Jerome Hass EnerCare Inc ECI-T HOLD Feb 22, 2017

He shorted this a little bit. It's a business that's hard to like: renting and sevicing water heaters. In February, they reported weak earnings in recent quarters. Also, new laws forbidding door-to-door sales may be a headwind.

They have a very stable business. They rent their water heaters to consumers and when the heaters fail people normally rent another one. This stability allows Enercare to pay a high dividend. Rising interest rates are the enemy of yield stocks, including Enercare but the dividend is likely to rise and the stock has gone down too much. (Analysts' price target is $24)

He does not see anything in it. The valuation is so high that it would make wonderful currency for an acquisition. It is on a steady and slow downward swing. It has a falling balance sheet and low fair market value.

He has been very interested in it based on the news today of Brookfield acquiring it. Brookfield are an astute buyer. There is a 53% premium attached to this transaction based on yesterday’s close which is roughly the gain today. The strategic process has been open for a few months. Brookfield normally make an offer at a lower price and hope the target management team takes it. Are there likely other buyers? He does not think there are. Brookfield may be the only game in town. If hold stock, will hold to see if Brookfield sweetens the pot but once gets close to offer price, would be selling.

Being taken over by BIP.UN-T. He sold it last year at a 499%+ gain. He would look to take all cash in the deal. Taking BIP.UN-T would not trigger capital gains, however.

Shareholders are having to decide to wait for the BIP-T shares after the recent acquisition or sell near the $29 offering price – should they wait? He thinks the market is clearly expecting the deal to proceed. This offers investors less downside and more upside. He would recommending waiting for the conversion and taking the BIP-T shares.

(Past Top Pick, May 25, 2017, Up 64%) They're getting taken out by Brookfield Infrastructure. Had grown their dividend, too. Very happy with this.

The takeover just went through at $29 a share. He sold it in 2017 and wishes he had held it longer. He does not know if Brookfield got a bargain at the price they took it over at. It delisted last Wednesday.