Stock price when the opinion was issued
He is avoiding staples right now. They are trading very, very rich. This company has had a negative earnings revision and are really struggling in some of their core categories with pricing pressures and volume. Not a lot of positive things to say about this. He would be moving on to a different sector, on the view that we will be seeing higher rates. This is not a “Growth” story, it is a “how do we save the ship” story.
Bristol-Myers (BMY-N) or Colgate (CL-N)? These are both very good companies and you are probably getting decent yields on both. The dividend growth is not high enough to be in his funds. Dividend yield of 2.2%.