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

They provide elective surgical services in the U.S., though it's a Canadian company. Because of Covid, those services have collapsed, but will recover as the economy reopens. Such surgical demand will be out of sight, because of huge pent-up demand. Also, the valuation is much lower than the historic norm. They will enjoy 2-3 boom…

(A Top Pick Jul 31/19, Up 0.4%) This is a way to lower volatility. A return of 2.15% per year, paid monthly. Hold it during volatility, sell it, and use the return to pick up your cyclicals during periods of seasonal strength.

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.

Leverage play for natural gas. Clearly getting a breakout in the short term. Thinks oil is capped out and natural gas should trade relative to oil. Can see front month natural gas contracts going for $5. Forward pricing looks like there is room into next year to move further up. An okay way to do…

Great value. A buy, with a $26 target. Will perform well. Great company. Buy right, sit tight, and wait for the storm to hit. Meets all his criteria for something he'd buy.

Includes great technology pieces. Not sure what the ceiling or floor is, as a lot is policy and interest rate driven. Dividend not growing at an attractive enough rate. If you've done well, perhaps reduce your position or just hold if you have a big capital gain. Not a buyer at these levels. Better value…

Focused on the US sunbelt. Office industrial. There is a nice discount. The catalyst could be in the next quarter where they announce a spinout of at least one of their sectors. The new entity could have a better cost of capital or have a better growth rate.

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.

Really likes the investment management sector. It should be pretty good business in a time of a decent market and reflation. Great company. Decelerating revenue growth. Relative underperformer. Dividend is attractive at 8%. When a group gets into gear, you want to look at the leaders. He owns BX, CIX, BLK, IGM, and POW. You…

Allan Tong’s Discover Picks Other numbers look healthy for KMP stock: A 9.6% PE, a 3.15% dividend based on a 26% payout ratio (half the sector’s number), and an ROI of 7% which is in-line with peers. KMP.UN boasts five buys and one hold on Bay Street with a $23.33 price target. That’s 5.18% higher.…

(A Top Pick Oct 19/20, Up 59%) A year ago people were seeing lock-downs but most properties have Walmart and Dollarama, which stayed open, as tenants. He still likes these REITs. You might want to trim a bit of your gains.

Billy Kawasaki’s Insights - Billy’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. There is strong momentum for the stop and it is cheap on valuation. The market cap is now over $1B. There is considerable prospects for global economic growth which will help the stock move higher. Unlock Premium - Try 5i Free

It is still a name he does not own. He sold a couple of year ago because he saw better value elsewhere in the space. He is watching it. He has not pulled the trigger to buy it back.

He's passed on this after reviewing it many times. They depend on retail sales in clothes, and face a lot of competition. They grew very quickly but have been plateauing. It craters on high cotton prices, though. It's a trade at best.

Great Canadian brand. Really likes the company. Out of his buy range. Volatile. Moves a lot around quarter releases. Long term, hard to see the growth to justify 38x PE. He might be interested around $20.

Very cheap compared to peers. Challenge now is national expansion clarity. A cosy little monopoly in Quebec, but how will they compete against the big boys? Company wants to return capital to shareholders, which means share buybacks and dividend increases. You can buy a bit if it gets to $29-30, but don't expect it to…

RCI.B-T vs. SJR.B-T. He is not buying either right now. He owns Bell and Telus. There is deal risk in the merger between Rogers and Shaw. You might want to take the money and run if you hold Shaw. Both are fairly priced.

Stock's been very cheap for a long time. Underowned. Climbing the wall of worry. Don't buy now, as it's whippy. Dividend is safe. Good place to be if you like asset management. Valuations are really good, with probably more to go.

Prem Watsa engages in market timing, unlike Warren Buffett. Fairfax is a black box as to what it owns. Challenging business. Stuck in the mud for a while. If you want too look at good capital allocators in the P&C business, look at BRK.B, which he owns.

He would not be buying it here because it has been going through a strategic process for quite a while. Their office and retail assets will be challenged for quite some time.

The upshot: BITF, HUT and HIVE all outperform Bitcoin itself, but suffer more volatility than its base currency. The miners' fortunes are intrinsically tied to the fluctuations of Bitcoin. The main costs for these miners start with the capital costs (an army of supercomputers) and the real estate where they operate day and night. An…

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.

(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.

(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.

Newmont took a position last year and surprised many at PDAC. Newmont is doing a joint venture on Goldstrike's Plateau property in the Yukon at a 90+% premium. Newmont is active and keen.

Too much political risk. Too much financing risk. Nice deposit.

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.

It's a sum-of-the-parts story with three moving parts. The knock on it was they always needed to finance, but they financed. He likes their assets, including a joint venture with Barrick, which is worth PG's market cap alone. Their Ontario and Mexico assets are extraneous and will likely be sold. (Analysts’ price target is $3.93)

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.

