PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Aug 6/14. Down 36.03%.) Pulled back with the market and this is an opportunity. Bear in mind that it is one of those many Canadian financial companies, below the level of the big banks. They handle the kind of business that is considered to be in the risk category. Have built up a growing business in financial lending. A good company.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Aug 6/14. Down 81.87%.) A very solid company in Western Canada. Have great assets. It has been afflicted by the Western Canadian energy sector and the global energy gloom and disease. The best thing you can say about this is that there are about 10 analysts on it and they all have target prices 100%-200% above the current price.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Aug 6/14. Down 32.85%.) Thinks the company is solid. It has made acquisitions. An energized and highly motivated company.

COMMENT

3 market sectors that give the least volatility over a 3-5 year period? Banks, utilities and usually pipelines. However, be selective with your pipelines because there’s all this political nonsense going on. He likes Fortis (FTS-T) and Enbridge (ENB-T). With the banks he would go as basic as possible with CIBC (CM-T), the closest thing to what a bank used to be.

HOLD

You associate this bank very much with Québec. It has had a great history in the past few years.

HOLD

This is his long term play. Very good management. This is one you have to be patient with. A great, long term hold.

COMMENT

There is kind of a nice aspect to this, in that it is into social gambling, as opposed to being in the Las Vegas type of gambling. The group seemed to be very competent in building in this area.

HOLD

If you own, he thinks you are alright for the time being. This company is dedicated to great growth.

COMMENT

A giant in its field, and has bought heavily into Europe. Brilliantly run. Doesn’t pay a dividend. He doesn’t think there is anything particularly wrong with this one.

COMMENT

This stock is well-liked. It had a start up history that was particularly slow with one product. There is a lot of hope that it is building itself into a group of products.

COMMENT

This company is developing insecticides that are non-poisonous. The products have been tested by the 2 largest fruit and vegetable growers in the UK.

COMMENT

(Market Call Minute.) On the back of the take out of another retirement home, this is a very good hold. It looks like a good sector.

HOLD

(Market Call Minute.) This is a nice, long term hold.

COMMENT

(Market Call Minute.) If this is rental properties, that is rather interesting. In North America there has been a big switch to rentals.

COMMENT

(Market Call Minute.) Has been doing extremely well, and he thinks it is going to continue to. A very strong, underfollowed profiled company.