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Markets. Markets never continue to go in one direction. We often get a Christmas rally and the January affect. Once people realize that many of Donald’s polices don’t make a lot of sense the markets may reverse themselves. If you invest a lot in infrastructure, where do you get the labour from when you have low unemployment rates, what if you kick out a lot of Mexicans from the US.

DON'T BUY

It has had the crap beat out of it. They have had all kinds of difficulties. He is always very wary of stocks that keep going up just because they are taking over other companies. This is what hit this one. He is not considering it at this point in time.

SELL ON STRENGTH

He bought it at about 25 cents and sold 25% at $1.54. He was trying to sell more but the market would not take it. Now it is in the $3 range and is thinking about selling it next year so as to defer taxes. They have just said they are doing very well. They have a new factory and are packing a lot out of it. It seems they are firing on almost all cylinders. He would not buy it here. He would love to see them taken over but is not tipping his beer to it right now.

WEAK BUY

He bought two years ago and could see it getting to $15 now. He does not see buying it now for growth but the dividend is nice. It is a wonderful demographic play. He is happy to watch it continue to grow, but it is not the 100% upside that he likes to see.

HOLD

It was one of the worst mistakes he made of the last couple years. He hopes to sell it at $12-$14. He didn’t think this company would get into so much trouble. Since then they have paid off a lot of debt and now he is happy to hold it. The CEO came from Bankers and it was a top pick of his. There is one insider buying a lot of shares. He likes it and plans on holing it.

DON'T BUY

He used to hold it and took a small loss, glad he got out. The company scared him because things were changing so quickly. They are having problem because management is leaving. It is a good paper, but readership is falling way off. Their move to the Internet has not been that successful. They have no debt on the balance sheet -- great balance sheet. He watches it but is staying away from it.

SELL

Bank outside of Canada recommendation. Most of them have moved up so far. He still likes First US Bank Shares (FUSB-Q). He can see it doubling from here. It is based in Alabama. Otherwise he is taking money off the table in this sector.

DON'T BUY

They make female condoms. They were the leader in the world last year. They have done a merger with a technology company, with Aspen Pharma, and he hates the merger as Aspen has zero revenue. Their management ran a previous company into the ground. FHCO-Q have no debt but the revenues got cut in half the last quarter. He is looking for when he should get out.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Oct 27/15, Up 79.89%) They did not dilute shares during the downturn. They stopped paying the dividend and he thinks they will start paying one again. They will be taking out their convertible debentures which pay a high dividend rate.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Oct 27/15, Up 55.91%) A Chinese company that does transformers and resins. The company was taken out.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Oct 27/15, Up 72.19%) They were trading low because it was prior to the takeover. He stayed with it until it closed. Takeovers are a big part of his portfolio gains. He bought them because Lowes had already taken a run at them and it was turned down.

RISKY

Cannabis Stocks. He needs companies to be in business for at least 10 years. The area is expanding quickly and picking the winner is difficult. There is a lot of hype and hope. You have to look at balance sheets. He would like to see more clarity on the legal front.

WATCH

He never averages up, only down. Gold has been hit because of the US dollar and interest rates going up. China is limiting the amount of gold that can go into the country and India is eliminating some of their currency. You have these strong currents against it. Trump is positive for gold because you never know what he is going to say or do. Gold is an interesting play at the right price point.

DON'T BUY

There is a huge amount of debt at the company. The ‘B’ preferreds were trading at 8% but there is a lot of risk. He would be very wary of anything they say. He was glad he got out because he was afraid of what was going on with the ‘C’ series. They have constant bailouts. The preferreds are reasonably secured.

DON'T BUY

There is a huge amount of debt at the company. The ‘B’ preferreds were trading at 8% but there is a lot of risk. He would be very wary of anything they say. He was glad he got out because he was afraid of what was going on with the ‘C’ series. They have constant bailouts. The preferreds are reasonably secured.