who knows what will happen but happy in their decision to raise a bit at least. just wanted your thoughts and as a sidenote i get a
newsletter from a reputable writer in ontario here and he was saying in one of his latest reports that 80% of all trading on the canadian markets [tsx] comes from south of the border now. i did not know that and is this right?
thanks

Q: Hi folks...I see Nuvei won a contract with Columbia's leading operator on on-line gaming; Wplay. It accounts for almost 50% of gaming revenue in Columbia with 1.6M users. Any idea if this is the biggest on-line gaming contract Nuvei has won to date (Colorado, Indianna, West Virginia). Is Nuvei the leader in processing payments for on-line gaming....and should it be the big beneficiary on recently legalized on-line gaming in US & now Canada. Stock has done well but seems to be flying under the radar with min volume, and not much reaction from analysts....thanks as always, jb Piedmont QC

Q: I have owned BIP.UN for four years and have a 76% unrealized capital gain. I also have a small amount of BIPC as a result of the recent spin off which has a 78% unrealized gain. I do not want to own both as they are essentially the same and BIPC represents only 0.3% of my portfolio. The plan is to amalgamate by selling one and using the proceeds to buy more of the other.

The question is which one to sell? This is in an unregistered account. Which of these two do you favour in an unregistered account? A sale of BIP.UN will result in a greater immediate tax liability than BIPC but the tax will have to be paid at some point anyway and it might be a good idea to decide, at this time, which is the best one for me to own going forward. I know the premium on BIPC is expected to decrease but so for it has not. In fact, over the past 8 months BIPC has increased approximately 78% while BIP.UN has decreased 6%. Over this time, BIPC has increased in market value approximately the same percentage as BIP.UN has over the past 4 years.

Q: Hello,

In the upcoming shareholder meeting, the following changes to the investment restrictions are proposed:

Current Investment Restriction:
[Each iShares Fund] shall store all the Bullion owned by the iShares Fund in: (i) with respect to CGL, the vault facilities of a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank or an approved subcustodian or sub-subcustodian or an affiliate or a division thereof on a segregated basis; and (ii) with respect to SVR, the vault facilities of a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank, or an affiliate or a division thereof, or a sub-custodian on an allocated basis.
[Each iShares Fund] shall ensure that the Custodian has adequate insurance in place in respect of the Bullion held by the Custodian on behalf of the Fund.

Proposed Investment Restriction:
[Each iShares Fund] shall store all of the Bullion owned by the iShares Fund in the vault facilities of one or more entities that meet the requirements to act as a custodian or sub-custodian for assets as described in NI 81-102 (or are permitted to act as a custodian or sub-custodian pursuant to exemptive relief from the applicable requirements granted by the Securities Authorities), on an allocated and segregated basis.
[Each iShares Fund] shall ensure that the Custodian itself has, or that the Custodian or sub-custodian(s) are required to ensure that their respective sub-custodian(s) have, adequate insurance arrangements in place in respect of the Bullion held on behalf of the Fund by such Custodian or sub-custodian(s), as applicable.

Would you be able to please explain in simple(-er) terms what's being proposed here?
Also, if the proposal is approved, how it would affect attractiveness of CGL going forward? I.e. would it be a good idea to continue to hold it?

Thank you kindly

Q: Could you please tell me what % of the world economy the following countries/regions
have:
U.S.
China
Japan - Asia pacific
Europe
Many thanks.

Q: Hi,

Of these relatively new biotech companies that have or will soon be IPO'ing, Repare Therapeutics (June IPO) and Abcellera Biotech (upcoming IPO), where would you put some play money? A bit of both? Or another recent IPO/choice altogether?
It seems that Abcellera might be a little ahead of the game wrt being profitable already. And I'm pretty sure given the expected interest, I may have to get this initially on the open market.
Are there any things from a finance view we should be aware of with these IPO's other than biotechs can be more risky dependent on clinical trial results, etc..
Repare has done well since its IPO in June.
Can you pls also add Repare to your db? It did not come up in a text or stock symbol search.

Cheers,
SteveMc

Q: I have both Canadian and US stocks in my TFSA in separate accounts. Is it a mistake to own US stocks in a TFSA due to potential tax issues? Thnks

Q: good afternoon 5i,
On December 3 you responded to a question by Curtis by saying, "We also think a low cost index product for the majority of a portfolio overlain with a basket of individual stocks to generate alpha is also a pretty good strategy, for those inclined to hold 6 or 7 individual stocks. "

This is a strategy that I more or less use, at least for my US and International holdings. I haven't done this with my Canadian holdings because of capital gains, which would imply tax, and also because it seems to me that the Canadian etf's are heavily weighted towards the few sectors we have in Canada. Therefore, I think I would be better in individual stocks rather than an etf. I would appreciate your take on that perspective.
Also, I am wondering which four or five stocks you would look at in the US for such a strategy for a retired person. And how would you weight them given that an etf strategy was used. The stocks I have listed are the ones I own. How would they fit in such a portfolio? The only one I might kick out for someone my age is Docusign. Any others that could be suggested?

Thanks for the great service

Q: Hi there,

What are your thoughts about taking a position in DKNG long term? What do you value the stock in USD?