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GMP Capital Trust IncGMP.TOCOMMENTOct 04, 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.
There has been a lot of negativity weighing on the common shares, and conversely, Canaccord (CF-T) seems to have done a lot better over the last 1.5 years, so people have often looked at the difference between the 2. Canaccord is more heavily weighted towards cannabis stocks, which have done very well. Also made an acquisition a year ago of First Energy, which hasn’t worked for them. In terms of Preferred B shares, which he owns, it gives a decent yield, and at some point, thinks GMP and its wealth management side could be a potential interest to a 3rd party. He would rather own the Preferred B then the common shares.