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Coal shipments have not been great, as well as having the world turning against coal. This has come down substantially because of that. Not a particularly attractive long-term investment. He holds a little and is looking forward to selling it on any kind of a rally.

(A trading vehicle or a Hold?) Feels ETF’s are more of a Hold than a Trade. This one has done quite well and has produced some pretty good yields. Compared to the rest of the market, it hasn’t done too badly. It has a Covered Call which essentially means that when you hold a portfolio of utilities, you also write Calls on them. The problem you might have is if we suddenly have a run on the utilities, which we are having right now. Your stocks then get called away causing you to miss the upside. He hasn’t been inclined to get into Covered Call ETF’s.

Banks have been under pressure because of Short selling in the US. We had a reasonable recovery in the latter part of 2015, and then it sold off again. Somehow US Shorts got the idea that our banks have lent a whole lot of money to the oil patch and are going to lose on a whole bunch of loans. This bank has less than 1% of its loans in the energy sector. This bank has a huge US operation. Dividend yield of 3.87%.

Has been one of our better performing stocks over the last couple of years, and has performed well in this kind of environment. They are fast on their feet and are spreading out into TV, sports, etc. They like increasing their dividend. Dividend yield of 4.6%.