Investment Q&A

Q: What is the best way to reduce the max drawdown in a long term growth investment portfolio that has increased a lot in value over the years? What are some strategies or things for investors to be cognizant of or do over time?

My investment strategy is to buy high quality compounders and hold them a long time. My top sectors by weight are tech, financials, industrials and cons. cyclical. My bottom ones are utilities, materials and communications with energy and staples in the middle.

It always seems like my portfolio takes the stairs up and the elevator down. I'm happy with the returns so far and hold high quality growth names. Are there strategies to reduce the downside while enjoying the max upside? : ) Such as raising cash or hedging (PSQ, SH) at certain times, although this is market timing which I tend to try to avoid. Your thoughts? Thank you!

Q: I have owned this stock for some time and am in the fortunate position closing in on a double bagger. In similar fortunate circumstances I would normally sell out my original investment in 2-3 tranches.

ABB is a leader in industrial robotics and is evolving its electrification business (among other services) Both of these businesses make me hesitant to sell, given the growing AI influence on the world's industries. Power and robotics would seem central to the theme.

I would appreciate your insights on the AI theme and how well ABB may fit with the idea over the next 5-10 years. Understanding of course this is a Swiss firm and not one you follow closely.

Q: My losing stocks are LSPD (-65%), MG (-45%), CELH (-53%), and NXT (-40%) in my portfolio. I am contemplating an annual cleaning to weed out the poor performers before year end and invest the proceeds elsewhere.
Please recommend if any of the above mentioned stocks are still worth keeping for recovery in the recent interest rate cut environment ? if not, please rank the order of wipe out sequence. Thank you for your excellent service. Bill.

Q: Hi, What would be your favorite stock for the US financial sector for valve and growth in the next 2-3 years? Also if this is not in the banking sector, which of the US bank would be your top pick?

Q: Gentlemen,
I am interested by :
1) Emerging Asia-Pacific ETF (US).
2) Mid Cap US
Please propose 3 ETF for each
Thanks BR

Q: I would like to invest in private equity and credit stocks. Is there an ETF that you would recommend.

Thanks for the great service

Q: THIS EQUITY IS GAINING SOME SOLID MOMENTUM. UP 25% IN JUST 2 WEEKS.
MAY I HAVE YOUR OPINION?

Q: Harvest recently launched 4 individual share etf’s which uses covered call and leverage.

The etf’s have only been out a few weeks but the leveraged versions seem to keep up with the individual stocks in terms of price appreciation.


How would you expect these etf’s to perform over the long term compared to the individual stock that it holds?

Would this be a way to get yield and price appreciation? Would you hold these etf’s instead of the underlying stock?

Q: Emerita announces recent Financing Aug-14 (tranche one drawn). Can you comment on the structure, specifically how it compares to terms in the mining/exploration sector. Is this a win/loss/fair for the company at this stage?

Q: Over the past ten years Well Health achieved very low "return on invested capital" results. Does this mean that their acquisitions were not financially successful?

Thank you,
Gabor

Q: Your thoughts.

Q: So, with all the uncertainty of just a few weeks to the US election and all the Canadian election uncertainty, why not sell, sit with cash and wait for.a couple of months to see what happens. The dive that the stock market took a few weeks ago is a reminder of how fast things can change. Before the dive a few weeks ago I was up about 35 percent for the year and was kicking myself for not selling and putting my feet up for a while. Now my stocks have recovered, I am in almost the same situation again and wondering if I may make the same mistake twice.

Q: TC Energy has set the date for the South Bow spin off (I believe Oct/24 - not sure if it was the beginning or end of month) I read that the spin off will not be subject to capital gains until it's sold, that much seems straight forward.

Can you please help me understand how the Average Cost Base will be established, will it be the price of the South Bow Shares at the outset of trading on day one?? I'm assuming the Cost Base for the remaining TC Energy shares stays the same, even tho the share price will be reduced to reflect the pricing of South Bow.

Thanks

Q: Which stocks is best to buy now: BCE or RSI.TO

thanks, jean guy

Q: Well Health achieved very low return on invested capital results (ROIC) over the past seven years. What does this mean? Does it mean that their acquisitions were not financially successful?

Thank you,
Gabor

Q: Of the two names in the utility sector can you reccommend 1? Looking for diversification in my portfolio post rate cuts. Tickers are PUI and IDU. Is 5% exposure appropriate?

Thank-you in advance.

Q: I asked something about BCAT a little while ago and I now have another question. It appears that the monthly distributions are issued as a return of capital; can you pls confirm if that is the case. And secondly, is a return of capital by a US entity still a return of capital for Canadian tax purposes, or does CRA treat it as interest? I know tax is not your forte, but any info you can provide would be great. Thanks for your excellent service.

Q: Peter; Would MAW108 and VFV overlap too much ? Thanks.
Rod

Q: I missed the recent pop in CEG although I've done quite well in Vistra which I still hold. Other than Vistra, what USA stocks would you recommend for an AI-related energy play? I'm thinking GEV? Thank you,

Jason

Q: If you were to add just one of these, which would it be please?

ASPN, CROX, TMDX, AVAV, CLBT