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26 Stock Top Picks and 3 ETF (Dec 7-13)

Melisa R. H. Posted On December 14, 2018
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Weekly Top Picks

This week there were 26 Top Picks and 3 ETF in a wide range of industries: Consumer, Financials, Industrials, Basic Materials, Telecommunications, Energy, Healthcare, Technology and  ETF.

Here are this week’s Top Picks as selected by: David Driscoll, Ross Healy, Michael Sprung, Teal Linde, Mike S. Newton, Christine Poole, Tim Nash, Bruce Campbell, John O´Connell and  Kash Pashootan

🛍 Consumer

Metro Inc (A)(MRU-T)

Metro Inc (A) (MRU-T) — Stockchase
Metro Inc (A) (MRU-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about MRU-T: Loblaw is the best, so that's the one he wants to own.

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Roots Corporation (ROOT-T)

Roots (ROOT-T) — Stockchase
Roots (ROOT-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about ROOT-T: Interesting things happening. New CEO with marketing sophistication trying to transform a business that's struggled since the IPO. Pretty good entry point. Strong brand. If you have the appetite for a small company, more speculative, good name to own.

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🏛 Financials 

First Cash Financials Services (FCFS-N)

First Cash Financial Services (FCFS-N) — Stockchase
First Cash Financial Services (FCFS-N) — Stockchase

Opinion about FCFS-N: He sold then when the US Dept. of Justice began investigating it. He bought it to get exposure to gold and emerging markets. Gold is now in focus, but he wouldn't buy a miner or revenue streams, but rather physical gold. Gold is at all-time highs, so buy in tranches.

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Laurentian Bank (LB-T)

Laurentian Bank (LB-T) — Stockchase
Laurentian Bank (LB-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about LB-T: Still avoid. Lower valuation than the rest of the banking sector. Bigger issue of something wrong is that they put themselves up for sale, but there were no takers. 

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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM-T)

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM-T) — Stockchase
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about CM-T: Great performer. CEO retiring. Pretty good momentum. Likes the path they're on, brand has been revived. Question on Canadian consumer and credit, along with upcoming mortgage renewals. Cautious on all banks. Wait for a better entry point.

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Toronto Dominion (TD-T)

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD-T) — Stockchase
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about TD-T: The question asked the guest to compare the two with a view to buying one of them. She prefers Royal Bank right now. It just delivered record results and is growing at 10% year over year. TD has gone through a rough patch and is re-structuring which is eating into profits. She…

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JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM-N)

JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM-N) — Stockchase
JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM-N) — Stockchase

Opinion about JPM-N: He trimmed, selling into strength. He's up 38% in this the past few months. Trimmed for pure risk management. Still believes in JPM.

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Goldman Sach (GS-N)

Goldman Sachs (GS-N) — Stockchase
Goldman Sachs (GS-N) — Stockchase

Opinion about GS-N: Short it? He's not a good trader. To paraphrase: "There are bull markets and bear markets, but at the end GS wins." We've seen that this quarter with respect to their trading profits. It's been a great way to play capital markets forever, and all the banks' capital markets divisions are doing…

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🚚 Industrials 

Halma plc (HLMA-LN)

Halma plc (HLMA-LN) — Stockchase
Halma plc (HLMA-LN) — Stockchase

Opinion about HLMA-LN: Chart shows nice stair steps over time. Fire safety, wastewater detection, healthcare (focused on cataract lenses). Serial acquirer, owning over 50 companies across those 3 segments. Exceptional job buying small companies at attractive valuations and growing them over time. High quality name, and gives Canadians a very different exposure from the usual…

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Air Lease (AL-N)

Air Lease (AL-N) — Stockchase
Air Lease (AL-N) — Stockchase

Opinion about AL-N: (A Top Pick Nov 14/22, Up 12%) He is retiring from this. The PE is shrinking at almost the same rate as earning rise, so this means shares will go sideways.

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Xylem Inc (XYL-N)

Xylem Inc. (XYL-N) — Stockchase
Xylem Inc. (XYL-N) — Stockchase

Opinion about XYL-N: Treats, transports, and tests water (drinking and wastewater). Water is a scarce resource; 70% of the earth is water, but only about 2% is drinkable. Aging infrastructure in developed countries needs to be refurbished. Lots of industries require water. One of the few pure-play, publicly traded water companies, and so it trades…

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Stanley Works, The (SWK-N)

Stanley Black and Decker (SWK-N) — Stockchase
Stanley Black and Decker (SWK-N) — Stockchase

Opinion about SWK-N: A too-high dividend is a red flag, a sell. He was attracted to this for its dividend and he expected an upturn in homebuilding when the Fed cut interest rates. Shares rose at first, then fell because of Trump's tariffs possibly increasing rates. He sold at a small loss.

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🛢 Basic Materials 

Pretium Resources (PVG-T)

Pretium Resources (PVG-T) — Stockchase
Pretium Resources (PVG-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about PVG-T: (A Top Pick Dec 07/18, Up 36%) A volatile stock, but he likes the golds, holding 10-20% in a portfolio. Gold has a long runway.

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📱 Telecommunications 

BCE Inc (BCE-T)

BCE Inc. (BCE-T) — Stockchase
BCE Inc. (BCE-T) — Stockchase

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.

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⚡ Energy

Enbridge (ENB-T)

Enbridge (ENB-T) — Stockchase
Enbridge (ENB-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about ENB-T: Technical analysts love to give fancy names to chart patterns 😉  The 5-year for this name is showing a cup and handle -- with that rounded bottom, perhaps a little pullback, and then a breakout and consolidation. Also a nice swing trade. Now testing the breakout point, and successfully so. Looks good.

