New 52-Week Highs and Lows (Nov 14-20)

He's researched this a lot. It's a roll-up strategy buying hospital centres which he likes; it has a decent runway. Their last few acquisitions have dogged them with weak growth. They need to execute in the next few quarters before he steps in. They need to get over the hump. (James Telfser)

(A Top Pick Aug 31/18, Up 0.4%) Yields 2.15%. As he raised cash before seaonal volatility in September and October, he parked that cash here. As the market plunged, he was 50% cash in August. (Jon Vialoux)

Stock vs. Stock.  FIE-T vs. CMR-T.  CMR-T is a money market fund.  FIE-T is a multi holding income strategy holding all kinds of assets, so there will be more volatility.  When markets are up go into CMR-T and FIE-T when they are down. (Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTA)

A Levearge ETF.  He advised to steer clear of these kinds of investment.  They are trading vehicles the are intended to be watched daily. D (Daniel Straus)

It's really hard to find a silver deposit, so that's probably why they moved away from silver operations. (Brent Cook)

It had a meteoric move. Speculative name at these levels. He likes the name and he got out at around 62. Maybe there is something there that he doesn't see. A quality name but he wouldn't be adding here. (Greg Newman)

2020 looks promising with success in U.S> multi. (Greg Newman)

A portfolio of US properties. It also has some interesting properties around the DVP area in Toronto. The CEO is one of the few people that not only knows how to buy, but also how to sell. Thinks that at some point, he will sell the entire company if he can, or bit by bit.…

They were successful last quarter. They are very levered to assets. It trades at 10 times with a 7% yield. Management is incented to raise the dividend. (Analysts’ price target is $14.54) (Lyle Stein)

This is benefiting from the trend towards renting by the residential space. Canadians have not had good rental options provided by landlords offering real services to their tenants. (Joshua Varghese)

Loves it. Has long owned it. The typical Canadian has been in 3 of 4 of the stores they own in the last month. Very well-diversified. The death of retail (malls) has passed them well, and Smart has performed well. (Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSI)

It has had a tremendous turnaround. Use a 50-day moving average as an exit point. If it goes sideways you will get exited out of it. Buy a little and follow the trend. (Jeff Parent B. Eng. FCSI CIM)

The price did not drop much in December at all. You want to be buying it for the dividend. He is not expecting much upside on the price. It was quite resilient when the rest of the market was falling. It is a utility play and not a yield play. (Tim Nash)

He likes it. He holds it. It has good price momentum. It is still reasonably priced. They are a solid operator and know how to drive prices lower. 18% return on equity and 20% price to earnings. Recent quarter was neither a beat nor a miss. The payout is low. (Jason Mann)

The most expensive stock on the comp table, and so that is the issue. Analysts say it's fully priced, despite the great quarter. Hard to start pushing the multiple higher. She wouldn't buy it here, but she doesn't know if she'd be selling it either. (Veronika Hirsch)

He bought the bonds over the years. He used to own the stock. They were playing catch-up when they developed their wireless market. They still have to reinvest a lot of money into their network. The easy money has been made. They are limited in their market in Quebec. (Stephen Takacsy, B. Eng, MBA)

He owns all three telecoms. You don’t need to pick. You should diversify among the three big ones. RCI.B-T have quite a bit of debt and it has held the back on raising their debt yet they are able to leverage on wireless. (Kash Pashootan)

He has owned it in the past and sold a while ago because the share price dropped.  The big issue is that they have a lot of margin pressure facing them.  They are struggling against a tide.  The share price is cheap but you need to look at where the industry is going. (Tim Regan)

(A Top Pick Jan 24/19, Down 1%) It's a hedgy stock. He likes it as a longer-term trade. The chart shows big swings. It bottoms around $600 and believes it can top $700, as it has in the past. His target is $700. (Keith Richards)

They've disappointed for a long, long time. Won't see growth until 2020. He sees 1.8% AFFO growth. The balance sheet still carries a little more debt than it should. There are better opportunities out there. If they continue to execute, this should be better in coming years. (Greg Newman)

(A Top Pick Jun 22/18, Down 31%) He still likes this. This is beautiful technology. They are actually a miner. His strategy is to have this at 2.5% of his portfolio, so has continually added as the price has come down. He has not lost faith in this, just thinks it is early. (Jaime Carrasco)

High risk/high reward situation. If the drill bit does come through in the Lytham prospect in the North Sea, you could be over the old time highs. (Josef Schachter)

(A Top Pick Nov 11/16. Down 39%.) Had a great initial discovery, but subsequent drilling results have not kept pace with initial drilling results. He likes the property and the people but sold his stock. (Rick Rule)

