COMMENT
Avoided today's sell-off. Chart has a fantastic uptrend since 2014, though it's been oversold and overbought in periods. Current price is just below its January peak. This year it has a cup and handle pattern, which is good. It's not testing its January high. JNJ come be a defensive play, or it could go sideways or even drift down.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Really nice uptrend since bottoming in mid-2016. Now it's a little overbought, but healthcare is a favoured area of his because it enjoys a secular, long-term bull market. Can't say if it'll fall to $260. A good long-term buy.
COMMENT
It's harder to apply technicals to a small-cap stock. They've had a downtrend since 2014, but only recently broke this into a sharp uptrend. You want to see it hold at 60-cents. They need to announce some good news to push the stock up. Technicals can reveal only so much.
RISKY
Trying to build a base around $60-61. There's safety in some energy names. OPEC oil cuts could be a tailwind into the low-$80's.
COMMENT
Is it a stock to sit and wait? Telecoms, utilities and consumer discretionaries are usually a good place to park cash when the markets get nervous. In early/mid-2017 he sold his interest rate-sensitives, because interest rates were marching higher. You must be careful with such stocks, because they don't deal well with inflation and rising rates. Doesn't know if BCE's dividend is safe or not.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 04/17, Down 9%) Still likes it and still holds it. It held on during today's sell-off despite limited volume. He had a place to hang his hat on its December 2018 lows. The risk-to-reward is really good, though it's not an ideal chart. It's coming back at support around $11.50.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 04/17, Down 31%) Well-run company. He sold his shares in May at an 18% profit. When energy rises, he'll pick this up again.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 04/17, Down 3%) Sold his shares to deploy cash into credit card companies. A re-allocation. But he prefers American banks over Canadian (stronger economy there, more stable, worries of loan losses in Canada).
COMMENT
C-N vs. GS-N He likes American banks. CITI peaked at the start of 2018 and is now drifting lower. Their uptrend from 2016-2018 could repeat. This could fall back to the $60 level of resistance. Goldman (GS-N) has a similar chart, but its drop this year had been more severe. Their support level is strong at $200 (it's been testing many times). GS-N is less risky.
BUY
C-N vs GS-N He likes American banks. CITI peaked at the start of 2018 and is now drifting lower. Their uptrend from 2016-2018 could repeat. This could fall back to the $60 level of resistance. Goldman (GS-N) has a similar chart, but its drop this year had been more severe. Their support level is strong at $200 (it's been tested many times). GS-N is less risky.
BUY
A good uptrend since 2014. He's very interested in this. It could drift down to the mid/high-$30's. Trendline isn't broken yet. Now is a good spot to step in. He's actually more concerned about American tech vs. Canadian, but all tech stocks are not for the feint of heart. US tech could be bumpy for another month.
BUY
A bunch of peaks and valleys, but the general chart trend is upward. It's good that each peak (and low) is higher than the last. Canadian banks are entering seasonality now. He favours BMO over CIBC though.
BUY
Their highs and lows are getting higher, which is good. It's better-run than, say, CIBC. Seasonality is coming for Canadian banks. He expects BMO is hit its $109 high.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Support at $85 (from mid-2017). This has been oversold since July after a long uptrend. He's close to buying this. If it doesn't hold at $85, this could fall to $70.
COMMENT
If we see resolution with the U.S. dollar, gold stocks will go gangbusters. We haven't yet tested 2016 lows of $2, yet. This didn't hold at $3.40 but oversold to $2.70. Good risk-to-reward now. That said, this could fall back to $2. The fate of the USD depends on when overseas repatriation is done, and good news from the China-US trade talks.