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Oil/gas service sector? When oil was $30 a barrel, he was predicting it would be over $60 by the end of 2018. If that happens, that is going to help the whole sector. He does almost all his buying in Nov/Dec, and has a number of companies on his list in the sector. One major problem is that a lot of companies have bigger debt loads than he likes to see. A lot also have a lot of upside potential, and a lot have insider buying. It’s a good space to look at. There could still be more tax loss selling towards the end of the year. Hone in on what you are looking for, and have reasonable valuations.

Filters H2S (hydrogen sulfide) and uses the results for fertilizer. He decided not to go into this because he doesn’t get involved in venture firms, but questions his wisdom when he knows the company and its management so well. They don’t have a lot of revenues. Its minor-league, but is expected to go up. They are building a plant. The volume is very, very low and it trades by appointment. He avoids new companies like this, but believes in management.

He likes what the CEO, John Chen, is doing. They just signed new deals this month with some major players, Delphi and Timex. They are moving in the right direction. Have a tremendous amount of analysts’ coverage, and it is still in the news. When a company like this gains its legs, it can move up very quickly, and he can see how it could double. (Analysts’ price target is $10.50.)

Had paid $7.46, but it is down. They seem to be turning around and making money. Pays a nice dividend of 5.2%. Gives a nice geographic diversification. Based in Holland, but operates in over 15 countries. Huge insurance company. (Analysts’ price target is $5.60.)

Made a major change after he bought into it. They’ve moved from being a “patent troll” and into the Internet of Things. They’ve done takeovers and has over $100 million in cash. What they are doing may work out. It is very early in the game. Dividend yield of 3.1%. (Analysts’ price target is $2.50.)

Market.He is seeing cracks in the Trump scenario. A lot of things we were expecting such as lower taxes and increased infrastructure spending didn’t happen. The only thing that we kind of got was a move to reduce regulatory red tape in Washington. As investors, we are not as aware of the risks as we should be. There has been a real complacency. Last week, the S&P 500 had the least volatility it has had in 45 years. On average, earnings came in okay, not as good as expected 12 months ago in terms of growth, but were okay. However, if you missed, you got nailed. In this kind of environment, he wants to have a little more cash than usual, to buy those kinds of dips. We haven’t had a correction though. This market has gone on so long without having a material correction.

This has gone through a pretty brutal year. He owns this in certain accounts for the income. Pays a 7.2% yield, and that dividend is safe. They have power plants in California that they need to get contracts for, which is a bit of an overhang. But then they made the GWL acquisition, a gas distributor on the east coast. It is going to take time to settle. The stock went down on no news, which is an interesting signal, physically saying that Selling is done. That is an interesting time to pick up the stock. You are getting paid while you wait.

Recently sold this as he trimmed oil stocks. He likes the company and its management. They are buying assets at what he thinks are cheap prices from distressed sellers. Likes the way it’s managed and the exposure they have. A well-run company, but he is a little concerned about the oil patch today. Prefers PrairieSky Royalty (PSK-T) which doesn’t have any operational risks.

Likes this, but likes others better. He likes the area because it has been forgotten. Energy is probably putting in a bottom. We’ve seen a lot of selling pressure in the oil patch, and thinks all midstream type players should do okay. Dividend yield of 6.5%. (See Top Picks.)

Looking at the commodity spectrum, this one comes right to the top of the list, because of the 3 stools, metallurgical coal, zinc and copper. Met coal tanked 2-3 years ago and had a remarkable recovery at over $300 a ton. Collapsed to $150 a ton, and is now trading at around $200 with a bias to probably going lower. That kind of spooked the street. What was forgotten is that this is probably the largest zinc producer, and is trading at multiyear highs. Inventory of zinc globally is about 11 days. Where zinc is a play today, copper should be the play 2-3 years from now. The price is pretty attractive. He would be looking to Buy more than to Sell today.

Prefers High Liner (HLF-T) because of protein and the ability to get protein to market. Also, it is a bit of a currency play.

One of his favourite banks. They’ve done an exceptional job of moving into the US market place. A well-known bank brand, and he sees that continuing. It is a back-door way of getting US exposure into a Canadian portfolio. He sees the dividend continuing to grow. A well-managed bank and they don’t make missteps.

Got hurt in the oil/gas downturn, because they made asset acquisitions at high prices. The assets are working, which is the good news side, but had to do a lot of house cleaning. He just wants to avoid bad balance sheets.

How do you get your income? A nice way to get it is to own a monthly income ETF, you have to pay a fee for that. The issue is, do you buy your bank shares directly or own a bank ETF, and pay the manager 45 or 50 basis points to have the privilege of getting monthly checks. If you don’t have a lot of capital and you still need it, then it may be a better way than buying individual bank shares.

(A Top Pick Nov 30/16. Down 10%.) Gold is up, but this stock isn’t. They changed the CEO 1.5 years ago, and he made changes. Feels it is now a “show me” stock. He sold his holdings.