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Market Outlook. He has been waiting for the correction that happened last week. Trade wars, ballooning deficits, telegraphed interest rate increases, all predicted that this would happen. He thinks the US tax cuts kept the market up this long as these cuts flowed through to earnings. He would not be sounding the all clear yet.…

What do you make of the markets? There's a bifurcation between the economy and the stock market. The economy is slowly improving, but the markets are at all time highs. But that's not the whole story. The S&P peaked on June 8 with the non-farm payroll, and if you take out the top 6 runaway…

He's a long-term bull, but needs to see a COVID vaccine and a lower U.S. death count. He expects a slowdown after July 31 when PPP ends in the States, followed by weak demand there. During the pandemic sell-off, he recommended buying across the board. Since then, it's been overdone on the upside. He expects…

Georgia senate race. It would be easier for Congress to spend on infrastructure if the democrats win. We see this particularly in the gold sector where it reflects the printing of money for these programs if the dems win. From a market perspective, the only reason the markets are stable is with the promise of…

Most important factors driving markets right now? We've moved from a disinflationary to an inflationary cycle. Evident in US dollar weakness, yields are starting to back up, commodities prices, short cycle assets that benefit from a strong economy. Markets are looking beyond Covid and trying to position.

Will there be a recovery in the economy? It's going to be a bumpy ride. Covid is in control socially and economically right now. Markets always look forward 6-9 months, so he's optimistic of a path towards good returns for equities, despite bouts of volatility.

Arguably are looking at needing another correction. Revenues compared to last year are relatively flat. We are seeing a clear slow down in growth. So probabilities of correction seem to be increasing. Global growth is slow. We don't have China growing the way it used to. China was a driver to the global economy.

Market Outlook He thinks there are two classes of stock out there -- the strong and the weak. He is confounded about how this market continues to rally back. Those strong companies continue to thrive, the weak are struggling. Companies are re-tooling and this may make some companies stronger. Although there may be fewer companies…

Market. Market. The S&P has made a technical break out that could lift it another 25%, regardless of supporting values. We need to wait a couple of days for confirmation. When you combine all the stimulus that has already been put in, and Biden coming into office, where is all the money going to go.…

What's the big driver in the market now? Rally based on vaccine optimism. Stimulus is back on the table. Not exciting that governments are spending money they don't have. Low interest rates, fiscal deficits blowing out. Risk assets seems to be responding to this. No idea how long this will go on. Bitcoin is top…

A bit of a contrarian play. It has a little bit of pattern. Oil has been moving between high $40 to $60 range. In late 2018, it hit the level where it's at now, and then recovered. Buy around $12, it will probably recover to $14. Its seasonality is February to April.

Market Outlook The Bank of Canada has left some room for further interest rate increases, despite keeping rates flat today. Western resources are hurting and they will have to deal with that eventually. If the US cuts rates, Canada will have higher rates than the US -- helping the Canadian dollar. This will hurt some…

2021 outlook The Year of the Vaccine and a return to a new normal. Economic growth will happen globally, including an uptick in bond yields. This will be the end of a 40-year bull run for investment-grade bonds. Investors will need to look elsewhere for returns. In stocks, PE ratios expanded in 2020, but investors…

Why don't you invest in energy stocks? He likes companies that have pricing power and aren't beholden to the costs of input. He has no idea whether oil or gold will go up and how to trade that. Not interested in the boom/bust of commodity names.

How will the pandemic change your investing style? Not likely to change his strategy. These disruptions happen. It's been hard on people, but there have been pandemics before, and there will be again. Currency, interest rates, and commodity prices all go up and down. Choose companies that have resilience, with a business model that can…

It's gratifying to see what he thought would happen, happen. Given the strong rebound in demand, especially China and India, as well as the vaccine, it is promising. The world we enter into post-covid is tighter than before covid. It is quite bullish.

