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Chart shows the trend is down. Relative Strength is negative. Trading below its 20 day moving average. The technical score for this one is zero, so you don’t want to be there.

Chart shows the stock is clearly in an upward trend and is outperforming the market. Also, it is above its 20 day moving average. This is a winner. Stick with it. Historically, this one usually does very well from around March of each year until June, which is when people are buying cars.

(A Top Pick Nov 6/12. Up 7%.) Seasonal strength is normally from Oct 28, on average to May 5. Sweet spot is from December 15 right through until the middle of April. There was a technical Buy signal on China yesterday. This sector looks particularly fascinating right now.

(A Top Pick Nov 6/12. Up 11.86%.) Seasonal strength is from October to May of each year. Historically, the best time to own the Canadian market instead of the US market is from Dec 7 until March 7. Overnight, all of the commodities such as gold, oil, silver, copper are being bought by China. Canada is a commodity market. (See Top Picks.)

(A Top Pick Nov 6/12. Up 20.48%.) Seasonal strength is from Oct 28, on average to May 5. Last year it did very well.

This is one that he probably wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole because of all the controversy that has been going on. Chart shows a very strong downtrend but has been showing signs of finally bottoming. During the last month or so, it has started to outperform the market and is currently above its 20 day moving average, but it is debatable if this is a trend or not. Needs to show a period of time where it is showing regular trends.

Do medical stocks have seasonality? There are a couple of specialty healthcare ETFs that are just coming into their seasonal strength. One is iShares US Healthcare Providers (IHF-N) which has seasonal strength from now, right through until the end of January. The other is iShares US Medical Devices (IHI-N) with seasonal strength from the end of November until the middle of February. Both of these have very, very strong seasonality during that time.

Chart shows the long-term trend is on the downside. It is currently trading below its 20 day moving average and is clearly underperforming the market. As yet, this is not an attractive Buy.

Normally you would think that a change in the nickel price would have impact on the stock. Nickel has very strong seasonality from around this time of year through until May of each year. However, the stock is not following that pattern. Chart shows the trend is still on the downside and, as yet, still hasn’t shown signs of bottoming. Significantly below its 20 day moving average.

Chart is showing an upward trend and the stock is slightly outperforming the Canadian market. Technically it looks pretty interesting at these levels. Historically, this stock has a period of seasonality going into the summer and goes up with most of the aerospace stocks. This is a winner, so stick with it.

Bell Canada (BCE-T) or Bell Aliant (BA-T)? Basically this is a personal choice on which one you want to go for. Bell Aliant is not as actively traded but provides a higher yield. Has a trading range between $25 and $28 approximately so whenever the stock gets down to around $25, that is the time to buy. When it gets to around $28, take some profits. We are currently right in the middle of it. There are no strong technicals or seasonalities in this. They are both yield situations.

Bell Canada (BCE-T) or Bell Aliant (BA-T)? Basically this is a personal choice on which one you want to go for. Bell Aliant is not as actively traded but provides a higher yield. This one has a lot more things going for it on growth opportunities. Both are yield situations.

Always considered this one as a growth utility company, so fundamentally it looks okay. On the technical side, it is basically in a trading range. Underperforming the TSX right now and is below its 20 day moving average. If you’re looking for growth, this is probably not one of the better opportunities, but if you are looking for dividend yield, this is probably going to be okay for you.

There is a very specific time to own banks. You want to own them in anticipation of very strong reports coming out for the 4^th quarter, like we saw for this one today. Banks have very strong seasonal ending points. Once the good news is released for the 4^th quarter results, these stocks sell off. This one had a fantastic earnings report today, did a 2-for-1 split, raised the dividend. Everything looks great except that this is the end of the seasonal strength. He took his profits last Thursday. Not a good time to own bank stocks.

Retail merchandising stocks tend to go higher at this time of year from September, right through until black Friday then the whole sector has a tendency to roll over because that is the peak of the good news for the sector. Chart shows this one had a nice run but is now showing resistance. Now is the time to take some money off the table.