Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO)

He is not that excited about Canadian banks, but owns a small position in this one. He prefers US banks. He likes TD-T because 35% of revenue comes from the US. 12 times earnings. It might be an attractive entry point.

Don’t have too many Canadian banks in your portfolio. This is one of the better ones to have. People are concerned about bank stocks in general because of a flattening yield curve and their inability to grind out profitability, because the spreads are so low. There is also some concern about this bank because of auto loans in the US. If you have a 5-10 year horizon, banks are good places to be.

Canadian Banks have rewarded long-term investors. The total return has been absolutely amazing over the last 20 years. This quarter, Canadian banks have been active in buying back stock. They are overcapitalized and their results are terrific. This is one of his favourites.

It is not range bound enough for him to do options on it. The problem with the banks is that the neck line was broken and it is testing it. It would be a good thing if it broke out. The dividend does support the stock price entirely.

He really likes this. It is one of his core positions. He likes the US side of this. It is strategically placed to do very well, if the US economy even nudges higher.

Feels the sales practice report was overblown and is not going to turn into a long-term problem. Also, this is not just unique to this bank. The selloff has been a good buying opportunity. Dividend yield of 3.7%. (Analysts’ price target is $71.)

Like a lot of Canadian banks, it has US operations, which would probably be the one area he would be most excited about, in part because the US banks find themselves in a better environment than they do in Canada. Thinks there will be legislation changes in the US, which favours bank shares in general. The flipside is the constant buzz on the Canadian real estate market. This bank operates in the prime mortgage market. Doesn’t think you’re going to make a lot of money in any of the Canadian banks right now. He would much rather focus on banks internationally rather than domestically.

Historically this has a bit of a pullback just after they report their fiscal 2^nd quarter results, which they just did last week. This is not a good time to be a buyer of banks in general. There will be an opportunity coming up. Historically they have a seasonal low around the beginning of October. It has a long-term support at around $58.

When the bad sales practices came out, they hit the banks. This bank admitted on their last quarter that they had no systematic issue. He would use that as an opportunity to buy. This bank had impressive numbers in their last quarter. Still trading at 11X earnings, and would be surprised if we didn’t see it doubling 10 years from now.

This has had its issues since the March 6 report on sales practices. They’ve had a few problems with their personal and consumer banking, which was really one of their growth engines for quite some time. The whole housing thing has brought down the excitement around the banks. If you don’t already have some of this in your profile, he would be picking away at it.

He likes this. It is bouncing off its 200-day moving average. He added a little more this last week. Very secure dividend with a yield of about 3.75%. Watch out with what happens to the Canadian economy, household debt, market, etc. Over 40% of their revenues come from international or US markets.

(A Top Pick Jan 20/16. Up 36%.) He likes their exposure to the US. They’ve done a lot of work in the last couple of years cutting costs and building their brand in the US.

This is big in Canada as well as in the US. Feels there is good growth potential in the US with a better US economy, and interest rates rising faster. Earnings came out today and they were very good. Dividend yield of 3.8%. (Analysts’ price target is $70.)

He likes US banking. This has a significant exposure and great success in the US, specifically in the Northeast. For US banks, he is more interested in those that went through the crisis, the ones that had to recapitalize and were trading at ridiculously low prices. Those banks today are having a reduction in the burden of regulations, a reduction in big multi-million-dollar finds, an increase in their ability to pay out earnings they are generating, but no longer have to save to build their capital base. TD may partially benefit from the regulations and an improving US economy, but it is relatively more expensive than the US banks, and there is less likely to be the same dividend growth.

Toronto Dominion (TD-T) or Royal Bank (RY-T) for a long-term buy? He is basically an investor in this one. It got off the mark before anyone else, in terms of getting a position in the US, and he thinks that is going to be very important. Has been a little disappointed with the results out of the US side, but thinks that is about to change.