(A Top Pick Nov 11/16. Down 39%.) Had a great initial discovery, but subsequent drilling results have not kept pace with initial drilling results. He likes the property and the people but sold his stock. (Rick Rule)

So far he hasn't seen anything to make him buy the stock. (Brent Cook)

Too much political risk. Too much financing risk. Nice deposit. (Rick Rule)

Iron ore developers and companies have all done very badly. Doesn’t see a lot of upside in the short term for iron ore because there are still quite a few projects coming on and the Chinese steel demand is looking pretty stagnant. (Jim Huang)

Gold will trade in the $1,100-1,400 range. For PG to rise, gold must rise even above $1,400. He doesn't see any short-term upside in gold. PG has probably bottomed out, but he doesn't see it going up either. (Elliott Fishman)

The ``prospect generator`` business model to him is the only part of the exploration sector that makes any mathematical sense. He is a very large shareholder of this company, and has an extremely high regard for management. (Rick Rule)

The founding families completely sold their shares, so SJ had a rough 2018. But this year could be a growth year. But this can be a cyclical business--replacing train tracks. They should grow revenues 3-5% a year and make further acquisitions. Expects dividend growth. Very undervalued. (Barry Schwartz)

The guys behind this have had great success in Mexico. They've had not bad results to date. Anything in the silver area is probably going to do well. (John Embry)

Ranks in the middle of the pack for him. Technically it hasn’t been super strong. Part of that is probably due to some concern over whether or not it will sell off because of the Canada Post strike. He wouldn’t be surprised if they had weaker earnings when they report. Overall the business continues to…

A small silver company that he has looked at. There is a valuation opportunity but it is just such a small company. He does not know a lot about their acquisition. After we get news on it you have 12 months where they will be range bound. It is a bit early for a re-rating.…

They should change their name. He likes what they're doing. It's holding at its current resistence level. It's range-bound and the stock needs to show him that it can break out. (Elliott Fishman)

They do oil/gas fluids. Profitable company and revenues are growing by leaps and bounds. They have a lot of debt and have taken on quite a bit of debt and have virtually no cash in the bank. Just did a $10 million raise and sold 6.6 million shares, which they needed to pay down some…

Uses their GPS system to figure out where trains are, and to more accurately schedule trains and service vehicles for people working on the rails. Reported on Aug 14 and earnings were down 10%. That was against a 32% increase in sales. In the coming quarter, earnings are expected to be down 75% year-over-year. Great…

There had been concerns in the semi-conductor space and the produce very sensitive temperature monitoring devices for semiconductors. They deal with the five big producers around the world. New management has led to increased orders and now cash is growing. The stock is reasonably priced, he thinks. A great company and well managed -- likely…

(A Top Pick May 20/15. Down 93.21%.) The company had some technology that allowed for compliance and payment processing technology. They started in the Bitcoin area, which didn’t work out very well. They then moved on to high risk areas, which would be considered gaming. Recently announced a strategic review of the company, so are…

BBI-X is the old ticker. The merger involves a 10 for 1 split. PIPE-X shows a couple of weeks of trading and that is what to go by. They are coming on with new production facilities soon. By the end of the year, they will go to 10 times that. He thinks it is cheap…

Debt is too high for them with the lower light oil prices. She has them on the watch list and likes them but too soon to purchase. Yield = 12% (Joanne A. Hruska, CFA)

A market darling for a few years. When things went difficult in the oil patch they didn't react fast enough. They are still a big oil producer. There is a lot of uncertainty in that regard. A $100 oil seems to be a far away dream now. Stable but what is the catalyst for this…

(A Top Pick Mar 26/18, Down 30%) Also a top pick, so he'll comment there. (James Hodgins)

A small cap. Can't buy it because there's not enough volume for him to analyse. It's breaking down after holding up during market problems. If it holds above $3, that's great, but it may decline below $2.80. It's starting to come down. Be careful here. Next support level is $2.60 which is your exit point.…

(A Top Pick Feb 12/18, Down 36%) They are going to double their production in the next few months. They are delisting from Canada in the next few months. You can trade on the AIM but costs are higher than the venture. Small investors are getting out of the stock. (Josef Schachter)

A bond proxy. From 2016 to early-2017 it had an uptrend, then a pullback. This year, the uptrend has resumed. He likes the chart--it's currently on the upside. Also pays a decent dividend. Let's see if it tests upside resistance at $14. (Javed Mirza)

The concern is the 8.2% yield at 85% payout. It may be sustainable. Earnings estimates have been shaved by 2% in the last 90 days. Growth is forecast to drop. It is 5 times PE to Growth next year so he prefers others. (Robert McWhirter)

