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The only disappointing, slightly negative story is that there is still a lot of hardware dependency. Cloud side has been incredible but that area has a lot of competition with SAP AG (SAP-N). Very cash-rich. Over the last year they’ve been focusing on midsize emerging cloud switching delivery companies globally. He is a very minimal holder and wishes he had had a lot more. Over the next year, this is a company where you absolutely want to be.
Introduced a new chip, Adam, early this year. (Low keyed micro processor chips). They’ve only got 7% share, which will only make about 2% of their bottom line but the neighbourhood is changing and they are doing their best to try to come back and get into that really fast growing mobile, smart phone area. Juicy dividend of 4.25 %. Could be an interesting Buy here.
If you own, you might want to take the money and run. They are obviously using the spread game to leverage up the mortgage backed security portfolio. Getting a little long in the tooth so you should watch it very carefully because, when the rate scenario changes, you have to change your positioning on this stock. 12.4% dividend. You could also consider the iShares Mortgage Plus ETF (REM-N) for diversification.
Internet search engine of China. Have about 70% market share in the PC desktop search space. Real issue, as it is for all competitors in the US right now, is what is their share in mobile. They only have about 35%. Raised about $1.5 billion in November, which should get them on a good footing to try to push into the mobile space.
Has been a little flat for about 6 months. Continues to have an issue with how well the movie chains are doing. Transforming their business into an Experience with their new digital theatres, reservation systems, assigned seating, etc. Making great moves on the iPhone app and making it really easy to spend money. 4.3% yield.
This is a “risk on” trade as this was down 33% over the last year. This is a firm filled with some very original thinkers and they really, truly believe in what they are doing. Last year, at about this time, there was a rally of about 40% off of these lows. Stock is getting dumped and you might want to take advantage of that. Sees a three-month climb here. 3.4% dividend yield.
The big, big name in this space is Wisdom Trade (?), which is about $4 billion. This is a small fund. What is happening is that pension funds globally, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies are looking for ways to diversify their yields. Interesting play because you have a very much changing philosophy around payout ratios of companies in emerging markets. Thinks the dividend theme is graduating on the global scale of what kind of risks people want to take.
High-quality organic food. Every once in a while there is a name that is very, very popular. This is the stock that has the most amount of excitement but also the most amount of volatility. Huge swings. But he feels it is time for some serious business and this is an area he feels investors should take a look at. Have something like 40% margins and 1000 stores. Looking for another $50 from here.
Markets. We are in the middle of a short Santa Claus rally. A little premature to get too excited about what happens next. One of his core strategies is to use stop losses. Has been a bit of optimism coming into some names. There are some wonderful companies out there that are still investable. At the end of the day, if things start going wrong, he’ll be taken out of his positions but it is very dangerous to have too much cash as well as being too dangerous to be fully invested. For Canadian portfolios he has about 10%-15% in cash but is fully invested in the US.