BUY

A great company, and should do well going forward, especially with higher growth coming out of the US. Super well-managed. A great collection of assets. This would be worthwhile participating in.

SELL

He would be more inclined to sell this and buy Brookfield Asset Management (BAM.A-T), because with a yield play you are going to be competing against higher rates. The attractiveness of a yield play declines when rates are rising. Thinks you can get a better return somewhere else.

COMMENT

Overall this is a decent company. For pharmacy companies in general, will some of the acquisition mode be curtailed under a Trump administration? A bit of a risk for this name. If you want to stay in this area, he would be inclined to move to CVS (CVS-N). Overall though this is a good name.

DON'T BUY

The company is excellent, but it is a retailer. It had a big bump a couple of years ago, largely on the fact that it was seen as a very savvy real estate play. This has gone down over the last little while. It is going to be harder to see the pull-through from Saks in Canada. It is very, very hard in a bricks and mortar business, although this is one of the better operators out there. He would avoid this right now.

HOLD

A year or 2 ago, he recommended shorting this with China slowing down and their huge debt load. Then he recommended going Long on it. Right now, he would not be short this, you want to be Long, because it is getting its balance sheet in shape and has improved its financial division dramatically. As well, copper and coal have had nice runs. Feels there is still significant upside to go.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

A name he would hold, but would not be buying aggressively. It is a company that is hard to argue with. A fabulous company from a media property standpoint. They’ve struggled a little in the last couple of quarters, largely because of ESPN. Fabulous CEO. Lots of good things about the company, but they had such a big run in 2015 and early 2016 but are now starting to fall down. You need to see a couple of more quarters of putting in above consensus numbers. He would not buy aggressively.

COMMENT

Overall, a really good company and well-managed. Feels it will do reasonably well going forward.

DON'T BUY

Gold? He sees gold going down. You could certainly see it sub $1100 because of the strong US$. With the stronger US economy going forward, you don’t need to hold.

SELL

The price of uranium has basically gone nowhere but down over the years. It is very hard to see what would be the catalyst for this name. He would be looking to lightening up. The underlying driver is uranium prices, and you are not going to get a bump.

BUY

Big banks rate reset preferred shares? The new ones that were issued are pretty good. The pref market in general has been all over the map, but the rate reset preferreds look fairly attractive, and are set at a much more reasonable level. If you are looking for income, that might be not too bad of a place.

DON'T BUY

(Market Call Minute.) Has had a good run lately, but given that it is a utility you don’t want to be here.

HOLD

(Market Call Minute.) One of those value tech companies. It is hard to see where the growth comes from.

BUY

(Market Call Minute.) This has been on fire lately, and probably goes higher for a little longer. However, get ready to Sell.

COMMENT

(Market Call Minute.) A great time to be in financials.

HOLD

(Market Call Minute.) Great fashion brand, but it’s a Hold as retailers are a difficult place to play.