23 Stock Top Picks and 2 ETF (Jan 18-24)

Likes US financials. Quietly up ~49% last 12 months. Just watch that's it's coming up to potential resistance around $50, which it hit in early 2022. If it breaks above, great sign; but might also bounce down below it. He owns GS. See his Top Picks.

(A Top Pick Nov 25/24, Up 3%) (Note the short timeframe.)  A value and defensive play. Still holds, as he'd rather have value than growth. Mags 7's have imploded, while this stock's gone up. 

(A Top Pick Jan 12/21, Up 48%) Great-managed REIT. Taken out.

Owns shares in company. Founder led with very strong management team. Recent share price weakness created a buying opportunity. Discounted relative to peers. Good alternative to Canadian bank stocks. Would recommend holding for the long term. 

Just beat by 5%. Strong momentum in its segments. Inflation-linked revenues. Large organic pipeline, robust deal-making. Company's bullish about data growth. His estimates show it growing 11%, and trading at 10x. Fairly priced, nice compounder, dividend grows 6% annually. Yield is 5.4%.Good US assets, Brookfield management is innovative. Business operations are very strong long term,…

(A Top Pick Jan 22/19, Up 36%) There is some cyclicality in robotics in Japan, but they are one of two world leaders. He still owns it.

Potential buy. Chart trending in the correct range. Excellent trend analysis. Would recommend watching. 

He owned it last year after shares jumped. It's a great business, but the 40x PE is too high and risky. That said, they are doing well.

All the AI stocks are expensive. Also, the AI infrastructure is becoming vastly overbuilt and revenue from it isn't imminent. This makes them risky. It came off a perfect triple top, and that was the time to take profits.In a bear market, it'll come down in steps and you might even see a little bounce.…

He just bought it. It has momentum, just taking out its recent 6-month high at $118, and has a path towards $150.

The Xilinx-AMD merger, which is supposed to close by year's end. Whoever owns Xilinx will make a lot of money. He recommends AMD over Xilinx, because he doesn't like arbitrage risk. Take some profits on Xilinx.

They have lots of cash and downside protection; their office products are monopolistic. Also, growth comes from gen AI and the cloud. Is a defensive play. Yes, they had a period of dead money, but the price is now attractive.

World's largest ag-crop nutrient business. Vertically integrated. Believes prices for its input commodities have bottomed, supported by high and rising cash-crop prices. Farmers have to replace nutrients in soil, which was delayed while prices were so high. Trades at book value. Bounced off lows, but still sees upside. In his dividend growers mandate. Yield is…

(A Top Pick Feb 25/21, Up 15.3%)Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O’Reilly With the recent completed acquisition by AEM now official, we now consider this position closed. When combined with the previous recommendation to cover half the position, this results in a net investment gain of 22%.

Mainly copper and zinc. Incredibly cyclical. In 2011, share price was higher than today. Easier to look for companies that are delivering consistent profit growth over time. Pass on this type of business.

He doesn't like the stock market, so he's looking for alternatives. This is one. Likes that there's the possibility of rates coming down in the US. His downside sell level is ~$86. First target is $95, second target is $100. Not correlated to stocks, so it will march to its own drumbeat (inflation, USD, and…

(A Top Pick Jul 04/24, Up 0%) They have held it for 6 to 8 months. They bought it on the breakout for the longer term and it is now consolidating, There is nothing wrong with this formation. He is bullish on commodities with a softer U.S. dollar, and emerging markets have commodity producers.

(A Top Pick Mar 26/24, Up 44%) Still adding for new clients. Key has been that it has very little competition, unlike US counterparts. You pay up for that position, at 35x forward PE, but you get 15% earnings growth going forward. Beneficiary of cumulative effects of inflation and uncertainty in Canadian economy. Recession-resilient business model.…

BOOK vs. EXPE BOOK decided to be an agent only, so they take a commission on every transaction. Operating margins of 30%. Investors like the capital-light model, giving it a higher multiple between high 20s or almost 30x PE. Today though, PE in low 20s.EXPE buys hotel rooms in bulk and then resells them; takes…

It reports Thursday. This and Dollar Tree have been eclipsed by Walmart, who is not at the mercy of the big suppliers.

Dividend seems likely to be ratcheted back to get cashflow back up. Challenging time for most telecom stocks. Earnings will be challenged for this name, because of types of businesses it's in. He wants growth.

He's been adding; he remains a top shareholder in this. He likes that most of their production is exposed to the Clearwater. Super economical: their payback period on a well is 10-11 months. All companies benefit from a weak loonie, because they sell in USD and bring back that money to Canada. They trade at…

Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research SGY is quite small at $510M, but the stock is very cheap. With a 10% dividend, a buyer (or privatization) could eliminate the dividend and use internal cash flow to pay for the whole company in about three years. But, that doesn't mean it will…

(A Top Pick Aug 13/18, Down 61%) They disenfranchised the Canadian shareholders. He sold out sooner before the de listing, so did not do as badly, nor did his subscribers. He disagrees with their move.

Debt concerns? BXE took bankruptcy protection when debt became too much. There is no equity value in it any longer. Companies that have debt that matures in 2020 or 2021 will have issues. He sees no issues with BIR or TVE on this topic. The new Federal relief program for large companies may be difficult…