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Today, John Hood and Don Lato commented about whether SHLD, IDCC, CNQ.TO, COS.TO, TECK.B.TO, SU.TO, TD.TO, RCI.B.TO, BRK.B, NCIT, PEP, BB.TO, RY.TO, TRP.TO, MRK, GE, INTC, BBY, CL, ZMT.TO, CMW.TO, XRE.TO, ZRE.TO, ZJG.TO, CWW.TO, GAS.TO, XSB.TO, XEG.TO, XIU.TO, ZQQ.TO are stocks to buy or sell.

TOP PICK

BMO NASDAQ 100 HEDGED TO CAD INDEX ETF(ZQQ.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
NASDAQ 100 Equity Hedged-Cnd$ ETF. As some of the US economy will be growing slower, real growth will be in the NASDAQ. Has about 20% health care. This is pretty much a core holding for him.
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$17.06

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$198.02

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

E.T.F.'s
TOP PICK

iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF(XIU.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
(A Top Pick March 4/10. Up 11.27%.) S&P/TSX 60 ETF. Half of the revenue of these companies is coming from offshore. Uses covered call strategy on this also.
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$18.92

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$52.92

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

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TOP PICK

iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF(XEG.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
(A Top Pick March 4/10. Up 10.17%.) S&P/TSX Energy ETF. Yield of 2.1%
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$19.38

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$28.88

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

E.T.F.'s
PAST TOP PICK

iShares DEX Short Term Bond(XSB.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
(A Top Pick March 4/10. Up 1.95%.) Yield to maturity is the most important thing and is currently about 2% and current yield is about 3.6%.
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$28.84

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$26.52

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

E.T.F.'s
DON'T BUY

iShares Natural Gas Commodity ETF(GAS.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
Natural Gas ETF. Quite volatile and he has very little exposure to it. At some point natural gas will go up but doesn’t see it on the horizon right now. If you own, consider for tax loss selling.
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$2.88

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DON'T BUY

ISHARES SP GLOBAL WATER IDX ETF(CWW.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
S&P Global Water ETF. Not something he would be interested in.
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No
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$15.64

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$64.65

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

E.T.F.'s
COMMENT

A Comment -- General Comments From an Expert(A Commentary)

Dec 08, 2010
Canadian Financial ETFs? He is Holding and writing covered calls against them to generate income and to operate as a hedge. He prefers Equal Weight Bank ETF (ZEB-T) as he is not interested in the insurance companies.
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BUY

BMO Junior Gold Index ETF(ZJG.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
Junior gold producers ETF (not exploration), which should give you some good leverage on the gold position. More speculative than the large producers, but nothing wrong with it.
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No
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$23.64

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$26.60

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

E.T.F.'s
COMMENT

A Comment -- General Comments From an Expert(A Commentary)

Dec 08, 2010
Maximum time for optioning to maximize premiums? He normally uses 6 to 7 months, which is not as profitable as 3 months but gives him better downside protection.
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COMMENT

BMO Equal Weight REITs Index(ZRE.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
Equal Weight REITs Index ETF versus S&P/TSX Capped REIT (XRE-T)? The decision on REITs is to how much you like RioCan (REI.UN-T) because the latter is about 25% of this company while the former is about 7%..
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$17.07

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$22.37

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

E.T.F.'s
COMMENT

iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index ETF(XRE.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
Equal Weight REITs Index ETF (ZRE-T) versus S&P/TSX Capped REIT? The decision on REITs is to how much you like RioCan (REI.UN-T) because the latter is about 25% of this company while the former is about 7%.
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$13.27

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$15.68

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

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BUY

iShares S&P/TSX Global Mining ETF(CMW.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
S&P/TSX Global Mining ETF. Primarily a gold mining ETF so it depends on your view of gold. As and ETF product, there is nothing wrong with it. You could also consider &P/TSX Global Gold (XGD-T).
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$24.84

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BUY

BMO EQL WGT GBL BASE METAL HEG CAD ETF(ZMT.TO)

Dec 08, 2010
S&P/TSX Base Metals ETF. Likes this because it has diversified base metals. Uses it on a long-term basis.
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$21.14

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$132.40

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

E.T.F.'s
HOLD

Colgate Palmolive(CL)

Dec 08, 2010
Has been more of a defensive stock. A little rich at 15X earnings. Won’t grow much with a growing US economy.
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$78.65

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$86.80

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

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BUY

Best Buy Company Inc(BBY)

Dec 08, 2010
On his radar screen. Good multiple of only 11X next year’s earnings. With flat screens TVs and 3D TV coming it looks good.
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$41.64

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$90.80

As of Sep 11, 2026. Market Open.

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