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

Opinion about BAC-N: The only big bank that missed on the top line, due to a net interest income line miss. They maintained their full-year net interest income forecast. Falling short were markets and banking segments. Shares fell today.

Opinion about BRK.B-N: Strip out the stock portfolio, and its operating business is very cheap at 12-13x PE.

Opinion about WIR.UN-T: (A Top Pick Jan 12/21, Up 48%) Great-managed REIT. Taken out.

Opinion about FFH-T: Insurance sector's been behaving well over last 3 years. Trimmed about a month ago. Prefers capital markets banks at the moment, but nothing wrong with this name.

Opinion about BIP.UN-T: There has been a pullback so this is good entry point. Business is good and the last quarter beat expectations. It is constantly putting money to work. The stock yields 5.5%. It is a steady compounder and she sees good upside potential.        Buy 8  Hold 3  Sell 0 (Analysts’…

Opinion about YASKY-6506-JP: (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.

Opinion about WM-N: Not all the picks can be exciting names 😉  In a portfolio, it's important to have some lower beta, more defensive names (especially when mid-late cycle). Leader. Industry has high barriers to entry, which is important to him. Only a few major competitors in the environmental space in NA. (He also owns…

Opinion about PNG-X: It is involved in the next frontier which is oceans, Makes submersible drones, small to big which will allow the military to expand under the seas where they haven't been able to in the past. It is very good in sonar and battery technology which can stand the under water pressure. In…

Opinion about GOOG-Q: Dumping a high-growth tech stock then planning to buy back at a lower price is a lot harder than you think. He sold GOOG after the Justice Dept. called GOOG a monopolist. Then, GOOG went up and the Justice Dept. did not break up GOOG. He didn't get back into the stock.…

Opinion about BABA-N: Loves the stock. But can't ethically invest in it because one of his firm's researchers works for BABA. Follows it, and his 12-month price target is $151.50. Cloud, commerce, digital media and entertainment, innovative initiatives. Only wildcard is the Chinese government.

Opinion about XLNX-Q: 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.

Opinion about MSFT-Q: The company he'd be owning 5 years from now. Partnership with OpenAI is most consequential company of our time. Totally ahead on AI. Absolute beast when it comes to distribution. Wide-reaching tentacles across every Fortune 500 company. Path of least resistance when it comes to adopting AI -- security platform, Office 365,…

Opinion about NTR-T: Lots of geopolitical things happening. When stock shot up from Russian invasion, sold some but still retains a 1/2-2/3 position. Likes it long term. BHP is bringing on Jansen, but it's behind (and second phase may be mothballed). Good diversifier. Nice yield.For new clients, buying a half position. Ideally, want to buy…

Opinion about KL-T: (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%.

Opinion about TECK.B-T: In a bit of trouble. Copper has come down from $9 highs to ~$4-5. Main mine in Chile is having production issues, costs coming in higher. Revenue announced last week was OK, but can't get over the hurdle of costs. FM is an alternative.

Opinion about TLT-Q: (A Top Pick Mar 12/25, Down 3%) (Note the short timeframe.)  He's not bearish on the market, just wary, so he's being defensive. The US market has more risk on the equity side than normal. His target remains around $90, still an OK place to make a couple of bucks. See his…

Opinion about ZEM-T: Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research Keep in mind that some international funds, depending on which ones, could hold some emerging market exposure already. The sector continues to be volatile, and many countries (i.e. Vietnam) might be very vulnerable to tariffs if they come back and/or stick around…

Opinion about DOL-T: Beat revenue, earnings up. Is pullback of 3.5% today a buy? Believes he heard a comment that its forward guidance is uncertain, and that could be the reason it's pulled back. Earnings are one thing, but the street looks for forward guidance because that's what's going to happen next.Longer-term chart is a…

Opinion about BKNG-Q: Is efficient and asset-lite. AI fits in perfectly in what they do to generate future earnings. They own several, large travel sites. Trades at 25x PE, reasonable. The poster child for compounding. (Analysts’ price target is $6113.51)

Opinion about DG-N: Yesterday they reported a fine quarter: beating revenue, 2.4% same-store sales growth (beating) with strength in every major product category, gross margins beat due to a theft crackdown. Earnings beat and were excellent. DG repeated tat they will keep prices low amid Trump tariffs. DG's customer survey revealed that 60% of their…

Opinion about BCE-T: Telcos in NA are a mixed bag right now. He'd be a seller. Other things outside of telecom to do with your money.

Opinion about TVE-T: Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research TVE has reported record production and upped its production guidance for the year. It has also made a nice bolt-on acquisition and is seeing some broker target price upgrades. YTD return is now 14.6%. While it is not beyond possibility, we would…

Opinion about SGY-T: 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…

Opinion about SDX-LN: (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.

Opinion about BXE-T: 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…