COMMENT

Tax-loss selling is happening for his clients, but he's holding onto candidates like Arc Resources and Manulilfe. The lifecos have done well this year, especially Sun-Life. Both offer relative safety and growth in Asia. In fact, Manulife isn't a tax-loss candidate. But NFI-T is; New Flyer's deliveries are below expectations and their UK acquisition needs time. The stock is overly punished, though, and will stay in this range for a while. There are signs of growth slowing worldwide with manufacturing data declining. Yet, markets are hitting new highs; markets are ignoring these signals. A narrow band of stocks, including tech, are driving these highs. He expects a rollover to come with investors looking for value. Building cash and fixed income isn't a bad idea now.

HOLD

The lifecos have done well this year, especially Sun-Life. Both offer relative safety and growth in Asia, especially MFC. Manulife isn't a tax-loss selling candidate.

COMMENT

Will it ever split? Splitting is not a big factor for him. Over the years, the banks tend to split above $100. There's long been talk of CIBC splitting, but they haven't. He'd rather look at the company fundamentals. RY reports tomorrow.

HOLD
He isn't looking for buoyancy in the underlying commodity price. Losing Rosemont permit: that appeal will take a long time. Meanwhile, HBM must focus--and is--elsewhere to expand. The stock has been punished by the pullback of the Rosemont permit. Hold this for a few years and it could double. Meanwhile, wait and see.
HOLD
A big holding. SU has held in well in an unloved industry (capex has slid). SU is a core energy holding in Canada. It balance upstream and downstream, so fully integrated. Hold onto it and collect the dividend over 4%. SU will do well going forward. SU will invest in capex yet watch operating expenses. This remains a core holding of his.
SELL
NFI-T is a tax-loss candidate; New Flyer's deliveries are below expectations and their UK acquisition needs time. The stock is overly punished, though, and will stay in this range for a while.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
He's watching it, deciding when to step in. He likes agriculture stocks. Fertilizer demand has been weak due to poor weather in the US. NTR has increased share buybacks to support the stock. Pays a dividend below 3%. It has an undecided valuation; who can guess the weather in 2020? Their retail side is merely okay. If this declines 10-20%, he might buy.
COMMENT
Their last quarter disappointed. He's not sure what the catalyst will be to push this up. The 7% dividend is safe and still healthy, unless product prices remain pressured. WEF has a good balance sheet and financial backing. He's owned this in the past. It could be fine if you hold it long term.
SELL
For tax-loss selling. It's really disappointed him. He wouldn't be surprised if this was sold or even privatized. He's sold a lot of shares and holds only some now. SOX's margins never recovered.
BUY

and Enbridge He owns this and Enbridge, and likes both. They both pay good yields; TC pays around 4.5%. Both are highly levered, though. Pipelines and utilities can maintain revenues in a slowdown. For both, what are their long-term capital plans to maintain growth. They both have buoyant plans. He'd buy both.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 10/18, Up 13%) Pays the best dividend among Canadian banks. Still likes it. Trades in line with its peers in terms of valuation. ROE is fairly good. They report next week. Credit has held in well in this space, and all the banks have contained operating costs. The sector is up 14%.
PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Dec 10/18, Up 4%) His second-biggest energy holding after SU-T. Superb managers with great cost control. It's done well in a tough environment, beating the energy group which is down 10% in this period.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Dec 10/18, Up 28%) Pays over a 5% yield. They have a $19 billion spending program that they can self-fund without issuing shares. Their leverage is a little higher than their target. They just reported a very good quarter. He's sticking with it. He slightly prefers this over TC Energy.

BUY ON WEAKNESS
It's hard to see what will happen with the Eccelstone controvery, and it may not make much difference with the TMX itself. He's been a very good manager. This pullback is way to step in. Pays a 2.5% dividend.
COMMENT
The big question remains the big dividend. On the plus side, they are diversified internationally. Any bounce in oil will benefit VET a lot. Their balance sheet is fine. He expects them to continue share buybacks, but are phasing out their DRIP program.