23 Stock Top Picks and 3 ETF (Jan 25-31)

Cheap, at 8-10x earnings. Good company, balance sheet, business, management. But auto market is suspect, because of current sales slump and electric vehicles. Magna has worked through issues in the past, and it will again.

The freight backbone for North America from Atlantic to Pacific to the US Gulf Coast. They work towards high capacity utilization, cost efficiency and technology enablement. They have boosted ROE to 23% over the past decade. It trades at 14 times earnings. This company is 100 years old and the iron will be in the…

UAL-Q or DAL-N. The airlines are the most prominent businesses that suffered directly from COVID and it is difficult to know when it will improve. Most of these companies have raised money recently. Both score poorly on most metrics he looks at. He would prefer AC-T over these two as it is liable to get…

The uptrend from 2016 to 2018 broke late last year, then has seen a head and shoulders bottom. It's a safe bet from here--should return to old highs, but doesn't know if it will rise even higher.

The dividend has been cut. Analysts expect earnings to return next year. He is not sure if they can achieve their targets.

(A Top Pick Jan 28/19, Down 37%) A global leader in the manufacturer of valves including nuclear valves. They are in the middle of a turn-around plan which he initiated. They started buying back their shares, which is usually accretive. We are seeing an improvement in the gross margins. We will see the full impact…

He has their product in his office. The stock is struggling. They lowered guidance twice this year. They have a new management team in place. They are re-vamping their sales strategy. The change of management is taking more time than expected. Watch it as they try to go to a more professional organization. Turnarounds don't…

(A Top Pick Mar 08/19, Down 22%) They stubbed their toe and he sold out about mid-year. Their inventory turned out not to be as deep as they had advertised. Within $50 oil prices they can generate 10% free cash flow going forward.

(A Top Pick Jul 19/19, Down 80%) A good reminder it is not how you start the year, but how you finish. He thinks energy prices will recover before year end. He no longer owns it. They had higher leverage than its peers. Their non-operated crown jewel is in the Eagleford. He thinks that became…

3.86 They have a lot of financial leverage, but one of the best hedge books. They have 2/3 of their production going to the US Gulf Coast. This is the single best candidate for a large cap company to acquire a smaller cap like MEG. Once you get more bullish on oil prices, others will…

Did the Saudis buy into Suncor and CNQ? He believes this is true, that a large Canadian pension fund sold these stocks to the Saudis. Can't comment on the stocks themselves; anything oil and gas been difficult. This industry can't catch a break. Oil prices can't trade at these prices for long, and a second…

Weakness in share price recently is related to their moving HQ into the US. Their strategy for the move is to trigger share buying in the US as they become part of a larger market index, he thinks. There is no guarantee this will happen in the US, so this is a pretty risky strategy.…

ENB vs TRP? He believes having one of these holdings is key to your portfolio. It is getting harder to put pipe in the ground, so existing assets are valuable. He owns ENB, due to the amount of oil they move and the pricing power they have with tolls.

Fed bailout? He has no idea yet if VET or PXT would qualify if there was a Federal government incentive. He does not expect a bailout; rather, a lump sum of money available for financing.

They reported last night and they beat consensus aggressively. He does own this. Their digital entertainment business is successful with brands like Call of Duty games. He has a target price of $70.

It is one of the mega cap tech stocks that are back to their all time highs. It is not that expensive and hits all metrics for him. It has a great balance sheet.

The retirement living space has been going through massive challenges in terms of COVID. You would have wanted to be in this sector before COVID due to demographics. It is safe to say that regulations will tighten in the space and it may be hard to maintain capital to fund them to meet the regulations.…

(A Top Pick Apr 22/19, Up 25%) Undervalued at 9x PE, still likes it. This is the future of US healthcare where costs are 50% more than other western countries. A way to reduce this cost is through CVS, such as using their health hub technology instead of walking into emergency. CVS has been smart…

(A Top Pick Jan 30/19, Down 53%) It has been frustrating. This one is actually profitable. They bought a dispensary and the owner is still owned some money. He does not think this stock will be around a year from now.

A perfect stock even though it is up 50% off the lows. They can service the debt and earnings expected to grow by 133%. Yield 0% (Analysts’ price target is $2.36)

(A Top Pick May 27/19, Up 1%) When interest rates rose in Q4, the stock fell down. The stock moves according to rates and not the fundamentals of the insurance industry, which frustrated him. So he exited. PGR has been doing well, because rates plunge and fewer people are driving, hence getting into car accidents,…

(A Top Pick Aug 21/19, Down 10%) The REITs have been hit pretty hard through the pandemic. It is an industrial REIT and is only down 10% because they are insulated from the affects of the pandemic to some extent. He continues to really like it and it is one of his top holdings.

It's real estate in 28 countries. It's something different for Canadians and worth having a look.

(A Top Pick Jan 29/19, Up 1.5%) Global Risk Parity balances the risk of growth and inflation. It balances the risks to keep you level. The peak draw down was 12% -- very manageable in the context of recent volatility.

(A Top Pick Jan 29/19, Up 39%) This asset does well in a deflationary shock period. It has a 20 year duration, so the impact was significant when interest rates dropped.

(A Top Pick Jan 30/19, Up 85%) They have the market's attention. Later this year there is the decision whether they start up an older mine that has been mothballed for a while.