This is a bunch of companies that are utilities, telcos, consumer staples; not that different than what you see in Canada, the US and Europe. Not cheap right now. The theory is that if we go into a bear market that is ugly for a while, these are safer stocks. They’ll go down less in a bad market, about half to three quarters of the rate of the broader indexes.

Will the rise in value of this ETF continue? The TD Bank and Bank of Montréal launched some structured products into the market that were linked to the payouts of the preferreds, and they were wildly successful. The demand for these preferreds went through the roof. He doesn’t think this is sustainable and he sold into the rally. He doesn’t like the value up here and is reducing his exposure.

This invests in healthcare related securities, and believes the enhancement comes from an option strategy overlay. Like any other sector, this is fine when it is going up. This ETF tends to have a lot of volatility compared to some of the others. He doesn’t use this, so doesn’t know that much about it. It’s a fine product and he has no issues with it. It has a pretty significant yield, which tends to be what attracts a lot of people. Dividend yield of 8%+ right now.

A Cdn$ Dow Jones Unhedged ETF’s? This is one, but is not sure if other ETF providers in Canada have an unhedged Dow.

Management has done a good job at trying to turn it around. They made a lot of good moves by shutting down the hardware business or at least slowing it down, and getting into software. It’s a tough task. ROC is very low, and in fact is negative. It is still a long way away from being a good turnaround idea.

He loves this as a long-term hold. A really solid company. A disruptor in a good way. It has been very, very consistent over the years. Always investing in new ideas.

Uranium is always difficult. Every uranium company has had a difficult time earning an acceptable ROC. This has a 4% ROC, and he would have trouble justifying the price.