Brookfield Asset Management (BAM-T)

Great Canadian company, well diversified. Oaktree deal turned out great, given this market. Good, disciplined capital allocators. Good alternative asset story to stick with. Will benefit as real estate starts to recover.

The question was on his choice between BN and BAM. BN is Brookfield Corporation which is the old Brookfield Asset Management. BAM is the new Brookfield Asset Management. This is a result of re-structuring done in 2022. BAM has a better dividend, almost 4%, but not as much growth. BN has a small yield but more growth. It is leveraged to the economy and makes money when they sell something, so their income is lumpier than BAM. Since 2022 the total return on BAM is 28% and BN is 10%.

Just reported, increased dividend, a nice beat that some are saying merely due to taxes. He models outsized growth for 2024. Pretty attractive risk/reward. 22x, 17% distributable EPS growth. Buying at these levels will work.

Don't need to buy long call options on a company like this. BAM has at least a 3.8% dividend. Collect that instead of paying the premium on options.