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Bryden Teich
Norbord Inc
OSB-T
HOLD
Apr 25, 2019
For longer term, if you hold it, not a bad time to be averaging down. Need strong rebound in US housing market to get material lift from here. But don't put new money in.
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He thinks we have seen house prices turning the corner. He likes it here. March sales beat expectations in the US. Prices of houses is what drives this stock. Variable dividend that pays you to wait. If you think that we are going into a recession (he doesn't) you don't want to own this name.
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The OSB manufacturer for roofing and flooring. Prices for products has collapsed and new capacity is coming on-stream. She would not be buying a commodity based stock like this. If you are long already and the US economy continues to grow and interest rates do come down there may be upside in the housing sector. The over capacity issue is an overriding concern for her, however.
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