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Market Outlook The two things they have been focusing on most is making sure the businesses they invest in will be solvent during the duration of the shutdowns and what companies will succeed and thrive going forward. They need to have certain essentials needed by the market and have a good cash reserve. The month of March showed the correlation among all sectors and assets went to 1. Now, we are starting to see some separation. Certain sectors are starting to shake out giving investors a better idea what businesses will do well going forward. Utilities and pipelines offer good yields (3-6%) and act as core holdings for them on a diversified basis.
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He has owned it in the past, when it was coming through the restructuring about a year and a half ago. They bought back into it in mid-March, but got stopped out due to the volatility. It is a great company and had a good balance sheet. This is an example of what can happen to companies with high fixed costs. Capacity has fallen 80-90%, but most of the fixed costs still exist. The government will have to make sure we don't lose this nation wide airline. But how long will it be for you to be comfortable flying inter-continental?
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A dividend cut soon? A core holding in their portfolio are REITs. They have a higher weighting to retail and office holdings -- both are likely to be hit harder than most. They have a large exposure in Calgary, which is being impacted by continued low oil prices. He would look at it, but there are other REITs he would rather own.
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REITs have been reporting that 60-80% of renters with small businesses did not require rent assistance last month. That worries him as we are really only one month into the lock downs. Absent any further government relief the real estate asset classes he prefers holding are apartment buildings and US industrial warehousing.
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REITs have been reporting that 60-80% of renters with small businesses did not require rent assistance last month. That worries him as we are really only one month into the lock downs. Absent any further government relief the real estate asset classes he prefers holding are apartment buildings and US industrial warehousing.
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REITs have been reporting that 60-80% of renters with small businesses did not require rent assistance last month. That worries him as we are really only one month into the lock downs. Absent any further government relief the real estate asset classes he prefers holding are apartment buildings and US industrial warehousing.
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Big 6 Canadian Banks? Their view has been for the past few years that the environment for banks was becoming challenged as interest rates moved towards zero. The upcoming recession will make things worse. He has holdings still with TD and RY. In Japan, where interest rates have been at zero for a long time, bank stocks there have not done well. He sees the same issue for banks in the US, but feels the Canadian banks will do a little better, but like sprinting the wind. Be cautious about being too overly exposed to any one bank.

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Big 6 Canadian Banks? Their view has been for the past few years that the environment for banks was becoming challenged as interest rates moved towards zero. The upcoming recession will make things worse. He has holdings still with TD and RY. In Japan, where interest rates have been at zero for a long time, bank stocks there have not done well. He sees the same issue for banks in the US, but feels the Canadian banks will do a little better, but like sprinting the wind. Be cautious about being too overly exposed to any one bank.

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Big 6 Canadian Banks? Their view has been for the past few years that the environment for banks was becoming challenged as interest rates moved towards zero. The upcoming recession will make things worse. He has holdings still with TD and RY. In Japan, where interest rates have been at zero for a long time, bank stocks there have not done well. He sees the same issue for banks in the US, but feels the Canadian banks will do a little better, but like sprinting the wind. Be cautious about being too overly exposed to any one bank.

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Historically these have been great assets to own. They will follow energy stocks in general too. He prefers to own KEY over PPL. There have been concerns about insolvencies with producers in the energy space with low oil prices. He has added more to their KEY holdings, thinking the natural gas space is safer than oil right now. He would own a couple of holdings in a diversified way.

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Historically these have been great assets to own. They will follow energy stocks in general too. He prefers to own KEY over PPL. There have been concerns about insolvencies with producers in the energy space with low oil prices. He has added more to their KEY holdings, thinking the natural gas space is safer than oil right now. He would own a couple of holdings in a diversified way.

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He has owned it in the past coming out of the 2016 mini-recession. A great company to own when an economy begins to recover as manufacturing begins to recover. It has always been well managed with good cash flow and low debt. A royalty stream based on the amount of iron ore they produce. He would be cautious about buying aggressively going into a recession, but be careful stepping in now.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Apr 25/19, Down 20%) He still owns this and added during March. He likes their US propane distribution system and acquisitions into the US northeast. They worked hard to sell their chemical business, but were not able to get the price they wanted. People need propane, so he sees this as an essential business. This is a good time to buy.
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(A Top Pick Apr 25/19, Down 83%) With an exposure to European natural gas markets it was attractive. He sold last June into ARX when it began to collapse with other energy holdings. They have had to restrict or cut their dividend several times. The energy space will continue to be a tough environment.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Apr 25/19, Down 53%) They sold out when they were stopped out last July. It is tough in the energy space right now. Investors have to avoid trying to be a bottom feeder and trade with tight stop loss levels.