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Markets. Markets are born on pessimism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria is a quote from Sir John Templeton. If that is the case, he would say that we are not in any kind of euphoric stage, and for five years we have not been in that moment. We are still in too much skepticism since 2008. Still a lot of nervous money on the sidelines. The stronger US$ certainly feels like a trend for the time being. Looking around globally, you have the uncertainty in Europe, the question if abenomics for Japan will really take hold, emerging markets have gone through another disconnect, Brazil's election, Russia, etc. There are a lot of things going on that are making the US$ look very, very strong. This is something you want to take advantage of in portfolios. Austerity measures in Europe, combined with pretty tight monetary policy that are tight compared to what they should be, hasn't really spurred a lot of growth in Europe. Probably the biggest thing he is concerned with is if the US gets pulled down by the periphery. If they can hold in and lasso and bring back the rest of the laggards with them, then he thinks we are on to new highs. Before adding to new positions, wait to see what Janet Yellin has to say. If she decides to continue with QE, that could be taken very negatively by the markets. He has been very heavily weighted to the US.

Probably Canada's best private client wealth manager. There are a couple of advantages with respect to what they do. There is a lot of CRM legislation coming down the road, which is going to adversely affect a lot of the big mutual fund companies. This will require a full disclosure of fees and a possible ban on trailer fees. This is not the model that this company works with. They took a more conservative approach in the last couple of months, and have done a pretty good job. The stock has declined about 20% in this recent decline. He would still be interested in owning this.

This has been all the rage in the last little while, and returns have been quite substantial. Feels that 70%-80% of the revenues are still coming from Europe, not the US or Canada. If the situation in Europe does not right side itself, there could be some issues. If you own, consider taking some of your profit off the table and letting the rest run.

Hasn't owned this for 12 years. It is still very important to the global infrastructure of what goes on in technology. He doesn't think you will see PEI multiples expanding at any great clip in the space. He would rather be in a newer and fresher technology space.

If he owned, he would move off the name. A lot of people held the name in anticipation of the Alibaba (BABA-N) spinoff. Thinks the competition is just too much.

A lot of interesting things have happened in the preferred share market in Canada and the US. Composition has been changing, and there has been more inventory to choose from. He prefers Horizons Active Preferred (HPR-T). He is just there to collect a reasonable dividend and not looking for any major growth. This one is fine and has the US side as well.

He is not buying into the turnaround story. Found that the Passport was too big for his hand, and he can't see this taking off. John Cheng has done a great job. He just can't see this company being a long-term standalone vehicle.

Thinks this should be a part of everybody's portfolio. One of the best in class operators with precision railway logistics. Looks like it has a lot of headwinds, including the coal business. Also, have a hefty pension liability that they are facing. There is no reason not to continue owning this in the future.

The problem that most Canadians have had is that 20%-30% of the TSX composite is made up of energy and commodities. You shouldn’t have to pay that much as far as multiples expanding and going up and down. Very cyclical. Nobody seems to know when to sell these. Doesn't feel it is a buy-and-hold.

(A Top Pick Nov 6/13. Up 13.46%.) He got stopped out of this, but did very well in a short period of time.

(A Top Pick Nov 6/13. Down 0.27%.) Doesn't seem to be getting any traction. Had a really good 8-9 year run, but has been a disappointment in the last year and a half or so. Has done a lot of acquisitions, and he thinks the market is waiting for another acquisition to happen.

(A Top Pick Nov 6/13. Down 24.6%.) This is the ETF manufacturer, so they do a lot of ETF's. He got stopped out of this.

A leverage play on nickel prices. Lowered the amount of production coming out of the Madagascar mine, and pushed out and lengthened the life of the mine. Also, the ban on iron ore in Indonesia affected the price. There will be a lot of torque to the upside when nickel prices get back on firm ground. Believes there are better names and better sectors to be.

This is getting more positive coverage right now in the press. However, it doesn't do it for him. There are better names that are more focused that he prefers. If you are there for the dividend, continue to hold.

Auto stocks? The problem with Ford (F-N) and General Motors (GM-N) is that they may be looking at 3%-5% year-over-year growth. Analysts don't see what the next move is in these 2 companies. You have to be very careful with this major change in gas and energy, which has caught a lot of people by surprise. The issue with Magna (MG-T) is their 40%-45% exposure to Europe.