He is comfortable with this right now and it is one of his larger positions. Biggest company in the Index so you have to have a good reason not to own it. Earnings are recovering. Obviously good exposure to wealth management in Canada. Valuation is a little on the high end. Canadian banks have a premium valuation but thinks there is a lot more upside compared to some of the US banks right now. Dividends are north of 4%.
This is starting to make a bit of resurgence. Part of their product lines have started to come back in. Their market really looked like it was dying and now they seemed to have reinvented themselves in terms of Cloud Services, etc. and the ability to move that traffic. Has added to his holdings recently. Likes the valuation. Very little downside. 2.97% yield.
Chart looks good. Has had a great recovery so far this year. Some of the telcos have been a good haven when economically sensitive stocks were out of favour. Doesn’t know, valuation wise, that there is that much upside left from here. If you own, he would be inclined to take a little money off the table.
Dirt cheap and the auto industry is recovering. People are worried about their acquisition last year and a couple of their plants that are running at extremely low capacity and about earnings problems over the next few quarters. Trading around 6X current annualized earnings. Have a big platform with this new Ford Escape that is coming out. Could easily see it back at $10-$12.
Market. Technicals and the liquidity arguments favour stock markets going higher. There is a lot of money on the sidelines, interest rates are low and the alternatives are unattractive. Technically, a lot of Canadian stocks are bouncing back through resistance levels. US market is fully valued, perhaps a little bit over, and you had some serious worries in front including Chinese growth and conditions in Europe. Doesn’t think third-quarter earnings are going to be blow outs either. He is staying long but being selective.