DON'T BUY

Is in the category where they are trying to have new projects on the wind side off shore but the risk is a little higher. Valuation for growth is not very good and you are going for the dividend. Prefers going outside the utilities.

WAIT

Nice in that is a royalty play so you don’t have to worry about cost overruns, but you have to worry about price and it becomes a play on the price of silver and gold. If he liked silver it would be the vehicle to play, but with the tapering in the next 6 months, he would rather see a complete washout of gold and silver and buy on the way back up.

WEAK BUY

Lots of news in the last little while and had a nice little move up. Prefers others. But if you want a yield with little growth, this is okay.

DON'T BUY

Argonaut is the only gold he still owns. He is willing to hold on to a smaller one that has low cost. He would still avoid ABX here.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Jan 30/13, Up 11.74%) Company has finally listened to Bay Street. A nice dividend of almost 7% and about 10 years of prospects they bought in all these acquisitions. Doesn’t see a dividend increase.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Jan 30/13, Up 34.58%) Easy money. Only one cent dividend but buying back 4% of stock. Trading at a discount.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Jan 30/13, Down 4.96%) One of the best REITs out there. The whole group is down because they are interest sensitive. Hang in there. Good dividend and biggest liquid one. Well managed with a bit of growth.

DON'T BUY

Prefers SNC if you have a larger time horizon. 4.8% dividend if you just want that. He owned it and sold early. Prefers GE-N.

DON'T BUY

Big potential acquisition of utility in AZ. Probably a cap on this stock. It might get weak. He heard it wasn’t going that well.

DON'T BUY

You can own it for the dividend but he doesn’t see any growth. It’s dead money.

DON'T BUY

You can own for the dividend. Disappointingly was trying to grow by acquisition. He sold a year or so ago. Did not demonstrate a lot of growth.

DON'T BUY

$61.29 is full value. Loblaw’s is fairly fully valued. There is too much competition, even if Target is struggling in Canada. Prefers THI-T but it is fully valued. Same with Canadian Tire or Sears. Dollarama would be a better entry point.

HOLD

Has a chance to have some growth with enough dividend. Somewhat illiquid. You could hold it for the dividend. 8.46%

DON'T BUY

US Assets are not that attractive. You make an extra couple of percent from one of the others.

RISKY

Small Graphite deposit in Northern Ontario. It’s almost tradable. PDA in March or April. There is something there and it looks economic.