Billy Kawasaki’s Insights - Billy’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. A buy for investors with patience. Growth might slow next year, but the valuation is still interesting at 11x earnings. A well-run company with a decent history. Not very exciting. Insiders have been buyers. Keep an eye on debt levels.

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.

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 Top Pick Oct 23/19, Up 10%) A bit of a lagger but he continues to like and hold it. They had some Covid issues but everything is coming together, especially with their leverage. They stayed alive during the worse by mining low grade. They have started mining high quality gold.

Likes what they're doing, but it's taking a long time to get this business around the corner. Not cheap. Super interesting involvement in the auto sector. Security division recently had a stumble. Better places to put your money.

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…

Being acquired. No competing offer on the horizon. You're not risking much by buying, but doesn't see another deal coming along.

(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…

Their debt has always been an issue. Trading at in-line levels for their multiple. Does not check his boxes in his fund.

Likes assets, but not the setup for that size of company. How will they attract capital? Ability to do M&A is hampered. Two choices: higher dividend yield with lower growth, or consolidate with someone else. If oil goes higher, stock could take off. If not, it will be a parked car until a catalyst.

They're in northeast BC where Tourmaline is consolidating land and assets, near LXE. So, LXE will become topical. LXE has reached an inflection point after acquiring a lot of land and pushed the Montney play to the northeast. Now, they need a lot of capital to move to full development. They're talking to potential buyers,…

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 Aug 13/18, Down 61%) They disenfranchised the Canadian shareholders. He sold out sooner before the de listing, so did not do as badly, nor did his subscribers. He disagrees with their move.

Cross-currents this winter with increases in prices. Likes the company broadly. He'd prefer a pipeline, especially in a RRIF, with more potential for capital appreciation and dividend growth.

Safer than a non-royalty stock? They pay out everything they earn at a 13.5% dividend yield. It's sold off sharply, because it is perceived that fast food chains will close down during this outbreak.

People own this for the dividend, and pre-Covid this company was innovative with preferred seating and cafes, and programming opera and sports. But this is a difficult environment now; he doesn't see people returning to cinemas given social distancing. Also, the studios are releasing films on streaming. True, a lot of blockbusters will be released,…

Over time it will come back. They have a strong position in liquor retailing and have moved into Cannabis. They are clearly going to be a survivor. They are going to be able to consolidate.

A disappointment. Pandemic has been the nail in the coffin for movie theatres and DBO's motion systems. Simulation and industrial segments have been profitable. Treading water right now. Long road ahead. Wait and see before stepping in.

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

Nicknames it Hit By A Car like its chart. HBC is all about its real estate holdings; that's the reason you own this. Doesn't know if the current rally signals a buy. Can't predict this chart. Even consider selling it.

(A Top Pick Oct 22/18, Down 35%) He sold this at $3. They offered to buy 15 million shares of stock and the took the offer. He is glad to be out. Sales are falling and they have closed 48 stores. He wonders if management should be changed. Their online sales have been going up,…

For tax-loss selling? It's disappointed the market. But it's time to look at it. They should take the company private; the share price is so low, so disastrous since its IPO. Existing owners could buy it all back. Overall, retailing is a difficult space now.

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 Nov 22/18, Up 12%)Convertible 8% 2022 bonds He owned the Yellow senior bonds, but then moved into these convertibles. Most of their revenues are in digital, but that has struggled. New management has cut costs a lot until free cash flow now stands around $100 million this year. Their EBITDA margins are…

The ETFs are better to go because of diversification. There is a little more upside but not a whole lot more. There will not be increases in interest rates any time soon. Rates shouldn't go much lower either. The rates should remain stable.

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

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…

Inverse and directional ETFs are okay for short term exposure is okay. No issues for holding a matter of weeks. Usually, it turns into a long term hold and then it becomes a problem. Not for long term trading. If you have a short term view that natural gas will go up, it is a…

For recent years, he's been off and on preferred shares. Preferreds are volatile. When interest rates plunged 2-3 years ago, this asset class got reamed. HPR pays a big dividend, but also offers huge volatility. Also, it lacks the growth of stocks but carries the volatility. He had a terrible experience with this. Look at…

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…

Average adviser clients would have 5-20% allocation in energy. It is cyclical and volatile. It could go down. Wouldn't recommend holding more than 20% weighting in the sector. Current energy weighting on the TSX is 12%.

Has short duration preferred shares. Also has rate reset features. If you think we will see rising rates, which is a good assumption, then they will ratchet their rates up to keep up with rising interest rates. These are not government bonds, and there is some risk. However, with 4% dividend rates, there is an…

There's always something that stops him from entering the seniors space in REITs: labour, regulator issues, though again demographics are a positive. That isn't a good enough, though. How will governments with huge debts supplement the entire seniors home space? However, EXE is cheap. This space is too volatile.

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.

(A Top Pick Apr 24/18, Up 21%) Organic growth is 9-11% annually for the least few years, excluding acquisitions. Impressive. They just had a great quarter. They're doing the right things and setting themselves up to be the premiere benefits company.