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Market. Believes we began a re-evaluation of the equity asset class in 2013. 2013 was when we took out the highs of the bull market of the 1990s, and it was the first major global developed market to take out all time highs. That was and has been the leader ever since. Bull markets tend to last 15-18 years with interruptions. Since 2013, multiples have steadily been improving since people became more comfortable with the future. We had the first serious correction in 2015 and beginning of 2016, and that was a reset starting a 2nd cyclical rally. We’re about 2 years into that and probably have another year in front of us in the cyclical rally. The secular re-evaluation of the equities goes on for another 10-12 years. Earnings are going up, so we pay for that. The quality of the earnings is getting better. We have revenue growth as opposed to just cost cutting. The average company in the S&P 500 is yielding just over 6% on its capital, so you are getting paid about 3% excess return to buy stocks, compared to bonds. You're getting paid well to take risks. Expects that a year from now we will get a significant correction, but we have another year to get pretty significant returns before it happens. Once you have that correction out of the way, then you have another 3-4 years in front of you.

Bitcoins. He looked at this from an interest standpoint 4 or 5 years ago in the early stages, and has done a fair bit of work on blockchain, but who would've known that there would have been this kind of parabolic move. Anecdotally, some people are saying that when they go to sell their Bitcoins, it can be hard to actually realize the cash. The plumbing is really very early stage, but is slowly being built and he will see what it will build into. Blockchain technology, as it applies to a whole bunch of different industries, might be really, really interesting.

He really likes the transport sector as a whole. This company is a great business moving cargo for Air Canada (AC-T). Technically, the stock just recently broke out after having consolidated back to October 2015.

Banks is a sector that are performing well, and you don't need to buy one that has a perceived problem. If the market is doing well, you want to participate. If this is underperforming the bank sector, he would not be a buyer.

Sell or Hold? One of the clear themes in this market has been Fintech and companies around payments. Digital payments are growing very, very rapidly and are going to continue to do so. This company is very effective in the midsize and small size companies providing the ability to transact, doing analytics, managing receipts, etc. It has recently pulled back from $49 into the 50-day moving average, and has done this type of pullback probably 10 times in the last 2 years. Each time has been an opportunity to Buy. There is very strong sales revenue growth, and is in a sector that is very attractive. In the near term there has been money rotating from technology to other sectors, but he thinks technology and Fintech are sectors that are going to perform well in the next year. He would buy this.

Lighten up on ETF fang stocks to put more into US financials? There is a question as to whether we are seeing money rotate from tech into some financials, which are a beneficiary of rising rates. We are in a reflationary cycle that benefits banks and the banks have a long path in front of them for revaluation. You want to own both. It is a great pairing to have the growth attached to the fangs, and at the same time have a significant position in the financials.

Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ-T) or Suncor (SU-T) for a longer outlook for gains? They are almost interchangeable. They are the 2 quality companies in the Canadian oil patch, and the 2 that have been able to purchase assets at good prices, while other companies were down. He owns both, and it is a coin toss as to which would do better in the next couple of years. He would be a buyer of both.

Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ-T) or Suncor (SU-T) for a longer outlook for gains? They are almost interchangeable. They are the 2 quality companies in the Canadian oil patch, and the 2 that have been able to purchase assets at good prices, while other companies were down. He owns both, and it is a coin toss as to which would do better in the next couple of years. He would be a buyer of both.

(A Top Pick Feb 14/17. Up 19%.) Capital markets companies like this are the absolute leaders, and are just breaking out to the upside. This has a long way to go.

(A Top Pick Feb 14/17. Up 32%.) This is really a play on a resurgence on the housing market in the US, which is growing very nicely in most major states. The millennials are starting to buy homes. This company is growing at twice the growth of the GDP on same-store sales. They've been able to grow their dividend north of 20% a year for the last 5 years.

(A Top Pick Feb 14/17. Up 6%.) He bought this because it was going through this reorganization. They are putting the 2 companies together and then they are going to break them up into 3 pieces. With relatively low feed-cost stocks and an improving economy, the opportunity to grow is there.

Having doubled my money, do I buy more or diversify into something else? A theme that has worked in this market for a long time is dividend growth. This company has been a poster child for years and years. He is not a huge fan of the telcos, because it falls into the camp of the bond proxy like sectors. Within the sector, this has a very high exposure to wireless, and technically the stock looks very, very good. It has just broken old of a 2-year base, and consolidated the breakout, so next year looks quite good.

This is at the centre of a number of really important long-term themes, machine learning, augmented reality, automated driving and Bitcoin. This is a stock that does correct. Semiconductors as a whole have pulled back over the last 2 weeks. Believes this is just a bit of year-end positioning. Feels the long-term trend in the stock is intact. This is trading at $187, and would take a break of $160 for him to get concerned.

We are in a market where things that have been working have changed over the last couple of years. When that happens, institutions look at their investment managers to see if they’ve been keeping up or not. Because markets have been going through structural changes and institutions have been going through reallocations, there are lots of searches going on for managers. This company is right in the heart of that business and participates. It has been a pretty good performer and he would have no trouble owning the stock.

This is right in the heart of e-commerce alongside of Amazon (AMZN-Q). It really is a juggernaut, growing at a tremendous rate. The most recent quarter revenues were up 63% and earnings were up 65%. The Internet stocks have had a tremendous year, especially Internet retail as a whole. It’s one you could have a little piece of to participate in the very important structural theme, which is not slowing down at all.