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GMP Capital Trust IncGMP.TOCOMMENTFeb 22, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
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He owns the common stock and the preferred share. They have sold off their resource business side of their brokerage business. They are in wealth management only now. TD took a run at them a few years ago and it could be a possibility in the future. He will continue to hold it.
They had a special dividend of 10 cents a share not so long ago. Crypto currency will not be so popular in the future. Their investment in the cannabis space could do well. He likes this one and where they can go. It has a chance to get to double digits but not tomorrow, and also they could get competition.
He still likes this. Prefers the preferred B shares as opposed to the common, but likes them both. Given what has happened in the rebound in oil/gas, this is probably one of the most leveraged plays on the street having recently bought FirstEnergy. On top of that, the Wealth Management Group put themselves up for sale in the fall, but some of the costs they had when they took over the McQuarrie group are now coming off the books, so he thinks profitability of the Wealth Management Group is going to go up.