BUY

CNR vs CPR. He likes both CNR and CPR. They are bell weathers on the Canadian economy. There are high barriers to entry. It is an oligopoly between the 2 names. You can buy now and likely see double digit increase. With the recent pullback, a good entry point.

BUY

CNR vs CPR. He likes both CNR and CPR. They are bell weathers on the Canadian economy. There are high barriers to entry. It is an oligopoly between the 2 names. You can buy now and likely see double digit increase. With the recent pullback, a good entry point.

BUY

Rising rates are generally good for the banks. If you are a medium to long term investor, you could be comfortable buying any of the Canadian banks. He does like Royal. They have made some strategic investments into the US market. You will get dividend yield and some growth potential.

COMMENT

Government commented that Canada is operating at near capacity? Economy is not yet firing on all cylinders. We are seeing some economic growth but not as strong as it should be. Seems to be a tale of 2 countries between the east and the west provinces. With respect to energy, we are over supplied and cannot get our product to market. He would look at companies that have some refinery capacity in the energy sector. He would just have a small or building position in the energy sector.

PAST TOP PICK

(A top pick October 25/17, up 13%) Still likes them. Prefers Enbridge to this name. More a midstream player. Good dividend yield and good potential for increased stock price.

PAST TOP PICK

(A top pick October 25/17, up 10%) Name changed when they amalgamated with other restaurant brands. He likes this space. Consumer spending in this space is high. At this point, he would look at diversifying out of this and buying some other names that are down 15 or 20%.

PAST TOP PICK

(A top pick October 25/17, up 2%) The dividend yield is the driver of this name. Seems to have a hard time breaking the $35 resistance level, but if it does break through, he sees it going to $42.

WAIT

This name is quite volatile. Would prefer to buy it when it is back on the upswing. This is probably the only mining name he would own in Canada. It is well run with a diverse asset base. It is probably oversold at current levels. He likes the company and the space.

COMMENT

One of the world’s largest beverage makers. Is a high risk stock. Probably has about as good a chart you can have. Just seems to be in a sidewise consolidation pattern right now. With respect to their Canopy investment, the marijuana space has dropped significantly and this will impact the share price of Constellation.

DON'T BUY

One of the few tech names in Canada that is a good name to own. There is a lot of uncertainty. I think you will continue to see a lot of volatility. Over the last while it has been marijuana based and their system has held up well for the demand. He is looking at US companies in the teck sector such as Apple or Microsoft. He would look elsewhere in this space.

BUY

Probably caught up in the tariff war and increased input costs. They have a significant back log of orders. Q3 is generally their weakest quarter. Low $40 range would be a good time to start a position. They don’t have a lot of competition.

BUY

They will get involved in online shopping. There is heavy competition in this space and heavy price discounting. Loblaw is probably the best in this sector. Is a well run company. Groceries are a stable and somewhat defensive.

BUY

They did a spinoff of some of their Canadian assets to pay off some of their debt. Dividend payout is high but not inconceivable that it can stay there. If they did cut the dividend, it would not be a major cut. He likes the company. There is some upside potential. There are safer names in the utility space. This is a high leveraged utility name.

BUY

He is comfortable with most of the companies in the financial sector right now. He likes BNS, then Royal, then TD and then BMO and CIBC. You could own any one of them or an ETF that has all of them.

WAIT

Another tough day today. They purchased some assets from Sparton and the market has penalized them for that. The sector as a whole is getting beaten up. It is a good company. If you are looking for income, you probably don’t want to look at the energy sector. If you have a time horizon of a couple of years, should be good but there could still be some price decrease.