PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 23/05. Up 21%.) The easy money has been made on this one. Probably fully valued now.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 23/05. Up 7.5%.) Provides structural products for roads, sewers and bridges. Governments are spending more on infrastructure. Just made an acquisition in Alberta where construction will be increasing.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 23/05. Down in 11.5%.) One of the gassier names and dropped with the price of gas. A quality name and would add more on weakness.
DON'T BUY
Because it is in the index, some of his funds have to include this. Sold his active positions. Feels the high price of coal is behind us now. Expecting higher freight costs.
DON'T BUY
Not too enthused with a lot of their properties. They are not the highest quality or highest quality tenants. Management has recently been on the news about questionable practices.
SELL
Essentially acts as a source of capital for companies they own so can't see a lot of synergies. Also can't see any succession plan in the individual companies.
DON'T BUY
Share price has been almost cut in half. Propane business has slowed. Acquired businesses in other areas that are not as high quality. Payout ratio is now 100%. No catalyst to make it go up in the near term.
WAIT
This would be one of his top names in power trusts, but he is negative on this sector. Expects a couple of more are right increases. Good management. Fairly conservative payout ratio of about 85%.
DON'T BUY
This is a higher risk investment. There is a good chance they could cut distributions. They are paying out more than 100% of their cash flow. Debt ratio is very low.
HOLD
At these prices, it's dead money for a year. Likes it, but doesn't expect any growth. Having a little bit of trouble meeting their construction timeline on the new hotel/casino, which will probably affect earnings in the short-term. 8% percent yield.
DON'T BUY
A hardware/wood product distributor that converted to a trust. Very, very low margins at around 3%. Cut distributions 30%. There is no catalyst to make it go higher in the near term.
BUY
A REIT that has good properties in areas that have higher growth.
TOP PICK
A more defensive way to play the oil sector as an income trust. Works in the oil service waste management. Also starting to grow in the US. Good organic growth.
TOP PICK
Ratio of over 20% on return of capital over the last five years. Good management. Continuing to make acquisitions. Will be merging with another company in May and spinning out another company focused in the high north.
TOP PICK
50% oil and 50% gas. One of the largest trusts. Does about 100,000 barrels a day in production. Trades at a discount to its peers. Have a lot of undeveloped acreage which has potential for CO2 flooding, a new technology which could boost reserves.