Investment Q&A

Q: 5i is alway saying that they prefer an unhedged stock over a hedged stock. If you want to buy a US unhedged stock, but you don’t have any US cash, is it better to buy the stock in US$ or Canadian $. Please make the assumption that you are going to hold the stock for a long time and you believe the Canadian $ will come back at some point. Thanks for your help.

Q: hi,
I own both BCE and T - both down a bit now. can I get your latest thoughts on these 2 as a buy, sell, or hold. all else being equal, do you see the purchase of assets in Pacific Northwest USA as good for growth, eventually. and what do you see as the risk for a dividend cut for BCE and Telus? finally, if selling, where would you suggest to look elsewhere for some growth ( slightly beating inflation ) and good dividend yield?
cheers, Chris

Q: Do you have an opinion on VMD OR QIPT-Q. I hold both.
Thanks,
Guy

Q: I'm up 24% on ABBV in my cash account - down almost 50% since Trump was elected. It is currently a half position. I also hold ISRG in the same cash account at a 1.75% position. Considering selling ABBV and investing proceeds in ISRG, increasing this holding to 4.25%. (My other health holding is CLBT at a 2.5% weight in my TFSA.) Given tax implications/risk, what would you do?

Q: Galaxy Announces Private Offering of $300 Million Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029. Thoughts? Market doesn't seem to like it.

Q: At what price would you initiate a full position in the following? Thanks!

Q: Based on growth potential only, would you prefer HPS.A or PRL?

Thanks for your service!

Q: Your thoughts on earnings please. Would you buy this dip if you had a starter position already. Thank you.

Q: My top holdings right now are (these are all primarily in an open account, but small portion in registered)
MSFT @ 9.18% of the equity portfolio (up 487%)
AAPL @ 7.47% of the equity portfolio (up 496%)
BCE @ 4.89% of the equity portfolio (down 16.52%)
Thinking of selling some of MSFT to rebalance and possibly AAPL to rebalance and selling some BCE for tax loss to offset some of the gains.
In the present market does this seem like good options? What could be purchased instead? I do rely on the BCE dividend for some income and might want to replace this. Will also be looking to transfer cash and/or stocks to TFSA's in the new year.
Are there better options in my situation? (the rest of the equity portfolio is fairly balanced except an over amount in financials)
Thanks,
Steve

Q: Good Day,

POWL went basically up 100$ and down almost as much within a week or 2, what happened? Any significant news?

My personal experience with these types of moves has been mixed, sometimes I let them run, and sometimes "Something doesn't seem right/too good to be true". The exits have been on 'psychology' type stocks and have been pretty successful (TSLA, first buy on SMCI, etc). I know it comes down to position sizing, but are some general guidelines or metrics to look at that can help decide whether it's worth trimming your position or not?

Secondly, PLTR. I have read a lot of the comments on it, and see the value in where they have positioned themselves, but am also concerned about the valuation, and how only a small slowdown could significantly tank the share price.

With the addition to the SP500 being one of a list of its catalysts, are there other companies with solid fundamentals, market share, and or momentum that are on the shortlist/likely to be added to a major index in the coming year or 2? Could you provide 2 or 3 condidates for the TSX60, SP500, NASDAQ100 and any other significant ones that may be of interest.

Thanks!

James

Q: I’m wondering which type of account would be best for these ETFs. I assume they would not all be best in the same account. The choices of accounts would be personal taxable, RRSP, TFSA, and corporate.

Thanks.

Q: Hi guys,

I'm thinking about selling a full position in Gsy (up over 200%, thanks) and topping up Prl, Ifc and Eqb into full positions. Thoughts?
Take care
Jim

Q: Which would you suggest is the better to hold for the long term ZWB or ZWK? Or should I hold both?

Q: Which one do you prefer? Thanks

Q: When Peter was on Market Call this morning he got a question about Russel Metals. One part of the discussion was on the likelihood of Trump putting tariffs on steel. As that is one of Trump's pet peeves I'm guessing that a steel tariff is going to be near the top of his list ...... What would be 5i's favorite steel companies to play this theme ?

Q: Dou think this is agood entry point for Stella Jones? What is your opinion of the stock> Thanks

Q: Can you please rank in order of preference your top 5 buys from your tax loss publication ?

Q: I own an equal weight of UBER in my portfolio but none of TSLA. Could you please describe the correlation between UBER and TSLA. It seems that when TSLA rises UBER falls. Is this simply sentiment, anticipation of policy changes from the future US government, or is it related to actual fundamentals? Thanks as always for your excellent service.

Q: You suggested VBAL as a good all in one ETF. Thank you for that.

You noted that “It covers the US, Canada and global equities, and also has 40% bond exposure”, which is great, except that I don’t want any bond exposures in the ETF. Do you have any alternatives without any fixed income included?

Thanks again.

Q: What are your 3 favourite U.S. small and mid cap etfs?
Philip