Are we moving out of the valley of despondency over Covid-19? We've already done that. The market's decided it's clear sailing. Indexes reached record highs this week. He has no doubt that world GDPs will roar back in the second half of 2021, and so the indexes make sense. But he's worried there's too much…

Central banks being accommodative. G20, US-China meeting, and OPEC coming up. We'll see what happens. Probably not much. Market seems to feel that any news is good news, and it's just waiting to march higher.

Market. The US market is the best alternative for investment until interest rates rise. Investors are concerned about a bear market or a crash. Although we are seeing some of the highest valuations in a long time, where are investors going to put their money? US fundamentals are still very good. She sees 10.5 earnings…

Still pockets of value? Not in large cap technology. But in a lot of the cyclicals, financials, and energy. In the runup to the election, there's a bit of a rotation away from the super high flyers. We're coming up to Canadian bank earnings in a couple of weeks. Decent chance they'll be better than…

Reaction to Altice USA offer to buy Cogeco? Offer seems relatively fair. Shares are relatively undervalued in the market, so the premium was offered as enticement. A long way from being a done deal. Telecom returns haven't been that robust over the last little while, so it represented a good chance to take some profits.

Marijuana. Doesn’t believe any of the current players will ever make money in the marijuana business. In Canada, we have to heat greenhouses in the winter and cool them in the summer, when compared to someone in a more temperate climate, who doesn’t have any of those costs. In Ontario, they are going to be…

Markets. [Brian Cook and Joe Mazumdar guests] They are seeing a lot more money coming into the mining sector but it is very selective. The juniors need a higher gold price. Less people are interested in the juniors right now. They are now seeing solid projects that are oversubscribed. ABX-T is promoting their working with…

A phenomenal day with the oil crash on top of the coronavirus. Everything got washed out. The TSX plunged over 10%. Phenomenal. Usually in pullbacks, the TSX outperforms Wall Street because of the yields in Canadian stocks, but not today. The consensus trade of going long oil and short treasuries got wiped out today. The…

Stocks are up on election day to anticipate the result of the vote, meaning a Biden "blue sweep" of the House and Senate. During Trump's term, China's trade surplus with the US grew 25%. In other words, what corporations and presidents so are different. Essentially, it's very difficult to untangle the complex trading relationships that…

Market. He thinks we have a new head wind this year – the threat of inflation and risk of higher interest rates. Consumers’ biggest asset is their home and real estate, so this is causing some concern. The good news is that valuations are nowhere near those of the late 1990s before the tech bubble…

Market. Tech stocks are showing some weakness, and it is probably a decent opportunity to buy some. Some would say it is a crowded trade, but the reality is that we have a very slow growth world. The US just came out with their economic growth, and the 2nd quarter was 2.6%, well away from…

Markets. He is not worried about Trump not being able to get things through. The rally through since the election was based on Trump’s election. There is an issue with him not being able to get three major pillars of his campaigned through, but it has only been 120 days. We will not expect to…

Energy. OPEC is following through on its cuts for a 6-month period, but that has always been a murky issue. He thinks they are really going to try to do it this time. Looking at the world supply/demand balance, we are getting fairly close to being in balance right now. We have had growth in…

Markets. People are taking a second look at the Trump administration and wondering how long will it take to put through some of his measures. The market rally is not entirely about the new administration. What we have seen is optimism over the underlying economy and then how much more positive it will be under…

Third day of losses for S&P 500? Tough market right now if you're focused on the short term. October is volatile from the get go. Short-term bounce in the US dollar has brought a deflationary tilt to the current market, with its negative correlation to equities and commodities. Overall, sit back and try to look…

Market. Since the Trump election, there has been a lot of optimism about policy change happening, both in a tax and a regulatory front. We are now at a digestion stage. There is a lot of Senate confirmations on his cabinet in the next few days. This is followed by his inauguration, and analysts are…

Markets. It is concerning that Trump may not be able to do what he has promised and yet markets have rallied. Tax cuts could be positive on the earnings side, but he is worried about how they would be funded. Are there enough shovel ready projects out there? Reforms around health care are causing a…

