COMMENT
Market Outlook The Fed Chairman is moving the thought process away from a 50 point cut. The market reacted negatively as the Fed may now be trying to pour cold water on the market. You should always structure your financial allocation when emotions are not charged to be able to look at thing objectively. Your strategies should not be driven by short term headlines. He thinks the market sentiment is still fearful and thinks investors have actually taken money off the table. Overall, he doesn't view the market as being frothy.
DON'T BUY
It has had a number of different chapters. The company has been recovering with same store sales increasing and with a positive outlook for its Chinese operations. The problem is the PE ratio trading in the high 20s, means the stock is always priced to perfection with little room for stumbles. He would look elsewhere.
COMMENT

He does not generally buy ETFs. Gold producers have a long history of messing up their own good fortune. There are often operational disconnects between the share price and bullion prices. He would prefer to play gold with GLD-N. He feels doing so creates a good hedge against other asset classes. If we head into recessionary pressures, holding GLD-N could play well. Don't hold more than 5-6% of your portfolio in gold.

COMMENT

He does not generally buy ETFs. Gold producers have a long history of messing up their own good fortune. There are often operational disconnects between the share price and bullion prices. He would prefer to play gold with GLD-N. He feels doing so creates a good hedge against other asset classes. If we head into recessionary pressures, holding GLD-N could play well. Don't hold more than 5-6% of your portfolio in gold.

HOLD
Buying when a stock has gone up. Be careful about buying more when a stock has gone up -- that means buying higher, when the value is dropping. How you invest should be like a producer of widgets. Create a business plan and rules based on circumstances and follow them. Specifically, TPC-N has seen its infrastructure projects be negatively impacted by weather delays. Their book to bill is about 3 times -- showing there are a lot projects in the hopper. He expects their earnings to improve over time. He still likes the company.
HOLD
A very steady operator and does not take on a lot of credit risk. The more transactions they put through the more money they make. Last year they accounted for $1.3 trillion in transactions. It is not inexpensive, but you have to pay up for quality.
HOLD
He owns this in their small cap portfolio and it has a good long term future. They roll out the engineering wire, cable and fiber to handle 5G projects. Their revenues are lumpy, because there are a limited number of customers right now. They are a fixed cost business, so at times the earnings will vary greatly.
HOLD

Write downs caused by Amazon? He holds this in the large cap portfolio. The macro issues surrounding trade issues with China has impacted them. They will no longer be shipping for Amazon, but it was only a couple of percentages points of their business. He is excited about their involvement in e-commerce. Their cost model is highly adjustable to new technology -- like autonomous vehicles. It is trading at the lowest valuation metrics in the past two decades. He thinks this is transitory for the most part.

HOLD
The company has done well growing revenues, cash flow and earnings. They have also reinvigorated their investor base -- meaning a higher PE ratio is the new norm. They have reinvented themselves and are very active in subscription revenues, the cloud and gaming. He does not own it at this time.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Jun 07/18, Up 23%) It has been an interesting road due to the noise in health insurance and drug pricing. Over 176 million Americans use private healthcare providers, so he thinks it will continue to be successful. It is safe and trades at a reasonable 13-14 times PE ratio.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Jun 07/18, Down 13%) The former PriceLine company. He still likes this holding. It has been one of the most successful NYSE listing in the past two decades. He originally bought it for under $20 over 15 years ago. The company will make $100 per share this year. It trades at about 18 times earnings, in line with how fast revenues are growing. It continues to expand and has thousands of property listings, including Europe. He would continue to hold it.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Jun 07/18, Up 10%) He sold out around $166 in September last year. Still a good company, just better opportunities out there now.
SELL
He would sell this one. The company has changed from its original path and investors have suffered. It has been a serial under performer. The higher dividend yield is because of the plunging price and could make this a value trap. Move on. Yield 6.2%
DON'T BUY

There are lots of cross currents with this one. An Apple settlement in April helped the stock price. A court ruling that the company's royalty strategy was illegal and now up the air again. Now China stealing intellectual property from them could be harmful as well.

COMMENT
New openings? His research suggests they are doing extremely well. He is not sure about new openings in the West. It is just like the Tim Horton's brand in Canada. Their success is based on their cheap coffee and customer loyalty.