Gavin Graham Cemex SA CX-N COMMENT Oct 23, 2015

Cement ready mix and aggregates. Exposure to Mexico, US, Europe and emerging markets. A plant is very, very expensive to build so competitors find it hard to enter.

Starting to perform a little better. The debt levels on the balance sheet are a little high. A pretty good infrastructure play. It is Europe, Mexico, Latin America.

(A Top Pick Sept 6/13. Up 2.21%.) This is his highly leveraged bet on an improving economy, but obviously it didn’t work out very well. If you believe in the economy, it is a good one to own, but feels it is dangerous to own it right now.

One of the top 3 cement producers globally and has an enormous range. With the financial crisis, being geographically diversified didn’t work. It hasn’t done badly over the last 5 years, however it is a construction play. If you are worried about the outlook for the economy, you should consider taking a loss on this if you own.

You have time on this. They are still shutting down production in the shale oil/gas. This is just not the right cyclical moment. Chart indicates that this is starting to turn. He would want to see it stabilize. Give it some time.

40% of revenues are already in the US, so Trump is not going to have a huge detrimental effect. The only problem with this company is that they made a bad acquisition about 5-6 years ago, and are still paying for it. Their credit quality is a little under investment grade, and they still have a lot of debts to pay off before they can really turn this company around and start to have more success.

Building products, HQ in Mexico. Mainly cement and ready-mix concrete. 1/3 revenue comes from US. Outperforming broader index since mid-2022. 10x forward earnings, 15% growth rate. Likes the industrial space. Decent valuation. Technicals OK, above 200-day MA, which is also trending higher.