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There has been a lot of news lately on the cable side of things, which has been an overhang. They recently released some news on their plans to move away from partnering with Netflix in terms of streaming. They have the content and it will be positive. It would take a couple of years to get there. Has an amazing library of content as well as potentially having the cable side of ESPN, which could fold into that. In the meantime, they have great movie franchises.
He is pretty positive on this. You see a lot of trend of Canadian companies going down to the US to buy assets. It is a very long cycle, which is why the receipts are a good thing in terms of if it doesn’t happen. The conversion will result in dilution, but you are getting paid to wait. Thinks it will work out well.
This has been caught up on the energy component, even though it has great contracts with bigger oil companies. Doesn’t consider it to be a dramatic high-yielder, so is not concerned about the payout ratio. They have some great, long term contracts, specifically with Imperial Oil (IMO-T). A good portion of it is shipping condensate for the oil sands. Notwithstanding the low energy prices, he doesn’t believe the oil sands projects are going to stop. Condensate will be needed and those contracts are long-term in nature.
This is going to need a lot of cash. They advertise model 3 at $35,000, and when it comes to Canada, it will be in the $70,000 range. Need a lot of money to get production up and running to the levels they want to go to. The cash burn rate is very high. Thinks you will have lots of opportunities to back up the truck going forward. A large part of the company is due to subsidies. Not a company he would be looking to own at this time. A momentum play rather than an investment.
An electrical utility company, generating electricity. You are not going to get a massive up-spike in that kind of company. You will get great and stable income as well as growth over the longer-term. Has been very successful in going into the US and buying assets. Extremely well-managed. They raise their dividend consistently.
A great name for exposure to infrastructure spending, which seems to be going on in every country globally. The concerns over the bribery, etc. is largely behind them. They could gain meaningfully out of some of the contracts going forward on infrastructure spending. He prefers Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN-T)
An interesting company. Selling off the finance side out of the last recession has clearly focused them on healthcare, infrastructure technology and energy. He is not constructive on this company yet, in terms of a conglomerate being in all sectors. You are better off picking and choosing specific companies for those sectors.
A good company. CEO had not been super forthcoming in terms of his dealings with the company. It really comes down to their footwear. That is where a lot of their growth was expected to come from, which has not happened. It is extremely difficult competing with Nike (NKE-N). Also, Adidas is coming in, a huge player. He would look at this as a Sell candidate.
He would prefer Wells Fargo (WFC-N) or J.P. Morgan (JPM-N). Wells Fargo is more of a retail focused bank and has been under pressure because of some of the news items on opening of accounts. J.P. Morgan is more of a conglomerate bank of investment and retail. It is less focused on international markets, which he views as a positive.
Market. Feels the growth trajectory will slow down towards the end of the year. There are some headwinds facing Canada. However, it is a good place to be, notwithstanding it slowing. Thinks it will be more opportunistic towards the back half of the year, so he is positive on Canadian equities. There was a report out of the EIA lowering the Q2 and Q3 forecasts for shale producers. You could see it about $50 for sustained period of time. Doesn’t feel there will be a further rush to increase interest rates in Canada.