DON'T BUY

His hesitation has always lied with its reliance on their phone for revenues. It's an iPhone company doing phenomenally well with a software valuation. Yes, services are comprising more of its revenues, but they have a long way to go. Prefers MSFT.

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(A Top Pick Jun 14/23, Down 3%)

He's holding through the storm. TD is in the penalty box, but the PE is very attraction. He would add at these levels. TD can rectify its current issues; they have the highest tier-one capital of all of the Big 5 banks. They can weather any storm then buyback shares. Their performance in the US has not been super, but it is in Canada

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(A Top Pick Jun 14/23, Up 11%)

Is holding, but not buying more. They're in a nice spot straddling the defence and aerospace businesses. It's a defensive business model. The aviation business is booming now.

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(A Top Pick Jun 14/23, Up 29%)

Likes it. The PE is still reasonable. Being the parent company, they can move around capital to capture value for shareholders. Would buy it today.

HOLD

Enjoys an oligopoly, but prefers CP which has a better footprint though you pay a higher multiple, which its growth justifies. Long term, CP will be a bigger winner. CN remains a fine business.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Enjoys an oligopoly, but prefers CP which has a better footprint though you pay a higher multiple, which its growth justifies. Long term, CP will be a bigger winner. CN remains a fine business. He added on weakness. Sometimes it's worth buying momentum, but so is buying on pullback.

DON'T BUY

Car parts hasn't done well as a sector. Its PE of 6x is cheap, but cheap for a reason.

HOLD

It was a wild ride. It made sense to spin off their businesses. The valuation is reasonable. Sit tight and see how this plays out if you already own.

BUY

Likes it for income, paying above 7% dividends. Very defensive, a fine business model. With their strong cash flow, they bought some good nat gas companies.

PARTIAL BUY

You own this purely for income, and you need a part of your portfolio for income--for retirement. It's a great income stock, though share price growth is not high. He prefers TD first, and BNS next. We're a low point in sentiment for banks, interest rates will declines, the bank net interest margins will lift and profits will expand. Sit tight and let it play out. BNS has a strong domestic and emerging market bank operation. Also, the valuation is low now.

SELL

A massively levered company, though the business does well and gushes cash glow. But they spend a lot of money to buy asset manager businesses. That has not panned out.

TOP PICK

Has pulled back to a fair valuation for a phenomenal compounder. It's not a REIT, but a real estate corporation. So, they retain their capital to do deals. (REITs don't retain capital, so are stuck when there's a downturn.) MEQ buys smaller mid-market apartments, competing with mom-and-pop operators, not REITs. MEQ is counter-cyclical, and pays strong returns on time.

(Analysts’ price target is $205.00)
TOP PICK

Other payments stocks are sexier, but you don't know if they will work. You need to be in the payments sector as more payments go digital. Visa is the largest and most profitable in this space. Has little capex, they buy back shares and gushes cash. Recent negative headlines about anti-trust and fines pushed the valuation down to a reasonable below 25x instead of a normal 30x. 

(Analysts’ price target is $311.25)
TOP PICK

For income seekers, retirees. Very defensive. Trades 19x PE usually, but is now 16x. Have a diverse business in Canada. Not a screaming grower like all utilities, but offers reasonable growth, more than other utilities, and it pays a 4.5% dividend.

(Analysts’ price target is $57.15)