HOLD
A very high quality oil/gas. The big question with oil/gas stocks here is they've had such a ramp, is it time to step in? Have taken some profits in this sector, but remain overweight. Can they manage the costs on their expansion? Good long term investment.
BUY
After a long period of disappointing performance, it is starting to break out. Wouldn't be an aggressive buyer here. Competition remains quite heavy in this sector. Likes their strategy of redesigning their bundles as it will increase the penetration into the consumer market. A winner over the long term. The advantage is the 4.5% dividend yield.
BUY
Firmly convinced the oil story is a secular story more than a cyclical story, so you want to remain. A good operator.
SELL
Still thinks there is some question about its strategy as well as questions about the whole telecommunications' infrastructure sector. Expensive here.
DON'T BUY
Looks fairly expensive on the earnings they are generating today but a little more reasonable if we look at the longer term earnings expectations. A very volatile company and chemical pricing in particular is very volatile. Prefers other commodity sectors, such as metals.
BUY
Stock has started to perk up. Trying to break out of its very narrow trading range it's been in for the past year. Had 3 quarters of strong organic growth. The massive investments it made to change into an electronics company is just starting to pay off. It'll never be a high flyer.
HOLD
A great company. Doesn't own, but is looking at it very closely. The big risk is that it is economically dependent. By far the best railway in North America. Wait for a couple of months to see what happens as we go though the fall.
BUY
Likes its international exposure. A good addition to an oil portfoliio.
BUY
If you are looking for gas exposure this is the best hands down. The most levered North American producer. Developing very long lived reserves and has a technological advantage to exploit those reserves.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick May 2/05. Up 40%.) Had taken some profits as it became overweight in her portfolio. Still likes. 50 year reserve life.
TOP PICK
(A Top Pick May 2/05. Up 6.4%.) The largest independent mutual fund in Canada. Will be dependent on markets continuing to be reasonable. Likes the demographics of the mutual fund industry. Dividend yield of 3.2% whih will be inreased. Reasonably priced trading at about 13.5 X next year's earnings.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick May 2/05. Down 7.5%.) Continuing to buy. No concerns over the longer term. Likes the exposure to global growth. Latest quarterly profits were down, but that's a short term noise.
BUY
2 favourite banks are Bank of Nova Scotia and TD (TD-T). This is a good buying opportunity here. Likes its international diversification. Has been quietly and consitently investing abroad and very successfully. Could probably see 8/10% return.
BUY
Has lagged some of the others in part because the refinery and gasoline operations are a bigger percentage of its overall mix. Its latest quarterly earnings were a little bit disappointing particularily on the cost side, not making the productivity improvements that the market had hoped for.
BUY
Follows this one closely, but doesn't own it currently. Has kind of stalled out here. The outlook for nickel is very positive and this company is well positioned being highly levered to nickel.