23 Stock Top Picks and 5 ETF (Feb 01-07)

The price hikes must stop at the theme parks and focus on getting more people into them. It's good to hold now, because of the valuation and streaming is more profitable than it was projected a year ago.

(A Top Pick May 09/23, Up 42%) It is a great company, well run, and a core holding. They execute very well on the orthopedic side and is one of the leaders. Five years ago they launched the robotic assisted surgery component which is performing very well. He sees it as a double digit compounder.

She's anticipating economic weakness, hesitant even on the consumer staples space. Consumers in Canada have seen a lot of price increases in the last 24 months; spending same $$, but taking home less. Questions ability to continue to pass on those price increases. 

Lennar Corp. engages in the provision of real estate related financial and investment management services. It operates through the following segments: Homebuilding, Financial Services, Multifamily, and Lennar Other. The Homebuilding segment refers to the construction and sale of single-family attached and detached homes and the purchase, development, and sale of residential land directly and through…

Housing has a long way to go, but was up in Q4. She will take any improvement. They have very easy comps. 

Canada has 6 banks and the US has 9,000. TD should have taken warnings from the US regulator more seriously, before the regulators clobbered them with that penalty. TD should have changed their board and CEO faster and sooner; the market was upset with the lack of action and punished shares. Buying TD now at…

A number of P&C insurers in the US pulled back post-hurricane. Technically, not broken. Sector probably does pretty well going forward. 

All the insurance names, both in Canada and the US, continue to work. If interest rates do, in fact, go higher, that will only be beneficial for lifecos and other insurers. The chart looks fantastic. Good run, so there is some weakening in the intermediate term.If a long-term holding, best thing you can do is…

It's all about interest rates. Probably we need to see the 30-year fall below 6.0% to trigger pent-up demand and will likely get it. We're 5 million homes short in the U.S. and have been underproducing for 14 years.

REITs are very correlated to interest rate expectations. Last year, he took a close look at this and was not enthused. Immigration is gone, no longer a tailwind, and its dividend is merely okay. Long-term, office REITs have the best outlook in REITs.

He holds CP, which has excellent management and the most unique footprint of any rail in NA. Tariff uncertainty impacts CP the most, but he decided to hold on and buy a bit more if it does get hit.

High quality. Stock's done well on good execution. Canadian engineering firms have a strong business model in Canada, and they're continuing to expand outside Canada; lots of opportunities to do well. He holds STN instead.Buy a bit now. If price goes up, you'll be happy you got in earlier. If price goes down, buy a…

(A Top Pick Feb 14/24, Up 43%) Sold last year once more of the value from its initial spinoff was realized. See his Top Picks for recycling the capital proceeds into another opportunity with a similar playbook.

First-class management. Most unique footprint of any rail in NA. Tariff uncertainty impacts it the most, as it facilitates trade among US, Canada, and Mexico. It's held in really well. Attractive 20x PE, but tariffs will impact growth.He did think about exiting, as he looked out over 4 years and saw potential economic weakness on…

Does not invest long term in airlines. Business very hard - capita requirements very high, with low margins. Few barriers to entry - lots of new competitors. Oil prices are volatile - which creates difficulty in costs. No dividend makes this company hard to invest in. Better options elsewhere. 

(A Top Pick Feb 27/23, Down 28%)Disappointing growth in EV equipment. Rolled over and he got stopped out. Wasn't making higher highs and higher lows, no longer in an uptrend. In your portfolio, you have to quickly carve out the ones that aren't working before they hurt you.

Last year they fended off a challenge from an activist investor. Its platform enables remote work, so share soared during Covid. But then earlier this year, the activist threatened to take it over. Instead, in April, Box struck a deal with another investor, KKR, for a $500 million investment to mostly use to buyback shares.…

It is quite well priced at 21X earnings. It has many divisions and thee is a feeling that the parts are worth more than the whole company trades at. It is spending $75 billion in Capex to support AI and data centres. In the last quarter the growth rate looked to be a little slower…

Sold mobile unit. Leaders in embedded home, infrastructure, and satcom. Fixed balance sheet. Turned around, next year should be really strong with new product launches. Might be acquired. Excellent technology, solid clients.

Quite choppy. Stuck in a wide trading range between about $130-200 for the last 3 years. Right now, on an upswing. Broken out over $175. So far, so good. Question is how far does it go? Previous resistance was around $200-ish. Still a bit of technical upside, but do recognize it's been more of a…

It continues its record rally today. Last night, they increased their dividend by 5%. It's the cheapest Mag 7 in PE and have delivered strong. They've bought back $44 billion of shares in the past year. Massive free cash flow. He hopes there's a stock split.

It reports Wednesday. They will report and shares will fall after hours--and buy it then. It will rally first thing the next morning. This happens over and over because short-sellers push it down. NOW doesn't miss reports.

(A Top Pick Jan 11/24, Up 21%) 33x forward PE, a bit pricey but it's a premium name. Secular growth with growing electronic payments and rising consumer spending. Clear uptrend of higher highs and higher lows, 200-day and 200-week MAs are moving higher.

Tilted portfolios towards developed and emerging international. Best returns will come from here.

(A Top Pick Jul 31/24, Up 2%) It is moving in a range. It is close enough to the bottom of the range and he is tight with discipline. If it breaks its support level and stays there for a number of days, then he will sell.

Allan Tong’s Discover Picks IHI's MER is actually higher (at 0.39%) than the yield it pays (0.3%). Like the other names here, IHI trades at a low beta, 0.86 to be precise. So, if you're not buying this for income, what's the growth? Let's look at IHI's largest holdings. TMO offers diversity among lab testing,…

Balanced ETFs for a long-term hold? VBAL and XBAL are great, one-stop shops for smaller accounts. Leave it and forget it. Typically has about 40% fixed income, which would have had a tough run up till about a year ago. VBAL costs about 25 bps for the MER, XBAL costs about 20 bps. VBAL is 41%…

(A Top Pick Jan 07/19, Up 14%) They are one of the lead orders on this. There was a technical issue where it was listed on the TSX and NEO. The fund refused to list it on the TSX. It doesn't have good liquidity due to this and so they gave it up.