TOP PICK

He is interested in stocks that are base building where there is a transition with weak money going out and moving into strong hands. We are also in the right stages that as the bull market matures, cyclicals should get going. Chart shows a lot of support at around $16 with a descending triangle and he is looking for a breakout. This is a favourable sector and there aren’t a lot of choices.

TOP PICK

It has been a long-term bear which he thinks has concluded. A nice base was built from late 2011 to early 2013 and long-term downtrend has been violated. It is in the early stages of a bull.

TOP PICK

Most of the banks are just breaking out above the pre-crisis highs. If this is just the beginning of the breakout, there is a ways to go yet and you might as well be there.

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Markets. Thinks trying to time the market is a big mistake. There is always some kind of a crisis and we look for some excuse to Sell. All Bull markets since 1974 are quite long so basically the market has been going up more than it has been going down. The market goes up 85% of the time. To try and anticipate some magic event, you blow out half a portfolio which is foolish. If you latch on to a good investment, try not to time the market. Yes, use sector rotation when a sector becomes overbought with some sectors coming in that should be bought.

HOLD

Trying to reinvent itself by turning itself into a dividend player. Not sure if this is a growth stock or a piggy bank now. This change has driven the advance for the last few months. If you own, he would be inclined to take some money off the table, but it is currently in an upward channel, so keep it as long as it is in that channel.

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Banks. Banks are one reason he is so bullish on the market as no bull market can be sustained unless you have leadership from the financials. Most of the Canadian banks are above the financial crisis peaks. When this happens, it is just blue sky and you don’t know how high it is going to go. Rather than trying to stock pick, he would just go with an ETF. (See Top Picks.)

COMMENT

A royalty company that invests in all types of different companies. The uptrend on this is intact and he would not fight the trend. This is in a growth channel so acquire at the bottom of the channel and reduce when it touches the top of the channel.

HOLD

This is in the right sector and the basket in this sector has done well and thinks it will continue to do so. Chart shows an initial advance in 2010 and then a large consolidation during 2011 and 2012, which he calls bullish congestion. Nothing to stop it from going higher.

COMMENT

Basically a security surveillance company. In a long upward channel so acquire at the bottom of the channel and reduce when it touches the top of the channel.

WATCH

There has been a long base building going back to the beginning of 2012. It looks like a breakout has occurred just recently. Volume has been quite strong lately. If it breaks through to a 52-week high, he would be a Buyer.

HOLD

Reached a peak at the end of 2010 and another one just recently. It is still in an uptrend. US financials are probably not as strong as Canadian financials. If you are a long-term investor, he would stay with it until it stops going up.

BUY

Thinks the worst is over for fertilizer stocks. Chart shows a long-term uptrend going back to 2008. He would be interested in acquiring at this time, along with the potash groups.

HOLD

Not a fan of their business model. Wouldn’t treat this as a long-term investment. Chart shows an ABC correction and the last wave was subdivided, so you may have a low at this time. If you get some strength, he would start reducing as it moves back up. 12% yield.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Nov 16/12. Down 11.48%.) Had been bullish on natural gas but picked the wrong horse.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Nov 16/12. Up 35.28%.) At the time, the chart was trying to break out and it was under owned. One of Canada’s few conglomerates. He would still be a Buyer.