HOLD
Positive regulatory announcements. Reports tomorrow. Dividend is definitely safe, and will be increased in the 10% range for the next couple of years. For a high dividend yield, this is the one. Yield is 5.8%.
HOLD

Chose Chartwell, as it's the largest in Canada. If you own it, keep holding. Chartwell trades at a premium, and she knows management.

COMMENT

Owns YUM! Brands instead. QSR has negative growth at Tim's. You want all your brands to have healthy growth. Pretty well run. Cost-cutting when they bought Tim's may have backfired. YUM has international exposure and strong performance of Taco Bell in the domestic market.

DON'T BUY
Doesn't own any Canadian energy producers. Commodity price outlook in western Canada is not that visible in terms of takeaway capacity. Chinese demand has fallen off. Dividend yield is very high, and the share price is coming off. Depressed prices will impact cash flow.
DON'T BUY
Doesn't buy forest product companies as they're very cyclical. Pricing is sensitive to demand. Cyclical sectors are out of favour as we're late in the cycle, and economy is soft.
DON'T BUY
Highly cyclical industry. Need improvement in underlying commodity prices for the price to get back to mid-20s. So Chinese economic growth has to rebound and strengthen. Even with the price decline, she's not interested.
COMMENT
Do stock prices drive the index, or do large funds drive stock prices? With passive investing, ETFs have to buy the names in the index and this drives the prices higher. There's no discretion as to where you buy it, so it could be one factor why the large names keep going up. It goes the other way too. If there are redemptions, the prices can go down.
WAIT
Doing well in US. World growth has to be international, and China is a big part of that. Coronavirus will hit their stores more than with franchises. Not inexpensive right now, so she'd wait to see what's happening with China before stepping in.
TOP PICK
Wait for a pullback, which is now. Growth was weaker than anticipated. Company says it will maintain growth of 5-6%. Inorganic growth and M&A will likely pick up. Will do well long term. Strong balance sheet. No dividend. (Analysts’ price target is $112.25)
TOP PICK
Disney Plus launched very successfully. Churn rate is low. Launching in Europe and India later on. Studios and domestic parks are doing very well. Coronavirus and demonstrations are impacting China and Hong Kong. Long-term, a great company and attractive valuation. Yield is 1.25%. (Analysts’ price target is $161.65)
TOP PICK
Likes all its different components. Stock price doesn't reflect sum of all the parts. Less cyclicality than other industrial stocks. Increases dividend. Yield is 1.92%. (Analysts’ price target is $171.11)