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Q: I reviewed your recent answer to a question on Haivision and wanted to follow up. I have had some success profiting from DND on the IPO and a less pleasant experience with BBTV. I am wondering if you can dig a little deeper on Haivision to help me understand if it's more of an LSPD/DND/NVEI company in terms of opportunity vs BBTV which sounded exciting? Does Haivision have a large TAM and if so, is it a market already dominated by a few players or is Haivision a pioneer or one of the early entrants? Who do they compete against (US or Canada) and are they growing more quickly or more slowly than the competition? Lastly, if there are major competitors, does Haivision have any unique offerings that give them an advantage?

Thanks as always for your thoughtful and profitable replies!
Read Answer Asked by Tim on December 23, 2020
Q: I have made a double on this stock in a very short time and it is almost 40 % of my total TFSA portfolio. I use my TFSA for most aggressive stocks and the account is only 3% of my total cash/ RRSP portfolios.
You seem to think that January may see a fair amount of volatility this year as investors cash out some of the oversized returns, especially in tech, that have been made this year.
I am looking at adding XBC, WELL, STC, SCR
While writing this I am thinking the best action would be to sell 50% of EGLX now and keep the rest as it certainly has momentum and then wait on the others for the new year. What do you think? Any other small caps that you might consider if you wanted to take a flyer on?
All the best, Derek
Read Answer Asked by Derek on December 23, 2020
Q: Hi again, thanks for your reply to my last question, which you can make public. I wanted to know: if I sell a stock or transfer out a stock from my TFSA, do I have to wait until the following year before I can bring the TFSA back up to the same level? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by TOM on December 23, 2020
Q: With all the buzz about electric vehicles, hydrogen, fuel cells etc are there any companies that would be leaders in the supply of infrastructure(manufacture, distribution)of charging stations, and associated parts for "refueling" vehicles of the future. These companies would seem to me to be the picks and shovels to the Klondike. Also has a standard for recharge devices been established? Surely each car manufacturer will not have its own recharge system.
Thanks,
Mike
Read Answer Asked by Mike on December 23, 2020
Q: NNDM May I please have your opinion on Nano Dimension ? Many thanks
Read Answer Asked by Hue on December 23, 2020
Q: I find it quite interesting that there may be a possible correction in January due to tax-related selling. I own most of my securities in a TFSA and/or RRSP so i am not (in the short term at least) motivated by tax implications. Should I sell now and try to pick up shares at a discount in January?
Read Answer Asked by Mike on December 23, 2020
Q: Thanks for helping guide my families investments in such a crazy year. With my twins having only 4 years until university 5i's advice was a game changer in terms of returns and helping one sleep at night. Over the last week I bought two of my nephews in there early 20's a 5i subscription (which due to your generosity also gives $70 to the food bank!). I am so excited for the potential your teams sound advice will give them for years to come

While I have you, a couple questions (please charge accordingly). I am full up on tech (and then some) but was intrigued by your recent responses on MITK and RDFN. If you were to pick one which would it be? Would you use DOCU as a possible sell candidate if you needed to raise cash to buy one of them? Secondly, would you buy either QS or CRSP after there meteoric rises?

Thanks and happy holidays,
Brian
Read Answer Asked by Brian on December 23, 2020
Q: In your answer of December 22 about allocations, you mention "consumer durables 5%." and got me ponder. For me, I think durables as bricks for example. Is DOO such a company, being "play toys" that last for many years? Are there other companies that you have in mind for investment purposes? Thanks for the insights....Tom
Read Answer Asked by Tom on December 23, 2020
Q: Hi
Besides the amazing science a lot of great investment ideas here. Protein predictors AI grabbed me.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/20/the-virus-free-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2020-chosen-by-scientists

Best of the season to all.
Read Answer Asked by Gerald on December 23, 2020
Q: I am getting scared! This is way too many profits in such a short period of time, in a pandemic, the world shut down, how can that be? So many unemployed. I have never made this kind of money, EVER! Fear and greed is setting in. I am fearful of the market, greedy to let it keep moving up even though it does not look anywhere near sustainable. Help us out here, Peter. Have you ever seen increases in prices so quickly, what is going on? P/E, revenue, earnings, sales, nothing seems to matter. A vision of 2000 keeps rolling around in my head when I guess something like that happened and then everything came crashing down, HARD!
Read Answer Asked by Helen on December 23, 2020
Q: 5i staff and readers might be interested to hear (and comment on) the outcome of my recent (Oct-Nov 2020) Nutrien tax loss sale/repurchase in a taxable account. When I sold my 2500 Nutrien shares for ~$137,000 (realizing ~$18,000 loss), I purchased (per 5i suggestion) an offsetting position in Mosaic (MOS.US, another fertilizer company). Over the next 30 days, Nutrien stock price rose significantly, and so when it came time to repurchase the Nutrien shares (after 30 day waiting period), they now cost $153,000, i.e., an increase in price for the 2500 shares almost as much as the realized loss (~$16,000 versus ~$18,000)! Fortunately, the Mosaic position rose in the meantime by ~$21,000, rescuing what otherwise would have been a disastrous tax-loss sale. In the end, I am now back in Nutrien (a long-term hold in my portfolio), but the whole round trip experience ended up with no tax savings (in fact, my net capital gain position increased by ~$3000 (i.e., ~$21,000 Mosaic share gain minus ~$18,000 Nutrien realized loss), making the whole effort unhelpful re: saving taxes. This tale illustrates well the potential peril of tax-loss selling. But thank you to 5i for the suggestion to hold Mosaic during the 30-day period, preventing a really bad outcome.
Ted
Read Answer Asked by Ted on December 23, 2020
Q: It would be good if you had a page that provides an overview of your different products.
I see you have a $50 +/- upgrade to the basic 5i called Research - I can't find anything on the site that describes the value it provides.
Read Answer Asked by Delbert on December 23, 2020
Q: I am light on Industrials and heavy on Tech. Looking to the Balanced Equity P/F for inspiration I see a 29% weight (about my weight in Tech) with 9 names included, twice the recommended weighting. I know AC was recently added but are there one or two names you especially favour, and one that may be on the way out or due for reduction?

On a separate tangent, is there a reason this P/F has no representation in Communications Services or Real Estate?
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on December 23, 2020
Q: Hi 5i research team - Can I have your opinion on the ZCM, ZCS, HFR ETFs?
I am looking for ETFs in the bonds category that do not fall much if the market tumbles (relatively safe) and at the same time pays a good interest compared to money market funds. I dont have any in the US market.
Any other ETFs you can think of in the CAD and US markets?
Thanks for your input!
Read Answer Asked by Ahmed on December 23, 2020
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