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(A Top Pick January 5/17, Down 2%) A lot of their business in offshore wind in Europe. More projects are coming on like Germany in 2020. They're now bidding on offshore wind in Taiwan with results expected in Q3. Raised their dividend last year. A good, little company. He trimmed back at higher prices, but happy to hold it. There's a lot of market bullishness on European offshore wind power, but competition is now heavy, so he doesn't epxect them to do much more bidding in Europe.

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(A Top Pick January 5/17, Up 17%) Have great domestic retail operations, and more branches in the U.S. than Canada--and still growing. Increased their dividend which has risen 20% over the past five years. A steady-as-she goes story.

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(A Top Pick January 5/17, Up 15%) Challenged the last few quarters from competition. Dividend increase this year is unlikely. Instead they will upgrade their system and save money for next year's spectrum auction.

COMMENT

Decent yield. Dividend will rise. Not your typical infrastructure company--they make roads and ports all outside Canada. It got overvalued, and are getting hurt with rising interest rates.

BUY

Some Canadian agriculture stocks have been challenged by oversupply. Likes Nurtrien for its merger between Agrium and Potash. They make fertilizer. They'll probably sell off $4-5 billion of assets. Likes this stock and will hold it for at least five years.

TOP PICK

Likes it for dividend growth higher than the other Canadian banks, and it has big U.S. exposure. Will benefit from higher interest rates and a growing U.S. economy. (Analysts' price target is $81.91)

TOP PICK

A core holding. Dividend grower, increasing 10% this year. It has had its challenges, but the good news is their volume growth exceeded expectations. They have congestion problems in the west and the U.S. They're spending a lot of money with 60 new locomotives and 300 more train crews. Will right itself in the second half of 2018. Earnings YOY may be flat, but should rise 10% next year. There's more to the story in the recent CEO change. Maybe he was an interim CEO all long. (Analysts' price target is $105.61.)

COMMENT

A core holding. Diversified geographically across Canada and the U.S. across different jurisdictions. Rate-based growth of 5% for the next 3-4 years and dividend growth at 6%, plus half-billion-dollar projects which are added gravy. (Analysts' price target is $47.22)