Equipment provider for cell phone manufacturers. Smart phone penetration is only 20% and will double in the next couple of years. Telcos are going to have to spend a fortune on equipment and this is one of the main providers. Has $7 net cash. Worth $25 today and $30 in a year.
China is showing that things are still recovering. Good copper prices at over $3.40 so they are making a ton of cash. Earnings this year should be in the $7 range and possibly higher next year when they get the new mine up. Spain is finally online. Fabulous asset in Panama that could be a game changer. Expecting a double in the next 2-3 years.
His 3rd favourite Canadian bank after National (NA-T) and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS-T). Looks quite attractive. Good results in retail, commercial and lending. Expects earnings will increase from here. Cheapest of the big 5. Has a $65 target and a dividend increase. 3.8% yield.
Water utility for 25 million people in São Paulo, one of the fastest growing cities globally. Trading at 6X earnings. 5% yield. Brazil's GDP is on fire and will be hosting the Olympics and the World Cup so it will grow by leaps and bounds.
Low-cost producer of methanol. China has 30 million cars for 1.3 billion people and is the fastest-growing carmaker globally. China subsidizes gasoline and is a high cost producer of methanol. Expects more and more methanol will be used.
(A Top Pick Nov 10/09. Up 9.5%.) Canada Real Return Bond Dec 2021. This was his inflation hedge but has done so well because bond yields have dropped. Will probably trim his position.
In a bidding war for 3PAR (PAR-N). Believes they are worried that desktop computer age is going to be over in the next 5 years so want to branch out. Great company and generating $10 billion of free cash flow annually. Balance sheet is in great shape. Trading at less than 10X earnings. Not his favourite. (See Top Picks.)
We have way too much supply of natural gas and doesn't see it improving until all our cars are running on natural gas. Would switch into oil sands and oil company plays.
Stock market hates this one but the bond market is treating it as a strong going concern. Expecting they are going to have a much better Q3 as the stock market improves. Interest rates have nowhere to go but up. Trading below book value.
Canadian telcos. Generating oodles of free cash flow. Smart phone growth is picking up at a tremendous rate giving them extra revenues and extra profits to their bottom lines. Smart phone penetration is still only 20% in North America and expects it to double in the next couple of years.