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Markets. There are a lot of seasonal patterns in the market, but the question is how you use them in your portfolio. You can’t depend entirely on them, however. Historically, going back to 1928 for the S&P, there is very little growth in the summer months. You can’t dispute the seasonal patterns, even though they don’t work in every year. Year 4 of the presidential year is often strong in the summer.

Low volatility ETFs. After markets fall, portfolio managers move out of low volatility stocks and into higher risk. Low volatility stocks are trading at a larger premium today than in the past, making them more volatile.

TFSA suggestions for young people. If you are investing for the long term, he suggests going for growth, rather than dividends. When you finally take the money out, you still won’t pay any tax. He suggests a US ETF specializing in small to mid caps.

Seasonality around fixed income is inverse to equities. So buy in May and go away in the fall if not holding for the long term. You get a lot of your own money back in their yield. You have to look at the yield to maturity, not the coupon.

Non-performing loans in the US are increasing rapidly. You are probably seeing a mini bubble in the auto sector and that car sales will go down over the next couple of years. Buy in the mid-$40s.

He thinks there is some value in this area. Maybe it could go a little bit lower, but there should be some support here. It probably looks interesting here, however when they are having challenges in execution, the market will keep it down. Above $23 it would say the market is building confidence in them.

It is off its lows. There is probably a lot of leverage.

Or ZBK-T. If you want to be in the banks this is probably a good place to be. But he feels US banks will underperform for a long period of time. He does not like the sector.

Educational Segment. Artificial Intelligence and ETFs. The Buzz Index. His guest looks at social media and identifies the top 25 stocks with the most bullish prospects. He uses the power of the computer to scan social media for comments he is looking for. Software uses natural language processing. He also tries to gauge how many people are listening to the person posting.

Markets. It looks like oil went down too far, too fast and is now recovering on short covering. The fundamentals have not changed that much since January, so he would not be surprised to see it roll over here. No one knows where the US dollar is going. He is not increasing energy exposure up here. All the currencies are going up against the US dollar. He spent some money in Canada and is hoping things come off so he can invest more. He only spent a little in Canada. The US is a little expensive. In the US you are getting bankruptcies in energy.

There are three reasons it is trading below the offer price. You have a time value until it closes; there is the uncertainty of the regulators (3 have to approve this); and it is based on where BCE-T is trading when the deal closes, so you may not get the $40 offer price. He would sell it and let someone else have the uncertainty.

He has too much exposure to telecom and this one is the obvious candidate to lighten up on. Prefers BCE-T.

He would hold some cash because he thinks the markets have gotten a little ahead of themselves. He is carrying a bunch of cash and thinks he can invest it lower down.

This one has always had something come up and they stumble. He is warm toward the lifecos, especially as rates start to go up. He prefers SLF-T.

This is not a long term investment. It is more of a gamble. There is so much uncertainty. Huge debt, management in transition, congress going after them. He does not feel they are an investible asset.