Geopolitical dangers have never been higher, given the horrific Sri Lankan terrorist attacks over the weekend, and Trump continues to restrict the flow of Iranian oil. Geopolitics does impact world markets....MSFT and Intel report this week and have both broken to new highs. They will indicate whether the broader rally will continue. The S&P and TSX hit record highs, but he doesn't see a strong economic backdrop. Half of Canadians are a few bucks away from insolvency. He feels the economy is fundamentally weak. We're in for potentially decades of low interest rates.

An electronic payments ETF. He loves this space; the future is electronic money without paper money. That said, look at valuation. This space is sensitive to the economic cycle and can underperform during a market downturn. Loves this long-term, but buy during pullbacks.

Consumer staples vs. consumer cyclicals In a downturn, you don't need to go to a restaurant, but you still need to eat. So, you will spend more at the grocers (perhaps a discount chain) than the restos. This doesn't necessarily mean that SXT will go up, but more money will flow into defensives vs. the cyclicals. XST is a place to hide, but not a guarantee for a rising stock price.

As a registered investment We're late in the cycle and yield curves are starting to invert, so he doesn't like the banks. The banks won't break out, so he's underweight banks in Canada or America. That said, don't sell them all, because the dividends are good.

Educational Segment. The price of oil Oil prices are moving up in Canada and America and rubbing against the 200-day average. Oil prices move in two ways. One is the supply push; the other is demand pull. When prices rise because supply is constrained, that's supply push, which is not a good way for prices to rise. The reason is ultimately economic output is going down--we're producing less. This is happening now in Alberta. The bullish move is the demand pull, where a growing economy propels rising prices rise which increases output to meet supply. This is good growth, but we're not seeing that now. Instead, we are in supply push. Sure, the price can still break-out, but there's resistance and that rise won't be sustainable. He'd rather sell into that rally.He doubts that the oil price will break out and he would sell during a rally. Now, it's a short-term rally driven by traders and speculators. He doesn't see $100 oil coming. Canadian oil stocks, though, are undervalued and need a demand increase.

Market. He wanted to wear a red gold shirt! Everybody he golfed with over the last 6 years said Tiger would not come back. The US banks have had a choppy set of results. JPM-N had positive results. GS-N had some issues on the trading side. We are very late on the cycle. You don’t want to be overweight on the banks. Financial services don’t do well if the next phase of the cycle is slow down and eventual recession. The only question is when, but you won’t see it in the data. When volatility is up, banks should be doing better, but it means that GS-N may have made some bad bets.

REITs in Canada. The yield is attractive but they are risky at the moment. When we go into a slow down, real estate is one of the last sectors to be hit. Money loves the yield. But ultimately when the economy turns down and rents are at risk, these turn down.

ZWA-T vs. ZWS-T. ZWA-T is the Dow 30 with a covered call overlay. ZWS-T is a broader ETF with 50 holdings, much more diversified and just the DOW index and it also has a covered call overlay. He would prefer ZWS-T. He is looking at buying a lot more of this one.