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Will Canadian large cap bilateral companies move to the US with Trump’s dropping of corporate taxes by 15%? These are things that are over the horizon. If it begins to go that way, the Canadian government will have to react. Canada has managed to be lower than the US previously, and we don’t seem to be that concerned about deficits. We have to be competitive with the US on things like this. Thinks our government will react. Feels this company is going to be a big beneficiary of Trump.
Acquiring American Apparel. Gilden has been a really good operator, and it has been hard to get into a multinational company listed on the Canadian exchange. They’ve managed to have a good reputation in terms of not using slave labour, etc. and have great penetration in the marketplace. Whether this acquisition is going to work for them are not he is going to wait and see. He is going to watch and see what the news flow is, before he does anything.
He was a little disappointed in their last result. The Canadian results were a bit soft. His disappointment was that the US numbers weren’t better, but thinks they are going to get better. The US regulatory climate looks like it is going to get better. Dividend yield of 3.47%. (Analysts’ price target is $65.43.)
This is a strange one. It is a Canadian company, but the majority of assets are in Europe and off Ireland’s coast. It’s not North America so you don’t have some of the problems there. Runs a very tight shop in Europe. They’ve managed to keep their balance sheet in good shape. With higher oil prices, that is just going to add. The dividend yield of 4.62% looks safe. (Analysts’ price target is $57.50.)