Markets. You have to focus on growth. One of the big industries is infrastructure. Industrials also had a big surge. A lot has to do with military and the build out of America. The financial sector is pushing back on excessive regulation. The 10 year government bond has increase dramatically in the last 10 days.…

Markets. Real assets such as Agriculture, Real Estate, Collectibles, Commodities, and infrastructure are at their cheapest relative to financial assets since the late 1920s. When you look at some of the metrics on some of these you see monetary policy. They prop up financial assets. Emerging market real estate is really quite cheap. Depending upon…

US Market. Feels the market is heading towards a peak, even if you think in terms of cycles. Our last downturn was in 2008-2009. Before that it was 2000 into 2002. Before that it was 1993. The current market has risen for the most unbelievably absurd reason of all, i.e., nobody can get yield safely,…

Markets. The TSX has had a big run, which was powered by the 3 big ones, financial, energy and materials. We have just had a correction and he wouldn’t worry about it. It is a normal, healthy correction. The long-term chart showed a low in 2008/2009, a low in 2012 and another one this year.…

It's one of his anchor stocks. It's been lagging in price, but so have many silver companies. He still likes this among Mexican-based silver producers. It has just started a gold mine in the US which helps diversify away from silver. They keep adding mines and value, and will have leverage to the prices of…

Markets. The back drop for stocks is not that bad. We had a volatile start to the year that we had to deal with. He reminds us it was like this last year. Financials almost everywhere in the world look good and are the biggest weightings in his funds. Commodities, especially base metals will remain…

Markets. We are in a bull market, but it is resting. In the market we go from a depression period to a euphoria period. During March 2009 we were feeling a depression period , but feels we haven't hit the euphoria period yet. You need to have a plan as to how the market is…

Producers are already saying they are going to cut back their production. Capitalism usually finds a way to make it work, but would like to see if happen faster. We need to get a better price. Royalties and government revenues are going to be significantly down. This is not just an Alberta problem, but a…

Economy. There is inflation in a number of different places that is causing trouble for the consumer to spend on discretionary items. Because of this, there is a fairly lacklustre performance on the discretionary side of things. Inflation is coming mainly from commodities such as food, metals, rents, etc, places where people have to spend.…

Markets. Resources continue to underperform. This is a reflection of the general economy. Low interest rates should filter down to the resources and have a beneficial effect. Europe is coming back from a two year slow down. Was positive one quarter ago. It will bounce around here for a bit, but lowering of interest rates…

Markets: Perception is that markets are weak and so we continue to see weak volumes until people think that economic recovery is sustainable. Correction? Don't fight the fed. Just about every central bank is doing quantitative easing: Japan yesterday, plus UK. The other problem is the fiscal cliff that is expected in January, but he…

Markets. The whole commodity TSX Venture has been extremely oversold. Juniors, in some cases, have lost up to 80% of their value as they approach zero cash position and there is some question about access to capital going forward. There are a lot of incredible deals out there right now but the market doesn't differentiate…

Hedge fund are relevant to a retail environment in terms of diversification. Alternative strategies and hedge funds add diversification, which is harder with the globalization in the markets. Hedge funds are very much misunderstood. 99% of guys running these funds are doing a fantastic job. You get returns that are not as relevant to the…

Market. Volatile market and it's all about Europe. Whether it's geopolitical risk in the middle east, the sovereign debt traces in Europe or the US economy. Expect it will be a turbulent several months.

People can short the index to hedge against their long investments. Concerns now will be noise a little way out. Good fundamental companies will do well in 2011 whereas the indexes may not. Options are a way to get leverage in a portfolio. Premiums associated with options plays are getting rich. In uranium there is…

Growing aggressively in emerging markets. Very cheap. Has chronically under performed and trading at its lowest valuations. Will benefit if interest rates rise, as he expects them to. Will be a very stable, low growth company.

A little weary of where we are. Globally we are at our near term highs. Except in Canada where gold might go a little higher. You need to pare back those ears of the portfolio that have grown out of proportion. The economy really needs support in the US. He has been taking some profits.

