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An industry leader and have tentacles in all the plays that he sees growth in such as the Duvernay, Montney, and even some of the Horizon areas in northern BC. Stock has had a great run but he still sees a 20% return in the next 2 years.

You’ll be fine with this stock. He has become a buyer again over the last 6 weeks. Likes what he sees. Doesn’t see a dividend cut coming. 6.2% dividend yield.

Has been trading this name around. Likes the overall story. Operating a crane is a very specialized business and this is one of the leaders in Alberta and British Columbia. Represents very good value here. Very cheap.

Tax loss selling or average down? Thinks management has a shot at turning this company around from the three-way merger that they did. Likes tax loss selling as you can always buy back in. You could Sell today and then just mark it on your calendar for January 6, 7 or 8 and then buy it back.

Transitions very nicely this year from a growth company to a dividend growth company and have garnered a lot more institutional ownership because of that. Institutions do not buy stocks that are paying dividends in the $1-$2 range, so the company did a reverse split. This is one of his top holdings.

Has been a buyer in the $12.00-$16 range. Feels the stock could be worth $22-$24 plus paying a sustainable dividend. This is one you should own in a yield portfolio.

Announced plans to improve their balance sheet via some asset sales and a dividend cut. If successful, what do you think of their potential as a takeout target, and where do you see the price in a year? Doesn’t think a takeout would work as they are saddled with too much debt. At this price, he is kicking the tires on it. This will be a tax loss selling candidate putting the share price under pressure, but it could pop in January-February when the tax loss sellers are done. Not unreasonable to see the stock back at $7.50.

Going through a strategic review so the clock is ticking. If they get sold, there could be a little bit of upside. The movement in NYMEX oil and AECO gas would be supportive for someone taking this out. If they don’t sell, then they have to operate the company for the next 5 years and, they have a little too much debt. He is more comfortable with other natural gas names but owns a little bit.

Markets. December is the best month for the Toronto market for the whole year, but it is all happening in the last 2 weeks. One of the reasons is that it is Christmas and people are in a great mood and love to be buyers of stocks. Brokers are coming out with investment reports with positive projections. Analysts are finding that their 2015 estimates are too low and they have to research targets. Also, tax loss selling pressures come off in the latter part of December. People anticipate lots of good news when CEOs release fourth-quarter results. Companies have got a ton of cash on their books and they want to spend that money, so they decide to either expand their operations or do share buybacks. (See Top Picks.)

Basically a retail merchandiser. Usually goes up prior to Black Friday and then retail usually sells off. Technically, it is not doing that well. Chart shows a downward trend and it has to hold the $50 level, or it has real problems. Trading below its 20 day moving average Relative Strength to the market is negative. This has another period of seasonal strength from the end of January to April, the Easter buying season.

Silver. The real sweet spot comes in at around the beginning of January, right through until the end of February. Right now is a time when silver has a tendency to reach a fairly important low and starts to recover and level. This is more of an industrial than anything else and everything that is industrial commodity related, have all popped today. There was some real good technical action in the Chinese market yesterday. China bought crude oil, silver, copper, gold and these are the sections that are starting to catch a little bit of action. This usually doesn’t happen until the middle of summer, so they are earlier this year.

Just announced they were selling off $3-$4 billion of assets. Companies like this have very strong seasonality at this time of year, usually from around October right through until at least the end of the year and into the springtime as well. Chart shows the stock is trying to form a base. Longer-term technicals are pretty good. Any kind of weakness you see in the next couple of weeks is an opportunity to Buy.

Chart shows the trend has stopped going up, and is actually slightly down. Has just broken below its 20 day moving average. Relative Strength is negative. The 3 negatives indicate an opportunity to take profits.

Has very strong seasonality, normally around October until about the end of January. This year, stock had a nice little bounce in October, but US government, with regards to healthcare has created some problems. Relative Strength has turned negative during the last couple of weeks. Currently trading below its 20 day moving average. This would be a good time to take profits.

Is there a correlation between Technical Analysis and Fundamental Analysis or are they completely separate? These are very closely related. As a seasonality analyst, he looks for annual recurring events and looks to see if these events are happening in the current year. If Yes, then you have a seasonal trade.