COMMENT
Market outlook. Yellen was supportive of Powell's re-appointment. It is calming for markets if Powell is reappointed. How much is the Feds going to spend, and how much will be monetized. Taper is on the agenda. Expectations are for beginning of tapering to be pushed back due to delta variants.
COMMENT
Saw in the Feds meeting minutes that there is a signalling to hawkish attitudes. In the weakness, if delta is an issue, tapering can be pushed out. Should put upward pressure on interest rates and cool markets.
COMMENT
Saw a big announcements from major corporations that they are mandating vaccine shots. There is also tightening in Australia and China from the variant. However, ultimately demand will come back in due course. There is some uncertainty still.
COMMENT
Gold. Downgraded assessment the outlook for gold. Should be rallying more than it should be. It should be trading at 2200-2400 range. Digital assets are taking away money from the traditional inflation hedge from gold.
BUY
Owns US large cap equities with a covered call. Good for yield strategy. Really likes it. Long 50% with covered calls, and puts with 5-15% lower. Buy-low, sell-high strategy. Half the volatility of S&P 500.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Big cap tech with extra yield from covered calls. Get pretty good premiums since volatility is high. TXF has a covered call. Over-valued right now so wait for a pullback. TXF.B has no currency hedge.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
A lot of money is unclear on China. China wants to be the biggest economy of the world, as the reserve currency and wants to lead. However, they cannot do this without opening capital markets and letting it thrive. Accumulating every notch down. An opportunity to add every few pullbacks. However, there is limited visibility on the future.
PARTIAL BUY
If you are aggressive, then you do not want this since it gives up upside. However, for a defensive play, you should have this in your portfolio. The enhanced yield will give you a slightly bigger return if there is a sell off. However, it does not protect you from dowside.
COMMENT

Tech stock allocation in portfolio. Tech accounts for 21% in the global index. Tech will drive productivity and growth decades into the future. How you construct that will be different for everybody. A handful of large stocks accounts for a third of the S&P. They are huge influencers. For TSX, it is 11.6% tech. Shopify accounts for 7.2%. In Canada, we do not have a diverse sector. Must look globaly for tech stocks. Right now, it is expensive and at risk to rising interest rates. Could see underperformance in large cap tech.

COMMENT
Educational Segment. President Biden's approval rating has dropped significantly after the withdrawal from Afghanistan. There are implications on policy but also on the markets. It will be harder and harder to get his agenda passed. Fed's are talking about tapering and markets are starting to see weakness. The VIX curve has flattened. Fewer and fewer stocks are participating in the trend. Although the Nasdaq is at all time highs, more stocks are trading at 52-week lows. Market bredth is breaking down.
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Market. It feels like the last two months had little damage compared to the average. The big five fang tech stocks have held up the average. In Canada it was the banks. There has been a lot more damage below the surface. The Russell 2000 was down 10% from the peak on Friday and here it was the energy sector that took the hit. That is where we will see the opportunities. The number of stocks participating is declining. Demand is not slowing down, but there are supply-driven issues. He thinks we are positioned for a pretty long cycle. Find your valuation point and hold them.
BUY ON WEAKNESS
He has liked it for a while now He took a little bit off the table recently but still has a pretty decent position. He is looking at it as a position to pick up more of a position on weakness.
DON'T BUY
He is not as much a fan of this one. The supply is controlled by a few players and there is no demand growth. He has trouble with single commodity companies.
DON'T BUY

He sold not that long ago. He did not like going on either side of a take-out battle. The stock has had a fantastic bounce off the lows last year but he has been more inclined to add to ENB-T. PPL-T is always on his radar screen.

BUY
The five fang stocks, with their ownership, position in the industry, cash flow, he would continue to hold them. He would weight max 20-25% in those stocks.