TOP PICK
Rapidly growing production profile. No debt. Exiting next year at 10,000 BOE a day. Could drill 300 or 400 similar wells in the next year. Not affected by the Alberta oil review program.
TOP PICK
Good dividend. Just did a deal with BP who are back in the Canadian oil patch again. Selling heavy oil into a joint venture with BP, giving them access to the Toledo refinery.
TOP PICK
Thinks the market has overreacted to the governments Spectrum offer. They have a very compelling package of consumer products. 10% free cash flow yield. Great balance sheet. 1% dividend yield could double.
PAST TOP PICK
(Top Pick Nov 27/06. Up 15%.) Still likes. Good defensive name. Struggling with the high Cdn$. Still going through a restructuring. If they get it right, it has $20 written all over it.
PAST TOP PICK
(Top Pick Nov 27/06. Up 32.6%.) Sold his holdings as it had moved up quite nicely. International producer exposed to both Iraq and Nigeria.
PAST TOP PICK
(Top Pick Nov 27/06. Up 6.2%.) Continues to do all the right things. $1 billion in sales every month.
BUY
Had a couple of disappointments, the most recent the shelving of the joint Galore Creek venture. Strong balance sheet and a well-diversified portfolio. Coal prices look to be fairly favourable in the longer term. Good price.
DON'T BUY
Gold prices are very strong and this company is struggling to make new highs. We prefer the major players such as American Barrick (ABX-T) and Goldcorp (G-T). Perhaps Newmont Mining (NMC-T) for US$ exposure.
BUY
12 PE and over 3% yield. Have to be patient with this name. In the short term, its fortunes are going to be tied with the housing market recovery but long-term should be a good holding. Currently you are seeing all the signs of a pretty protracted bear market in housing. Quality company with great stores and great locations.
BUY
Always been a very well run company. Complicated company to try to figure out because of a lot of moving parts including being a very large petrochemical user. Good dividend yield and trading at pretty reasonable earnings.
DON'T BUY
Wouldn't be his preferred name right now. They and Bell Canada (BCE-T) are the most susceptible to new entrants coming into the governments Spectrum offering.
HOLD
May not be through all of their problems but are probably through the worst. Their capital ratios look sufficient to weather the storm.
BUY
A frustrating stock to own because it looks very inexpensive. Likes the integrated nature. Have enormous assets. Not expensive.
DON'T BUY
Stock is down because they are having problems running their business. Thanks the dividend is safe, but with the squeeze on profits you have to wonder. You are still a little ways away from seeing if they have actually fixed their problems. Probably suffering from some tax law suffering as well so wouldn't be too bad to pick it up but you need a lot of patience.
HOLD
Been a frustrating company to own for a number of years. Good cash flow yield. Taken on a lot of debt to do the Reuters acquisition, but thinks it will work out quite nicely. Very big acquisition and will be a lot of integration costs. Could be affected in the short term as the financial services down size because of problems, the use of their terminals may fall. If you have a 3 to 5 year view, you could make a decent profit on it.