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Markets. 100 years ago the president of France said that war is too important to be left to the military. What we have today is an economic war that the central banks are trying to win against investors. We had 5 quarters in a row in which the S&P earnings have been slipping. The market is too important to be left to investors so the central banks are intervening and in Japan they are massively buying equities. The US election is a critical breakpoint in time. The Fed has to get it ‘there’ come hell or high water. Otherwise Hillary looses and who knows what happens then. Central banks are keeping things going at least until November.

DON'T BUY

The stock is expensive. It has had a huge run. It is at 2.5 times its book value and that is about has high as it has got in a long time. The earnings have not kept pace with its stock price. It has momentum behind it but he can’t recommend it. It would concern him if things turned bearish.

BUY

It is a love it or hate it stock. He thinks it is cheap and has huge upside potential. You would be a fool to be scared out of this stock at this time, when you should be buying. It is already down so it should not be down twice on the same news.

BUY

He likes the stock. It is on his buy list. The valuation is cheap. They should keep on generating new numbers. They were accepted by New Jersey so it has thrown the rest of the US open for the regulatory scrutiny process for online gaming. Management is still talking about buying the stock in, so hopefully the earnings will come through their business strategy, or management will Buy the stock in at BV, dirt cheap.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Aug 20/15, Down 4.27%) The stock has balanced the stock’s valuation losses with its income. This is a sector that needs interest rates to go up and after that there is nothing more to be said. They will soften otherwise.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Aug 20/15, Up 9.47%) A really, really cheap stock. It was its usual low.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Aug 20/15, Up 18.58%) A good yield, defensive stock. It has a set valuation channel. He was quite lucky to catch this one off channel. It is getting expensive now. There is a desperate search for value and this is a messy market in which to find anything of value.

BUY

Gold. He recommends going into gold stocks for the next couple of years. He likes the juniors. Go for ETFs.

SELL

It has been trading in a beautiful range for the last 6 years. The earnings have not been kept pace with the stock price and earnings. He would be concerned about this one from here.

DON'T BUY

Has had a very clear 5 year high about 2.5 times its book value. The stock has hit an old high and the fair market value at the same time. It is not going anywhere until we get a setback to something more viable. Be very cautious here.

HOLD

He still likes it. No one has come close to touching the quality of their network. It is hard to be anything else but patient and positive. The software is going gangbusters. He does not know what they are doing messing around with phones. There are elements of the company that are worth a lot.

DON'T BUY

He has been watching it since it peaked out at 12 times book and it has still to reach its usual lows prior to the run up. He would not buy yet. It is too early. Don’t be in it for any length of time. Below $19.5 he would short it.

BUY

The outlook for silver is pretty good. Some of the stocks have been good or better performers than the commodity. Any silver stock is good if you have a decent time horizon. He likes junior producers in silver whereas he prefers the larger caps in gold.

BUY

US BioTech. Some are coming round. They are looking reasonable. The set back has given people a new leaf on bullish life on the group. You could be in this and stay in. See IBB-Q for an ETF.

BUY

REITs are really cheap and have upside potential. This one had nice increases in price since the beginning of the year. It all depends on interest rates. If they stay where they are then perhaps REITs can move higher. They are eager to get out and talk right now. They had the first analyst call in 20 years recently. They may start to get more attention. They are good value, cheap and have good yields.