Today, Christine Poole commented about whether GM-N, AGF.B-T, GOOG-Q, GIB.A-T, MRE-T, SCL-T, ABT-N, MAXR-T, ENB-T, V-N, UTX-N, IFP-T, T-T, PPG-N, EBAY-Q, OSB-N, GE-N, CSH.UN-T, CPG-T, CNR-T, CCO-T, MCD-N, CFP-T, TWTR-N, META-Q, PEY-T, AA-N, PG-N, AAPL-Q, IGM-T are stocks to buy or sell.
She got out of it because the handset business was commoditized. They split their stock and are buying some back. There is some momentum on the release of new products. Don’t buy because it is close to all time highs. The old tech stocks are rather mature so she recognizes that much of their growth is behind them. Social media stocks are hard to buy for a value investor.
Likes it here. It pulled back a little. Likes the sector because of demographics and penetration is really quite low. Expanding rapidly in the US. They are selling off non-core areas of the US and reinvesting in Canada. Attractive yield of about 4.5%. Expects towards the end of this year they could increase distribution. They have the ability to increase occupancy.
Markets. AA-N will kick off earnings season. For all companies, profit growth going forward is the most important. She thinks earnings will grow over 6%. Earnings should pick up going forward (10%). We are seeing stronger data out of the US, housing starts, manufacturing data. Global economy is stabilizing as well as China. PEs has expanded in the last couple of earnings. We are at the historical medium. She is pretty fully invested. We might get a 5% dip, but a geopolitical risk could push it lower. She is concerned about the middle east. If crude prices rise enough for a recession then it is not good. If inflation rises, then the Fed can’t be as accommodating.