Timing the Market. Market averages is the net effect of all the money in the market. When it starts acting differently, going down, you are able to get out of the market. On April 16 the market changed its behaviour giving a series of losses on higher volume and giving lower lows and lower highs.

A proxy for gold bullion. Prefers GoldCorp (G-T) because of their production growth and low cash costs and are expected to increase production by about 50% by 2013.

Institutions are paying a premium for companies they believe can have production growth. This company acquired very interesting projects in Australia at a very low price. Now a significant producer. Bumped up estimates from 100,000 ounces of production to 120,000 with a potential target of 500,000.. Long-term prospects look extremely good.

ETF that invests across Canadian preferred shares. Preferreds are attractive because of the tax efficiency of the dividend. Last year, spreads widened considerably so there was a big dip earlier this year but have now come back very nicely. Long-term, preferreds are fantastic for dividends but will not give you huge returns. Doesn't expect they…

This is a play on safety. Nice yield of over 10%. More into oil/gas distribution so you can consider it as more of a utility. Acquired Cutbank Complex, which is somewhat accretive.

People should always own some amount of gold, anywhere between 2% and 5%.

Good news is that they have taken the risk of bankruptcy almost away by doing a big conversion of preferred stocks into common stocks so the balance sheet is in much better shape. However a lot of the easy money has already been made.

Lafarge North America 10.93% Bond due July 15, 2016. Manufactures cement so a good play on infrastructure.

Governments will be spending a lot of money on infrastructure. Single biggest problem with global infrastructure is electrical grids. Most technology used in substations and across transmission and distribution, dates from the 1940's. This company makes high-end networking gear. They have 60% market share.

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Have such a fantastic core business that anything acquired is dilutive. The core Windows and Office Franchise continues to generate well over $1 billion in free cash flow every month. Have over $30 billion on the cash sheet waiting to be deployed. Trades at it free cash flow yield of close to 8%.

Into oil/gas production that takes longer to get going, but lasts a lot longer. Feels investors are underestimating the value of the long-term stream of income. Also, it is breaking itself up into an oil company and a gas company and these types of spin-offs tend to pay off.

Top Short Has not seen anything to prove to him that they have any sort of proprietary technology and yet there is so much built into the stock. Had declining revenues and operating losses for several years. No clear technology advantage over anyone. Doesn't think they can deliver on any of their contracts.

Different business model. Refer to themselves as a company that doesn't want to go into production. Recently spun off some Nevada properties that is very good for shareholders. Have some great projects.

Companies like this, United Parcel (UPS-N) and DHL continue to control a larger and larger portion of goods around the world. This one has a huge global imprint. A good way to play the retail market. 15 X earnings. Big cash flow generator.

This is a play on the bullion. As the markets have been breaking out into new highs, gold has been doing so also. Technically it looks like it is going to have an ascending triangle break out. Looking for gold to challenge its previous highs of $720.

Still within his valuation.

Only like TD #1 and RY #2 at this time.

67% oil. 10% yield with a 71% payout. A combination of oil production and gas refining.

Every time they sell and ipod, they get $1 for ipod and $3 for accessories. Has a new driver that allows Mac’s to run on Windows. Not a big believer in it. It might encourage some non-Apple users to try it. He has been taking profits.

Great dividend yield. Stock has not moved consistently with the commodity price.

He is focused on technology and the consumer side of technology. Likes security software such as Symantec and Verisign.

One of the world's best drug companies and as cheap as it's been in the long, long time.

Benefiting from trucking capacity being somewhat limited.

A classic market penetration in unserved regional markets.

A yield play. 5.1% gives you 10% return.

Variety store instant ticket business is the least affected by the economy. The #2 player in the lottery business. The #1 company, Gtech, is having a lot of problems. Should give this company tremendous market share gain. Should double their earnings

Buy, stick away and don't look at it for quite awhile. Costs are low on R & D because they tend to buy compounds that have already been researched. Not cheap.

Incredibly good management. Expects them to do $.10/$.12 in earnings this year.

Access to capital should remain very healthy. Expected to grow 13/14% at a 13/14 X multiple.