He's owned this from time to time, but CGX is frustrating. It plays the movie pipeline, hits or misses, the stock rises or falls. A good dividend player, but there are better dividend stocks. (Andrew Pyle)

(A Top Pick Apr 24/18, Down 47%) It's oversold. He's watching it and may buy back his position. They've gotten into cannabis retailing out west and are looking at Ontario where he expects them to have a strong presence. Note: Aurora bought 25% of CLIQ at $15/share (today $5). Ouch. (Colin Stewart)

He is not sure why the stock is doing so poorly except that money is being sucked out for other sectors.  A lot of these companies have never been better valued.  They had a great quarter last quarter.  They announced a lot of new systems post-quarter.  They are reinvesting in sales and marketing.  The sales…

In general terms still on a downtrend. Bearish big picture. Could get back into the 20 dollars. (Keith Richards)

(A Top Pick Nov 16/18, Up 3%) Totally news driven. Disappointed with it. He sold it and wouldn't buy it today. He bought it because it was cheap at the time. If you hold, continue to hold. (Elliott Fishman)

It is a sector people hate.  They are making money and have no debt.  They closed a lot of stores - the worst ones.  Some buy this stock just for the dividend. (Benj Gallander)

A plummet in shares last week. But it has a very good brand and he believes a positive catalyst of some sort will happen, like someone will buy it. This is a speculative buy. Expect more pressure because of tax-loss selling, but then it can only go up. (Analysts’ price target is $5.44) (Mike S.…

This has great assets globally. The biggest sourcing platform for organic foods. It is really hard to get an organic designation. It takes 3 years for a farm to convert. They spent a lot of time putting together assets and it hasn’t been managed well. The company did a strategic review, brought in an investor…

(A Top Pick Feb 24/16. Down 58.9%.) The print side is probably just going to continue to decline, but he thought the digital side was going to grow. They have now had a couple of bad quarters on the digital side and he got Stopped out. (Bruce Campbell (2))

How much weight would you give to a preferred share ETF within a FI portfolio? He doesn't like preferreds. You get a return of a bond abut the risk of a stock. He prefers covered calls for income. (John Hood)

Why such a large correction? Preferred shares are a big part of this fund, and they took a hit because of higher interest rates. (Richard Croft)

HPB Energy Bull+ ETF. Immediate leverage to oil price moves. If you have a very good near-term bet that you want to make on oil this would be the way to go but if you are looking for an investment in the oil patch that has a long-term investment implications, then you should go to…

He would rather have direct access to floating rates. In Canada there are very few original floating rate preferreds left. One of the highest quality is the Brookfield BAM Preferred B or Preferred K and generally they are in the market and trading 17, 18, so they are at a big discount to their par…

Good vehicle for short term trading.  He would wait for this.  It is bouncing around.  Nat Gas is rallying again.  Wait for a key reversal day.  Maybe on a Thursday after an inventory report. (Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTA)

HPR outperforms the larger index. It's interest-rate sensitive. Pays a good yield. However, if the Bank of Canada cuts rates, this will decline 10-15%. This is a tactical buy, so sell on a rally of 5-10%. Not a long-term buy. (Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTA)

Banks.  What is next:  Likes XEB-T, the equal weight ETF for the banks. You are seeing lower lows and lower highs.  He wonders why we would go down and test the lows of last February.  It would be bank earnings, which we won’t see for 3 to 4 weeks.  Expects numbers to be down a…

ZEO-T vs XEG-T ETF – The difference between these two is concentration. The XEG is dominated 50% between CNQ-T and SU-T. In the equal weight portfolio (ZEO) these represent only 17%. There is a higher yield with XEG. (Mike Philbrick)

He likes this and ZPR-T, but in general is not a big fan of preferred shares as he feels they have the yield of bonds and the risk of stocks. He holds it as a partial position, but does not view it as a good place to park cash. The yield on HPR-T is over…

He bought it years ago. Pays 4-cents each month in dividends. He's doubled-down and averaged down. It doesn't have the normal upside for him, but it's a fine demographic play. People are getting older. He sees 50-100% upside. Safe to buy more here, but he wants them to pay down its debt more. (Benj Gallander)

There is so much concern on quality of earnings and when the companies will be profitable.  He wants to see the industry mature.  He likes it long term.  The health side of this could be revolutionary over the next couple of decades. (Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTA)

(A Top Pick Apr 24/18, Up 9%) Not followed much, but he stands by this stock. A great business plan that managers have executed. A growth by acquisition story that has tripled its market cap to $500 million since he bought it. They do HR, admin and consulting. Done a great job integrating purchases. Their…