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This company is very frustrating to all investors and many of them have thrown in the towel. This is a “sum of the parts” story. Oil and gas, coal, nickel and copper. Madagascar should be going into commercial production in the 4^th quarter. He believes the NAV is $8. Dividend of over 4%.

Oil and gas service company. Has had a nice little run from the bottom. The big growth factor in this company is Australia. Have 11 rigs there and probably growing to 15. Margins will be pretty good. Pays a dividend.

Aggregates. Huge quarry on Vancouver Island where they primarily obtain sand and gravel and export it to the US. Got hurt in the 2008-2009 recession and are now making a comeback. They are now debt free. Have a berth in the Long Beach area of Los Angeles. If they can get that going, Los Angeles market is a lot firmer for aggregates than San Francisco.

Good management. A premier light oil company operating in Alberta. He bought this company for growth and he thinks they are well-positioned. Have a huge tract of opportunities. A pure light gas player. Have been hedging at about $100 a barrel and he thinks they have a terrific future. Very cheap. NAV is at least $10 and it should morph into higher levels.

Markets. She is advising you to be selective. You need a concentrated portfolio. Don’t be correlated with any main index. She looks at the biggest companies across N.A. and asks which ones are going to do well. We had a period of slow growth but she sees it picking up a little. She is not looking for huge growth, however. She is 50% exposed to US stocks.

An off price retailer like Winners. This has been a sweet spot as the economy has been a little rough. They can go up and down depending on how their business does and it is hard to forecast. Valuations are not cheap but not horrible. She is neutral. Her exposure to retail is Taylor and Kohls.

Has been a great stock to own. Going forward she looks at price to book value and it is trading below tangible book. There are some positives going on. A lot of the book value is tied to the housing market that seems to be improving.

They have had so much bad stuff. You would think coming out of the financial crisis the Fed would have found out if there were any more surprises.

Valuation is still compelling. Looks like we will have a really good crop year. Everyone is wondering when the party is going to end. Before the increase in corn prices they weren’t the best company in allocating their capital.

Growing at a rate faster than the market. They make a lot of revenue on both the licensing and chip side. They have a lot of room to grow, staying ahead of the curve in technology. Hold if you already own it.

She owns Chevron. XOM is reasonable from a multiple perspective but Chevron will do better from a growth perspective.

Infrastructure is hard to replicate. Worked through some issues with coal. They are diversified in what they carry. There were autos, fertilizer, housing supplies and Intermodal. The multiple does not represent a huge discount but thinks there will be earnings growth behind it and that there will be a little multiple expansion to come.

All the companies in this group are dealing with consumer preferences. She likes the whole smart phone trend. It is tough to bet on one specific company to be the winner. She plays it through QCOM.

Sentiment is pretty positive. They had a blow out quarter with revenue and margin growth. They are clearly doing things right. Investors get caught up in great stories because they are exciting. The flip side is the valuation. She can’t get her head around a 60 times this year’s estimate for valuation.

She puts it in the yield play camp. Stable earnings and not tied to the economy. It won’t hurt you at these levels. Recent acquistion could be a balance sheet issue which she stays away from.