TOP PICK
Likes the recent partnership deal with BP of sharing oil sands in exchange for refinery capacity in Toledo. Also have some good prospects in southeast Asia. Has a good yield.
TOP PICK
One of the best utility managements in Canada. Has the feeling that they are just about set to roll again. Yield of 3.5% is not bad.
TOP PICK
Things are starting to pay off. Have increases in production. Unhedged. Have a lot of good assets.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Past Top Pick Dec 27/06. Up 6.9%.) Not as enthused as he was last year. 08 looks more like a “ho hum” kind of year. Took some profits and switched to integrateds, Husky Energy (HSE-T).
PAST TOP PICK
(A Past Top Pick Dec 27/06. Up 52.1%.) Multiples got a little bit high so he took some profits. Still likes the area but the stock is a little bit expensive.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Past Top Pick Dec 27/06. Down 53.7%.) A well run small cap, but gassy. Hasn't sold any of his shares. Still has the potential to recover.
WAIT
Canadian National (CNR-T) and Canadian Pacific (CP-T) are economy stocks. People are worried about the economic progress in 08 and into 09. This one is probably more exposed because they are more south of the border. Could drop further, closer to $40.
WAIT
Canadian National (CNR-T) and Canadian Pacific (CP-T) are economy stocks. People are worried about the economic progress in 08 and into 09.
DON'T BUY
Canadian Banks: - Problems for the financials are still not over. The shoes keep dropping. There's more bad news coming. Might be better in 6 months.
BUY
An international stock. A lot of their business is related to oil. Recent numbers have shown an improvement. A well-run company and a great reputation.
COMMENT
Is finally giving some positive returns. Has always been positive on this company. Fairly gassy. Drilling in the US with some good results. Reasonably priced. Anything over $68 and he might do some profit taking.
HOLD
Got hit in October/07 with the government changes and then got hit with a pullback in the oil services side. We are probably at the worst part of the servicing cycle. A well-run company. 11% distribution, which is safe.
WAIT
Technically, it looks like it has a pretty well established downtrend. Would wait until it hits bottom.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Likes what they're doing in the US. Earnings continue to grow. Relatively low yield, so consider it as a more aggressive stock, but on a long-term basis it is certainly a Hold.
COMMENT
Have also had problems in the past, which indicates the need to look at what a company has done in the past and what its record has been.