Richard CroftAllbanc Split Corp. IIALB.TOTOP PICKMar 15, 2007

Lithium is an interesting market. Last year there was a bit of supply shock. China was de-stocking. He does not think the bull market in Lithium is over. He thinks the supply shock is overdone. There will be more electric vehicles. Every year the growth of EV vehicles in China exceeds expectations. He is looking to get back into the name.

Kind of a complex product. Basket of 5 Canadian banks. They split the shares in 2 and provide a dividend. Basically a preferred share with about a 6% dividend yield. The capital share gives you a leveraged play on the banks plus any increase in the dividends that the banks will pay over time. Not sure that Canadian banks will do much in the way of increasing dividends over the next year but if you like the banks (he does) he would go from the capital shares to give you the capital gain.