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Canadian Natural Rsrcs (CNQ-T)

Canadian Natural Rsrcs (CNQ-T) — Stockchase
Canadian Natural Rsrcs (CNQ-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about CNQ-T: In a flat or questionable oil price environment, this former darling is being sold as a relative trade. Take advantage of that. Best operator in the business. Just inked first natural gas contract off an LNG project in the US. Own it long term and do well. Yield is 5.7%. (Analysts’ price…

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Inter Pipeline (IPL-T)

Inter Pipeline (IPL-T) — Stockchase
Inter Pipeline (IPL-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about IPL-T: In the midst of a bidding war. More of a hold than a buy. Prospects for material upside are not very high. Better opportunities elsewhere. If you made profits, take some and invest in something like GEI or even TWM, if you have a higher risk tolerance.

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Pembina Pipeline Corp (PPL-T)

Pembina Pipeline Corp (PPL-T) — Stockchase
Pembina Pipeline Corp (PPL-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about PPL-T: About 70% of the business is take-or-pay -- no volume risk or commodity price risk. Another 20% is on fee-for-service contracts, where there is volume risk but no commodity exposure. Rest has commodity exposure to nat gas and oil. Over 10 years, has been competitive with the TSX. Compounding total shareholder returns just…

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👨‍⚕️ Healthcare 

UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH-N)

UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH-N) — Stockchase
UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH-N) — Stockchase

Opinion about UNH-N: RFK Jr.'s crusade to cut health costs includes cutting vaccines, and that is a serious headwind. The result is that broad healthcare hasn't been this cheap in a long time and you can enter it now. People will still need therapies and get sick. Are better opportunities than UNH in healthcare.

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Protech Health (PHM-X)

Patient Home Monitoring (PHM-X) — Stockchase
Patient Home Monitoring (PHM-X) — Stockchase

Opinion about PHM-X: They offer home monitoring for patients. They are expected to lose $0.01 per share this year and next year. It is not cash flow positive. There could be better chances about 18 month out. He would wait to see if things improve.

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Valens Groworks Inc (VGW-CN)

Valens Groworks Inc. (VGW-CN) — Stockchase
Valens Groworks Inc. (VGW-CN) — Stockchase

Opinion about VGW-CN: (A Top Pick Mar 15/19, Down 24%) He still holds it in the portfolio, but had taken some out at $4 per share. He is looking to add to the cannabis sector again following the consolidation. He holds an $8.25 target. They are producing a CBD and THC beverage.

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Novo-Nordisk (NVO-N)

Novo-Nordisk (NVO-N) — Stockchase
Novo-Nordisk (NVO-N) — Stockchase

Opinion about NVO-N: It was the biggest European company last year. This and LLY are growing double digits and the market is growing double digits. Has owned NVO 9 years and trimmed it 7 times, and this is the first time he's bought more, on weakness. Obesity and diabetes are not going away.  (Analysts’ price…

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💻 Technology

Cisco (CSCO-Q)

Cisco (CSCO-Q) — Stockchase
Cisco (CSCO-Q) — Stockchase

Opinion about CSCO-Q: 12-month price target of $75, pretty darn close. Reports tonight. Unless they really surprise, especially on the guidance side, doesn't expect it to get much higher. At $71 you could write a 1-2 week call with a strike price of $77.50.

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Microsoft (MSFT-Q)

Microsoft Corp (MSFT-Q) — Stockchase
Microsoft Corp (MSFT-Q) — Stockchase

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,…

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Universal Display Corp (OLED-Q)

Universal Display Corp. (OLED-Q) — Stockchase
Universal Display Corp. (OLED-Q) — Stockchase

Opinion about OLED-Q: Patent on cellphone screens, from which they collect royalties. Good business as long as the patent goes on.

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Open Text (OTEX-T)

Open Text (OTEX-T) — Stockchase
Open Text (OTEX-T) — Stockchase

Opinion about OTEX-T: "Garbage in, garbage out" is a saying that demonstrates how you really need to have your data house in order to optimize decision-making processes. Earnings YOY still shrinking, and so it trades at a low multiple. Organic revenue decline is concerning. They can't M&A their way out of this. 

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💹 ETF

iShares MSCI Global Impact ETF (SDG-Q)

iShares MSCI Global Impact ETF (SDG-Q ) — Stockchase
iShares MSCI Global Impact ETF (SDG-Q ) — Stockchase

Opinion about SDG-Q : (A Top Pick Dec 12/18, Up 15%) Linked to the UN Sustainable Goal: educational, healthcare, food, sanitation companies. Lots of exposure to emerging markets with only 35% US exposure. This will do well along with the world ex-US.

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Change Finance US LgCp FossilFuel Fr ETF (CHGX-Q)

Change Finance US LgCp FossilFuel Fr ETF (CHGX-Q ) — Stockchase
Change Finance US LgCp FossilFuel Fr ETF (CHGX-Q ) — Stockchase

Opinion about CHGX-Q : (A Top Pick Dec 12/18, Up 17%) An ETF that tracks the S&P minus fossil fuels and weapons. Strongly correlates the S&P with slight outperformance. You get market returns and do good.

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iShares 1-3 yr Tr.Bond E.T.F. (SHY-Q)

iShares 1-3 yr Tr. Bond E.T.F. (SHY-Q) — Stockchase
iShares 1-3 yr Tr. Bond E.T.F. (SHY-Q) — Stockchase

Opinion about SHY-Q: To park USD for a year BIL is a money-market-oriented ETF. For 2-3 years, look at SHV and SHY, to get interest rate exposure. He doesn't expect the Fed to cut rates for at least 1.5 years.

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