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This is the one he likes in the space. Part of its business is very utility-like. Steady dividend, which will rise over time. Dividend also looks attractive in the face of an economic slowdown when interest rates would fall. Hold for the long haul.
More pipeline builds would certainly be an opportunity for growth for this name, but that's not why he owns it.
Defensive assets are garnering less and less of a bid as people become more comfortable with economic risk. Used this name as a source of cash to add more beta to portfolios. Great company, but relative price performance has started to back off for the pipelines group. Pipelines carry a lot of debt, and financing costs could get more expensive if long-term yields stay high.
Will Canadian large cap bilateral companies move to the US with Trump’s dropping of corporate taxes by 15%? These are things that are over the horizon. If it begins to go that way, the Canadian government will have to react. Canada has managed to be lower than the US previously, and we don’t seem to be that concerned about deficits. We have to be competitive with the US on things like this. Thinks our government will react. Feels this company is going to be a big beneficiary of Trump.